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Ross (3284 KP) rated Star Trek: Picard - Season 1 in TV

Apr 2, 2020  
Star Trek: Picard - Season 1
Star Trek: Picard - Season 1
2020 | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
7
6.3 (6 Ratings)
TV Season Rating
High hopes let down
I'm sure we all had a vision of what the triumphant, long-awaited return of Captain Jean-Luc Picard would look like. The series starts and ends in that vein, being exciting, thoughtful and with a moral lesson, but with a lot of padding throughout the series. Much like Discovery, the series decided to throw a lot of side adventures in the mix and while Picard is much more focussed than its Netflix cousin there are still times when it drags.
Stewart tries well to play his most famous role, but his age shows at times and I felt the makers missed the chance to sensitively keep his character but replaced with a younger actor in the last episode. This would have allowed Stewart to bow out gracefully and show more promise for the future series of his life.
  
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Bostonian916 (449 KP) rated Million Dollar Arm (2014) in Movies

Aug 6, 2020  
Million Dollar Arm (2014)
Million Dollar Arm (2014)
2014 | Comedy, Drama
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Movie Rating
Being a huge baseball fan, I was intrigued by the story of two hopeful cricket players being converted to America's pastime.

Jon Hamm is great as an American recruiter sent to India in an attempt to bolster his teams pitching prospect pipeline. Seemingly hopeless upon arrival, JB (Hamm) conducts a sort of makeshift tryout that brings interest from all over the area. A few potential candidates show enough promise to pursue, and teach the game of baseball.

The story that follows is quite amazing and very interesting. The follow up on the real life versions of the characters portrayed in the film shows just how accurate (of course some artistic value is added) the story is and what an exceptional reality those involved lived.

Great movie for any baseball fan or a fan of a feel good story that doesn't know boundaries.