Product Review

THE PERFECT GAME

(2009, Rated PG for some thematic elements, 117 Mins) From the director of Angels in the Outfield comes the incredible true story of the underdog foreign Little League team who inspired two nations. Clifton Collins Jr. (Star Trek) heads an all-star line-up of some of Hollywood's brightest young stars as Cesar, who returns to his native Monterey, Mexico after his major league career is cut short. Moises Arias (Hannah Montana), Jake T. Austin (Wizards of Waverly Place) and Ryan Ochoa (iCarly) costar as impoverished baseball-loving kids who recruit him to coach their rag-tag team. Together, they beat the odds and overcome hardships and bigotry to compete in the 1957 Little League World Series. Screen favorites Cheech Marin (Spy Kids), Lou Gossett Jr. (Iron Eagle), Bruce McGill (Animal House), Emilie de Ravin (Lost) and David Koechner (Anchorman) are featured in this uplifting story in the winning tradition of Hoosiers that Boxoffice magazine cheered as "inspiring, richly entertaining, heartfelt...a perfect family movie."

HOME RUN SHOWDOWN (2011, NR, 94 Mins) When 12-year-old Lorenzo doesn't make the team for the Youth Baseball League, he decides to start his own and he recruits Joey (Matthew Lillard), a washed-up minor leaguer, to be the coach. Now Joey has to shape a ragtag team of kids into champions that can win the Home Run Showdown!