I was interested in seeing Sugar for a few reasons. Knowing that the folks behind it are the same filmmaking duo that gave us Half Nelson, I was pretty sure this wouldn't be an ordinary, feel-good sports movie. And the focus of the story only further intrigued me: Minor-league training camps in the Dominican Republic that churn out baseball players with the efficiency (and emotional investment) Read more

I tend to be a little wary of good books being turned into movies, but I'm excited about the news that author Marisha Pessl's Special Topics in Calamity Physics will be adapted for the big screen. As I said when I reviewed it last year, Special Topics is a sprawling, 500-page behemoth that tends to get a little too wrapped up in its own quirkiness. Making it a film would almost require ditching Read more