Makuochi Echebiri is a News Writer for Collider. He has been interested in creative writing from as far back as high school, and he would consume pretty much anything that’s film or TV. However, his ...

In "Eephus," a group of middle-aged men gather to play one last game on their hometown baseball field before it's paved to make way for a new school. And that's it. There's nothing fancy about this ...

Controversially, the implementation of a pitch clock in 2023 effectively transformed the experience of both playing and watching major league baseball. By undermining the pitcher’s authority on how ...

An eephus pitch is one of baseball’s many pieces of niche ephemera. It’s a weird trick throw that’s barely ever glimpsed in the professional game—an arcing lob of the ball, traveling at half the speed ...

The Gist: Fade in: The dew evaporates on Soldiers Field in Douglas, Massachusetts, a real-life field in a real-life town, pop. 9,000 or so. The world’s weariest radio DJ reads the news, including a ...

Eephus, a new baseball movie co-written by 2015 Boston College graduate Nate Fisher, is a home run. Lauded by critics and shown at several film festivals, the independent film opened this month in ...

The old film studios had house styles: M-G-M’s was plush and sentimental, Warner Bros.’ stark and intense. A fledgling independent-film collective, Omnes Films, goes a step further, having not only a ...

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Weekend warriors on their beloved Massachusetts field of battle, fighting a setting sun, form the warmly gruff, jersey-clad roster of “Eephus,” Carson Lund’s appealing beer toast of a baseball picture ...

Danny Cox has never seen a movie in his entire life. "How can you not be romantic about baseball?" Asks Billy Beane (Brad Pitt) in Moneyball, and he's not wrong. Not only is it America's pastime, but ...

Controversially, the implementation of a pitch clock in 2023 effectively transformed the experience of both playing and watching major league baseball. By undermining the pitcher’s authority on how ...