A League of Their Own (1992)

Plot: Two sisters join the first female professional baseball league and struggle to help it succeed amidst their own growing rivalry.

Wow. Someone managed to make an interesting movie about baseball. This is not an easy feat, considering baseball is the most boring sport in the entire world. This movie managed to be a pretty interesting look at the game. Of course, 3/4 of it was about the players and not about the game (like most sports movies pretend to be - but, no, this REALLY was about the players). So this was quite a well-crafted movie. That being said, however, it never touched me emotionally. I think it's because sister relationship movies make me tense. Heh. So it gets the rating that a lot of movies I've seen lately have gotten - 3.5 stars. A good movie, but I didn't actually connect to it.

Awakenings (1990)

This. Movie. Is. Wonderful. From the opening shots to the closing shots, it was fascinating and beautiful and touching and completely captured my attention. This is one of the best performances I've ever seen from Robert De Niro (of course the last thing I saw him in was Hide and Seek, which, you know, WASN'T his best role). Not overly sappy. Not overly cynical. Just from beginning to end, it's a beautifully crafted movie. I'd definitely recommend it. 4.5 stars.