The other belongs to Rinku Singh who, like Patel, first came to the attention of American scouts after starring in a reality show competition in their native country called The Million Dollar Arm and, also like Pattel, was signed by the Pirates. The
Jon Hamm knows how to play an opportunist intent on reinvention. From his rise and fall as Don Draper in Mad Men to his latest role as a sports agent trying to keep in the game, Hamm is convincing as a charismatic schemer. Based on a true story
Jon Hamm's stillness playing Don in Mad Men became particularly noticeable after I watched him in Million Dollar Arm, which, among other things, lacks a noteworthy performance to ground an otherwise loosely constructed film. Hamm doesn't play Don in
"Million Dollar Arm" follows sports agent J.B. Bernstein (Hamm) who's facing some road blocks amid a changing business. In a last ditch effort to save his livelihood he concocts a scheme to find baseball's next great pitching ace. His hope? To find a
Bloated and often boring, the movie largely exists as an excuse to lay waste to a few cities – not an inherently bad thing for your big-budget summer action dollar – but then it cuts the monster fighting cruelly short. Isn't behemoth-on-behemoth action