If Rocky Balboa isn’t one of the most recognisable names in all of cinema then it’s definitely the second most. 1976 and a down on his luck actor gives up everything to follow a dream and in doing so creates one of the great characters ever committed to a movie screen. ROCKY isn’t just one of the best sporting movies ever, it’s one of the best movies ever. Won the Oscar for Best Picture against a stacked field, this is the movie that started the Sylvester Stallone legend.
As a teenager FIELD OF DREAMS was a movie that I watched with my Dad, it’s one of my greatest memories of him. I shouldn’t like this movie as much as I do but it’s impossible not to. Kevin Costner is a man who dares to dream and follow his heart against all odds. A Baseball movie that has transcended sports and entered the mainstream, this is one to be watched by the whole family.