By Ben Silverio

When WWE, the Connecticut-based wrestling company, started producing films, not too many people were excited. They were essentially vehicles for wrestling stars to get more mainstream media exposure. There were a few hits here and there, but largely, these movies were misses.

Things eventually changed and WWE started to step up their game. When it comes to sports-entertainment and social media technologies the WWE's got it covered, but with their recent slate of movies, they really kicked their film division up a notch.

Blue Valentine may not be a classic like Casablanca or Star Wars, but when it came out three years ago, it set the indie film world a flutter with news of a festival darling that pleased critics and audiences alike. I just wasn’t in any of those audiences, not even when it screened in the 19th Annual Philadelphia Film Festival. Consequently, I have had to hush up whenever people around me discussed the brilliance of the film. For the next three years, I kept meaning to watch it, but was never quite in the mood to be depressed.

On Friday, the 2013 Phillies season opens, so head down to the Citizen’s Bank Park, grab a soft pretzel, order a cold beer and enjoy another awesome season with the die hard Phillies fans. To get you psyched for Opening Day and make the week pass a little faster, the PFS Staff has compiled a list of our favorite baseball movies. These films are about the teams, players, and innings that have inspired us, humored us, and united us, combining America’s Favorite Pastime with ours.

As of this morning, there is officially one week remaining in our Kickstarter campaign to get the Roxy Theater back to it’s former glory. And thanks to the 395 incredible backers so far, we’ve reached our goal of $40,000.00! With this post, we’d like to extend our most sincere thanks to everyone who contributed to the cause to restore the last remaining independent theater in Center City.

While we here at the Philadelphia Film Society are eternally grateful for the contributions thus far, the proceeds from Kickstarter are only a small portion of what we require to fully restore the Roxy.