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    Apr 15, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  1. '42': Jackie Robinson has to share the spotlight with Branch Rickey ★★ 1/2

    "42," writer-director Brian Helgeland's carefully tended portrait of Jackie Robinson, treats its now-mythic Brooklyn Dodger with respect, reverence and love. But who's in there, underneath the mythology? Has the movie made Robinson, a man who endured so much in the name of breaking Major League Baseball's color barrier and then died before his 54th birthday, something less than three-dimensionally human?
    "42," writer-director Brian Helgeland's carefully tended portrait of Jackie Robinson, treats its now-mythic Brooklyn Dodger with respect, reverence and love. But who's in there, underneath the mythology? Has the movie made Robinson, a man who endured so...

    Tags: Major League Baseball, Racism, Sports, Entertainment, The New York Times

    2. Apr 21, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Allan Graf's latest sport? Stunts in movies

    It may seem surprising that Allan Graf — the baseball coordinator, stunt coordinator and second-unit director for Warner Bros.' Jackie Robinson biographical drama "42" — first made his name on the gridiron. But that's precisely why Graf was...

    Tags: Major League Baseball, Sports, Entertainment, John McKay, Jackie Robinson

    3. Apr 18, 2013 |Story| Daily Pilot

  3. Reel Critics: '42' hits a grand slam

    It's only April, but a leading contender for this year's Best Picture award is already in a theater near you. "42" is the absolutely compelling story of Jackie Robinson. He was the first African American ever to play Major League Baseball and wore that famous number on his uniform.
    It's only April, but a leading contender for this year's Best Picture award is already in a theater near you. "42" is the absolutely compelling story of Jackie Robinson. He was the first African American ever to play Major League Baseball and wore that...

    Tags: Major League Baseball, Sports, Mystic River (movie), Jackie Robinson, Baseball

    4. Apr 16, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Watching '42' with children: Is the language too much for them?

    The surprise box office success of the uplifting Jackie Robinson biographical film "42" suggests that audiences are ready for a PG-13-rated movie filled with coarse, racially charged language. It also raises questions about whether children should see it,...

    Tags: Sports, Racism, Entertainment, PG-13 Rated Movies, Family

    5. Apr 11, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Review: Pleasing '42' has Jackie Robinson's number

    "God built me to last," Jackie Robinson says at one point in "42," and, thankfully, his remarkable story is built the same way. It would have to be to survive the full-dress Hollywood biopic treatment it gets in this film, which is unabashedly subtitled "The True Story of an American Legend." And survive it does.
    "God built me to last," Jackie Robinson says at one point in "42," and, thankfully, his remarkable story is built the same way. It would have to be to survive the full-dress Hollywood biopic treatment it gets in this film, which is unabashedly subtitled...

    Tags: Major League Baseball, National League, Sports, Racism, Entertainment

    6. Apr 12, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. '42' director: I didn't soft pedal racially charged language

    Brian Helgeland, writer and director of the Jackie Robinson biographical film "42," expected his new movie would get an R rating from the Motion Picture Assn. of America. After all, the film, which was produced by Legendary Pictures and is being...

    Tags: Django Unchained (movie), Racism, Movies, Entertainment, Philadelphia Phillies

    7. Apr 5, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. Jackie Robinson's widow says '42' hits home

    NEW YORK — Above all else, Rachel Robinson remembers the kissing.
    NEW YORK — Above all else, Rachel Robinson remembers the kissing. When the taunts at the ballpark grew too fierce and the naysayers too loud, her husband, Jackie, would come home to their Brooklyn apartment and the couple would try to block out...

    Tags: Dining and Drinking, National League, Major League Baseball, Sports, Ken Griffey Jr.

    8. Feb 25, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. Oscars 2013: Hairstyles, the long and the short of it

    Sunday night's 85th Academy Awards style was, as Times fashion critic Booth Moore <a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/movies/la-et-oscars-fashion-20130225,0,7171158.story" target="_blank">pointed out</a>, all about extremes.
    Sunday night's 85th Academy Awards style was, as Times fashion critic Booth Moore pointed out, all about extremes. While Moore was referring to the complete red carpet looks -- the gowns, the jewels and the like -- one might have come to the same...

    Tags: Charlize Theron, Veronica Lake, Reese Witherspoon, E! Entertainment Television, Inc., Entertainment

    9. Feb 6, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  9. Kevin Spacey brings star power to 'House of Cards'

    It was a steamy weeknight in July on Centre Street, and the extras in black tie were flagging.
    It was a steamy weeknight in July on Centre Street, and the extras in black tie were flagging. The $100 million series "House of Cards" was prepping a crowd scene outside the Peabody Institute, across from the Midtown BBQ & Brew. For more than two hours,...

    Tags: Netflix Inc., Lyndon B. Johnson, Annapolis, Entertainment, BBC

    10. Jan 17, 2013 |Story| Daily Pilot

  10. Reel Critics: Crime doesn't pay for audience

    Director Ruben Fleischer served up a campy blood-fest in "Zombieland." Wisecracking shooters eliminated disposable members of the walking dead by the dozen. In "Gangster Squad," disposable gangsters line up to be shot to pieces by a more serious team of shooters: undercover L.A. cops.
    Director Ruben Fleischer served up a campy blood-fest in "Zombieland." Wisecracking shooters eliminated disposable members of the walking dead by the dozen. In "Gangster Squad," disposable gangsters line up to be shot to pieces by a more serious team of...

    Tags: Josh Brolin, World War II (1939-1945), Entertainment, Scarface (movie), Ryan Gosling

    11. Jan 12, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. For '42,' actor had to please Jackie Robinson's No. 1 fan

    When Chadwick Boseman was cast as Jackie Robinson in the race-themed baseball drama "42," he was immediately confronted by someone with personal knowledge of the renowned ballplayer: the late athlete's widow, Rachel Robinson.
    When Chadwick Boseman was cast as Jackie Robinson in the race-themed baseball drama "42," he was immediately confronted by someone with personal knowledge of the renowned ballplayer: the late athlete's widow, Rachel Robinson. "The first thing she said...

    Tags: Major League Baseball, Sports, Leo Durocher, Entertainment, Harrison Ford

    12. Jan 11, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. Bigelow and Affleck snubs roil critics! Big win for Warner Bros.

    <span style="font-size: small;"><strong>After the coffee. Before getting my Golden Globes outfit together. </strong></span>
    After the coffee. Before getting my Golden Globes outfit together. The Skinny: Normally I welcome the weekend, but since I'll spend much of this weekend at the TV Press Tour in Pasadena it won't feel like a break. Oh, well, there are worse things in...

    Tags: Jenna Bush Hager, Entertainment, Superman (fictional character), White House, CBS Corp.

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