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'42′ Review

Matt Singer — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 18:23:29 +0000

My grandmother, Rhoda Singer, died earlier this year. She lived much of her life in Brooklyn and was a Brooklyn Dodgers fan. Her favorite player was Pee Wee Reese, the Dodgers' scrappy white shortstop who famously silenced a racist Cincinnati crowd by putting his arm around his black teammate Jackie Robinson during pre-game warmups.

I thought about my grandmother a lot while watching '42,' the new biopic of Jackie Robinson and his quest to break the color barrier in baseball. On an intellectual level, I can tell you a dozen things wrong with the movie, from its excessively preachy dialogue to its bloated length. But on an emotional level, I have to admit that this movie bypassed my brain and grabbed my heart, pulling each and every string contained therein firmly and repeatedly. It's a pretty good tribute to a great man. And when Pee-Wee and Jackie embraced on that field in Cincinnati I cried.

'Star Wars Episode 7′: Lucas Says The Original Cast Is Officially Signed

Eric Walkuski — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 15:33:29 +0000

Are they in or aren't they? That's the biggest question revolving around 'Star Wars: Episode 7' at the moment: is the original cast actually returning? We've heard "confirmations" from various sources, but there's still a large question mark hovering over the matter.

Today we might be a little closer to a definitive answer on the 'Star Wars: Episode 7' cast, coming straight from George Lucas himself.

'42′ Featurette Highlights the Heroism of Jackie Robinson

Damon Houx — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 07:00:20 +0000

'42' looks fascinating, and not just for Harrison Ford's weird make-up. Relaying the biography of Jackie Robinson, it shows how the star baseball player (played by Chadwick Boseman) had to struggle against the prejudices that didn't want to see professional baseball become integrated. Now there's a featurette that plays up Robinson's historical significance.

Crazy Quiz…In Case You Missed It

Jude Walker — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 21:35:38 +0000

On this afternoon’s Crazy Quiz, we asked this question: Who is Hollywood’s all-time highest grossing actor, in terms of total gross for the movies they’ve appeared in? Correct Answer: Samuel L. Jackson ($8,640,150,950) For the record, Tom Hanks is second ($8,007,367,700) followed by the great Harrison Ford ($6,657,454,464) By the way, the following clip is [...]