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    Apr 21, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. 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 the perfect person for the job.
    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: Jackie Robinson, College Baseball, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Los Angeles Dodgers, Sports

    2. Apr 18, 2013 |Story| Daily Pilot

  2. 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: Jackie Robinson, Mystic River (movie), Los Angeles Dodgers, Sports, Major League Baseball

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

  3. 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, and at what age.
    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: Racism, Philadelphia Phillies, Los Angeles Dodgers, Sports, Entertainment

    4. Apr 15, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  4. '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: Racism, Jackie Robinson, Los Angeles Dodgers, Sports, Entertainment

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

  5. '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.
    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: Racism, Philadelphia Phillies, Los Angeles Dodgers, Django Unchained (movie), Entertainment

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

  6. 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: Racism, Philadelphia Phillies, Los Angeles Dodgers, Ruby Dee, Sports

    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: Philadelphia Phillies, Los Angeles Dodgers, Lifestyle and Leisure, Sports, Entertainment

    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: Awards and Prizes, Zero Dark Thirty (movie), Entertainment, Kim Basinger, Zoe Saldana

    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: Television, Robin Wright, Ides of March, Eugene O'Neill, American Beauty (movie)

    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: Emma Stone, Organized Crime, Ryan Gosling, Gaming, Josh Brolin

    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: Jackie Robinson, Los Angeles Dodgers, Sports, Branch Rickey, Entertainment

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

  12. 'Gangster Squad' a stylish but shallow noir tale, critics say

    Taking its name and inspiration from a real LAPD operation that battled organized crime during the 1940s and '50s, the new film "Gangster Squad" dramatizes the story of&nbsp;Sgt. John O'Mara (played by Josh Brolin) and his squad's crusade against the interloping East Coast mobster Mickey Cohen (Sean Penn).
    Taking its name and inspiration from a real LAPD operation that battled organized crime during the 1940s and '50s, the new film "Gangster Squad" dramatizes the story of Sgt. John O'Mara (played by Josh Brolin) and his squad's crusade against the...

    Tags: Organized Crime, Emma Stone, Robert Patrick, Ryan Gosling, Josh Brolin

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