Sports

Countdown to ‘Creed’: Boxer recovers, finds new challenges in solid ‘Rocky II’ (1979) (Movie review)

Life doesn’t become easy after your first success: Blowing up one Death Star doesn’t mean you’ve defeated the Empire. Dumping Shredder into a garbage truck

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Countdown to ‘Creed’: Boxer’s underdog journey parallels Stallone’s in all-time masterpiece ‘Rocky’ (1976) (Movie review)

The buzz is heating up for the seventh movie in a legendary film franchise that dates back to the 1970s. I’m referring, of course, to

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One-season wonders: ‘Hellcats’ (2010-11) (TV review)

With the fall TV season off to a rough start, it’s beginning to look like this might be a good time to catch up on

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‘42’ a beautiful time capsule of Jackie Robinson’s heroic journey to the big leagues (Movie review)

Similar to “Miracle” and “61*,” “42” isn’t a particularly challenging sports movie, but it is thoroughly enjoyable and an important historical document. People very familiar with Jackie

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Funny, violent, poignant ‘Goon’ delves into the twisted world of hockey enforcers (Movie review)

“Goon” (2011), now on DVD, is a bizarre mix of genres, tones and moods, but it fits because the role of hockey enforcer is one of

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Baseball fans will find lots to love and debate about ‘Moneyball’ (Movie review)

“Moneyball” includes so many scenes of Oakland A’s general manager Billy Beane (Brat Pitt) and other baseball people spitting chew into cups that it almost plays

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10 movies John wouldn’t mind seeing this fall (Commentary)

I’ve done the hard work of perusing Entertainment Weekly’s fall movie preview and watching the trailers, and I now present the top 10 movies to

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Fond farewell: ‘Friday Night Lights’ (TV review)

I’m not married and I know that if I ever lived in Texas I’d die from the heat, yet I always respected “Friday Night Lights,” TV’s best

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First episode (of new season) impressions: ‘Friday Night Lights’ (TV review)

“Friday Night Lights” (7 p.m. Central Fridays on NBC) continues to do the little things well: In the fifth-season premiere, Landry goes through his own version

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First episode impressions: ‘Hellcats’ (TV review)

As the new shows roll out, I’ll be doing “first impressions” reviews of some of the debut episodes. First up is “Hellcats,” which airs at 8 p.m.

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