If "Resurrecting the Champ" were a prizefighter, he'd be soft around the middle. If not for Samuel L. Jackson's performance as the ravaged boxer, "Champ" would be of limited interest. If “Resurrecting ...

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If you had asked us yesterday what the most tear-inducing movie scene of all time was -- not the saddest, but the one most likely to make you cry, regardless of context or emotional investment in the ...

"Resurrecting the Champ" has a Big Twist that, frankly, I saw coming a mile away. Fortunately, this isn't a movie that's all about the twist. An inquiry into journalistic principles, father-and-son ...

A good picture, almost entirely by virtue of an inspired performance by a boy, Jackie Cooper. There is none of the usual hammy quality of the average child actor in this kid. A good picture, almost ...

But how to say that, really? After so much press coverage, after books and movies and a comic book where he fought---and beat!---Superman? It brings to mind the line that I’ve heard used to describe ...