Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News from Viola Davis

Air movie review: Ben Affleck’s latest about Michael Jordan’s trainers is no slam dunk - but it is a blast

The story of a game-changing sponsorship deal is annoyingly watchable

Evening Standard

Samuel L. Jackson And John David Washington Are Teaming With A Justice League Star And More For New Netflix Movie

After Samuel L. Jackson and John David Washington teamed up on Broadway for The Piano Lesson, they are making it into a Netflix movie.

Cinemablend

Creature Commandos: James Gunn’s DCU Is Finally Casting, And I’m Pumped

James Gunn’s DC Universe has begun cast with the announcement of the actors leading Creature Commandos.

Cinemablend

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

James Gunn Shoots Down Rumor Concerning Margot Robbie's Harley Quinn In The New DC Universe

James Gunn took to social media to clear up a rumor about something in the works for Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn in the new DC Universe.

Cinemablend

"Air" fails Sonny Vaccaro & sneakerheads

"Air" doesn't offer anything new to Jordan addicts, but does a good job of selling the risk-taking American dream

Salon

Ben Affleck’s Air is the next great American sports movie

Ben Affleck's Air is the next great American sports movie.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Behind Michael Jordan’s Nike deal, ‘Air’ shows how his parents helped make shoe history

Michael Jordan’s legacy looms large in “Air,” the new film about his endorsement deal with Nike that launched the Air Jordan sneaker and one of the most successful partnerships ever.

Tribune News Service

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Air Review: Ben Affleck And Matt Damon's Sports Drama Is Solid, But Very Traditional

Air will play well with the faithful, but outside of the die-hards whose minds are already made up, this game will be seen as respectably played, but not that intensely interesting.

Cinemablend

Ben Affleck Recalls Meeting With Michael Jordan And How His Airness Helped Him To See How Air’s Story Should Go

Affleck says his meeting with the NBA legend made him decide to change the focus of his sports film.

Cinemablend

Air review: Why does Ben Affleck’s Nike boardroom drama actually exist?

The success of this star-studded sports film depends on how willing audiences are to discard Michael Jordan as a person in favour of Michael Jordan as an idea

The Independent UK

The power of "Air" gotta be the views

The legendary line of sports apparel gets an easygoing '80s sports origin story that reunites Affleck and Damon

Salon

Ben Affleck's playful sports drama Air tells the true story of the Nike executives who won over Michael Jordan

Ben Affleck's Air features an all-star cast, including Matt Damon, Viola Davis, Jason Bateman and Chris Tucker. But we never see the basketball prodigy at its centre.

ABC News

There Are Many Reasons to Go See ‘Air’

The Matt Damon–Ben Affleck movie succeeds on multiple levels.

Sports Illustrated

Why Is Michael Jordan Not Really In Air Anyway? Ben Affleck Explains

Ben Affleck explains why Michael Jordan isn’t seen in his new movie Air.

Cinemablend

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

France 24

Film show: 'Air', Ben Affleck's ode to Michael Jordan

From Ben Affleck starring alongside Matt Damon and Viola Davis in Nike's Air Jordan origin story "Air", to French favourite Leila Bekhti's new film "Loving Memories" and the 50th screen adaptation of French author Alexandre Dumas's 1844 novel "The Three Musketeers" with Vincent Cassel, Romain Duris and Eva Green, Eve…

WhatToWatch

How to watch AIR

Movie fans can now watch AIR, but is the sports drama, which is backed by Amazon Studios, available to stream or only playing in movie theaters?

Cinemablend

Air: Where You've Seen The Stars Of Ben Affleck And Matt Damon's New Movie Before

Air has arrived with plenty of stars that you have probably seen elsewhere. Here's why you might recognize them.

Tribune News Service

Review: 'Air' pits Matt Damon against Viola Davis — guess who wins?

"A shoe is always just a shoe until someone steps into it," a Nike marketer played by Jason Bateman says in "Air," hinting at both the challenge and achievement of the snappy comedy.

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Chicago Tribune

‘Air’ review: Damon and Affleck team up for the story of Nike’s pursuit of Michael Jordan

“Air” is a good time, as well as a triumph of sports marketing in every conceivable way. It’s a docudrama — really more of a docucomedy-drama, with workplace banter and zingers for fuel — about how Nike marketing executive Sonny Vaccaro, played by Matt Damon, convinced his boss Phil Knight,…

Los Angeles Times

A new film about Air Jordans almost benched a Black Nike exec. Enter Chris Tucker

Ever since the premiere of its eye-catching trailer during the Super Bowl, “Air” has been generating a lot of positive buzz.

Asharq Al-Awsat

A Duo Once More, Ben Affleck, Matt Damon Come Up for ‘Air’

While Ben Affleck and Matt Damon were writing “The Last Duel,” their first screenplay together since their 1997 breakthrough, “Good Will Hunting,” they noticed that something in their winding and usually separate careers had been missing. “I remember my wife said to me one day: ‘I haven’t heard you laugh…

The Independent UK

A duo once more, Ben Affleck, Matt Damon come up for 'Air'

More than 25 years after they set out to conquer Hollywood together, Ben Affleck and Matt Damon are once again a team

Tribune News Service

Movie review: Affleck's 'Air' entertains with assists from top-brand talent

At the end of “Air,” director and co-star Ben Affleck, bafflingly bewigged as Nike CEO and co-founder Phil Knight, lies back on his office couch and utters a single word: “equity.” It’s a bit of a cheeky callback to something that happens even before the movie starts: the appearance of…

WhatToWatch

AIR review: Matt Damon, Viola Davis lead the team in winning Nike sports drama

What to Watch's AIR review hails the movie as a winning ensemble piece and a return to form for director Ben Affleck.

Chicago Sun-Times

‘Air,’ about Nike chasing Michael Jordan, is year’s best film so far

Director Ben Affleck’s fast-paced period piece portrays a sneaker deal that revolutionized sports and business.

1 … 10 11 12 13

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.