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The sweet science of bruising in the Victorian age

Robert Tanitch reviews The Sweet Science of Bruising at Southwark Playhouse, London SE1 It was the sportswriter and journalist Peter Egan in the 1810s who coined the phrase “the sweet science of bruis ...

Mark 1616 views 0 likes Oct 9, 2018

An uncompromising redemptive prison/boxing drama

Joyce Glasser reviews A Prayer Before Dawn (July 20, 2018) Cert. 18, 116 min. We’ve all read horrific news stories about innocents abroad who have been thrown into prisons from hell in a foreign count ...

Mark 2085 views 0 likes Jul 24, 2018

The talented Paddy Considine can’t win ‘em all in this tragic boxing film

Joyce Glasser reviews Journeyman (March 30, 2018) Cert. 12A, 92 min. It was twenty years ago that Burton Upon Trent-born actor Paddy Considine treated the world to a remarkable, chilling performance a ...

Mark 1862 views 0 likes Mar 30, 2018

Love conquers all for Finnish boxing legend Olli Mäki

Joyce Glasser reviews The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki (April 21, 2017) Most boxing movies originate in the USA. When a movie about a boxer’s big fight wins the prestigious Un Certain Regard ...

Mark 2660 views 0 likes Apr 25, 2017