Dicky Eklund

The Fighter Comes to Chicago's Leo High School

Gordon Marino | Posted 12.26.2011

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Gordon Marino

In The Fighter, Christian Bale played the role of the charismatic but slightly daft brother and trainer of junior welterweight contender Micky Ward. Recently, Eklund visited Leo High School in Chicago.

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Live-blogging the 2011 Oscar telecast

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

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Marshall Fine

8:39PM EST Off to a good start with the hosts, James Franco and Anne Hathaway, inserted into scenes from several of the Oscar nominees, on an Incept...

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Melissa Leo -- the Fighter's Spartan Star

Nancy Doyle Palmer | Posted 05.25.2011

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Nancy Doyle Palmer

Melissa Leo is, without question, an unrecognizable wonder as Alice Ward in The Fighter - a teased and acid-washed Lowell, Mass. version of the Sparta...

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David O. Russell Battles for The Fighter

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

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Marshall Fine

David O. Russell is on the phone, eager to talk about The Fighter, a movie whose unexpected dash to the top is not all that dissimilar from the story it tells.

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The Fighter May Not Win Oscars, but It Ought to As the Best Fight Film Since Rocky

Michael Russnow | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Russnow

I'm not a boxing fan, but when it's part of a good story my heart races. That's how I felt encountering Rocky many years ago, and the experience was matched at a screening of The Fighter.

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