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FAKE LA MOTTA: ON THE FALSENESS OF “SOUTHPAW”

Written by JAKE MULLIGAN Posted July 25, 2015 Filed Under: A+E, Film

As Billy Hope, the Jake La Motta-esque boxer in Antoine Fuqua’s Southpaw, Jake Gyllenhaal runs so hot that the thermometer breaks.

OBNOXIOUS CROWE-ING: ALOHA IS A LONG WAYS OFF, IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE

Written by JAKE MULLIGAN Posted June 5, 2015 Filed Under: A+E, Film

Most of the film is artlessly sunny and overlit to excess, looking like a cheap painting you might find for sale at a beachfront souvenir shop.