Jackie Kallen | boxing | Renée Zellweger | Ewan McGregor
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Amy RobinsonDOWN WITH LOVECheck out Down with Love, a picture in the vein of the ’60s Doris Day/Rock Hudson comedies. Starring
Renée Zellweger as a feminist bestselling advice author and
Ewan McGregor as a womanizing journalist who fall in love, this film oozes the era’s charm, complete with supper clubs, fake backlot scenes, and process shots.
If you are looking for something a bit more modern,
AGAINST THE ROPES is a fictionalized account of female
boxing manager Jackie Kallen.
Meg Ryan stars as Kallen, with Omar Epps as her client, and Tony Shaloub as boxing kingpin Sam LaRocca. This is a powerful drama that draws the audience into Kallen’s life and her struggles as a woman trying to make her way in what was purely a man’s world.
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