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Air review – Ben Affleck and Matt Damon drop the ball in Michael Jordan shoe drama

Affleck’s dramatisation of the bid to get Jordan to endorse Nike’s radical new sneaker almost ignores the most compelling character

The Guardian - UK

‘Michael Jordan changed the world’: the true story behind Nike movie Air

Ben Affleck’s buzzy drama tells the story about how Nike transformed into a major force in the sneakers market thanks to a young basketball star

The Guardian - US

Ben Affleck Clarifies That Celebrity Wordle Group With Bradley Cooper, Says Air Co-Star Matt Damon Is Keeping Him Out Of The ‘Nerdle League’

Ben Affleck explains why his Air co-star Matt Damon is keeping him out of the "Nerdle League" where a group of celebrities, including Bradley Cooper, play Wordle.

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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.

Tribune News Service

‘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,…

Chicago Tribune

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.

Los Angeles Times

‘Alright, Will Hunting’: Ben Affleck pokes fun at Matt Damon’s Wordle group with Bradley Cooper

Damon, who stars in Affleck’s new film ‘Air’, called the group ‘very competitive’

The Independent UK

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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…

Asharq Al-Awsat

‘I’m a real actor, this is an art form’: Ben Affleck mistaken for another star in new Dunkin’ Donuts advert

Affleck returned to the coffee chain to promote their new Run campaign

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

The Independent UK

Ben Affleck gets confused for Matt Damon in new Dunkin’ advert

Affleck returned to the coffee chain to promote their new Run campaign

The Independent UK

Ben Affleck gets career-best Rotten Tomatoes score for Air

The Michael Jordan sneaker movie is a slam dunk

Total Film

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…

Tribune News Service

There’s A New Ben Affleck Dunkin’ Ad Coming And This Time Employees Mix Him Up With Matt Damon

Ben Affleck went viral for making Dunkin' runs, and now he's starring in yet another commercial.

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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.

The Guardian - UK

‘More than just shoes’: how Air Jordans kicked off a revolution in sport

A new film starring Ben Affleck tells the story of how Michael Jordan’s sponsorship deal with Nike in 1984 turned a clever marketing idea into a slam dunk

The Independent UK

The 5 best new movies to watch in April 2023, from One Fine Morning to How to Blow Up a Pipeline

There’s a wealth of terrific films to venture out to see this month. Jacob Stolworthy runs through the top picks

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Movie review: Matt Damon stars as an executive trying to score big for Nike in entertaining ‘Air,’ directed by pal Ben Affleck

“Air” has a tricky task: make folks care about a hugely profitable basketball shoe-endorsement deal from nearly 40 years ago.

Tribune News Service

Chris Tucker had personal reasons to join Nike/Michael Jordan film ‘Air’

Comic legend Chris Tucker is super picky when it comes to doing movies.

Evening Standard

The cine files! Everything you need to see at the cinema in April

From Ben Affleck’s Nike drama Air to laptop thriller Missing and high-kicking west London sisters in Polite Society, we round up the 11 best films to see in April

The New Daily

April movie guide: Nike’s Air, Toni Collette in Mafia Mamma, Crowe’s chilling exorcist biopic

How Matt Damon and Ben Affleck have endured a 40-year bromance as film about Michael Jordan and Nike set to premiere on April 5

The Guardian - UK

In business: how brands like Nike, BlackBerry and Pop-Tarts became film’s hottest stars

A slew of new movies celebrate the boardroom mavericks of the 1980s and 90s – as well as the products they flogged. What’s behind this corporate nostalgia?

Total Film

Ben Affleck explains why Michael Jordan never appears in Air

Exclusive: Air director and star Ben Affleck tells the Inside Total Film podcast why we don't see Michael Jordan in the movie

Cinemablend

Ben Affleck Finally Calls Out All Those Memes Of His Unhappy Face: ‘That’s How God Made Me!’

The Argo actor sets the record straight and hilariously honest about his infamously meme-able scowl.

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