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‘Air’ Doesn’t Need Michael Jordan to Soar

In a tense movie about the birth of the Air Jordan, Ben Affleck gets his star-heavy cast to phone it in—to great effect.

Sports Illustrated

How to watch AIR

Movie fans can now watch AIR, but is the sports drama, which is backed by Amazon Studios, available to stream or only playing in movie theaters?

WhatToWatch

Mac Engel: We don’t see Michael Jordan in ‘AIR,’ but he’s clearly the star. That’s why he’s the GOAT.

The new feature length movie about Michael Jordan doesn’t actually include Michael Jordan, much in the same way audiences barely saw the giant fish in "Jaws."

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Air: Where You've Seen The Stars Of Ben Affleck And Matt Damon's New Movie Before

Air has arrived with plenty of stars that you have probably seen elsewhere. Here's why you might recognize them.

Cinemablend

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

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.

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‘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

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

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Total Film

Ben Affleck gets career-best Rotten Tomatoes score for Air

The Michael Jordan sneaker movie is a slam dunk

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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…

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.

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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

Chicago Tribune

Zach LaVine finds his way to the rim once again as he leads Bulls’ postseason push: ‘I’m able to do everything I need to’

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Few forces are strong enough to withstand the momentum of Zach LaVine when he picks up steam on the way to the basket.

Daily Mirror

Lionel Messi future saga takes fresh twist as PSG and Barcelona managers agree on stance

Lionel Messi is now in contact with Barcelona ahead of a possible return to the Camp Nou, with vice-resident Rafa Yuste confirming the club's plans to re-sign him from PSG

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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.

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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

USA Today Sports Media Group

Canadian billionaire Steve Apostolopoulos wants to own more than the Commanders

Apostolopoulos has been linked to NBA and NHL teams in addition to the Commanders.

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