Running time: 135 minutes. In theaters Nov. 7. TORONTO — A boxing movie has finally yanked Sydney Sweeney out of her restrictive Hollywood box. She takes a big swing in “Christy,” the biopic of the ...
The actor laces up her gloves to play Christy Martin, the boundary-breaking woman boxer whose hardships in the ring paled in ...
Sweeney brings a lot of moxie and determination to the role of Martin, who didn't find boxing as much as boxing found her.
Based on the life of Christy Martin, who helped legitimize women’s boxing, the film also stars Ben Foster as the trainer who becomes her abusive husband. By David Rooney Chief Film Critic Michôd is a ...
Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series highlighting awards season’s buzziest movies continues with The Fire Inside, the boxing drama directed by Oscar-nominated cinematographer Rachel Morrison in her ...