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The new movie ‘Air’ from Ben Affleck and Matt Damon recalls how Sonny Vaccaro helped sign Michael Jordan to Nike in a deal that birthed the Air Jordan sneaker line. In this episode, the co-hosts discuss its merits, historical accuracy, and the portrayal of real-life footwear industry legends like Phil Knight and Rob Strasser. They also breakdown the possible decline of the Air Jordan 1, the best and worst Jordan hybrids, Bode’s Nike collaboration, and the coming Terror Squad Air Force 1s b...

How Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Viola Davis, Jason Bateman and more prepared to play their real-life characters in Air.

Because Ben Affleck has shot "Air" like it was filmed in the 1980s, there’s lots to savor. In addition to the product placement (get a load of the toys and

AIR. I went on at some length recently about the work of Ben Affleck (Director Affleck), particularly Argo (2012), both as pertains to Tetris and...

Keri Russell's saucy take on 'The Diplomat' Characterizing Keri Russell's new show The Diplomat (Netflix, April 20) is difficult, but that's part of its charm. "The drama of politics, the absurdity of that kind of politics, the pomp and circumstance mixed in with a complicated marriage," Russell told Newsweek's H. Alan Scott. Sounds intense, but in fact &quo

Ben Affleck’s likeable and engaging ‘Air’ walks a fine line between success and defeat. It’s a fitting culmination of the director’s exploration of drama and its sub-genres.

The new movie “ Air ” is technically about a shoe. There is nothing especially extraordinary about this shoe. As the Q-like Nike designer Peter Moore (Matthew Maher) explains, the

It's more than a bit ironic; a movie in which the nucleus is the arguably the most gifted and prominent athlete in the history of sports - isn't a spo...

"Air" editor, Oscar-winning editor William Goldenberg, discusses the fast and loose production that aptly suited the underdog vibe at Nike.

Over the past quarter-century, there have been periods of time – runs of entire years, even – in which I couldn't have fathomed writing the sentence “I wish Ben Affleck made more movies.” Yet as I was driving home from the phenomenally enjoyable Air Jordan origin story Air, which Affleck directed from a stellar Alex Convery script, that was my primary thought, and I'm not