“42,’ the recently-released film about Jackie Robinson breaking baseball’s color barrier, didn’t need poetic license. Robinson was that strong-willed and bright.

Watch the trailer for next April's 42, the Jackie Robinson movie with Harrison Ford playing Branch Rickey.

The themes of the new movie 42, a biopic about Robinson that dominated the weekend box office, extend beyond the baseball field upon which they largely take place. But because baseball – as ...

<i>42</i> is a reminder of how we've progressed as a sport and a nation. When it ended I felt moved and inspired, but a part of me was also a little sad.

Several hundred Anne Arundel County high school students attended a special movie screening Thursday morning, one with an important message.

So when the movie "42" reached theaters, I headed for the cineplex with the speed of Jackie stealing second -- allowing for age and achy joints, of course.

Writer/director Brian Helgeland’s warmly inspirational 42 approaches the Jackie Robinson story as something glowing with as much promise as the youthful Robinson embodied in 1945, ...

"42," the new story of how Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color line, is connecting with critics. The film, which stars Harrison Ford as executive Branch Rickey and newcomer Chadwick Boseman as ...

“42′ is not exaggerated, but it’s just a snapshot of the man Jackie Robinson was — and the spirit of change he brought to society. And, thankfully, he was not alone. The movie is terrific.

"42" is not exaggerated, but it's just a snapshot of the man Jackie Robinson was -- and the spirit of change he brought to society. And, thankfully, he was not alone. The movie is terrific. Go see it.

There are rare occasions when poetic license isn’t necessary to separate scripted movie from dry documentary. “42,” the recently-released film about Jackie Robinson breaking baseball’s ...