This photo provided by Focus Features shows Stephan James, left, as Jesse Owens and Jeremy Irons as Avery Brundage, in Stephen Hopkinsâ "Race," a Focus Features release. The movie opens in U.S ...

No rousing epic, it's closer to the feel of a modest TV movie — a la 1984's "The Jesse Owens Story." "Race" kicks off in the fall of 1933 as young James Cleveland Owens (Stephan James, "Selma ...

None of that flat-out ruins "Race" (which, it should be pointed out, was made in cooperation with the Owens estate, for better or worse). Neither does it make it a bad movie.

For a movie about Olympic gold, “Race” sure has a tin ear. As a Hollywood biography of the great Jesse Owens, it’s meant to be epic. But its characters feel flat and unreal. Apart from a few ...

With the release of the new movie "Race," we share this story on the life and times of former Ohio State and Olympic track legend Jesse Owens. Click here for more. 247Sports ...

Stephan James stars as Olympic hero Jesse Owens in the movie "Race," which opens nationwide on Feb. 19, 2016. (Photo courtesy of Focus Features) "Race," a new biopic about Alabama native and 1936 ...

T he movie Race, opening Feb. 19, tells the story of Jesse Owens’ triumph at the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games—a victory that might never have happened had the track star not decided that his ...

Made with the support of Owens’ daughters and the Jesse Owens Foundation, “Race” chronicles Owens’ life from his leaving Cleveland to study and race at Ohio State University through his ...

Jesse Owens' triumphant effort at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin represents a noteworthy feat in both sports and world history - a defining moment because of how the track star, in the face of ...

On Monday Focus Features released the first trailer for Race, an upcoming biopic about Jesse Owens starring Stephan James, Jason Sudeikis, William Hurt and Jeremy Irons. The film looks pretty ...

After all, if Owens was going to race for 1930s-era Ohio State, much less in Adolf Hitler's 1936 Berlin Olympics, he was going to have a lot to block out.