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The best journalists, like Kim, are less like the swashbuckling swordsmen in another Goldman film, ‘The Princess Bride,’ and more like the diligent, collegial and caring cast of 2015’s Oscar winner ‘Spotlight.’

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2018

On any given day, the selfie sticks waving in the air along the upper deck give the impression of a band of swordsmen setting off on a raid.

From The Guardian • Feb. 24, 2018

Sure, the show offers cartoonish heroics like Aliff’s burly Porthos easily outfighting four swordsmen.

From Washington Post • May 16, 2016

The very notion that Montoya is not the world’s greatest swordsmen?

From Time • Oct. 20, 2011

The Greek heroes had been bolder, however, or else better swordsmen.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton