Joe Pesci was on home turf in Jersey for “Day of the Fight,” an indie movie about a boxer on the redemption trail. So was its star, West Orange native Michael Pitt. Pitt (”Boardwalk Empire ...

Joe Pesci is back in the ring. Nearly 45 years after “Raging Bull,” the Oscar winner is making his return to acting in a very different kind of boxing movie: “Day of the Fight” (in theaters Friday in ...