Despite the sport opening the door to endless cinematic and storytelling possibilities, a number of excellent boxing movies ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Image Credits: Universal Pictures The Ron Howard directorial Cinderella Man chronicles the journey of James J. Braddock, a ...

Whatever else you can say about it, and you can say plenty, boxing remains the essence of sport. Football? Sure you carry a ball, but the idea is to knock somebody down so that you can run from here ...

With Ron Howard at the helm, ‘Cinderella Man’ chronicles the rise, fall, and resurgence of boxer James J. Braddock during the ...

Xpress' 6th grade reviewer offers her thoughts on Pixar's latest gem. “When America was on its knees, he brought us to our feet,” claims the tag line for Ron Howard’s Depression-era drama about boxer ...

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Attentive viewers of the climactic fight of Cinderella Man, Ron Howard’s Depression-era crowd-pleaser, will notice a Star of David on the red trunks of Max Baer, the lethal opponent of Jim “Cinderella ...

Paul Giamatti's mother Toni Marilyn Giamatti died during the course of filming 2005's Cinderella Man Russell Crowe made a surprising promise to Paul Giamatti’s dying mother. The actor, 56, told GQ in ...

Cinderella Man follows the life of James J. Braddock (Crowe), a light heavyweight and later heavyweight boxer. Braddock had a quick rise in the boxing game that led to an eventual title shot against ...

Universal has made no secret of its Oscar dreams for "Cinderella Man," a well-reviewed box office disappointment when it bowed this summer. And the studio takes its best shot at Acad riches with extra ...

An exquisite ode to a working-class hero, "Cinderella Man" takes the almost impossibly perfect elements of the saga of underdog boxer James J. Braddock and fills it with emotional gravitas, wrenching ...