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 ...

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 ...

Jim Braddock (Russell Crowe) steps back into the ring against Lasky (Art Binkowski), unleashing years of frustration in a single brutal round. It’s not just a win—it’s a message that Braddock’s got ...

Jim Braddock (Russell Crowe) faces off against heavyweight champ Max Baer (Craig Bierko) in a brutal title match where every round is survival. Get your popcorn pick! Watch Cinderella Man here: <a ...

Crowe’s temper had a habit of landing him in hot water. The Gladiator star was involved in more than a few controversies in the past after losing his cool. Some of these scandals came from what ...

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 ...

Ron Howard's depression-era boxing saga "Cinderella Man" has one thing in common with "Revenge of the Sith": just about everybody knows how the story will turn out. It's not that everyone's heard of ...

“Cinderella Man” chronicles the fall and rise of Depression-era heavyweight champion James Braddock, but the movie also revives the memory of another title holder, Max Baer. LOS ANGELES, June 5 (JTA) ...

Ron Howard's latest film Cinderella Man tells the story of James Braddock — but doesn't share the boxer's confidence. The real Braddock believed enough in himself to accomplish miracles in the ring, ...

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 ...

I'm sick of walking out of sports movies and hearing people say it was predictable. I mean, come on, anyone who's been going to movies for any amount of time knows that Rocky is going to win in the ...