The Ron Howard directorial Cinderella Man chronicles the journey of James J. Braddock, a once-promising boxer who is held back due to the struggles of the Great Depression. His wife and manager ...
As the film “The Featherweight,” about the life of boxing great Willie Pep, enters wide release, this week a different BoxingScene contributor will reflect on a boxing biopic that resonates with them.
I don’t know what it is about boxing movies that pack a punch in the Academy Awards arena, but “Cinderella Man” delivers a one-two punch. It’s an action-packed, Rocky-overcomes-the-Depression film ...
This article was updated at 6:47 p.m. No Cinderella story is complete without a happy ending. But a happy ending has eluded “Cinderella Man” here at home. Ron Howard’s boxing drama opened the weekend ...
Russell Crowe Was Great in This Boxing Movie, but It Was His Co-Star Who Earned the Oscar Nomination
Hollywood has had a love-hate relationship with boxing movies ever since the highs and lows of the Rocky franchise, but one of the genre's hidden gems is undoubtedly 2005's Cinderella Man. Directed by ...
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 ...
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