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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

“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) ...

Sometimes bad dates happen to good movies. Although studios often argue that the movie business is a 52-week-a-year business, Ron Howard’s “Cinderella Man,” which Universal Pictures bowed June 3, ...

"Cinderella Man" should settle any lingering perception of Ron Howard as a sentimental director. From its opening scenes, he gets into the ring with this film, about heavyweight boxer James J.

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...