Man of Steel had its’ United States and United Kingdom release. The movie starred British actor Henry Cavill (best known up until then as Charles Brandon on the hit TV series The Tudors), in addition to Russell Crowe (as Superman’s father Jor-El), Kevin Costner (Jonathan Kent), Amy Adams (Lois Lane), Diane Lane (Martha Kent), and Michael Read More …
The problem is, after doing a bit of reading (and I could have missed the information, and if I did, I’m sorry), I was unable to pin down what you’d call an exact date for this except it was in June of 1938. So since today is the anniversary of one of Russell’s movies, I Read More …
Future Nobel Prize Winning Mathematician John Forbes Nash was born in Bluefield, West Virginia. His life was portrayed in the Oscar winning movie ‘A Beautiful Mind‘ starring Russell Crowe and Jennifer Connelly.
On the 13th of June at Madison Square Garden in New York City, challenger James J. Braddock defeated the world heavyweight champion, Max Baer, in a 15-round match. “The general reaction in most quarters was described as, ‘the greatest fistic upset since the defeat of John L. Sullivan by Jim Corbett’.” This fight is the Read More …
Of all the Universal stars of the Golden Age of Horror in the 1920’s, 1930’s and early 1940’s, for me, the greatest was christened William Henry Pratt, the baby in a family of nine children born to Edward and Eliza Sarah Pratt in Camberwell, London, England on November 23rd, 1887. A bit of trivia about Read More …
On this date in 1905, James ‘Jim’ Braddock – who would be nicknamed Cinderella Man because of his remarkable comeback in boxing – was born in the Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood of New York City. The Oscar-nominated movie Cinderella Man – directed by Oscar winner Ron Howard and starring Oscar winners Russell Crowe and Renee Zellweger tells the riches-to-rags-to-riches story of Read More …
So, in light of the news that Russell will be next working on a reprise of the 1930s version of The Mummy (w/ Boris Karloff), I went dashing off into the internet to rediscover all my favorite information haunts in relation to ancient Egypt. My fascination with that period of history started with a grade Read More …
The final round, the final few minutes of the championship match between Max Baer (Craig Bierko) and James ‘Jim’ Braddock (Russell Crowe) in Ron Howard’sCinderella Man, which opened on this date in 2005. This moderator saw the movie on its’ opening weekend and after watching this clip, had forgotten what an emotional roller coaster ride it Read More …
The Oscar nominated Cinderella Man was released, Directed by Oscar winner Ron Howard, and starring Oscar winners Russell Crowe and Renee Zellweger, the movie tells the story of a once top-ranked boxer named James ‘Jim’ Braddock, who – along with his family – suffer the tragedies of the Great Depression of the 1930′s. Braddock is Read More …