Cinderella Man

Cinderella Man: Russell Crowe and Renée Zellweger

Cinderella Man

Cast: Russell Crowe, Renée Zellweger, Paul Giamatti, Craig Bierko, Bruce McGill, Paddy Considine

James J. Braddock (Russell Crowe), an Irish-American hard-nosed boxer, formerly a light heavyweight contender, is forced to give up on boxing after breaking his hand in the ring. As the United States enters the Great Depression, Braddock works at a variety of menial jobs to support his family, but still dreams of somehow returning to boxing and making it big. Thanks to a last minute cancellation by another boxer, Braddock gets a second chance to fight but is put up against the number two contender in the world by the promoters who see Braddock as nothing more than a punching bag. Braddock stuns the boxing experts and fans with a third round knockout of his formidable opponent. Fighting with permanent injuries to his hands, Braddock continues to win and before long he comes to represent the hopes and aspirations of the American public coping with the Depression. Dubbed the "Cinderella Man," in one of the biggest upsets in boxing history, he would eventually defeat the seemingly invincible Max Baer (Craig Bierko) to become the heavyweight champion of the world.

Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation (1994)

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Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation (1994)

Cast: Renée Zellweger, Matthew McConaughey, Robert Jacks, Tonie Perensky

The film, as a semi-remake of the original The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and as a semi-sequel to the original film, takes as its subjects four adolescent characters, Sean, Heather, Barry and Jenny (Renee Zellweger) on promenade who decide to leave the festivities early. They make a detour in the Texas woods and end up in a car accident. They then come into contact with a family of psychopaths who inhabit a dilapidated farm-house in the middle of the forest. The family, known as the Sawyers, include Vilmer (Matthew McConaughey), a trucker with a cybernetic leg; W.E., a literature-quoting redneck; Darla (Vilmer's love-interest), who runs a real-estate office nearby; and Leatherface, a crazed cross-dressing murderer and cannibal wielding a chainsaw.