by Cliff Vaughn | Dec 22, 2006 | Opinion
“This is a true story” begins the movie. Not “based on” or “inspired by,” but “this is.” And aside from a couple of composite characters, “We Are Marshall” seems to be the true and still largely unknown story...
by Cliff Vaughn | Dec 21, 2006 | Opinion
Marshall University lost its football team, coaching staff and many boosters when their plane crashed just before landing home in West Virginia on Nov. 14, 1970. The crash in Huntington is still one of the worst disasters in the history of American sports. It took the...
by Cliff Vaughn | Dec 20, 2006 | Opinion
Earlier this year, something odd happened in Huntington, West Va.: A film crew rolled into town. They brought with them well-known actors Matthew McConaughey, Matthew Fox and David Strathairn. They turned back time to 1970, and they delved into one of the town’s...
by Cliff Vaughn | Dec 15, 2006 | Opinion
Chris Gardner is a happy, 52-year-old multimillionaire. Don’t overlook the happy part, because it wasn’t always so. Gardner, now the owner and CEO of Christopher Gardner International Holdings, used to be homeless. He used to sleep in bathrooms of the Bay...
by Cliff Vaughn | Dec 15, 2006 | Opinion
Will Smith turns in a bravura performance in “The Pursuit of Happyness,” which opens nationwide today. The movie, inspired by a true story, builds to one of those marvelous endings where an actor like Smith makes the screen shine and your money feel well...
