Paying tribute to some of America’s bravest, the firefighter film “Ladder 49” (search) starring John Travolta and Joaquin Phoenix could heat up the screen at theaters this weekend. But it’s just as ...

Robert Apodaca, one of the youngest fire chiefs in Arizona, has won the grand prize in the Firehouse.com 'Ladder 49' VIP Extra Contest. Baltimore, MD (May 28) -- Robert Apodaca, one of the youngest ...

In the opening scene, fireman Jack Morrison (Joaquin Phoenix) and other members of Ladder 49 enter a huge burning building. Conflagration has engulfed the edifice and the men search, eventually ...

"Ladder 49," a Hollywood action-melodrama in Hollywood's biggest, brawniest tradition, is structured like an old-fashioned western, with lots of showdowns and chases and men being men. Only instead of ...

The best compliment I can pay ``Ladder 49'' is to say that it left me feeling thoughtful and sad. I was surprised it had such an effect. I walked in expecting an action picture with heroic firemen ...

THE LOWDOWN: A trapped firefighter's life is told in flashback as his crew fights to save him. It was firefighters who indirectly gave us our first much-needed laugh after Sept. 11. Janeane Garofalo, ...