Tag Archives: Morgan Freeman

Film review | Alex Cross – Tyler Perry plays things straight (but the film’s a drag)

Best-known for his drag role as headstrong Atlanta matriarch Madea in a string of stage and film comedies, Tyler Perry plays things straight as brilliant forensic psychologist Alex Cross, the character created by bestselling author James Patterson and previously played … Continue reading

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Film review | Olympus Has Fallen – Beefy Butler saves the day when the White House goes up in smoke

Heavily armed terrorists seize control of a landmark building and only a lone maverick lawman can save the day. No, it’s not the Nakatomi Tower and Bruce Willis’s NYPD cop John McClane in Die Hard but the White House and … Continue reading

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Film review | Oblivion – Mopping up after the apocalypse: Tom Cruise’s repairman is a sci-fi hero

‘We won the war but lost the planet,’ declares Tom Cruise’s ex-soldier Jack Harper in voice-over at the start of epic sci-fi adventure Oblivion, introducing us to the post-apocalyptic Earth of 2077. The war was fought with invading aliens and … Continue reading

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Thought for the Day from Feast of Love

“Sometimes you don’t know you’ve crossed a line until you’re already on the other side.” Feast of Love (2007) Share this thought for the day on our Movie Talk Facebook page or Movie Talk Twitter stream.

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DVD review | Dolphin Tale – A family-friendly triumph-over-adversity saga with a twist in the tail

Inspired by an extraordinary true story, Dolphin Tale is a heart-warming family drama about an injured dolphin that learns to swim again with the help of a prosthetic tail. The film’s human hero is 11-year-old Sawyer (Nathan Gamble), an introverted … Continue reading

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Win a Dolphin Tale goodie bag!

Dolphin Tale, starring Harry Connick Jnr and Morgan Freeman, is inspired by the amazing true story of a brave dolphin (who also stars as herself in the film) and the compassionate strangers who banded together to save her life. A … Continue reading

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A Thought for the Day from The Shawshank Redemption…

“Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.” The Shawshank Redemption (1994) The Shawshank Redemption is showing today – Sunday 5th June – on ITV2 at 10pm Share this thought for the … Continue reading

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Small Screen – this week’s top ten DVDs…

The Social Network Status update… David Fincher (Se7en, Fight Club) helms this drama about the trials and tribulations of the founding of Facebook. If you can see this, then you might need a Flash Player upgrade or you need to … Continue reading

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Red – Retired, Extremely Dangerous (so not ready for the pipe and slippers just yet)

Adapted – and expanded – from a short, three-chapter-long graphic novel, Red is an action comedy romp that finds old-timers Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, John Malkovich and Helen Mirren having a ball on screen. In fact, it’s possible they had … Continue reading

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Big Screen – this week’s top ten at the cinema…

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 It’s a kind of magic… In the first part of the last instalment in the blockbusting franchise, Harry, Ron and Hermione set out on their arduous mission to find and destroy Voldemort’s … Continue reading

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