Shawshank

As the credits roll on the 1994 prison drama The Shawshank Redemption, director Frank Darabont’s final message to his audience has nothing to do with protagonists Andy (Tim Robbins) or Red (Morgan Freeman) – rather, it concerns one Allen Greene, to whom the movie was dedicated. But who was Allen Greene in real life? And what did he have to do with Darabont’s cinematic masterpiece? Here’s the inside story. Allan Greene was a literary agent who believed in Frank https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmzuHjWmXOc Allen Greene…

It’s easy to hope that The Shawshank Redemption was based on a true story. That’s probably because of the “redemption” part. In the end, it’s a beautiful story. Friendship and optimism conquer an unforgiving system. A fraction of independence is metered out thanks to perseverance, determination, and the single-minded use of a remarkably durable rock hammer.  Looked at from another point of view, though, finding out that the 1994 motion picture classic was based in truth would be an absolute nightmare. Think of all the…

via Warner Bros This article contains minor spoilers from The Flash. The Flash has a lot of easter eggs; that’s not a controversial statement to make — the film has sold itself in trailers and interviews as a collage of references from things that we all know and love. Most of these references are obvious ones, like Michael Keaton’s Batman or Ben Affleck’s Batman, for that matter, but others are more obscure. Some might even say surprising. The one easter egg that will likely slip under the radar comes early in…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freePredicting which movies will set the box office alight seems like an easy task, but there’s a reason studios get paid the big bucks to do so. However, every so often, an acclaimed film can come along that absolutely tanks after being unveiled for the public.Over the years, there have been a startling number of films that have struggled, or indeed failed, to recoup their budget, and…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freePredicting which movies will set the box office alight seems like an easy task, but there’s a reason studios get paid the big bucks to do so. However, every so often, an acclaimed film can come along that absolutely tanks after being unveiled for the public.Over the years, there have been a startling number of films that have struggled, or indeed failed, to recoup their budget, and…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeIt can be easy to predict which movies will set the box office alight, but every now and then, something great comes along that doesn’t fare so well.Over the years, there have been a startling number of films that have struggled, or indeed failed, to recoup their budget, unfairly earning the “box office flop” tag.It’s hard to pin down exactly why films such as these – Children of Men…