Tag: Morgan Freeman
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Morgan Freeman’s Role In The Twilight Zone You May Have Forgotten About
Long before the 2019 revival of “The Twilight Zone” dropped on CBS All Access, there was the 1985 revival of the same name. This version was also not quite as well-received as the original series, but it still delivered plenty for fans of the classic series to enjoy: Fun premises, spooky characters, ominous narration, and…
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The Tiny Detail Heath Ledger Used To Perfect The Joker’s Dark Knight Look
For “The Dark Knight Trilogy,” director Christopher Nolan wanted to make a “logical” Batman story. That meant not only crafting an internal psychology for Bruce Wayne but also dragging the mechanics and aesthetics of his world down to reality. There’s a reason the films spend so much time explaining how Batman’s gear works (Lucius Fox…
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Don’t Sleep on This Christopher Nolan Thriller Starring Robin Williams
Nowadays, Christopher Nolan is known best for his work on big-budget blockbusters with a cerebral twist that keep audiences guessing. Over the years, Nolan has worked with some of the biggest names in the business, from Christian Bale, Hugh Jackman, and Leonardo DiCaprio to Morgan Freeman, Heath Ledger, and Michael Caine. As of his latest…
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Laird Koenig, ‘The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane’ Writer, Dies at 95
Laird Koenig, who wrote “The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane,” died in Santa Barbara on June 30, Jamie Dixon, the son of Koenig’s collaborator Peter L. Dixon, told Variety. He was 95.Koenig was an American author and screenwriter whose novel was adapted into the 1976 Jodie Foster-led horror movie “The Little Girl Who…
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New on Paramount+ in July 2023
As of June 27, 2023, Paramount+ Premium subscribers are able to access everything on Showtime as the two streamers merge into Paramount+ With Showtime. This means that July will bring even more titles than usual to the streaming platform, including the Oscar-nominated drama Aftersun, and subscribers can already stream some of Showtime’s buzziest series including…
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This Jack Ryan Adaptation Gave Us a Very Different Ben Affleck
The Jack Ryan franchise had big shoes to fill after Alec Baldwin and Harrison Ford successfully portrayed Tom Clancy’s fictional CIA analyst in The Hunt for Red October, Patriot Games, and Clear and Present Danger respectively. But in 2002, Ben Affleck gave it a go with the reboot The Sum of All Fears, focusing on…
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This Is the Worst Scene in Christopher Nolan’s Batman Trilogy
More than a decade after its conclusion, the three movies in Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Trilogy are still widely regarded as some of the best superhero movies in cinema history. Nolan’s approach to Batman was to take the superhero seriously while grounding him in a dark and realistic story about grief, vengeance, and ultimately…