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Robin Williams toned down his usually manic comic approach in this successful period drama. In 1959, the Welton Academy is a staid but well-respected prep school where education is a pragmatic and rather dull affair. Several of the students, however, have their thoughts on the learning process (and life itself) changed when a .. Read more

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  Willis to reach summit

  • 16 Dec 2005

  Bruce Willis' next film will see him playing a peace loving man who turns to vengeance. The Die Hard star is to appear in Morgan's Summit, written and directed by Tom Schulman. Willis, whose other films have included Terry Gilliam's Twelve Monkeys, Luc Besson's The Fifth Element and Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction, will play a radio host who has made his name telling listeners' stories of kindness. However, when his life is struck by a brutal crime he finds himself torn apart by the need to... Read more

  

  Freedom Writers

  • 26 Feb 2007

  What is it Judi Dench says in Notes on a Scandal? 'Teaching is just crowd control - we should be a branch of social services.' Imelda Staunton echoes those sentiments here, as an initially sympathetic school principal who becomes increasingly irritated by the dedication and enterprise of new teacher Ellen Gruwell (Hilary Swank). It's not that dedication is a no-no in itself, but Gruwell's devotion to her class of multi-ethnic 14-year-old no-hopers includes working two part-time jobs to... Read more

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