City Banker Andy Dufresne is in Shawshank State Prison after receiving a double life sentence for murder. There he meets Red and also forms friendships with the warden and prison guards. Andy soon finds that you either get on with living or you get on with dying. The bonus features stretch over two discs, which are sent out .. Read more
| Starring | Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Robert Gunton, William Sadler |
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| Director | Frank Darabont |
| Genres | Audio Descriptive, Drama |
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It’s a strange kettle of fish when the latest film from the beloved Shawshank Redemption team of writer-director Frank Darabont and original author Stephen King is left languishing on the shelf for six months, then released against a couple of blockbusters. Such is the fate of The Mist, a rather anti-summer movie, and not only because of the weather. Reviews in the States last year were scarcely engaged and business was poor. Yet this doomsday horror movie emerges as one of the better... Read more
Gritty prison thriller The Shawshank Redemption has topped a poll of the best films never to win an Oscar. In a glaring oversight the Academy failed to bestow a gong on the inspiring tale starring Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman. Shawshank received the overwhelming support of Radio Times readers, beating feel good classic It's A Wonderful Life and Spielberg family favourite ET into second and third place respectively. Bank holiday stalwarts Raiders Of The Lost Ark and The Great Escape also... Read more
Teleportation thriller Jumper, starring Samuel L Jackson and Star Wars' Hayden Christensen, has leapt to the top of the US box office chart in its opening weekend. According to figures from Nielsen, the film, which also stars The OC's Rachael Bilson and Jamie Bell of King Kong, was one of four films making their debut in the chart. It was followed by drama Step Up 2: The Streets and fantasy The Spiderwick Chronicles, which is released in the UK on March 21st. Romantic adventure comedy Fool's... Read more
Tim Robbins looks to have joined the cast of the second film in the "Jumanji" series. "Zathura" is based on Chris van Allsburg sequel to "Jumanji" -written 20 years after the original. "Jumanji" was turned into a film in 1995 and despite staring Robin Williams underperformed at the box office. The producers of "Zathura" have made it clear that there is no formal link to "Jumanji" and that it stands on its own as a film Film magazine... Read more