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Idris Is Impressive in Adaptation of Revered Icon’s Autobiography, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Nelson “Madiba” Mandela (Idris Elba) secretly started writing his autobiography Long Walk to Freedom while still serving what he had every reason to believe would be a life sentence on…
Out of the Furnace: Ex-Con Searches for Missing Sibling in Revenge Thriller
Russell Baze (Christian Bale) is stuck in a dead-end job at a rural Pennsylvania steel mill that is rumored to be closing soon. However, he’s not in a position to…
Sequel Finds Katniss Competing in Another Death Match
The Hunger Games book trilogy has so captured the collective imagination of children the world over that it has already eclipsed Harry Potter as the best-selling children’s book series of…
Dallas Buyers Club: Matthew McConaughey Delivers Oscar-Quality Performance
Ron Woodroof (Matthew McConaughey) was informed that he had 30 days to live when he was diagnosed as being HIV positive in 1986. While pharmaceutical companies around the world were…
The Best Man Holiday: Sequel Finds Reunited Friends Romancing and Reminiscing
When released in 1999, The Best Man was dismissed by some as merely an African American version of The Big Chill, and by others as the black male answer to…
Last Vegas: A Bachelor Party Reunion in Nostalgic Buddy Comedy
Billy (Michael Douglas), Paddy (Robert De Niro), Archie (Morgan Freeman), and Sam (Kevin Kline) were inseparable when they were growing up in Flatbush back in the 50s. They managed to…
Highly Anticipated “Can’t Miss” Crime Thriller Misses the Mark
It’s easy to see why this crime thriller got the green light in Hollywood. First of all, it was written by Pulitzer Prize-winner Cormac McCarthy whose No Country for Old…
12 Years a Slave: Chiwetel Ejiofor Stars in Adaptation of African-American Memoir
Solomon Northup (Chiwetel Ejiofor) was a black man who was born a free man in upstate New York in 1808. A skilled carpenter and fiddler, he and his wife (Kelsey…
Captain Phillips: Somali Pirates Hold Captain Hostage in Rescue Thriller
On April 9, 2009, the Maersk Alabama, an American container ship headed for Mombasa, Kenya, was hijacked on the high seas in an area that had become very popular with…
Astronauts Struggle to Survive Shuttle Disaster in Space Thriller
Matt Kowalski (George Clooney) is ready to retire at the end of a distinguished career as a NASA astronaut. The veteran captain is in command of his final flight of…
