Tag: iconic movies
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Redemption, Friendship, Identity. The Beacon of “The Shawshank Redemption” Still Burns
To opine on 1994’s “The Shawshank Redemption,” when the last time I saw it was at least 10-years-ago, is a risk. Reading in order to inform my prose I’m reminded of Morgan Freeman’s voiceover, and Andy’s downpour shower after having crawled through a sewer tunnel. And fans have forgotten or weren’t alive when “The Shawshank…
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How Did a Summer 1988 Release, “Die Hard,” Become an Iconic Christmas Movie?
July 15 marks the 37th anniversary of the release of “Die Hard”. How many people remember it as a summer movie? Until I asked Perplexity.ai to name events in American movie history during mid-July, I didn’t know that the winter movie was released during the summer! Thirty-seven years after its release, why would I or…
Will Wright: Award-Winning Independent Journalism, Exec Oratory and More... 