Tag Archives: Morgan Freeman

Five Film Favorites: Best Picture Winners

Posted on January 13, 2011 by F.T. Rea

It’s cold outside and, yes, we’re in the midst of the awards season. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will announce the nominees for Best Picture later this month. The Academy started handing out the awards first for … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Lists | Tagged Academy Awards, Brenda Vaccaro, Casablanca, Claude Rains, Clint Eastwood, Danny DeVito, Dustin Hoffman, Elia Kazan, Eva Marie Saint, Five Film Favorites, Gene Hackman, Humphrey Bogart, hurt locker, Ingrid Bergman, Jack Nicholson, John Schlesinger, Jon Voight, Lee J. Cobb, Louise Fletcher, Marlon Brando, Michael Curtiz, Midnight Cowboy, Milos Forman, Morgan Freeman, On the Waterfront, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Unforgiven | 1 Comment

Five Film Favorites: Civil War Stories

Posted on January 6, 2011 by F.T. Rea

In case you haven’t noticed, here in Richmond, Virginia, located at the falls of the James River, we’re commemorating the beginning of the American Civil War (1861-65). It’s been 150 years since the United States broke into pieces at war … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Lists | Tagged An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, Andrew V. McLaglen, Anker Larsen, Anne Cornaly, Buster Keaton, Cary Elwes, Clyde Bruckman, Denzel Washington, Doug McClure, Edward Zwick, Five Film Favorites, Glen Cavender, Glenn Corbett, Glory, James Stewart, Jason Robards, Ken Burns, Marion Mack, Matthew Broderick, Morgan Freeman, Robert Enrico, Roger Jacquet, Sam Waterston, Shenandoah, The Civil War, The General | 1 Comment

5 Worst Films Directed By Christopher Nolan

Posted on November 8, 2010 by Ted Salins

Having seen Inception recently at the Byrd, I can now say what I’ve always detected – Christopher Nolan is the most celebrated, beloved bad director since Ed Wood. Noland makes impossibly illogical movies that his fans mistake for depth and … Continue reading →

Posted in Essays, Film, Reviews | Tagged Al Pacino, Any Given Sunday, Batman, Christopher Nolan, Dark Knight, Darth Vader, Ed Wood, Heath Ledger, Inception, Insomnia, Joker, Leonardo DiCaprio, Memento, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, Nikola Tesla, Pedro Almodovar, Prestige, Shutter Island | 27 Comments

Eastwood’s Exceptional Men

Posted on October 26, 2010 by Todd Hunter Starkweather

The release of Hereafter marked the thirty-fourth time a Clint Eastwood directed film hit the big screen. It seems nearly impossible that at eighty years old Eastwood is somehow becoming more prolific in churning out films. Since 2000, Eastwood has … Continue reading →

Posted in Essays, Film | Tagged Clint Eastwood, Dirty Harry, exceptionalism, Gran Torino, Herafter, Invictus, Italian Westerns, Matt Damon, Morgan Freeman, Walt Kowalski | Leave a comment

Five Film Favorites: Westerns

Posted on September 9, 2010 by F.T. Rea

While we’ve all seen lots of bad Western movies with tired clichés about trail drives, crooked sheriffs and handgun duels wrapped around predictable plots, a good Western, with well drawn characters moving about in a lean story, is hard to … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Lists | Tagged Andy Devine, Claire Trevor, Clint Eastwood, David Miller, Five Film Favorites, Fred Zinnemann, Gary Cooper, Gena Rowlands, Gene Hackman, Grace Kelly, Humphrey Bogart, John Ford, John Huston, John Wayne, Kirk Douglas, Lloyd Bridges, Lonely Are the Brave, Morgan Freeman, Roy Rogers, Tim Holt, Trigger, Walter Huston, Walter Matthau | 4 Comments

Tag Archives: Morgan Freeman

Five Film Favorites: Best Picture Winners

Five Film Favorites: Civil War Stories

5 Worst Films Directed By Christopher Nolan

Eastwood’s Exceptional Men

Five Film Favorites: Westerns

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