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The Shawshank Redemption (1994) – The Daily Movie Wallpaper – We were the lords of all creation

blake — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 09:55:48 +0000

The Daily Movie Wallpaper
Sunday, January 3, 2009

Red (Morgan Freeman): We sat and drank with the sun on our shoulders and felt like free men. Hell, we could have been tarring the roof of one of our own houses. We were the lords of all creation. As for Andy – he spent that break hunkered in the shade, a strange little smile on his face, watching us drink his beer.

This film, also one of my favorites, often sits atop #1 voted movies on IMDb and some 16 years later it continues to resonate and inspire.

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Seasoned life “Red” (Morgan Freeman) and members of his gang (left to right: David Proval, William Sadler, Neil Giuntoli, Brian Libby and Joe Ragno) tar the Shawshank prison factory roof.

Photo by:
Michael Weinstein

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Image Source:
Official still that was used in the original US release of the film.

Related Links:
::: IMDb Profile

A Prophet (2009) – New Cinema Wallpaper of the Day – 22 New Images

blake — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 04:28:18 +0000

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New Cinema Wallpaper of the Day
Monday, July 27, 2009

With this latest batch of 22 images this brings the total of images from Cannes Grand Prix winner A Prophet to 27. This has been to this date my favorite film of 2009. A Prophet is riveting from beginning to end, unlike any prison film you’ve ever seen before and with break out performances that keep you deeply immersed in what is happening on screen.

Synopsis:
Condemned to six years in prison, Malik El Djebena cannot read nor write. Arriving at the jail entirely alone, he appears younger and more fragile than the other convicts. He is 19 years old. Cornered by the leader of the Corsican gang who rules the prison, he is given a number of “missions” to carry out, toughening him up and gaining the gang leader’s confidence in the process.

But Malik is brave and a fast learner, daring to secretly develop his own plans.

Photo By:
Roger Arpajou

Image Source:
Official stills used in the original international release. Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics.

Related Links:
::: IMDb Profile

A Prophet (2009) – New Cinema Wallpaper of the Day – Jacques Audiard & Tahar Rahim

blake — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 14:34:07 +0000

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New Cinema Wallpaper of the Day
Sunday, July 5, 2009

A Prophet was the Grand Prix winner at Cannes (details) and also happens to be my favorite film to date of 2009. The timeless and engrossing type of rise to power crime films like Scarface (Hawks or De Palma) or Godfather seem few and far between. A Prophet in my mind is in that rare category of crime films of that ilk. Whereas I found it to be particularly more bleak and human. Which is one way it separates itself from the recent glut of faux gritty yet highly glossy prison melodramas and one dimensional crime thrillers. Personally I can’t stand contemporary prison melodramas of any type or variety. They all just seem very overly calculating and artificial. Like wise, I didn’t go walk into A Prophet very optimistically at Cannes. By the time it was over and the end credits were rolling I was so completely absorbed in it that I forgot I was watching a movie. It was that involving! Every twist and turn had me more and more on the edge of my seat along for its ride. The human touches the film possesses in some ways reminds me of the rich characterization in Shawshank Redemption which give it this multi-layer quality of not watching real life actors go through the paces on screen but presenting us a vivid world of real and breathing characters who tight rope through life each day in the harsh prison life and its surrounding criminal enterprise tentacles. One part I’m still very impressed with is even though it presents a very realistic world it also has numerous surreal moments that flow perfectly into the editing of the film without every taking you out. On paper this should be distracting and jarring… yet somehow they weave it in and it works perfectly. Engrossing, rich and intoxicating with fumes of great cinema and all the qualities you hope any film walking into it would possess and rarely get, let alone contemporary crime films.

Synopsis:
Condemned to six years in prison, Malik El Djebena cannot read nor write. Arriving at the jail entirely alone, he appears younger and more fragile than the other convicts. He is 19 years old. Cornered by the leader of the Corsican gang who rules the prison, he is given a number of “missions” to carry out, toughening him up and gaining the gang leader’s confidence in the process.

But Malik is brave and a fast learner, daring to secretly develop his own plans.

Photo By:
Roger Arpajou

Image Source:
Official stills used in the original international release.

Related Links:
::: IMDb Profile

Chained Heat II (1993) – Vintage Movie Wallpaper of the Day

blake — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:00:55 +0000

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Vintage Movie Wallpaper of the Day
Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Well after her breakout performances as Red Sonja and as Karla in Beverly Hills Cop II, Brigitte Nielsen was Magda Kassar in Chained Heat II.

Amazon.com Link:
Buy the Chained Heat 2 DVD

Image Source:
Official issued still that was used in its original USA release.

Related Links:
::: IMDb Profile