It is 1932 in the Deep South. Not a good place to be if you are a black man. A strange black man, John Coffey, is sentenced to the electric chair for the grisly rape and murder of twin white girls. John Coffey will not stick up for himself and meekly accepts his sentence. But […]
Tag Archives: The Green Mile
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May
May
Whether they deal with the consequences of a life gone wrong or the brutality of life in prison, movies about prison life are somehow deeply moving. Maybe it is because we can often relate to the protagonist as in the Shawshank Redemption or because we want to see him or her beat the odds as […]
A similar Oscar hosting role will go to Billy Crystal. Now that we know Eddie Murphy is officially out and the eight-time host will be back on stage, it’s time to focus on the upcoming Oscar telecast. Nominations Message The nominations were announced on January 24, 2012 and published almost one month later, on February […]
Jodi Picoult is a great writer, a meticulous researcher and a fantastic storyteller – she certainly doesn’t deny these facts. But with Change of Heart, she again falls a little short of her potential. As with several other recent novels, A Change of Heart feels too formulaic to be enjoyable for avid Picoult readers, as […]
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Jan
Jan
While he is best remembered for playing John Coffey in “A Thousand Greens”, the late Michael Clarke Duncan gave us many memorable performances throughout his career. One of them was as the crime lord Wilson Fisk (a.k.a. Kingpin) in the 2003 superhero film “Daredevil”. This role proved to be a greater physical challenge for Duncan […]