Morgan Freeman Archives - Movieman's Guide to the Movies

Kiss the Girls is a fine suspense/thriller, based on the James Patterson novel, headlined by a respectable cast headlined by Morgan Freeman and Ashley Judd.

A Good Person is a drama starring Florence Pugh, Morgan Freeman and Molly Shannon and arrived on Blu-ray March 30th.

Paradise Road is a movie that has a powerful message and honestly isn’t a bad film with fine performances but in the end never quite makes the impact it was intending and instead was on the forgettable side.

The Shawshank Redemption is a movie I really should re-watch every other year if not every year as it’s an extraordinary and perfect film from the script to direction to the phenomenal performances from Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman.

Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard is probably an unnecessary sequel and it does have its flaws from a flimsy plot and some of the humor doesn’t work, but for the most part I did like the core main characters and the addition of Salma Hayek was the highlight.

Lionsgate Home Entertainment has announced the date and released artwork for The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard starring Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson, Salma Hayek, Antonio Banderas and Morgan Freeman.

Vanquish is your typical direct-to-video (or digital) film that might have a great actor like Morgan Freeman and an adequate actress in Ruby Rose, but everything else doesn’t quite work, B/C level stuff that happened to get some recognizable faces.

Angel Has Fallen is pretty much in-line with the first two movies, meaning they’re fine time-wasters but not top-of-the-line action-thrillers and it is on the predictable side. Still, thanks to Gerard Butler and the indispensible Morgan Freeman, it still was an entertaining thriller.

The Poison Rose is just another failure in John Travolta’s ever fading career, and I say that with no glee or happiness as he has shown to be a fantastic actor so I can only hope a Tarantino or Nolan might re-vitalize his career one more time.

The Nutcracker and the Four Realms is hardly terrible and I’d happily watch this over either of Disney’s Alice in Wonderland live-action films, but considering I hated both of those, that’s faint praise.

The Jack Ryan Collection is a solid release from Paramount for what I consider a nice franchise, however there never was one that stoodout, each being fine filmmaking and storytelling and nice performances from the respective actors.

The Dark Knight Rises might be a slight step down from its predecessors in terms of story, but the performances from Christian Bale, Tom Hardy, Gary Oldman and Anne Hathaway were all top notch and it was a satisfying enough conclusion to the trilogy.

The Dark Knight might just be the closest to superhero movie perfection as they come and although it might be mostly remembered for Heath Ledger’s amazing performance which garnered him an Oscar posthumously, the script is expertly written by Jonathan and Christopher Nolan.

Batman Begins is perhaps one of the best superhero origin movies ever made, maybe slightly behind Superman but ahead of Iron Man. The performances from (most) of the cast is solid and Bale was genius casting helped by a legendary supporting cast.

RED is an incredibly fun action-comedy that excels more on its likeable cast than the actual plot which isn’t that great, but a serviceable vehicle for the aging cast, headlined by Bruce Willis whose more at home in this role than his last couple outings of Die Hard.

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Movieman's Guide to the Movies

Kiss the Girls 4K Ultra HD Review

A Good Person Blu-ray Review

Paradise Highway Blu-ray Review

The Shawshank Redemption 4K Ultra HD Review

Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard 4K Ultra HD & Blu-ray Review

The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard arrives on Digital 7/23 and on 4K, Blu-ray, DVD, and On Demand 8/17

Vanquish Blu-ray Review

Angel Has Fallen 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray Review

The Poison Rose Blu-ray Review

The Nutcracker and the Four Realms 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray Review

Jack Ryan: 5-Film Collection 4K UHD Review + BD Screen Caps

The Dark Knight Rises 4K + BD Screen Caps

The Dark Knight 4K Ultra HD Review

Batman Begins 4K Ultra HD Review

Review: RED 4K + BD Screen Caps