When The Shawshank Redemption was introduced to the world in September 1994, it earned a reputation as one of the greatest films of all time thanks to its real-life depiction of incarcerated inmates.

1994 was a bumper year for movies, yet the best film of the year was completely overshadowed by a mediocre Oscar-winner that ...

In 1994, director Frank Darabont made The Shawshank Redemption, a movie that he dedicated to a man named Allen Greene, who was a major reason why the Stephen King adaptation happened in the first ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...

Collier Jennings is an entertainment journalist with a substantial amount of experience under his belt. Collier, or "CJ" to his friends and family, is a dedicated fan of genre films - particularly ...

I got busy watching, so I could get busy thinking. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Throughout the entirety of this prison drama, ...