Even though he had two separate films out last year, Clint Eastwood is still workin' hard, directing more movies, and he's got another one due out this December. The new project is his Nelson Mandela ...
Is this 2009's Best Picture? Warner Brothers has debuted the official trailer for Clint Eastwood's Invictus tonight on Apple in HD. I think with Eastwood directing you never know what to expect ...
For those who grew up in South Africa’s dusty townships, Invictus is a difficult film to watch. Based on the book Playing the Enemy by John Carlin, it tells the story of Nelson Mandela’s deeply-felt ...
That noise you hear at the multiplex this holiday weekend is the gobbling of turkeys from New Moon to Old Dogs. To boost morale, mine and yours, I want to point to a genuinely inspiring movie event ...
”Invictus” is a sports film that is more about what’s happening in the stands than on the playing field. It’s South Africa in 1990 and change – as seen in the first scene of the film – is literally ...
Much like Clint Eastwood’s film directing career (and, I guess, the same could be said for his acting career, as well), INVICTUS, the latest film directed by the DIRTY HARRY star, works in fits and ...
As history has shown, everyone loves a good sports film. From “Rocky” to “Chariots of Fire,” “Remember the Titans” to “The Blind Side,” moviegoers can’t get enough of real-life, come-from-behind ...
Aside from Morgan Freeman, who makes a fabulous Nelson Mandela, there’s this to savor about Invictus, a rosy tale of racial reconciliation neatly wrapped in a triumphalist sports movie: The film is ...
Clint Eastwood’s final movie premiered in theaters last weekend to middling box office results, but 15 years ago he teamed up with two megastars for a movie that just hit streaming. Matt Damon and ...
So says this exclusive from In Contention. Not “Mandela.” Not “Playing The Enemy.” Not “The Human Factor.” But “Invictus.” That’s latin for “invincible,” which I guess makes sense – it’s more a sports ...
Invictus is based on the 2008 book Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nation, written by John Carlin. According to IMDb, it tells the story of South African President Nelson ...
There is only one word needed to sum up “Invictus” — underwhelming. While the historically significant story is certainly worthy of a film adaptation, “Invictus” is little more than a clichéd sports ...