Epic

Rating: 10/10 (29 September 2013)

Shawshank Redemption is a defining moment in cinema.
The movie (directed by Frank Darabont) takes a straight-forward, soul- searching novel by horror icon Stephen King and transforms it into a somber, bloated prison drama designed to fill you up with inspiration.
Thanks to supreme performances and beautiful cinematography, you get that inspirational jump-start frame after frame. And you get generous helpings of the novella's deft ironic humour about a inmate quietly turning a corrupt system against itself.
A small box office release which made its name once released on home video, this movie is well worth a watch if you happened to have missed it first time around.