Morgan Freeman as Red sitting in the courtyard and looking to the side in The Shawshank Redemption. Image via Columbia Pictures The concept of a movie being a "masterpiece" is often bandied about ...

I remember well my introduction to The Shawshank Redemption. Someone I once knew – a true Nineties lad’s lad – handed me a VHS copy and told me it was “a beautiful film”. He was not the sort of bloke ...

For one of the most celebrated movies of all time, another redemption arc is on the horizon. Released in 1994 to modest box office numbers, "The Shawshank Redemption" has since become a resounding ...