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 ...

You can't help loving Nelson Mandela. And you can't help loving Morgan "The-Voice-of-God" Freeman playing Nelson Mandela. "Invictus" is ostensibly about a rugby team helping to unite a nation, but ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Clint Eastwood is of a different time. His style is one of measured calculation and controlled photography. He directs with purpose and poise. He's an actor's director, affording his cast lengthy ...

Once upon a time, Nelson Mandela was a terrorist. Then he was a symbol for passive resistance. Then an icon of peace and reconciliation. Not everyone saw this change in perception as a consistent and, ...

"Invictus" is an adjective in Latin meaning 'unconquerable/ invincible/ undefeated or unsubdued'. 'Invictus' was the poem recited by late Nelson Mandela while he was imprisoned for 27 long years. This ...

One of the many great moments in Clint Eastwood’s “Invictus”—and, for someone not versed in the ways of rugby, one of the more unexpected—comes in the final of the 1995 World Cup, when the South ...

A perennial Oscar heavyweight in recent years, Clint Eastwood already has two directing statues (“Unforgiven,” “Million Dollar Baby”) to his name. And every time the multihyphenate has been nominated ...