Christmas is a time for family, food and — perhaps most importantly — films. When you have finally got rid of the in-laws and you are happily slumped on your sofa in a post-turkey food coma, nothing beats watching classic festive movies on Christmas Day. From cosy rom-coms like “Love A[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Keira Knightley’
Review: Official Secrets
— by RON WILKINSON — When a narrative fiction film is made based on a true story there cannot be a surprise ending. The viewer knows where the movie starts and where it ends. The fun is seeing how it gets there. Good supporting work helps, but in this flick Keira Knightley does it all. [[...]
Review: Colette
— by BEV QUESTAD — Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette was once a charming, happy farm girl in the farmlands of France in the late 1800s. She is seduced by Willy, an older, dapper Parisian author and publisher. They set up married life in Paris where she learns that her new husband is a philandere[...]
Review: The Imitation Game
— by RON WILKINSON — Benedict Cumberbatch pounds out a fantastic performance as one of the greatest nerds of all time, Alan Turing, the inventor of one of the first digital computers. Although the computer itself, built in the legendary Bletchley Park encryption think tank, threatens to [...]
Review: Anna Karenina
— by BEV QUESTAD — Part dance-musical, part Monty Python farce, part Shakespearean rendition on the “All the world’s a stage” theme, part melodrama and then a dollop of realistic tragedy makes “Anna Karenina” one ambitious experiment in art. But would Leo Tolstoy like it? With [...]
Five Posters from Anna Karenina
— by ADAM POYNTER — Oscar-Nominated Director Joe Wright is back in his element with a new epic period film, “Anna Karenina,” that is based on the famed Leo Tolstoy novel of the same name that was released in 1877. Based on a novel like his previous movie, “Pride & Prejudice,[...]
Trailer for Steve Carell’s Next Movie
— by ADAM POYNTER — Written and directed by novice filmmaker Lorene Scafaria and boasting an all star cast, “Seeking a Friend for the End of the World” seems to have some off-beat dark humor mixed with a general sense of euphoria and Numbness. Set in the too-near[...]
The Top 5 choices to play Lara Croft
— by SHERICE ANTOINETTE — After GK Films announced plans to reboot the Tomb Raider franchise, I, of course, began thinking of who could possibly replace Angelina Jolie. Jolie was the perfect Lara Croft. At that time, she had the physique, the stamina and, of course, the bad-ass attitude [...]
Trailer Talk: ‘Last Night’
— by ADAM POYNTER — Love is a complex emotion; you can feel it stronger at certain times than others. Common terms that are used liked “falling in love” or “not in love” describes how this emotion can change. The film “Last Night” tackles many of these feelings and how they c[...]
A TV Spot from ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides’
— by JESSICA MORALES — Mermaids, curses, treasures and pirates, oh my! That’s what this new ad for the fourth installment of the “Pirates of The Caribbean” is made of. Johnny Depp is back as Captain Jack Sparrow in “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides̶[...]
Female Leads Being Lined Up for ‘The Dark Knight Rises’?
— by ANDY BEHBAKHT — Recent news about the third and final Batman installment has been very limited. We learned a few weeks ago about the title and also that the Riddler will NOT be the villain of the movie. Back in October, it was reported that Tom Hardy had joined the cast[...]
Trailer Talk: ‘Last Night’
— by AMANDA KOEHLER — In “Last Night,” Joanna (Keira Knightley) accompanies her husband Michael (“Avatar”‘s Sam Worthington) to a party where she meets his “new” coworker Laura (Eva Mendes). Joanna is upset because Michael has never mentioned Lau[...]
Trailer Talk: ‘Never Let Me Go’
— by RACHEL COYNE — I watched the trailer for “Never Let Me Go” when it was first released a few weeks ago, and I immediately had to read the book that the movie is based on, because I had to know what was going on in that trailer and I wasn’t waiting until September […][...]