Articles tagged "brenda blethyn"

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Atonement

by Matt Mazur

[3.Apr.08] :. There are so many perspectives to be considered in this film, that it might be said director Joe Wright had one too many cooks in the English country estate’s proverbial kitchen.

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Atonement

by Cynthia Fuchs

[7.Dec.07] :. The lingering deaths of soldiers and the lost causes they embody serve as tragic backdrops to the less compelling plot points embodied by Briony and her characters.

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Introducing the Dwights (2007)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[10.Jul.07] :. Introducing the Dwights is a "quirky family" movie premised on that most depressing of clichés, the chaotic mom.

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Pride & Prejudice (2005)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[11.Nov.05] :. Everyone knows that Keira Knightley is lovely, vibrant, and gloriously young, that she can play feisty and dreamy with equally apparent ease.

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Beyond the Sea (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[22.Dec.04] :. Kevin Spacey looks alternately fatigued and awkward as Bobby Darin.

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Lovely & Amazing (2002)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[18.Jul.02] :. Even as the girls in Holofcener's world have their own problems, they provide acutely recognizable reflections.

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Pumpkin (2002)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[27.Jun.02] :. PULL.

Saving Grace (2000)

by Renee Scolaro Rathke

Admittedly, my initial response to Nigel Cole’s Saving Grace was that it is not particularly intellectual. Rather, it is decidedly… cute. Filmmakers, actors, and critics tend to...