Articles tagged "hayley atwell"

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‘Duchess’ is Merely Half-Hearted History

by Bill Gibron

[9.Oct.08] :. There’s a very good reason why most period pieces don’t work. Aside from the obvious disconnect from modern social constraints and complications, contemporary audiences just can’t...

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Column: The Screener

Pretty Vacant

by Chris Barsanti

[26.Sep.08] :. The world of The Duchess should have been one of fiery tumult, but little of that foment makes it into this film’s garden party landscape.

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Film Review

The Duchess

by Cynthia Fuchs

[25.Sep.08] :. The movie, which surely celebrates Georgiana's (Keira Knightley) luxurious "hats and dresses," also solicits your sympathetic frustration and outrage over her oppression.

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The PopMatters Fall 2008 Movie Preview Feature

Talk, Talk, Talk: September 2008

by Bill Gibron

[9.Sep.08] :. From wars both past and present to a number of nail-biting thrillers, September is sizing up as a potentially profitable one.

The PopMatters Fall 2008 Movie Preview

News

Scottish actor Ewan McGregor is in big demand

by Joseph V. Amodio [Newsday (MCT)]

[31.Jan.08] :. Ewan McGregor’s been busy. He’s got a handful of films coming out, starting with Woody Allen’s latest, “Cassandra’s Dream,” starring McGregor and Colin Farrell as...

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Film Review

Cassandra’s Dream

by Cynthia Fuchs

[18.Jan.08] :. The first few minutes of Woody Allen's Cassandra's Dream are not bad.

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Colin Farrell plays against type in new Woody Allen movie

by Roger Moore [The Orlando Sentinel (MCT)]

[14.Jan.08] :. For an actor of just 31, Colin Farrell has squeezed an awful lot of “bad boy” into his brief career. Two-fisted movie roles in films such as “Intermission,”...