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Articles tagged "keira knightley" DVD Film ReviewAtonementby 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.  DVD Film ReviewSilkby Jake Meaney[26.Mar.08] :. A beautiful movie. So very, very beautiful. Achingly beautiful, excruciatingly beautiful, tear-inducingly beautiful.  Film ReviewAtonementby 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.  NewsCharacter is a must for ‘Atonement’ star Keira Knightleyby Stephen Becker [The Dallas Morning News (MCT)][6.Dec.07] :. Keira Knightley has crooked teeth. You may not have noticed, as they are frequently hidden behind that trademark pout of hers. But she has noticed, and she likes them just the way they are, thank...  Film ReviewPirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End (2007)by Cynthia Fuchs[24.May.07] :. In the just-in-time for Memorial Day weekend Pirates sequel, Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) pursues pleasure with the sort of determination usually associated with moviegoers.  DVD Film ReviewDomino: New Line Platinum Series (2005)by Cynthia Fuchs[28.Mar.06] :. Domino maps mythology, not as a means to heroic or sympathetic characters, and certainly not to narrative resolution. 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. Domino (2005)by Cynthia Fuchs[14.Oct.05] :. Imagine Mallory Knox as her own reality tv show star, less inclined to take up with the absolutely wrong man, and able to handle her mascara like a pro. The Jacket (2005)by Cynthia Fuchs[25.Jul.05] :. Jack's experience fragments so radically and time turns so out of joint that you might think he's insane, as do his white-coated doctors. The Jacket (2005)by Cynthia Fuchs[4.Mar.05] :. It's an apt description of how war, waged by the Organization for the Organized, works on its warriors, victims and heroes both. King Arthur: Extended Unrated Director’s Cut (2004)by Cynthia Fuchs[22.Dec.04] :. 'The idea of these young boys being taken away from home at a young age... reminded me a lot of my own culture,' says director Antoine Fuqua. King Arthur (2004)by Jesse Hassenger[8.Jul.04] :. This generically gritty and solidly PG-13 King Arthur isn't even much of an action picture. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)by Cynthia Fuchs[15.Dec.03] :. Johnny Depp spent time learning to swordfight, so that Captain Jack Sparrow could be poised and everready -- in a word, the Muhammad Ali of swordfighters. Love Actually (2003)by Mary Colgan[13.Nov.03] :. On occasion, the film allows a jaded sensibility to worm its way into this otherwise picturesque world. Bend It Like Beckham (2002)by Cynthia Fuchs[30.Sep.03] :. Indian and British, white and brown and black, queer and straight. It's all in the mix. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)by Cynthia Fuchs[10.Jul.03] :. Ingenious and mesmerizing, Johnny Depp embodies the film's essential fantasy, that a pirate's life is exciting and unfettered. Bend It Like Beckham (2002)by Cynthia Fuchs[20.Mar.03] :. The girls in 'Bend It Like Beckham' have grown up crossing cultural borders on a daily basis, and see such negotiations as nothing special. |
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