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Film DVD Review

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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News

James McAvoy gets a big role as a man wronged in ‘Atonement’

by Steven Rea [The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)]

[14.Dec.07] :. TORONTO—“Don’t do that stupid thing with your mouth that you do.” Those were James McAvoy’s marching orders—“probably the most useful thing” that...

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Film Review

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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Character is a must for ‘Atonement’ star Keira Knightley

by 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...

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TV Review

William Shakespeare’s As You Like It

by Jesse Hicks

[21.Aug.07] :. The play's untidiness -- it's one of Shakespeare's most mischievous -- virtually guarantees a final product distinguished by individual performances rather than dramatic consistency.

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Film Review

Amazing Grace (2006)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[23.Feb.07] :. The movie's thematic insistence on seeing takes shape through slavery, a horrible moral blight even if it's off-screen in the colonies and not in London with our heroes.

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Renaissance (2006)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[29.Sep.06] :. Illusion is frequently the threat in noir (the dark alley hides a killer, the femme is fatale), but the SF angle in Renaissance tweaks the possibilities.

 

Rory O’Shea Was Here (2004)

by Dan Zak

[4.Mar.05] :. Rory rails against a society that is ultimately supportive of him. Instead, he should be rebelling against the screenplay, his more immediate handicap.

 

Vanity Fair (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[10.Sep.04] :. Ah, to be young, bright, and scheming in 19th-century Britain!"

 

Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[26.Feb.04] :. Suddenly, Katey's aware of a perspective other than hers and other Americans'.

 

I Capture the Castle (2003)

by Tracy McLoone

[24.Jul.03] :. The Cottons bluster into the Mortmains' lives, as Americans in British tales will do.