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Atonement [2007]

starring: Keira Knightley, Saoirse Ronan, James McAvoy, Romola Garai, Vanessa Redgrave
directed by: Joe Wright

February 04, 2008
This film is boring and badly acted especially by Miss Knighty. The story not clear and missing vital information from the book well not so much missing but not making it clear.

I looked forward to taking my wife to this and wished I had not it was truly truly bad. She like myself had read the book at some time but seriously felt let down.

Would not recommend at all, stay at home with your feet up and watch paint drying its more fun honest!

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The Other Boleyn Girl [2008]

starring: Natalie Portman, Ana Torrent, David Morrissey, Scarlett Johansson, Eric Bana
directed by: Justin Chadwick

June 30, 2008
I am absolutely fascinated with the Tudor period and so I ignored previous reviews I had read about this film...and I was very wrong to do so. I cannot begin to understand how a film based on such a captivating story, and a enthralling part of English history, could be so dull! The characters weren't developed at all, in fact considering the film is called 'The OTHER Boleyn Girl', Mary Boleyn is barely seen. The underlying plots in the book of family politics and the three Boleyn siblings barely get mentioned, and a story which should have been played out over 15 years (including the reformation of the English church!), seemed to whizz by. In fact, the film barely had any similarities to the original novel and was littered with historical inaccuracies, ... Read More:

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Atonement [HD DVD] [2007]

starring: Keira Knightley, Saoirse Ronan, James McAvoy, Romola Garai, Vanessa Redgrave
directed by: Joe Wright

March 10, 2008
Having read the book, I wondered how this would translate to film. I've got to say that it far surpassed my expectations. This film is a showcase for the HDDVD format, it looks fabulous on a large HD TV. From the opening scenes in the house and gardens to the chaos of the wartime beach, it never fails to impress. I'm shocked at some of the reviews; I found it gripping from beginning to end, and visually stunning. My copy cost about a fiver: a bargain if there ever was one.

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The Other Boleyn Girl - with Free Bookmark (Exclusive to Amazon.co.uk) [2008]

starring: Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johansson, Eric Bana, Jim Sturgess, Juno Temple
directed by: Justin Chadwick

June 30, 2008

The Other Boleyn Girl is a historical novel written by British author Philippa Gregory, based on the life of 16th-century aristocrat Mary Boleyn, sister of Queen Anne Boleyn.It was a phenomenal success. I still remember when I bought the book "The Other Boleyn Girl" at a bookshop at Angel in LDN. I was hooked from page one. That lasted to the very last page. I honestly can not say that about the movie.

My disappointment does not result from historic side of thing as I am not expecting a movie (or a novel) to be historical accurate. However, this movie does not really catch the essence of the story told by Philippa Gregory, is not "round" and never really graps one. There are huge gaps in the story told and only if one really knows ... Read More:

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The Last Enemy - The Complete Mini-Series [2007]

starring: Robert Carlyle, Max Beesley, Benedict Cumberbatch, Anamaria Marinca, Geraldine James
directed by: Iain B. MacDonald

March 10, 2008
This movie has a relevant message. It is a great story with a significant conclusion and well worth watching. It covers many issues but the most significant are the intrusion into individuals' privacy and the abuse of the data of them, and a sub-theme of the power of an agency that can cut off an individual's access to the `network', e.g. ATM, etc. It makes a compelling argument against the concept of all embracing ID cards and the underlying linking of databases. This is a really significant movie with a thoughtful and thought inducing ending.
However, the story and its message is one thing; the way the film was produced is another. It is a serious theme with social relevance. However, the producers obviously thought it would be better as an action comic book ... Read More:

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Stuart A Life Backwards [2007]

starring: Tom Hardy, Benedict Cumberbatch
directed by: David Attwood

August 25, 2008
A very harrowing, thought provoking and fantastic film. Even though the film is about such disturbing events the humour lightens it and you become engrossed in the story line rooting for Stuart and Alexander! Brilliant just brilliant!!

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To The Ends Of The Earth

starring: Benedict Cumberbatch, Sam Neill, Jared Harris, Victoria Hamilton, Joanna Page
directed by: David Attwood

September 19, 2005
Golding was fascinated with what happens when a group of humanity is thrown on their own, isolated from other humanity and forced to recreate their own society. He studied this in Lord of the Flies, and in a great way in the sea trilogy that this film is based upon.

The story involves maturation of Edmund Talbot, an aristocrat who takes ship from England for Sydney, Australia, to take up a post sponsored by his influential Godfather. It's also the story of a group of people of disparate backgrounds who are jumbled into the cramped confines of an elderly, leaky man o' war, with all of the effluvia of 50-year-old ballast and the constant suppuration of slimy bilge water, and packed humanity crammed between the decks. Finally, it's a story about class and ... Read More:

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Other Boleyn Girl (2008) (Ws Dub Sub Ac3 Dol) [Blu-ray] [US Import]

starring: Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johansson, Eric Bana, Jim Sturgess, Mark Rylance
directed by: Justin Chadwick

June 10, 2008
Golding was fascinated with what happens when a group of humanity is thrown on their own, isolated from other humanity and forced to recreate their own society. He studied this in Lord of the Flies, and in a great way in the sea trilogy that this film is based upon.

The story involves maturation of Edmund Talbot, an aristocrat who takes ship from England for Sydney, Australia, to take up a post sponsored by his influential Godfather. It's also the story of a group of people of disparate backgrounds who are jumbled into the cramped confines of an elderly, leaky man o' war, with all of the effluvia of 50-year-old ballast and the constant suppuration of slimy bilge water, and packed humanity crammed between the decks. Finally, it's a story about class and ... Read More:

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Hawking

starring: Benedict Cumberbatch, Michael Brandon, Lisa Dillon, John Sessions
directed by: Philip Martin

September 13, 2004
It's fair enough that a biopic of Stephen Hawking might choose to vastly simplify the scientific research with which he was involved, but this one's also simplified his life events as well by the looks of it. Either that or the early life of Mr Hawking was actually filled with every movie cliché in the book. Pretty much every narrative point is delivered by a scene that you're sure you've seen in another film: the scene where trains spark a scientific revelation, or the scene were someone puts a Mozart record on and talks about how Mozart was a genius, later followed by a scene where something brilliant is described as 'Mozart', to name but two.

There was a nice device whereby Hawkings' story was interjected by scenes of two American scientists discussing ... Read More:

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To the Ends of the Earth [2005] (REGION 1) (NTSC)

starring: Charles Dance, Jared Harris, Sam Neill, Richard McCabe, Victoria Hamilton
directed by: David Attwood

June 05, 2007
It's fair enough that a biopic of Stephen Hawking might choose to vastly simplify the scientific research with which he was involved, but this one's also simplified his life events as well by the looks of it. Either that or the early life of Mr Hawking was actually filled with every movie cliché in the book. Pretty much every narrative point is delivered by a scene that you're sure you've seen in another film: the scene where trains spark a scientific revelation, or the scene were someone puts a Mozart record on and talks about how Mozart was a genius, later followed by a scene where something brilliant is described as 'Mozart', to name but two.

There was a nice device whereby Hawkings' story was interjected by scenes of two American scientists discussing ... Read More: