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Atonement [2007]

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

February 04, 2008
All the ingredients are here for a great film but it just doesn't quite come off. The film is beautifully shot, with an interesting use of sound effects, but the romance, which is central the plot just doesn't convince or move, leaving what ought to be a heart-rendingly tragic tale falling flat. Keira Knightley's character of Cecilia is particularly exasperating, and Knightley just doesn't have the maturity or ability (at least for now) to convince in this role. The scenes of war were too long to serve any purpose and the ending abrupt and unsatisfactory.

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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
I think you have to look past the hype and see the film for itself. In that regard, James MacAvoy was as usual superb, and brought his character (Robbie) to life. Saoirse Ronan as the young(est) version of Briony, showed us all of the intensity of a 13-year-old on the cusp of adolescence. Her motivation is clear - she has strong feelings for Robbie, feelings which she cannot express, does not know how to express, but somehow must do; and then she catches her sister and Robbie together, intimately, and it is the resulting bottled-up rage that destroys all three of them.

And what of Keira Knightely? I thought she was convincing. In the first part of the film her dialog is mainly cliches, but that would have been the way her character would ... Read More:

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Pride & Prejudice - 2005

starring: Keira Knightley, Matthew MacFadyen, Brenda Blethyn, Donald Sutherland, Tom Hollander
directed by: Joe Wright

February 06, 2006
I was eager to watch this film after reading the book, and also loving the BBC adaptation of the story. However, I was slightly dissapointed with this. Maybe it's missing a certain Colin Firth as Mr Darcy.

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Charles II [2003]

starring: Martin Turner (II), Rufus Sewell, Ian McDiarmid, Rupert Graves, Michael Pober
directed by: Joe Wright (IV)

February 16, 2004
this is a brilliant historical mini-drama. i watch loads of this sort of genre, so I would know.
it seems to stick to the facts, which are fascinating and intriguing and compelling all on their own.
acting is great, especailly rufus sewell, who is exactly what the title says: mega powerful, mega passionate. incredible presence.
each episode is exciting, sexy, has you on the edge of your seat aching for more :)
buy it now :)

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Atonement/Pride And Prejudice [2005]

starring: Keira Knightley, Tom Hollander, Rosamund Pike, Jena Malone, Judi Dench
directed by: Joe Wright

February 04, 2008
this is a brilliant historical mini-drama. i watch loads of this sort of genre, so I would know.
it seems to stick to the facts, which are fascinating and intriguing and compelling all on their own.
acting is great, especailly rufus sewell, who is exactly what the title says: mega powerful, mega passionate. incredible presence.
each episode is exciting, sexy, has you on the edge of your seat aching for more :)
buy it now :)

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Bob and Rose: The Complete Series [2001] (REGION 1) (NTSC)

starring: Alan Rothwell, Lee Warburton, Jonathan Wrather, Katy Cavanagh, Christopher Fountain
directed by: Julian Farino, Joe Wright (IV)

February 17, 2004
this is a brilliant historical mini-drama. i watch loads of this sort of genre, so I would know.
it seems to stick to the facts, which are fascinating and intriguing and compelling all on their own.
acting is great, especailly rufus sewell, who is exactly what the title says: mega powerful, mega passionate. incredible presence.
each episode is exciting, sexy, has you on the edge of your seat aching for more :)
buy it now :)

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Greatest Ever Costume Dramas Vol.1 (Steelbook)

starring: Emma Thompson, Judi Dench, Keira Knightley, Rosamund Pike, Matthew MacFadyen
directed by: Ang Lee, Martin Scorsese, John Madden, Joe Wright

September 29, 2008
this is a brilliant historical mini-drama. i watch loads of this sort of genre, so I would know.
it seems to stick to the facts, which are fascinating and intriguing and compelling all on their own.
acting is great, especailly rufus sewell, who is exactly what the title says: mega powerful, mega passionate. incredible presence.
each episode is exciting, sexy, has you on the edge of your seat aching for more :)
buy it now :)

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Pride and Prejudice [HD DVD] [2005] [US Import]

starring: Keira Knightley, Talulah Riley, Rosamund Pike, Jena Malone, Carey Mulligan
directed by: Joe Wright (IV)

November 13, 2007
If you are looking for Jane Austen's beautiful book translated faithfully to film, this is not the movie for you. But this adaptation `Pride & Prejudice' is wonderfully done. This movie has great casting, good writing and good direction. I did enjoy watching this shorten version of the film even though some subplots do not even exits in this movie. It would be impossible to place all that Jane Austen has going on in her novel into two-hour movie.

One thing the director did do is film everything from the view of Elizabeth Bennet, played by Keira Knightly. And the dance hall scenes and social etiquette were accurate for the time period chosen, 1797. You could see what a middle-upper class family had to go through if they had daughters. I ... Read More:

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Atonement/Pride And Prejudice/Sense And Sensibility (Steelbook)

starring: Keira Knightley, Hugh Grant, Alan Rickman, James McAvoy, Vanessa Redgrave
directed by: Joe Wright, Ang Lee

September 22, 2008
If you are looking for Jane Austen's beautiful book translated faithfully to film, this is not the movie for you. But this adaptation `Pride & Prejudice' is wonderfully done. This movie has great casting, good writing and good direction. I did enjoy watching this shorten version of the film even though some subplots do not even exits in this movie. It would be impossible to place all that Jane Austen has going on in her novel into two-hour movie.

One thing the director did do is film everything from the view of Elizabeth Bennet, played by Keira Knightly. And the dance hall scenes and social etiquette were accurate for the time period chosen, 1797. You could see what a middle-upper class family had to go through if they had daughters. I ... Read More:

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Pride and Prejudice [2005] (REGION 1) (NTSC)

starring: Keira Knightley, Talulah Riley, Rosamund Pike, Jena Malone, Carey Mulligan
directed by: Joe Wright (IV)

February 28, 2006
If you are looking for Jane Austen's beautiful book translated faithfully to film, this is not the movie for you. But this adaptation `Pride & Prejudice' is wonderfully done. This movie has great casting, good writing and good direction. I did enjoy watching this shorten version of the film even though some subplots do not even exits in this movie. It would be impossible to place all that Jane Austen has going on in her novel into two-hour movie.

One thing the director did do is film everything from the view of Elizabeth Bennet, played by Keira Knightly. And the dance hall scenes and social etiquette were accurate for the time period chosen, 1797. You could see what a middle-upper class family had to go through if they had daughters. I also thought ... Read More: