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Knightley Signs On for ‘The Island 2: Never Let Me Go’ The actress has been cast in an adaptation of Kazua Ishiguro’s novel “Never Let Me Go,” which begins filming next month in Jolly Old Dystopian England. By Dr. Cole Abaius on March 2, 2009 | Comments |
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Amber Heard’s Nude Breasts Gain Her Entry Into ‘The Rum Diary’ Once again, nudity wins. Pineapple Express star Amber Heard’s inhibitions about being nude on film may have just landed her a role next to Johnny Depp, pulling the rug out from under Scarlett Johansson and Keira Knightley. By Neil Miller on February 5, 2009 | Comments |
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Keira Knightley is ‘Damned,’ As is Director John Curran The golden couple of the Jazz Age, Zelda and F. Scott Fitzgerald looked great from a distance. But zoom in closer and the cracks began to show. She was a schizophrenic and he was an alcoholic. Their story will be told in the film The Beautiful and the Damned with director John Curran, The Painted Veil, at the helm. By Robin Ruinsky on January 6, 2009 | Comments |
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Steve Carell Channels Pink Panther with ‘Brigadier Gerard’ Steve Carell is attached to star in a new film called The Adventures of Brigadier Gerard, a period comedy set during the Napoleonic Wars. Yes, a period comedy set during the Napoleonic Wars. By Rob Hunter on October 16, 2008 | Comments |
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Captain America’s First Avenger Story to be Rooted in WWII Kate Winslet and Keira Knightley probably won’t be showing up, but that won’t prevent the Captain America movie from sticking to its roots in World War II. By Adam Sweeney on October 4, 2008 | Comments |
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Keira Knightley to Disney: I Don’t Wanna Be a Pirate! We all know that Johnny Depp has signed on to reprise Captain Jack Sparrow in yet another Pirates of the Caribbean film. Now there’s word that Keira Knightley is balking at the prospect of stepping back into Elizabeth Swann’s corsets or the film. By Robin Ruinsky on September 29, 2008 | Comments |
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Columbus Rejects: Get Acquainted with ‘The Duchess’ We would like to send a bunch of our Columbus area readers to see The Duchess on October 1, free of tyranny and free of charge. By Neil Miller on September 26, 2008 | Comments |
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Casting Future Remakes: Who Should Play Who? As a tribute to Hollywood’s mega hits, I have come up with a new game to entice fanboys and fangirls into theaters: Casting remakes not yet made. By Maggie Van Ostrand on June 8, 2008 | Comments |
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Keira Knightley: A Loverly Eliza But Can She Sing? Keira Knightley certainly looks the part of My Fair Lady’s Eliza Doolittle, a half starved, chocolates deprived, cockney flower girl living in London circa 1912. She’s got the cheekbones for it, but does she have the vocal chops? By Robin Ruinsky on June 6, 2008 | Comments |
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Hopkins, Knightley and Paltrow Join King Lear In the world of remakes it may very well be that Shakespeare is the champion. The plays have been around since Elizabeth I sat on the throne and have endured as crowd pleasers for centuries. How many writers can say that? By Robin Ruinsky on May 23, 2008 | Comments |
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Natalie Portman Wins the Battle of Wuthering Heights After a much ballyhooed fight between the beautiful but rail-thin Keira Knightley, and the haggard and spotted Lindsay Lohan, the winner turns out to be Natalie Portman. The prize? The starring role in a new theatrical adaptation of Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights. By Rob Hunter on April 12, 2008 | Comments |
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Atonement is not a Jane Austin story, but it could be, if Jane Austin hardened up her subject matter a bit. By Kevin Carr on March 19, 2008 | Comments |
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Officially Cool: Vanity Fair Re-Creates Hitchcock Faces like Keira Knightley, Javier Bardem, Seth Rogen and Naomi Watts show up in Hitchcockian scenes for VF’s “Hollywood Portfolio” Issue. By Neil Miller on February 8, 2008 | Comments |
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…stumbles a bit out of the gates but will leave audiences in awe of it’s beauty and more than satisfied and maybe a little teary-eyed by the indelible conclusion. By Nate Deen on January 12, 2008 | Comments |
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Opening in the English countryside during the build-up to WWII, the film shows no sign of any expense having been spared in its pursuit of visual opulence. By H. Stewart on January 5, 2008 | Comments |
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Though this film had me at “achingly romantic,” I cringe at the thought of someone rolling their eyes and overlooking this remarkable film at the fault of the advertisers who betrayed this film’s distinct uniqueness. By Jennifer del Rosario on December 28, 2007 | Comments |
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Atonement is a beautiful disaster. By Josh Radde on December 10, 2007 | Comments |
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When you write for a site that panders to the male 18-25 “geek” demographic, it makes it somewhat difficult to write about a film such as Atonement. By Neil Miller on December 8, 2007 | Comments |