Benedict Cumberbatch will likely find himself in the Oscar game thanks to his starring role in The Imitation Game, if the newly released trailer is any indication. Cumberbatch plays Alan Turing – the brilliant, difficult scientist who helped crack the German Engima Code for the Allies – in this Morten Tyldum-directed flick. The trailer seems […]
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You get what you give – Begin Again review (Sydney Film Festival)
June 9, 2014 
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By Simon Miraudo June 9, 2014 It’s called Begin Again, but why, when once was probably enough? Keira Knightley stars as heartbroken English singer-songwriter Greta, still reeling from a break-up with a newly-minted rock star (Adam Levine) whose increasing douchebaggery can be measured by the growth of his beard and widening of his shirts’ v-necks. […]
Continue readingKeira Knightley sings for Mark Ruffalo in ‘Begin Again’ trailer
April 1, 2014 0 Comments
Keira Knightley shows off her pipes in the trailer for musical dramedy Being There, previously titled Can A Song Save Your Life? She plays a recently-dumped songstress taken under the wing of a recently-fired music exec (Mark Ruffalo). Though the trailer looks pretty unremarkable, reviews out of Tribeca were largely positive, and the pedigree behind and […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: Jack Ryan – Shadow Recruit
October 4, 2013 0 Comments
A mere day after the death of author Tom Clancy comes the trailer for Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, based on Clancy’s most famous literary creation. This reboot of the Jack Ryan franchise sees Chris Pine take on the titular role, following on from predecessors Alec Baldwin, Harrison Ford, and Ben Affleck. In Shadow Recruit, he’s […]
Continue readingLife is a theatre set – Anna Karenina review
February 12, 2013 0 Comments
By Jess Lomas February 12, 2013 Adapting one of literature’s greatest tragedies is no easy feat, as Joe Wright’s take on Leo Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina repeatedly demonstrates. While the picture soars creatively, giving us some of the most exquisite sequences of recent times, it lacks the burning passion necessary to raise this from a pretty […]
Continue readingKeira Knightley joins Jack Ryan
August 13, 2012 0 Comments
The cast of Paramount’s long-gestating Jack Ryan reboot is slowly coming together, with Keira Knightley in negotiations for the lead female role. According to The Hollywood Reporter, she was the studio’s original choice to star as the wife of Chris Pine‘s title character, but director Kenneth Branagh only circled back to her after testing a number of […]
Continue readingA Freud in need – A Dangerous Method review
July 31, 2012 0 Comments
A Dangerous Method – Starring Michael Fassbender, Keira Knightley, and Viggo Mortensen. Directed by David Cronenberg. Rated MA. By Simon Miraudo. A Dangerous Method arrives on DVD and Blu-ray August 1, 2012. It’s on for Jung and old in David Cronenberg‘s A Dangerous Method, where pioneering psychoanalysts go head to head and discover that a Freud […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: Anna Karenina
June 25, 2012 0 Comments
Our first glimpse of Joe Wright’s adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s classic Anna Karenina has arrived with the film’s official trailer, and it screams Oscar. Using his Atonement and Pride and Prejudice leading lady, Keira Knightley plays the titular Anna, an aristocrat whose voice over opens the trailer by saying “I was 18 when I got […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
February 13, 2012 1 Comment
Steve Carell and Keira Knightley await the end of days in the trailer for the darkly comic Seeking a Friend for the End of the World. Written and directed by Lorene Scafaria (Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist), SAFFTEOTW (phew) stars Carrell as a man whose wife leaves him upon learning of the impending apocalypse. He […]
Continue readingThey don’t understand – Last Night review
October 18, 2011 0 Comments
Last Night – Starring Keira Knightley, Sam Worthington and Eva Mendes. Directed by Massy Tadjedin. Rated M. By Hilary Simmons. Last Night is a thoughtful little arthouse film from writer-director Massy Tadjedin, which asks interesting questions about infidelity, relationships and resilience. After attending a cocktail party, Joanna (Keira Knightley) confronts her husband Michael (Sam Worthington) about his […]
Continue readingJoe Wright and Keira Knightley reunite for Anna Karenina
September 9, 2011 2 Comments
Director Joe Wright is set to reteam with his Atonement and Pride and Prejudice star Keira Knightley for an adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s legendary novel Anna Karenina. According to Deadline, Knightley – who scored an Oscar nomination for P&P under Wright’s direction – will play the title character; a young married woman who has an […]
Continue readingComplete me – Never Let Me Go review
August 1, 2011 0 Comments
Never Let Me Go – Starring Carey Mulligan, Andrew Garfield and Keira Knightley. Directed by Mark Romanek. Rated M. Originally published April 5, 2011. By Simon Miraudo. It hardly needs to be said when reviewing an adaptation of a novel, but for traditions sake, “the book is better than the movie”. There, it’s out of the way early. Are we really surprised […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: A Dangerous Method
June 24, 2011 0 Comments
The trailer for David Cronenberg’s psychological drama A Dangerous Method has appeared online – how does it make you feel? The film marks the third collaboration for Cronenberg and Viggo Mortensen, whose previous films A History of Violence and Eastern Promises delivered gritty and violent stories. A Dangerous Method looks to take a less violent […]
Continue readingComplete me – Never Let Me Go review
April 5, 2011 4 Comments
Never Let Me Go – Starring Carey Mulligan, Andrew Garfield and Keira Knightley. Directed by Mark Romanek. Rated M. By Simon Miraudo. It hardly needs to be said when reviewing an adaptation of a novel, but for traditions sake, “the book is better than the movie”. There, it’s out of the way early. Are we […]
Continue readingThe Jess Lomas Book Club: Never Let Me Go
February 16, 2011 3 Comments
The Jess Lomas Book Club: Never Let Me Go *Welcome to a brand new feature in which literary connoisseur Jess Lomas examines the upcoming book-to-film adaptations worth keeping an eye on!* I have a T-shirt that reads: ‘Movies – Ruining the book since 1920’. I’m not sure I entirely agree with this statement, after […]
Continue readingNew pictures from Never Let Me Go
August 13, 2010 0 Comments
We’re very much looking forward to Mark Romanek‘s adaptation of the acclaimed novel Never Let Me Go. To help satiate our anticipation, Fox Searchlight have unveiled a batch of new shots from the very pretty looking film (courtesy of Slashfilm). The film is based upon Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel of the same name, which was hailed […]
Continue readingNever Let Me Go trailer debut
June 17, 2010 0 Comments
The feature trailer for Mark Romanek‘s adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro acclaimed novel Never Let Me Go has debuted online. The film stars Carey Mulligan, Keira Knightley and Andrew Garfield as three friends who reunite to reflect on their time at a mysterious private school, and uncover the secrets of their past. Ishiguro’s novel was named […]
Continue readingEvery actress wants to star in Dragon Tattoo remake
May 7, 2010 4 Comments
Seemingly every woman in Hollywood is vying for the role of punk hacker Lisbeth Salander in David Fincher‘s English language remake of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. Carey Mulligan was previously reported as being the lead contender for the role, but a whole bunch of young actresses have emerged as potential stars. According to […]
Continue readingCarey Mulligan to star in My Fair Lady?
March 26, 2010 0 Comments
An Education star Carey Mulligan is set to play Eliza Doolittle in the long-touted My Fair Lady remake being penned by Emma Thompson. Maybe. Thompson herself told BBC News that Mulligan had scored the role made famous by Audrey Hepburn in the original 1964 film (based on the 1956 Broadway musical starring Julie Andrews, itself […]
Continue readingPirates 4: Knightley and Bloom out! Ian McShane in!
February 23, 2010 1 Comment
source: slashfilm.com Everyone’s favourite saloon keeper, Ian McShane, is in talks to play Blackbeard in the fourth installment of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. McShane will join Johnny Depp (once again reprising his role as Jack Sparrow) and Penelope Cruz (who is playing an unknown character that is “Sparrow’s foil and equal in many […]
Continue readingKeira Knightley to star in My Fair Lady remake?
October 26, 2009 2 Comments
source: thetelegraph.co.uk The Telegraph are reporting that Keira Knightley will portray Eliza Doolittle in a remake of the classic film My Fair Lady. According to the report, she beat Scarlett Johansson to the part. Knightley revealed in 2006 that she had auditioned for the role and begun singing lessons. Looks like they paid off! The […]
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