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Atonement [2007]

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

February 04, 2008
Reading reviews on Amazon always bemuses me. Why some people seem to get so angry about a film, its diversion from the book or one or another actor confuses me. Anyway no anger here.

I have always been an enormous fan of Ian McEwan and think that atonement is one of his greatest novels. But, like all great tragedies (and believe me this is a tragedy), it leaves you with an empty feeling. The book manages to convey the deep erotic and almost painful love of C and Robbie in a way that was always going to be difficult to convey in a mainstream movie. So maybe that's where it falls down.

But. This is a beautifully shot movie with gorgeous backdrops, wonderful cinematography and a marvellous score. There are those who seem ... 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
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 have ... 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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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
Never seen this kind of packaging before, it's lovely. All my favourite sweeping period dramas, who can resist Daniel Day Lewis in The Age of Innocence and I still maintain that Cate Blanchett should have got the Oscar for Elizabeth!

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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
Never seen this kind of packaging before, it's lovely. All my favourite sweeping period dramas, who can resist Daniel Day Lewis in The Age of Innocence and I still maintain that Cate Blanchett should have got the Oscar for Elizabeth!

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Bob And Rose [2001]

starring: Alan Davies, Lesley Sharp, Daniel Ryan, Penelope Wilton, Dave Hill
directed by: Joe Wright, Julian Farino

April 15, 2002
Russell T Davies, currently at the height of his powers as head writer and producer of Doctor Who, is enjoying wide-spread acclaim of late. This series doesn't seem to have become the massive success that his Queer as Folk, The Second Coming or even Dark Season attained however. Indeed, many who haven't seen it often dismiss it as "Jonathan Creek being gay on ITV". It's easy to see why - the series doesn't really add anything as new or immediately different as the hedonism of Folk or the apocalypse of Second Coming. But it is, in its own way, utterly brilliant.

Funny and charming, the story of a gay man who falls in love with a woman is beautifully acted and amazingly astute in its social observation (probably because it's very loosley based on the experiences ... 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
Russell T Davies, currently at the height of his powers as head writer and producer of Doctor Who, is enjoying wide-spread acclaim of late. This series doesn't seem to have become the massive success that his Queer as Folk, The Second Coming or even Dark Season attained however. Indeed, many who haven't seen it often dismiss it as "Jonathan Creek being gay on ITV". It's easy to see why - the series doesn't really add anything as new or immediately different as the hedonism of Folk or the apocalypse of Second Coming. But it is, in its own way, utterly brilliant.

Funny and charming, the story of a gay man who falls in love with a woman is beautifully acted and amazingly astute in its social observation (probably because it's very loosley based on the experiences ... Read More:

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Pride And Prejudice/Shakespeare In Love

starring: Keira Knightley, Matthew MacFadyen, Brenda Blethyn, Donald Sutherland, Gwyneth Paltrow
directed by: Joe Wright, John Madden

December 26, 2006
Russell T Davies, currently at the height of his powers as head writer and producer of Doctor Who, is enjoying wide-spread acclaim of late. This series doesn't seem to have become the massive success that his Queer as Folk, The Second Coming or even Dark Season attained however. Indeed, many who haven't seen it often dismiss it as "Jonathan Creek being gay on ITV". It's easy to see why - the series doesn't really add anything as new or immediately different as the hedonism of Folk or the apocalypse of Second Coming. But it is, in its own way, utterly brilliant.

Funny and charming, the story of a gay man who falls in love with a woman is beautifully acted and amazingly astute in its social observation (probably because it's very loosley based on the experiences ... Read More: