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Review: Colette is the literary period drama biopic that 2019 needs right now

Movie Review | Matt Looker | 9th January 2019

Did you know that Keira Knightley hasnâ€™t appeared in a single film thatâ€™s set in the present day since Love Actually? Now, that isnâ€™t remotely true, but it feels like it could be, doesnâ€™t it? For most of her career, Knightley has been marked out as the go-to lead actress in Brit period dramas, even though her rÃ©sumÃ© includes recent memorable â€˜modernâ€™ roles such as those in umâ€¦ Collateral Beauty, Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit and, well, Red Nose Day Actually. If ever you worried that favouring stuffy corseted roles means that Knightley struggles to stay as relevant as she would be if she played, for example, a kick-ass assassin, a Transformer or Thor, then youâ€™d be wrong. Colette proves that a period biopic can still offer a refreshingly modern story thatâ€™s surprisingly pertinent for these times. And â€“ probably through no coincidence â€“ it is Knightleyâ€™s best performance in years.

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Begin Again

Movie Review | Ed Williamson | 11th July 2014

John Carney's Begin Again, a feel-good acousticky-summery-strummery thing, does a great job of convincing you why music matters so much. Despite a few flaws it even won me over, and I haven't listened to anything outside the Radio 2 playlist for about three years.

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Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit

Movie Review | Ali Gray | 20th January 2014

Jack Ryan is unique in reboot terms, in that you could hardly call him a franchise: with four actors playing a single role over five movies, it feels more like a Doctor Who-esque regeneration than an attempt to rebuild the character from scratch. Despite his myriad abilities, Jack Ryan is not the most adaptable of fellows: there are few drastic differences between Chris Pine's interpretation of the Tom Clancy hero and Ben Affleck's take in The Sum Of All Fears. When you consider just how much America has changed in the last 12 years, in terms of global perception, geo-politics and national security, Shadow Recruit has to go down as a missed opportunity. Apart from an early nod to the September 11th attacks, it could have been written in 2004, 1994 or even 1984. It feels intentionally bland; homogenised so it can play to any audience at any time. Except Russians, obviously.

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Hollywood in shock as helicopter crashes into Keira Knightley's left tit

Movie News | Ali Gray | 28th November 2013

The exploding unnecessary helicopter isn't even my favourite bit of this Jack Ryan poster: it's the tagline.

America, you're fucked.

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Okay, which one of you bastards stole Jack Ryan's watch?

Movie Feature | Ali Gray | 2nd October 2013

Wristwatch sponsor TBC, am I right guys?

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Spot the odd one out

Movie News | Ali | 2nd September 2012

One of these posters for Anna Karenina is not like the others: can you guess which one it is? I know, it's pretty tough.

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Seeking A Friend For The End Of The World

Movie Review | Matt | 12th July 2012

True fact: If everyone found out that life on earth was going to be snuffed out by a meteorite in three weeks' time, your average person is more likely to embark on a hedonistic riot of sex, drugs and anarchy than embark on a quirky odd-couple road trip in a last-ditch attempt to provide some meaning to their life. But hey, this is the end of the world as indie cinema knows it.

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Never Let Me Go

Movie Review | Anna | 12th February 2011

It's difficult to know where you stand with Never Let Me Go. It's dystopian sci-fi, yet it's set in the recent past, not the future. There's a timeless quality to the film: it could just as easily be the 1960s as the '80s or '90s - how many sci-fi films are there where the protagonists look like they've tumbled out of a 2-for-1 jumper sale at Oxfam? - but at the same time, it taps into something very contemporary. It contains by no means a far-fetched concept; the technology and knowledge exist to make what happens in this movie a reality. At some point the ethical barrier holding us back will crumble, and then what?

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The Edge Of Love

Movie Review | Anna | 15th July 2008

Watching The Edge Of Love is a little like tuning into the BBC on a Sunday evening to find a lavish costume drama. You know, the kind of high-quality frolic that requires approximately half of your attention, leaving the other half free to peruse the Sunday papers at leisure. This film is essentially an intelligent lit-chick-...

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