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Everest **½ (2015, Jason Clarke, Josh Brolin, Jake Gyllenhaal, Emily Watson, Keira Knightley, Sam Worthington, Robin Wright) – Movie Review

Icelandic director Baltasar Kormákur (The Deep, Two Guns) tells the old, old tale of man going up against mountain and coming up against a huge obstacle. But what is the story? His 1996 real-life scenario (in a […]

Sep, 17

Pure **** (2002, Harry Eden, Molly Parker, Keira Knightley, David Wenham, Geraldine McEwan, Karl Johnson) – Classic Movie Review 2687

Harry Eden does a commendably adult job in his first role as Paul, a 10-year-old kid who tries to look after his sickly mother (Molly Parker) and younger brother after his dad’s death. But things […]

Jul, 11

Say When [Laggies] *** (2014, Keira Knightley, Chloë Grace Moretz, Sam Rockwell – Movie Review

Keira Knightley boldly goes across the Atlantic as Megan, an American woman in some kind of life crisis, who absurdly panics when her doting high-school boyfriend Anthony (Mark Webber) suddenly proposes. She escapes for a week to […]

Nov, 06

The Imitation Game **** (2014, Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode) – Movie Review

Debut screenwriter Graham Moore fashions an enjoyable, popular screenplay out of Andrew Hodges‘s book about legendary cryptanalyst Alan Turing, and director Morten Tyldum makes a crowd-pleasing, old-fashioned entertainment out of it. Turing joins the team of code-breakers at Britain’s […]

Oct, 10

Begin Again *** (2013, Keira Knightley, Mark Ruffalo) – Movie Review

Keira Knightley stars as English singer-songwriter Gretta who goes to New York with her long-time boyfriend Dave (Adam Levine) when he lands a deal with a major label. But the manipulative Dave is unfaithful, naturally rattling […]

Jul, 09

King Arthur *** (2004, Clive Owen, Stephen Dillane, Keira Knightley, Mads Mikkelsen, Ioan Gruffudd, Joel Edgerton, Ray Winstone, Hugh Dancy) – Classic Movie Review 954

Director Antoine Fuqua’s 2004 movie stars Clive Owen, who looks glum as an Anglo-Roman Artorius (or King Arthur) in this entertainingly silly Hollywood attempt to prove that the legend actually happened – back in the Dark […]

Mar, 21

Bend It Like Beckham **** (2002, Parminder Nagra, Keira Knightley, Jonathan Rhys Meyers) – Classic Movie Review 950

Co-writer/director Gurinder Chadha’s 2002 movie focuses on two 18-year-old girls who chase their dreams of playing professional soccer in this goal-scoring comedy. Jess (Parminder Nagra) just wants to play like her hero David Beckham, but […]

Mar, 20

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