Posted on January 27, 2012 |
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Anonymous (2011)
Drama | Thriller
Set in the political snake-pit of Elizabethan England, "Anonymous" speculates on an issue that has for centuries intrigued academics and brilliant minds such as Mark Twain, Charles Dickens, and Sigmund Freud, namely: who actually created the body of work credited to William Shakespeare? Experts have debated, books have been written, and scholars have devoted their lives to protecting or debunking theories…
Starring: Rhys Ifans, Vanessa Redgrave, David Thewlis, Joely Richardson, Xavier Samuel, Derek Jacobi
Director: Roland Emmerich
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Tags: David Thewlis, Derek Jacobi, Joely Richardson, Rhys Ifans, Roland Emmerich, Vanessa Redgrave, Xavier Samuel
Posted on November 16, 2011 |
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Atonement (2007)
Drama | Mystery | Romance | War
In 1935, 13-year-old fledgling writer Briony Tallis (Saoirse Ronan) and her family live a life of wealth and privilege in their enormous mansion. On the warmest day of the year, the country estate takes on an unsettling hothouse atmosphere, stoking Briony's vivid imagination. Robbie Turner (James McAvoy), the educated son of the family's housekeeper, carries a torch for Briony's headstrong older sister Cecilia (Kiera Knightley). Cecilia, he hopes, has comparable feelings; all it will take is one spark for this relationship to combust. When it does, Briony – who has a crush on Robbie – is compelled to interfere, going so far as accusing Robbie of a crime he did not commit. Cecilia and Robbie declare their love for each other, but he is arrested – and with Briony bearing false witness, the course of three lives is changed forever. Briony continues to seek forgiveness for her childhood misdeed. Through a terrible and courageous act of imagination, she finds the path to her uncertain atonement, and to an understanding of the power of enduring love.
Starring: James McAvoy, Keira Knightley, Saoirse Ronan, Vanessa Redgrave
Director: Joe Wright
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Posted on August 27, 2011 |
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The Whistleblower (2010)
Drama
A drama based on the experiences of Kathryn Bolkovac, a Nebraska cop who served as a peacekeeper in post-war Bosnia and outed the U.N. for covering up a sex scandal.
Starring: Rachel Weisz, Monica Bellucci, Vanessa Redgrave, David Strathairn, Nikolaj Lie Kaas
Director: Larysa Kondracki
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Tags: David Strathairn, Larysa Kondracki, Monica Bellucci, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Rachel Weisz, Vanessa Redgrave
Posted on August 12, 2011 |
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Letters to Juliet (2010)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
When Sophie travels to Verona in Italy, she stumbles upon an age-old superstition whereby people seeking advice in matters of the heart leave letters in the courtyard of the fictional Juliet, which are then answered by a group of volunteers known as the 'secretaries of Juliet'. When Sophie replies to one letter that has remained unanswered for 50 years, she is amazed when its author, Claire, arrives in Italy with her grandson Charlie to track down the fiance she left behind decades before. Sophie joins them on their quest through the hills of Tuscany as they search for Lorenzo, Claire's long-lost love – and soon finds herself tumbling headlong into a romance of her own.
Starring: Amanda Seyfried, Gael García Bernal, Vanessa Redgrave, Franco Nero, Christopher Egan
Director: Gary Winick
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Tags: Amanda Seyfried, Christopher Egan, Franco Nero, Gael García Bernal, Gary Winick, Vanessa Redgrave
Posted on August 8, 2011 |
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Howards End (1992)
Drama | Romance
The pinnacle of the decades-long collaboration between director James Ivory and producer Ismail Merchant, Howards End is a thought-provoking, luminous vision of E. M. Forster's cutting 1910 novel about class divisions in Edwardian England. Emma Thompson won an Academy Award for her dynamic portrayal of Margaret Schlegel, a flighty yet compassionate middle-class intellectual whose friendship with the dying wife (Vanessa Redgrave) of rich capitalist Henry Wilcox (Anthony Hopkins) commences an intricately woven tale of money, love, and death that encompasses the country's highest and lowest social echelons. With a brilliant, layered script by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (who also won an Oscar) and a roster of gripping performances, Howards End is a work of both great beauty and vivid darkness, and one of cinema's greatest literary adaptations.
Starring: Emma Thompson, Anthony Hopkins, Vanessa Redgrave, Helena Bonham Carter
Director: James Ivory
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Tags: Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson, Helena Bonham Carter, James Ivory, Vanessa Redgrave
