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Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End – 15 Years Later

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Hasitha Fernando looks back at Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End at 15… Somewhere in the early 2000s Walt Disney Studios had an ambitious plan of developing a feature length film based on one of their most popular theme park rides – Pirates of the Caribbean. To achieve their goal, they had producer turned […]

Movie Review – Charlotte (2022)

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Charlotte, 2022. Directed by Tahir Rana and Éric Warin. Featuring the voice talents of Keira Knightley, Sadie Deogrades, Brenda Blethyn, Jim Broadbent, Sam Claflin, Henry Czerny, Eddie Marsan, Helen McCrory, Sophie Okonedo, Mark Strong, and Marion Cotillard. SYNOPSIS: An account of German-Jewish artist Charlotte Salomon living in the south of France between 1941 and 1943. […]

Keira Knightley’s animated World War II drama Charlotte gets a trailer

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Not to decry all of the CGI super furry animal animations we get on the release conveyer belt these days, but it’s always nice when something different comes along, and Charlotte appears to be just that. Tahir Rana and Éric Warin’s animated drama tells the story of a young German-Jewish woman –  voiced by Keira […]

Movie Review – Silent Night (2021)

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Silent Night, 2021. Written and Directed by Camille Griffin. Starring Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Roman Griffin Davis, Annabelle Wallis, Lily-Rose Depp, Kirby Howell-Baptiste, Davida McKenzie, Rufus Jones, Sope Dirisu, Lucy Punch, Holly Aird, Trudie Styler, Dora Davis, Gilby Griffin Davis, and Hardy Griffin Davis. SYNOPSIS: Nell, Simon, and their boy Art are ready to welcome […]

David Dastmalchian joins Keira Knightley and Carrie Coon in Boston Strangler

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Dune and The Suicide Squad star David Dastmalchian is set to join Keira Knightley and Carrie Coon in the cast of 20th Century Studios’ Boston Strangler movie in a role described as ‘pivotal’ by The Hollywood Reporter. Alessandro Nivola and Chris Cooper will also star in the true crime drama, which is being written and […]

Watch a clip from Keira Knightley’s dark Christmas comedy Silent Night

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Keira Knightley seems to have a thing for taking a light-hearted approach to the end of the world, because following Lorene Scafaria’s criminally underseen and underrated Seeking a Friend for the End of the World, the Pirates of the Caribbean star is at it again with dark comedy Silent Night, which seeks to subvert the Richard […]

The end of the world is nigh in trailer for Silent Night starring Keira Knightley and Matthew Goode

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Ahead of its release this December, a poster and trailer have been released for the dark comedy drama Silent Night. Written and directed by Camille Griffin, the film follows Nell (Keira Knightley), Simon (Matthew Goode), and their son Art (Roman Griffin Davis), as they host Christmas dinner for their friends while the world faces an […]

Keira Knightley set to star in Ridley Scott-produced Boston Strangler movie

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Keira Knightley is heading to Boston. More specifically she’s on her way there to star in 20th Century Studios’ Boston Strangler movie, which will begin shooting this December. As per Deadline, Knightley will star in the true crime drama, which is being written and directed by Matt Ruskin. Ridley Scott and Kevin Walsh of Scott Free are […]

Toronto International Film Festival 2021 Review – Charlotte

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Charlotte, 2021. Directed by Eric Warin and Tahir Rana. Starring Keira Knightley, Brenda Blethyn, Jim Broadbent, Sam Claflin, Henry Czerny, Eddie Marsan, Helen McCrory, Sophie Okonedo, and Mark Strong. SYNOPSIS: An account of German-Jewish artist Charlotte Salomon living in the south of France between 1941 and 1943. Tacky thought it might seem to decry the […]

Movie Review – Misbehavior (2020)

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Misbehavior, 2020. Directed by Philippa Lowthorpe. Starring Keira Knightley, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Jessie Buckley, Lesley Manville, Rhys Ifans. Greg Kinnear, Phyllis Logan, John Sackville, Keeley Hawes, Suki Waterhouse, Clara Rosager, Loreece Harrison, Kajsa Mohammar, Miles Jupp, Polly Kemp, Ruby Bentall, Lily Newmark, Maya Kelly, John Heffernan, Eileen O’Higgins, Amanda Lawrence, Katy Carmichael, Rupert Vansittart, Charlie Anson, […]