Atonement (movie)

British director Joe Wright to direct 'Fifty Shades'?

2013-05-10 09:41:00

British director Joe Wright has become a known commodity in Hollywood for coaxing stylish yet substantive literary adaptations such as “Atonement,” “Pride & Prejudice” and “Anna Karenina” onto the screen. His next...

Lily James picked to star in 'Cinderella'

2013-04-30 11:41:00

Lily James, who plays�Lady Rose MacClare in "Downton Abbey," will take the lead role once rumored for Emma Watson in "Cinderella," the Walt Disney Co., announced Tuesday. The 24-year-old English actress, whose film credits include "Wrath of the Titans"...

Review: 'The Host' limps along as alien tale fails to generate heat

2013-03-28 15:54:00

"Twilight's" creator Stephenie Meyer clearly has a few obsessions she can't quite shake: interspecies romance, love triangles and color-coded eyes — red-rimmed if vampires are involved, silver for the sci-fi aliens of "The Host." All those...

The Sunday Conversation: Saoirse Ronan

2013-03-30 07:30:00

Saoirse (pronounced SIR-sha, "like inertia") Ronan plays an alien and a human in the same body in the new romantic sci-fi film "The Host," based on a book by "Twilight" series author Stephenie Meyer. Ronan, who turns 19 in April, is already a seasoned...

New ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ trailer: Big action, even bigger egos

2013-03-21 10:03:27

‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ trailer offers action, a little Cumberbatch

2013-03-11 11:42:09

'Downton Abbey' loses O'Brien, adds 6 new cast members in Season 4

2013-03-04 12:27:00

“Downton Abbey" is going to look quite different when it returns for a fourth season. On Friday Siobhan Finneran -- better known to fans as O’Brien, Lady Grantham's constantly scheming, severely coiffed maid -- confirmed that she is...

'Argo' heads week's new releases

2013-02-16 12:00:00

Argo Warner Bros., $28.98; Blu-ray, $35.99 Available on VOD beginning Tuesday Ben Affleck completes his evolution from movie star to action director with the hit, multi-award-winning and remarkably entertaining thriller based on actual events....

Monster love: Filling the post-‘Twilight,’ pre-‘Hunger Games’ void

2013-01-11 12:52:11

For film scores, composers create a world, note by note

2012-12-05 07:00:00

A film's music is often considered a character itself, and this season the roles composers have to play aren't getting any easier. Talking about love between the emotionally unstable is one thing, but how, for instance, does that sound? Or when a...

'Anna Karenina's' 1870s-1950s costume mash-up

2012-12-06 07:00:00

The Leo Tolstoy classic "Anna Karenina" has seen its share of adaptations. In its latest turn, from director Joe Wright, the love story gets a bold, creative and visually beautiful reworking of the Russian tale with truly inventive costuming. Starring...

Joe Wright, Keira Knightley a fearless team on 'Anna Karenina'

2012-11-29 07:30:00

Director Joe Wright's vision for the Leo Tolstoy classic "Anna Karenina" has been called "bold," "daring" and "ambitious" — words that could also be used to describe the effect the director and his leading lady, Keira Knightley, have on each other....

Release date: Nov. 16 (limited) Blockbuster, Oscar bait or something else? Oscar bait Keira Knightley reunites with her "Pride & Prejudice" and "Atonement" director Joe Wright for a lavish adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's 1877 literary classic about infidelity.

2012-11-14 21:03:49

I think we can all safely say that Briony Tallis (Saoirse Ronan) from Atonement takes the cake as one of the most annoying characters ever to grace the silver screen.

2012-08-27 00:00:00

Where you've seen her: Movie screens, red carpets, magazine covers, you name it. Why we love her: "Bend It Like Beckham." "Pirates of the Caribbean." "Love Actually." "Atonement." "The Duchess." Is there any role Keira can't play?

2009-12-11 12:51:52