Two strangers become dangerously close after witnessing a deadly accident. Read more
| Starring | Daniel Craig, Samantha Morton, Rhys Ifans, Alexandra Aitken |
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| Director | Roger Michell |
| Genres | Audio Descriptive, Drama |
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There appeared to be no shifting Casino Royale from the top of the UK movie charts this week, as its box office total rose to £27.9 million. As the first Bond adventure to star Daniel Craig as the eponymous spy, the film took £8.5 million in its second week of release, keeping it ahead of new releases such as Jackass Number Two. And although it is arguably Craig's most famous role to date, his previous projects include roles in everything from television dramas to big-budget Hollywood Read more
A teaser for Atonement, the new film starring Keira Knightley and James McAvoy, is now available to watch online ahead of its scheduled release next September. The movie, based on a 2001 novel by Booker Prize-winning author Ian McEwan, tells the story of a group of children in the 1930s who begin a tragic chain of events through mistaken identity. Adapted for the screen by Christopher Hampton, Atonement is directed by Joe Wright who also took the helm of last year's wonderful Pride &... Read more
Casino Royale, the latest Bond film, has yet to be completed but rumours are already abounding about what will come after it. Roger Michell, who directed Brit-flick Notting Hill as well as Changing Lanes and Enduring Love, is apparently in negotiations to shoot the follow up film, which will be the 22nd in the Bond series. An announcement is expected to be made on whether Michell will be the director, although details for the film remain sketchy and a writer has yet to be hired. It is thought... Read more
With the myriad of novel adaptations recently and soon to be hitting cinema screens, a journalist has cast his doubt on this week's release of Atonement - the celluloid version of a successful Ian McEwan book. Featuring Keira Knightley and James McAvoy, Atonement follows the lost love story of two young adults as a terrible mistake changes their lives forever. But for the Guardian's John Patterson, it's just another "problem" adaptation which forces him to read the book "in a big Read more
It is in the artist's nature to want to improve on life. After all, a little embellishment never hurt anyone, did it? Young Briony Tallis learns the danger of such foolish romantic illusions the hard way when her own rash intervention sends an innocent man to prison in Atonement, with devastating consequences for those she loves most dearly. But having erred so grievously, can she then make it right? Readers of Ian McEwan's acclaimed 2001 novel wondered if such a richly literary concoction... Read more