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Tag: Keira Knightley

The Woman In Cabin 10

A film thematically sawed in half, as if penned by two entirely different minds, styles, and social politics, glued in the middle by Knightley’s determined performance, which, through sheer grit and star power, carries the Promethean fire of a promising Hitchcockian thriller (with mistaken identities & much to say on the filthy rich), to a…
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Colette

A true gift gives you tenacity. It’s a well that never dries. Revolutionary Colette was on fire until the very end of her days, and she lived long, blessing us with that rare example of an artist that did not allow the world to shut her down. It seems that a wild spirit is crucial…
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The Aftermath

There is an element missing here, the key component to any story of conflict and passion – namely, the passion. It does not bode well for a story of a tumultuous affair if the only performance with conviction, in a love triangle, is given by the betrayed husband. Thus, the entire construction falls apart as…
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