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'The Raven': 5 other movies that turned well-known figures into action heroes
As Edgar Allan Poe hunts a murderer in 'The Raven,' here are 5 other movies that took well-known historical and literary figures and made them action stars
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'Pride and Prejudice' from Greer Garson to murder mystery
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Chapter & Verse 'Fifty Shades of Grey': Will 'Anna Karenina' director Joe Wright take on the movie adaptation?
Multiple media outlets have cited 'insider' sources who say that Joe Wright is currently in the lead for the 'Fifty Shades of Grey' directing job.
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Lincoln leads in British 'Oscars' nominations, Spielberg snubbed
'Lincoln,' starring Daniel Day-Lewis, got 10 BAFTA nominations, the British version of the Academy Awards. 'Les Miserables' and 'Life of Pi' followed with nine BAFTA nominations each, while the latest James Bond film, "Skyfall", garnered eight.
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The best films of 2012
Monitor film critic Peter Rainer remembers some of the gems he saw over the past year and those films that weren't worth his time.
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Jude Law in 'Anna Karenina' does well at box office as 'Breaking Dawn' breaks records
Jude Law stars in 'Anna Karenina,' which performed well in a limited release during Thanksgiving weekend. 'The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2' had a boffo opening which ranks eighth on all-time debuts.
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Anna Karenina: Keira Knightley is literature's tragic heroine (+video)
Anna Karenia: When 'Anna Karenina' – starring Keira Knightley – gets a theatrical turn, curtains and catwalks make it a little arch.
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Culture Cafe Keira Knightley: What's next after 'Anna Karenina'?
Keira Knightley won out against several other actresses for one of her next roles. Knightley stars in 'Anna Karenina,' an adaptation of the Tolstoy novel that was released this month.
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Toronto International Film Festival: Fewer political movies, more literary adaptations
A new version of a Henry James novel and a Shakespeare adaptation by Joss Whedon were standouts.
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Seeking a Friend for the End of the World: movie review
'Seeking' is the worst entry yet in the end-of-the-world genre.
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Chapter & Verse Keira Knightley is 'Anna Karenina' in a new trailer for the film
Director Joe Wright's adaptation of Russian classic Anna Karenina' is scheduled for release Nov. 9.
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'The Raven': 5 other movies that turned well-known figures into action heroes
As Edgar Allan Poe hunts a murderer in 'The Raven,' here are 5 other movies that took well-known historical and literary figures and made them action stars
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Intruders: movie review
The dual plots in the maybe-supernatural film 'Intruders' add up to a surprising reveal.
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'Pride and Prejudice' from Greer Garson to murder mystery
With P. D. James' new book 'Death Comes to Pemberley,' Jane Austen's novel 'Pride and Prejudice' is getting another makeover. In James's story, it's six years after the end of the original book, and Elizabeth and Darcy's idyllic life is turned upside down when Lizzy's sister Lydia shows up claiming that her husband, George Wickham, has been murdered. But James' novel is hardly the first to revive the classic. Since its publication in 1813, Austen's most famous novel has had enduring popularity, inspiring everything from movie adaptations to a satire that adds zombies. Here are a few of the most memorable 'P&P' incarnations over the years.
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A Dangerous Method: movie review
David Cronenberg's 'A Dangerous Method' is a talky period piece about Freud and Jung refining their psychoanalytical approaches, with a romantic interest played by Keira Knightley thrown in.
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A World on Fire: Britain's Crucial Role in the American Civil War, by Amanda Foreman
It's called the American Civil War, but it was much more British than most people think.
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‘Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides’ interview with Sam Claflin
Sam Claflin talks about his role in ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides’, working with Johnny Depp and Geoffrey Rush and ‘you know…being a man.’
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Last Night: movie review
Keira Knightley and Sam Worthington play husband and wife in 'Last Night,' as they both face the temptation of infidelity.
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Never Let Me Go: movie review
Based on Ishiguro’s acclaimed novel, ‘Never Let Me Go’ is moving and mournful.
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'The Town' is talk of box office, opening with $23.8M
'The Town' has earned rave reviews. This is the second movie directed by Ben Affleck, who stars alongside Jeremy Renner, Rebecca Hall, Jon Hamm and Chris Cooper.
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'Robin Hood' at Cannes Film Festival: 'Batman Begins' meets 'Men in Tights'
Ridley Scott's 'Robin Hood' made its debut Wednesday at the Cannes Film Festival. The movie takes a page from other Hollywood 'prequels,' but how far is too far when Hollywood rewrites popular myths?
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Reviews: 'The Edge of Love'
Love, war, and poetry mingle in this dreary retelling of Dylan Thomas's famously tumultuous love life.
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Review: 'The Duchess'
Costume drama hangs more heavily on the outfits than the infamous life of Georgiana Spencer.
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