Tag archive for ‘atonement’

“Atonement” comes up big in boycotted Globes

Boycotted by striking screenwriters and sympathetic actors, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association held its 65th Golden Globes awards ceremony in atypical fashion last night, following an anti-climactic press conference format that cost the industry millions in lost network and advertising fees. Despite the uncharacteristic lack of glitz, glamour and embarrassingly intoxicated acceptance speeches, however, the [...]

Movie Review: No apologies necessary from “Atonement”

Under the masterful direction of Joe Wright (”Pride and Prejudice”) and based on Ian McEwan’s critically acclaimed novel of the same name, “Atonement” - in theaters now and nominated for seven Golden Globes - is an epic of uncompromising beauty, romantic intrigue and psychological complexity. The film is momentous by any measure, its dialogue richly [...]