Sentences with phrase «drama atonement»

Strong word is Joe Wright has emerged as a front - runner and has an established relationship with Focus and Universal having directed period dramas PRIDE & PREJUDICE, ANNA KARENINA, as well as romantic war drama ATONEMENT and action - thriller HANNA.

Throughout his 24 - year career, he has worked on Academy Award - winning drama Atonement gaining him an Oscar nomination.

Those early years included a turn as Hugh Laurie's son in the short - lived series, Fortysomething; starring as Stephen Hawking in the TV movie, Hawking, and Vincent van Gogh in the TV movie, Van Gogh: Painted with Words; and roles in period dramas Atonement, The Other Boleyn Girl, War Horse and Parade's End.

Not exact matches

The drama of divine incarnation and atonement ought not to be — as it has easily been — abstracted from the teaching of Jesus, his proclamation of God's kingdom made into an incidental preamble to the «deep» and «real» mystery of faith.

John, if we jump straight to the atonement issues we miss the drama of what Jesus did.

In the category of best actress in a motion picture - drama, the nominees are: Cate Blanchett (Elizabeth: The Golden Age), Julie Christie (Away From Her), Jodie Foster (The Brave One), Angelina Jolie (A Mighty Heart) and Keira Knightley (Atonement).

There is very little that compels us about this vision that is chiefly attributed to screenwriter Jason Fuchs (a contributor to Ice Age: Continental Drift) and director Joe Wright, a Brit who comes to this project having primarily made costume dramas like Atonement, 2012's Anna Karenina, and 2005's Pride & Prejudice.

The nominees for best performance by an actor in a motion picture - drama are: George Clooney (Michael Clayton, Daniel Day - Lewis (There Will Be Blood), James McAvoy (Atonement), Denzel Washington (American Gangster), and Viggo Mortensen (Eastern Promises).

Saoirse Ronan's Academy Award - nominated supporting performance as a precocious but troubled 13 - year - old in Atonement — a 2007 British period drama — provided clear evidence t...

Mind you, it has other good things going for it, too — a taut, intelligent and cleverly structured screenplay by Anthony McCarten, who brought us The Theory Of Everything, top - drawer direction from Joe Wright, whose 2007 wartime drama, Atonement, comes repeatedly to mind, and a scene - stealing but exquisitely judged supporting performance from Kristin Scott Thomas as Clementine Churchill.

It may not be Wright's best film (that honor likely goes to Atonement) nor is it his most exciting (I'm a huge Hannah stan personally) and it's very far from his lower - tier material (The Soloist, Pan) but Darkest Hour sees the English auteur flexing his muscles in new and exciting ways, turning historical nonfiction into a calculated character study, an intoxicating courtroom drama and an electrifying thriller in its own right.

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening December 7, 2007 BIG BUDGET FILMS Atonement (R for profanity, sexuality and disturbing war images) Decades - spanning romance drama, opening in England in 1935, about the budding relationship between a rich girl (Keira Knightley) and the son (James McAvoy) of her family's maid aborted when he is falsely accused of a crime by her jealous younger sister (Saoirse Ronan).

Irish actress Saoirse Ronan first wooed American audiences with her Oscar - nominated performance as Briony Tallis in Joe Wright's 2007 drama, Atonement.

Directed by Joe Wright (Atonement) and written by Anthony McCarten (The Theory of Everything), the trailer is full of suspense, drama and ACTING.

Film:: Best Motion Picture (Drama)-- Atonement:: Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture (Drama)-- Julie Christie, Away From Her:: Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture (Drama)-- Daniel -LSB-...]

Atonement doesn't take that into consideration, either, turning the mordant, devastatingly understated trauma of McEwan's prose into one of screenwriter Christopher Hampton's period «bad sex» dramas reliant on extravagant turns of phrase and delightful chamber misunderstandings.

«No Country for Old Men,» a crime saga about a drug deal gone bad, and «There Will Be Blood,» a historical epic set in California's oil boom years, will compete for best picture against the melancholy romance «Atonement,» the pregnancy comedy «Juno» and the legal drama «Michael Clayton.»

Screenwriter Anthony McCarten («The Theory of Everything»), director Joe Wright (who delivered a stunning single take of the beach at Dunkirk in «Atonement»), and Oldman (who has only been nominated once, for «Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy») turn what could have been a wordy chamber drama into something viscerally compelling and far more timely than anyone anticipated.

Focus Features has released a new trailer for Atonement and Hanna director Joe Wright's historical drama Darkest Hour.

Combined with the drama of war, «Ali & Nino» is a cross between «Atonement» and «Love and...

Wright has a penchant for historical dramas (Pride and Prejudice, Anna Karenina, Atonement), and had been wanting to do a modern - day thriller set in New York.

In the 65th annual Golden Globes, Atonement fought off strong competition from violent thrillers American Gangster, Eastern Promises and No Country for Old Men, legal drama Michael Clayton, historical saga There Will Be Blood and Oprah Winfrey - produced feelgood film The Great Debaters, for the best film award.

Starring Saoirse Ronan, Cate Blanchett and Eric Bana, Hanna marks a departure for British director Joe Wright, who is better known for his period dramas Pride and Prejudice and Atonement.

His 2005 adaptation of Pride and Prejudice is one of the best of its kind, Atonement is a lavish period drama executed to perfection, Hanna is a quirky and thrilling action movie, and Pan is... well, at least Pan is something singular.

Pablo Larraín's new feature is a psychologically complex response to the abuses of the Catholic Church, with a chamber drama, where four men and one woman embark on a spiritual journey of atonement.

Gary Oldman steps into the imposing persona of Winston Churchill in Joe Wright's (Pride and Prejudice, Atonement) period drama set in the early years of the Second World War, when Churchill's rousing leadership inspired a nation.