Keira Knightley

5 worst portrayals of historical figures in film

Beautiful and touching portrayals of inspiring historical figures are so soppy aren’t they? We decided it’s time to commemorate some of the worst and most distasteful attempts at realising history’s icons.

A Dangerous Method

The master of body horror turns his transformative talents to the mind in this story of sex, neurosis and academic one-upmanship. Michael Fassbender makes founding analytic psychology look as easy as falling off a log (which probably subliminally represents the penis), and – gasp! – Keira Knightley’s actually quite good. Analyse THAT, Viggo.

First poster for Steve Carell and Keira Knightley apocalyptic comedy

We know. We know.,..

Top 10 Classic Novels (That Filmmakers Won’t Leave Alone)

This Friday heralds the release of Andrea Arnold’s new film version of Emily Brontë’s beloved novel, Wuthering Heights. In honour of this occasion, which marks the FIRST TIME anyone has made a film of this book, BFF have compiled a list of…wait, what? What’s that you say? You mean, there’s been a film of Wuthering Heights before?! Seriously, though, here’s a list of the Top 10 classic novels that KEEP GETTING FILMED.

Keira Knightley and Jude Law to star in Stoppard’s Anna Karenina

At least we can almost guarantee she’ll wear a lovely dress.

Top 10 Cosmetic Surgery Ops We’d Love To See

The release of The Skin I Live In got our minds wandering on the topic of plastic surgery. It wandered to places it probably shouldn’t have.

Venice opens with première of Clooney’s Ides of March

Has George produced a floater or a sinker?

Top 10 Films we Hate to Love… and Love to Hate

From time to time we are presented with films so bad that they rattle our cages till they can rattle no more. Sometimes we shamefully have to bury our heads in the sand because the powers that be force us to enjoy them. So without further ado, may we present you with the top ten films we hate to love and love to hate

First trailer for A Dangerous Method now online

So many actresses… and you chose Keira Knightley.

Friday Drinking Game #11 – Pirates of the Caribbean

To celebrate the brief few days between the release of Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides and its inevitable box office flop, we thought we’d channel the very muckiest of Captain Jack Sparrow’s rum-guzzling habits and settle you down for an evening of alcoholism on the high seas. Avast, where be that Babycham?