When we think of guaranteed box office hitmaking stars, the talk revolves around people like Robert Downey, Jr., Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Chris Pratt, Tom Cruise, etc… However, while everyone has been looking the other way, Jack Black has turned into a bit of a box office goldmine. And with his latest, “The House with a Clock in its Walls,” the comedic actor has turned another film that critics and pundits were doubting and created a bit of a surprise hit.

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Focusing on Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette, the Parisian author responsible for her husband’s literary success, Wash Westmoreland‘s “Colette” features a towering performance from Keira Knightley, who plays the legendary writer with such warmth and fiery feminism, with a story that easily draws parallels with today’s world.

Colette’s marriage to the well-off Willy (a slyly playful and equally up to the task Dominic West), is a challenge to both her feminist ideals and definition of what love truly means.

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It’s been several years since filmmaker Wash Westmoreland released his critically-acclaimed film “Still Alice,” which earned Julianne Moore an Academy Award. And now, the director is back with his next feature film, and he’s featuring yet another strong female lead actress.

In the trailer for “Colette,” we meet a young woman, played by Keira Knightley, who is convinced to ghostwrite a novel for her husband Willy.

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The 2018 Sundance Film Festival has pretty much come to an end, and for awards season who braved the snow and freezing temperatures, there is the now the haunting realization that there was very little Oscar gold to mine in Park City’s slopes this year.  And, frankly, that’s a tad eyebrow raising and perhaps more a statement on the current state of “independent” film than anything else.  It’s not like there was one standing ovation after another at the festival this year.

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A real surprise at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, Wash Westmoreland‘s “Colette,” the movie is destined to be a crowd pleaser in the truest sense of the term. Focusing on Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette, the Parisian author responsible for her husband’s literary success, the film has a towering performance from Keira Knightley, who plays Colette with such warmth and fiery feminism, that it would be hard not to make woman’s past run parallel with today’s world.

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Biopics: Rooney Mara To Play Mary Magdalene, Keira Knightley Gets Literary With Colette

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