On the night, Casino went away with one win for best sound - plus a Rising Star award for Eva Green, who played Bond girl Vesper Lynd.

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The plot is no more than a thread: Barnabas must revive the Collins fortune whilst fending off the attentions, both amorous and savage, of a sorceress named Angelique (Eva Green).

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Much is made of the power play between the King of Jerusalem (a leper in a metal mask), his exotic and plainly loopy sister (Eva Green), his military adviser (Jeremy Irons), and a brace of leering villains (Marton Csokas and Brendan Gleeson).

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