Posts Tagged ‘Brendan Gleeson’
Film Review – The Tragedy of Macbeth
“By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes” Equal parts dark, brooding, beautiful, and haunting, The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021) retells William Shakespeare’s doomed tale with striking artistry. “The Scottish Play” has been remade many times before – such as the recent Michael Fassbender/Marion Cotillard vehicle from…
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Film Review – Live By Night
Live by Night marks Ben Affleck’s fourth outing as a director of a feature film. It is also his fourth time as a feature film screenwriter. The film is based on the bestseller by Dennis Lehane who was also the author of Ben Affleck’s Gone Baby Gone. Affleck…
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Film Review – Calvary
Although I have been an atheist for most of my adult life, I went to Sunday school all the time when I was a kid. (Which was kind of weird considering my mom never went to church. But I guess one should never underestimate the…
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Film Review – Edge of Tomorrow
Edge of Tomorrow (2014) is one heck of a fun time. No doubt comparisons to other films will be made, as this could be seen as the love child of Groundhog Day (1993) and Starship Troopers (1997). But Director Doug Liman and screenwriters Christopher McQuarrie,…
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Film Review – The Smurfs 2
Ugh, okay. There are certain times with movies when it’s hard to even muster up enough enthusiasm to talk about it longer than a few seconds. Such is the case with The Smurfs 2. Your short and simple review for this film is: Don’t Bother.
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Colin Farrell – Video Podcast #257
In honor of the release of Epic, Spencer and Greg discuss Colin Farrell.
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Film Review – The Cup
Horse racing seems to have developed into a film genre unto itself in the last decade. From the highs of Seabiscuit to the moderate success of Secretariat to the failure of Hidalgo, there seems to be something resonating culturally about this topic, particularly with stories…
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Film Review – Albert Nobbs
In Albert Nobbs (2011), Albert (Glenn Close), is a waiter in a hotel in 19th century Ireland, and is very good at his job. He is dedicated, polite, and knows his place. He is also secretly a woman and, if exposed, could ruin be ruined.…
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