Starring: Richard Gere, Laura Linney, Will Patton, Debra Messing, David Eigenberg Director: Mark Pellington Genre: Thriller Cert: 12 Released: 2002 You know those Christmas presents that you are certain you are getting? You have a hunch that someone has bought you something in particular and you are really looking forward to it. Even the package […]
Celebrate. Come on. My fiftieth column should be a happy occasion. A ticker tape procession, a deluge of well-wishers filling up column inches in your regular tabloid. ‘He’s always been a light in the sea of dark,’ said one fictitious well-known actor. ‘He scares the bejaysus out of your average commentator,’ uttered one non-existent journalist. […]
Starring: Clive Owen, Alex Kingston, Nicholas Ball, Gina McKee, Alexander Morton, Paul Reynolds Director: Mike Hodges Genre: Drama Cert: 15 Released: 1998 Jack (Owen) is a struggling, aspiring writer who reluctantly follows the suggestion of his father (Ball) and accepts the job as a croupier in a London casino. His girlfriend Marion (McKee), whose flat […]
Starring: Tom Cruise, Max von Sydow, Colin Farrell, Steve Harris, Kathryn Morris, Samantha Morton Director: Steven Spielberg Genre: Thriller Cert: 12 Released: 2002 It’s not often that Spielberg treads thin critical ice (no, I didn’t watch “Hook”). So when the dream hook-up of Spielberg and Cruise was announced last year, saliva was generated in record […]
Starring: Nicole Kidman, Fionnula Flanagan, Alakina Mann, James Bentley, Christopher Eccleston, Eric Sykes, Elaine Cassidy Director: Alejandro Amenábar Genre: Horror Cert: 15 Released: 2001 I wonder why Nicole Kidman held back for so long. After a career spent dwadling in mainly inconsequential movies like “Far and Away”, “My Life”, “The Peacemaker”, “Batman Forever” and “Days […]
Starring: Cillian Murphy, Brendan Gleeson, Naomie Harris, Noah Huntley, Megan Burns, Christopher Eccleston Director: Danny Boyle Genre: Horror Cert: 18 Released: 2002 Irish courier, Jim, (Murphy) awakes from a coma in his London hospital bed to find a deserted building and deserted streets around it. An abandoned newspaper stand reveals that the city has been […]
Old men I’m baffled by what I’ve just witnessed on TV. Former Irish internationals and regular television pundits, Eamonn Dunphy and Johnny Giles, have just poured scorn on the appointment of Brian Kerr as the new Ireland manager. Am I being naive to believe so strongly that Kerr is the best appointment? Or are Dunphy […]
Album Title: Riot Act Artist: Pearl Jam Year: 2002 Running Time: 54m 15s Track listing: 1 Can’t Keep; 2 Save You; 3 Love Boat Captain; 4 Cropduster; 5 Ghost; 6 I Am Mine; 7 Thumbing My Way; 8 You Are; 9 (Wanted To) Get Right; 10 Green Disease; 11 Help Help; 12 Bushleaguer; 13 1/2 […]
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