Teaching audiences to view films actively
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4 cats
Director: Bradley Cooper
Starring: Andra Day | Bradley Cooper | Christine Ebersole | Ciarán Hinds | Laura Dern | Will Arnett
Michael says: “What this feel-good divorce movie lacks in bite, it more than makes up with with heart and good acting. Having gone through something somewhat similar to this, ending a long relationship between people who still care deeply for
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Director: James Strong
Starring: Alec Newman | Ben Miles | Ciarán Hinds | Jason Isaacs | Maxine Peake
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Patrick Dickinson
Starring: Angus Barnett | Aoife Hinds | Ciarán Hinds | Isy Suttie | Thomas Coombes
By Michael Colford
Director: Roger Michell
Starring: Amanda Root | Ciarán Hinds | Corin Redgrave | Fiona Shaw | John Woodvine | Susan Fleetwood
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3 cats
Director: John Crowley
Starring: Ciarán Hinds | Denis Moschitto | Eric Bana | Jim Broadbent | Julia Stiles | Rebecca Hall | Riz Ahmed
Jason says: “It says something about humanity, the world we live in, or perhaps just me personally, that I’m bored by the brand of paranoia that keeps CLOSED CIRCUIT running. Is that in spite of how visible abuse of power
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: John Madden
Starring: Ciarán Hinds | Helen Mirren | Jessica Chastain | Marton Csokas | Sam Worthington | Tom Wilkinson
Jason says: “Attach enough talent to a movie, and more often than not, you’ll at least wind up with something worth watching, and THE DEBT has a fair number of good people working on it. Does it translate into a
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Rating: 3.5 cats
Director: David Mackenzie
Starring: Ciarán Hinds | Claire Forlani | Jamie Bell | John Paul Lawler | Lucy Holt | Sophia Myles
Bruce says: “David Mackenzie is succeeding in bringing unconventional stories to the screen such as THE LAST GREAT WILDERNESS and YOUNG ADAM. MISTER FOE is a perfect companion piece for those earlier films. MISTER FOE is a coming-of-age tale which
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Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Starring: Ciarán Hinds | Daniel Day Lewis | Paul Dano
Michael says: “I caught this back in December but never got around to reviewing it. I have to tell you I was giddy for hours… even days after seeing Paul Thomas Anderson’s decidedly bizarre adaptation of Upton Sinclair’s novel, Oil.
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Director: Steven Spielberg
Starring: Ayelet Zurer | Ciarán Hinds | Daniel Craig | Eric Bana | Geoffrey Rush | Mathieu Almaric | Mathieu Kassovitz
Hilary says: “Just a few words on MUNICH: “I was pleasantly surprised at how good it was. Spielberg actually redeems himself as a filmmaker, not just a blockbuster-izer, up until the last 10 minutes when he takes out his Significance
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Rating: 3 cats
Director: Joel Schumacher
Starring: Barry Barnes | Brenda Fricker | Cate Blanchett | Ciarán Hinds | Colin Farrell | Don Wycherley | Gerard McSorley
Bruce says: “It was a fluke that I saw VERONICA GUERIN immediately after seeing SHATTERED GLASS – two films about journalism based on true stories. Within a few hours I had a glimpse of two journalistic extremes. Veronica Guerin was
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