Waking Ned Devine (1998)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Director: Kirk Jones
Starring: David Kelly | Fintan McKeownm Paul Vaughn | Fionnula Flanagan | Ian Bannen | James Nesbitt | Susan Lynch
Five Minutes of Heaven (2009)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 5 cats
Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel
Starring: Anamaria Marinca | James Nesbitt | Liam Neeson
Toni says: “First, I really think it is a shame that FIVE MINUTES OF HEAVEN was not distributed better in the United States. Considering, it was directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel of DOWNFALL fame and was written by Guy Hibbert, an
Read the review...The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 5 cats
Director: Peter Jackson
Starring: Graham McTavish | Ian McKellen | James Nesbitt | Ken Stott | Martin Freeman | Richard Armitage
Thom says: “No special reason to review this blockbuster, other than to say I was thrilled while watching it other than the too long beginning when trying to persuade Bilbo Baggins to join the quest of 13 dwarves along with
Read the review...Coriolanus (2012)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 5 cats
Director: Ralph Fiennes
Starring: Brian Cox | Gerard Butler | James Nesbitt | Jessica Chastain | Ralph Fiennes | Vanessa Redgrave
Thom says: “Being such a huge fan of Shakespeare I expected this film to be superlative, and by God it was even better than I had anticipated. After sitting through ANONYMOUS this film was a breath of fresh air, all
Read the review...The Way (2011)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 2 cats
Director: Emilio Estevez
Starring: Deborah Kara Unger | Emilio Estevez | James Nesbitt | Martin Sheen | Yorick van Wageningen
Diane says: “Emilio Estevez, you’re no screenwriter. I say that with some sadness, since I did have a crush on him in the ’80s. “Martin Sheen and director/writer Estevez play father and son, frustrated in their relationship. Healing comes on
Read the review...Millions (2005)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3 cats
Director: Danny Boyle
Starring: Alexander Nathan Etel | Daisy Donovan | James Nesbitt | Lewis Own McGibbon
Chris says: “No junkies or zombies in Danny Boyle’s first family film, which asks, ‘What would happen if two young boys found a duffel bag stacked with cash that seemingly just fell from out of the sky?’ MILLIONS sort of
Read the review...Bloody Sunday (2002)
By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Paul Greengrass
Starring: Allan Gildea | Gerard Crossan | James Nesbitt | Mary Mould
Laura says: “Writer/director Paul Greengrass (THE THEORY OF FLIGHT) consulted Don Mullan, author of Eyewitness Blood Sunday, who had read the hundreds of civilian accounts ignored by the first official inquiry into the massacre and decided to tell his story
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