 28 Days Later... 2002  R, 108 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Sci-Fi
Director: Danny Boyle
Cast: Cillian Murphy, Naomie Harris, Christopher Eccleston, Brendan Gleeson, Megan Burns, Noah Huntley, Luke Mably, Stuart McQuarrie, Ricci Harnett, Leo Bill, Junior Laniyan, Ray Panthaki, Sanjay Rambaruth, Marvin Campbell, Alex Palmer
A virus has turned people into murderous zombies that have wiped out most of England's population. Now, 28 days after the virus attack, a few of the survivors gather in Manchester, England, to save Earth's remaining human population.
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Artificial Intelligence: AI 2001  PG-13, 145 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
aka: A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Haley Joel Osment, Jude Law, Frances O'Connor, Sam Robards, Jake Thomas, Brendan Gleeson, William Hurt, Jack Angel, Ben Kingsley, Keith Campbell, April Grace, Ken Leung, Clark Gregg, Kevin Sussman
After Stanley Kubrick's death, Steven Spielberg inherited this story about a mid-21st century android, David (Haley Joel Osment), who has been programmed to love. Eleven-year-old David comes to the Swinton home as a replacement for the family's son, Martin (Jake Thomas), who is ill. But when Martin returns to his family, the Swinton's abandon David. He is set adrift in the world–dreaming of becoming a real boy and being loved by the Swintons. 1 User Review
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| | Ultimately, this film fails, but it is worth watching. | 1fatts 03/14/2007 | The story about the almost-collaboration of Spielberg and Kubrick is well known by now; and you can't help but see the seams throughout the film: the ethereal quality of Kubrick does not quite fit the moral fables of Spielberg. The movie is too long, too episodic, and, finally, too pat.
But there are ideas and images running through this film that should not be easily dismissed or discounted. Haley Joel Osment really is so good it hurts, but, more importantly, there is an attempt here at scope, at vision which is worth our attention even if it doesn't quite work. Spielberg tries to explain too much; Kubrick would have let it remain unresolved imaage. But you can forgive ambition a lot more easily than insufficiency.
I'm sorry it's not a better film. I'm glad someone serious tried. |
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 Beowulf 2007  PG-13, 114 min.
Genre: Animation / Adventure / Fantasy / Drama
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Cast: Ray Winstone, Angelina Jolie, Anthony Hopkins, John Malkovich, Brendan Gleeson, Crispin Glover, Alison Lohman, Robin Wright Penn, Chris Coppola, Sebastian Roche, Dominic Keating, Leslie Zemeckis
Through the use of motion-capture technology, the real actors in this film are transformed into digitally animated visions capable of performing powerful action sequences. The story is based on the Old English poem, which is set in sixth-century Denmark where King Hrothgar (voice of Anthony Hopkins) is in trouble when the monster Grendel (voice of Crispin Glover) declares war on his kingdom. Beowulf (voice of Ray Winstone) arrives on the scene and eventually does slay Grendel but then finds himself tempted, seduced, and corrupted by a water demon who is Grendel's Mother (voice of Angelina Jolie). Beowulf fathers a son with Grendel's Mother, and now, years later, he is destined to fight to the death his dragon son.
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 Braveheart 1995  R, 180 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Drama
Director: Mel Gibson
Cast: Mel Gibson, Patrick McGoohan, Catherine McCormack, Sophie Marceau, Brendan Gleeson, James Cosmo, Alun Armstrong, Ian Bannen, Brian Cox, Sandy Nelson, Sean McGinley, Barry McGovern, James Robinson, Sean Lawlor, Alan Tall
In 13th-century Scotland, Sir William Wallace (Mel Gibson) secretly marries Murron MacClannough (Catherine McCormack), and the next day she is killed by English soldiers. Now, Wallace takes a stand against the brutal rule of England's Edward I (Patrick McGoohan) and leads his fellow countrymen into battle. The battle scene alone is worth the price of admission as unique cinematography enhances the drama of the event. This film won five Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Director, and was nominated for five others.
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Breakfast on Pluto 2005 R, 135 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Neil Jordan
Cast: Cillian Murphy, Liam Neeson, Stephen Rea, Brendan Gleeson, Ruth Negga, Laurence Kinlan, Gavin Friday, Ruth McCabe, Ian Hart, Eva Birthistle, Steven Waddington
Patrick "Kitten" Braden's (Cillian Murphy) father is the town priest (Liam Neeson), and his mother abandoned him at birth. Now, it is the 1960s, and young adult Patrick leaves Ireland and travels to London where he becomes a transvestite cabaret singer, works as a prostitute, and is mistaken for an IRA terrorist.
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 Cold Mountain 2003 R, 155 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Anthony Minghella
Cast: Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Renee Zellweger, Donald Sutherland, Ray Winstone, Brendan Gleeson, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Natalie Portman, Kathy Baker, James Gammon, Giovanni Ribisi, Eileen Atkins
During the Civil War, a wounded Confederate soldier, Inman (Jude Law), goes AWOL and struggles to return home to Cold Mountain, North Carolina, with dreams of reuniting with the woman (Nicole Kidman) he loves. Renee Zellweger won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. The film was nominated for five other Academy Awards, including Best Actor (Law).
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Dark Blue 2003 R, 118 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Ron Shelton
Cast: Kurt Russell, Scott Speedman, Ving Rhames, Michael Michele, Brendan Gleeson, Kurupt, Lolita Davidovich, Dash Mihok, Jonathan Banks, Khandi Alexander, Dana Lee, Chapman Russell Way, Jim Cody Williams, Marin Hinkle, Eloy Casados
During April, 1992–just five days before four White LAPD officers were acquitted in the beating of Rodney King–Special Investigations Squad veteran Eldon Perry (Kurt Russell) and rookie Bobby Keough (Scott Speedman) are sent to investigate a quadruple homicide. It doesn't take long for young Bobby to become disillusioned. He witnesses Perry's unethical tactics and the department's corruption when orders go out to kill two sex criminals and pin the homicide on them.
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 Gangs of New York 2002 R, 165 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Martin Scorsese
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis, Cameron Diaz, Jim Broadbent, Liam Neeson, John C. Reilly, Henry Thomas, Brendan Gleeson, Roger Ashton-Griffiths, Gary Lewis, Eddie Marsan, Alec McCowen, David Hemmings, Larry Gilliard Jr.
The story begins in New York's Five Points slum, during 1846, where crime runs rampant in Lower Manhattan as unwelcome immigrants flock to the city. Gang wars ensue, and Bill the Butcher (Daniel Day-Lewis) kills Priest Vallon (Liam Neeson). Sixteen years later, Priest's son, Amsterdam (Leonardo DiCaprio), enters the arena with a mission: hunt down his father's killer. The film received 10 Academy Award nominations, including Best Actor (Daniel Day-Lewis), Picture, and Director.
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The General 1998 R, 129 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: John Boorman
Cast: Brendan Gleeson, Adrian Dunbar, Sean McGinley, Jon Voight, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Angeline Ball, Pat Laffan, Eanna MacLiam, Eamonn Owens, Paul Hickey, Tom Murphy, Tommy O'Neill, John O'Toole, Ciaran Fitzgerald, Ned Dennehy
This is the fictionalized biography of Martin Cahill (Brendan Gleeson), an Irish gang boss, who pulled off daring robberies, collected $6 million, and earned the reputation of Ireland's most notorious criminal.
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Harrison's Flowers 2000 R, 130 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Elie Chouraqui
Cast: Andie MacDowell, David Strathairn, Elias Koteas, Adrien Brody, Brendan Gleeson, Alun Armstrong, Scott Anton, Diane Baker, Dragan Antonik, Quinn Shephard
Newsweek photojournalist Harrison Lloyd (David Strathairn) agrees to one last assignment before devoting himself to his wife, children, and hothouse orchids. Thus, he heads off to war-torn Croatia and is soon reported missing and presumed dead. His wife, Sarah (Andie MacDowell), has a gut feeling that Harrison is alive and flies to the Balkans in search of him.
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 2007  PG-13, 138 min.
Genre: Adventure / Fantasy
Director: David Yates
Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Ralph Fiennes, Michael Gambon, Imelda Staunton, Gary Oldman, Helena Bonham Carter, Robbie Coltrane, Alan Rickman, Brendan Gleeson, Maggie Smith, Emma Thompson, Richard Griffiths, Fiona Shaw
Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) tries to convince his classmates at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry that Lord Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes) has come out of exile and is preparing to attack. But Harry has been branded a liar, and the authorities refuse to listen to him. Enter the new Defense Against Dark Arts instructor Dolores Umbridge (Imelda Staunton) whose cheerful exterior hides her dark soul. She sees Harry as a thorn in her side when he trains his classmates to defend themselves against Voldemort's dark magic. Umbridge throws the school into chaos when she launches a full-scale inquisition and gets some of Harry's classmates to spy on Harry to aid in her discrediting of him. This is definitely one of Harry's most difficult years at Hogwarts. 1 User Review
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| | Best movie yet | Anonymous 07/15/2007 | | I saw this movie twice and enjoyed it. It misses a few points of the book but follows the theme for each story line. Try to see it on the big-screen! |
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I Went Down 1997 R, 107 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Paddy Breathnach
Cast: Brendan Gleeson, Peter McDonald, Peter Caffrey, Tony Doyle, David Wilmot, Donal O'Kelly, Antoine Byrne, Michael McElhatton, Joe Gallagher, Liam Regan
Recently released from prison, Git Hynes (Peter McDonald) gets into a fight with gangsters and, as a result of his actions, owes the crime boss Tom French (Tony Doyle) a favor: take Bunny Kelly (Brendan Gleeson) along to snatch Frank Grogan (Peter Caffrey) out of enemy hands and bring him back to French. BUT Grogan is a reluctant passenger on the return trip and tries to play Hynes against Kelly and vice versa.
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In Bruges 2008 R, 107 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Comedy
Director: Martin McDonagh
Cast: Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Ralph Fiennes, Clemence Poesy, Jeremie Renier, Thekla Reuten, Jordan Prentice, Eric Godon, Elizabeth Barrington, Sachi Kimura, Anna Madeley, Inez Stinton, Zeljko Ivanek
Just before Christmas, their boss Harry (Ralph Fiennes) sends hit men Ray (Colin Farrell) and Ken (Brendan Gleeson) to the medieval town of Bruges in Belgium. They are told to lay low and wait for further instructions. With time on their hands, Ken interacts with the tourists and locals around them–when he is not keeping a remorseful Ray from committing suicide. But, their boss Harry wants Ray killed, and he, personally, is going to make sure the job gets done.
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In My Country 2004 R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Boorman
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Juliette Binoche, Brendan Gleeson, Menzi Ngubane, Sam Ngakane, Aletta Bezuidenhout, Lionel Newton, Langley Kirkwood, Owen Sejake, Harriet Lanabe, Louis Van Niekerk, Dan Robbertse
Washington Post reporter Langston Whitfield (Samuel L. Jackson) covers the South African Truth and Reconciliation hearings, which are examining murders and tortures that were committed by both sides during Apartheid. Also at the hearings is Afrikaans poet Anna Malan (Juliette Binoche) who is covering the event for a radio station. Langston and Anna meet; share personal experiences; and, in spite of racial differences, are drawn to each other.
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Into the West 1992 PG, 102 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Mike Newell
Cast: Gabriel Byrne, Ellen Barkin, Ciaran Fitzgerald, Ruaidhri Conroy, David Kelly, Johnny Murphy, Colm Meaney, Brendan Gleeson, John Kavanagh, Dave Duffy
This modern-day fairy tale is set in Ireland and begins with Grandfather (David Kelly) finding a beautiful–and perhaps magical–white horse on the beach. He gives it to his two grandsons, Tito (Ruaidhri Conroy) and Ossie (Ciaran Fitzgerald), who live in the slums of Dublin with their ex-"traveler" father, Papa Reilly (Gabriel Byrne). After the horse is taken by the police in order to sell it to a rich man, the boys steal it back and head west on the horse for a magical adventure with the police in pursuit. Some gritty moments, but the ending is happy.
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 Kingdom of Heaven 2005 R, 145 min.
Genre: Drama / Action
Director: Ridley Scott
Cast: Orlando Bloom, Liam Neeson, Jeremy Irons, David Thewlis, Eva Green, Brendan Gleeson, Edward Norton, Ghassan Massoud, Marton Csokas, Alexander Siddig, Velibor Topic, Iain Glen
In this battle epic set in the 12th century, noble knight Godfrey (Liam Neeson) invites his illegitimate, blacksmith son, Balian (Orlando Bloom), to join him on a trek to Jerusalem. But Godfrey is killed in a battle along the way, and Balian joins the Christian soldiers battling the Islamic forces for control of the city of Jerusalem.
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Lake Placid 1999  R, 82 min.
Genre: Horror / Comedy / Action / Thriller
Director: Steve Miner
Cast: Bill Pullman, Bridget Fonda, Oliver Platt, Brendan Gleeson, Betty White, Meredith Salenger, Mariska Hargitay, David Lewis, Tim Dixon, Natassia Malthe, Jed Rees, Richard Leacock, Jake T. Roberts, Ty Olsson, Warren Takeuchi
A mysterious creature, with the jaws of a crocodile, lives beneath Lake Placid, Maine. Fish and game warden Jack Wells (Bill Pullman) is assigned to investigate. Paleontologist Kelly Scott (Bridget Fonda) is also assigned to help in the investigation, and they are joined by Professor Hector Cyr (Oliver Platt) who loves swimming with crocodiles. Meanwhile, Mrs. Bickerman (Betty White) tells them stories about her missing animals and husband. Now, the lake is the focus of an intense search for the mysterious creature that appears to have developed an appetite for animals and people.
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 Michael Collins 1996 R, 132 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Neil Jordan
Cast: Liam Neeson, Aidan Quinn, Julia Roberts, Stephen Rea, Alan Rickman, Ian Hart, Brendan Gleeson, Charles Dance, John Kenny, Richard Ingram
Set during Ireland's fight for freedom from British control in 1921, Michael Collins (Liam Neeson) was a hero in what would later become the Irish Republican Army. This is the story of the battle for his cause: the liberation of part of Ireland.
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Mission: Impossible 2 2000 PG-13, 125 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Thriller
Director: John Woo
Cast: Tom Cruise, Dougray Scott, Thandie Newton, Ving Rhames, Richard Roxburgh, Anthony Hopkins, John Polson, Brendan Gleeson, Rade Serbedzija, William Mapother, Dominic Purcell, Nicholas Bell, Kee Chan, Kim Fleming, Mathew Wilkinson
Tom Cruise again stars as government agent Ethan Hunt who sets out on another impossible mission. This time, he is recruited by the new IMF chief Commander Swanbeck (Anthony Hopkins) to destroy a deadly virus that has been hijacked by the evil IMF agent, Sean Ambrose (Dougray Scott). Hunt recruits Ambrose's ex-lover Nyah Nordoff-Hall (Thandie Newton) to help infiltrate Ambrose's terrorist group. Complications ensue–especially after Hunt falls in love with Nyah.
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The Tailor of Panama 2001 R, 109 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Boorman
Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Geoffrey Rush, Leonor Varela, Jamie Lee Curtis, Brendan Gleeson, Harold Pinter, Catherine McCormack, Daniel Radcliffe, David Hayman, Mark Margolis
Based on John Le Carre's bestseller set in Panama, this clever spy story features the antics of two con men–a British spy, Andy Osnard (Pierce Brosnan), and a tailor, Harry Pendel (Geoffrey Rush)–whose lies lead to the wrong conclusion and political turmoil.
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This Is My Father 1998 R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Paul Quinn
Cast: James Caan, Aidan Quinn, Stephen Rea, John Cusack, Moya Farrelly, Jacob Tierney, Colm Meaney, Donal Donnelly, Brendan Gleeson, Pat Shortt
A Chicago teacher, Kieran Johnson (James Caan), travels to Ireland in search of the father he never knew. In the process of discovery, Johnson is transported–through memories–back to the 1934 affair of Kieran O'Dea (Aidan Quinn) and Johnson's mother, Fiona Flynn (Moya Farrelly).
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The Tiger's Tail 2006 N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: John Boorman
Cast: Brendan Gleeson, Kim Cattrall, Ciaran Hinds, Sinead Cusack, Sean McGinley, Ruth McCabe, Angeline Ball, John Kavanagh, Eanna MacLiam, Mark Lambert, Michael McElhatton, Stanley Townsend, Ned Dennehy, Derry Power
Wealthy real-estate developer Liam O'Leary (Brendan Gleeson) discovers that he was adopted when he meets the down-and-out twin brother (also played by Gleeson) he never knew existed. The brother lures Liam out of the city and begins to take over his identity. In the process, the twin takes over Liam's business and even his wife Jane (Kim Cattrall). Now their positions are reversed. Liam is penniless while it is the evil twin who now appears to have it all.
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Trojan Eddie 1996 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gillies MacKinnon
Cast: Stephen Rea, Richard Harris, Brendan Gleeson, Sean McGinley, Angeline Ball, Brid Brennan, Stuart Townsend, Aislin McGuckin, Angela O'Driscoll, Jason Gilroy
Trojan Eddie (Stephen Rea) is a fast-talking ex-con who finds his niche in selling every-and-any thing at bargain prices. But Eddie winds up in the middle of an affair between the wife of his boss and her lover, Eddie's assistant. BIG trouble results.
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 Troy 2004 R, 163 min.
Genre: Adventure / Action / Romance
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Cast: Brad Pitt, Eric Bana, Orlando Bloom, Diane Kruger, Brian Cox, Sean Bean, Brendan Gleeson, Peter O'Toole, Julie Christie, Tyler Mane, Julian Glover, Nathan Jones, Jacob Smith, John Shrapnel, Ken Bones
King Agamemnon (Brian Cox) assembles the Greek armies to lay siege on Troy after Trojan Prince Paris (Orlando Bloom) wooed Spartan King Menelaus' (Brendan Gleeson) beautiful bride Helen (Diane Kruger) and abducted her to Troy. Brad Pitt takes on the role of Greek hero Achilles, while Eric Bana plays the brave Trojan warrior, Hector. The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Costume Design.
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Turbulence 1997 R, 100 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Robert Butler
Cast: Ray Liotta, Lauren Holly, Brendan Gleeson, Hector Elizondo, Catherine Hicks, Rachel Ticotin, Ben Cross, Jeffrey DeMunn, John Finn, Heidi Kling
So much for a peaceful holiday flight–problems develop on a 747's flight from New York to Los Angeles on Christmas Eve when the Lonely Hearts Killer (Ray Liotta) breaks free from his captors, a storm threatens instant destruction, the pilots are killed, and the flight attendant, Teri Halloran (Lauren Holly) is forced into attempting an emergency landing.
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 The Village 2004 PG-13, 108 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Cast: Bryce Dallas Howard, Joaquin Phoenix, Adrien Brody, William Hurt, Sigourney Weaver, Brendan Gleeson, Cherry Jones, Celia Weston, John Christopher Jones, Frank Collison, Jayne Atkinson, Judy Greer
It is 1897 in the agrarian community of Covington, Pennsylvania, and the residents have made an agreement to live peacefully but apart from the bad creatures living in the nearby woods. But, one day young Lucius (Joaquin Phoenix) decides to explore the woods, and quicker than the blink of an eye, the town is under attack by the creatures. The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Musical Score.
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| 1. 28 Days Later... (2002)
2. Artificial Intelligence: AI (2001)
aka: A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
3. Beowulf (2007)
4. Braveheart (1995)
5. Breakfast on Pluto (2005)
6. Cold Mountain (2003)
7. Dark Blue (2003)
8. Gangs of New York (2002)
9. The General (1998)
10. Harrison's Flowers (2000)
11. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
12. I Went Down (1997)
13. In Bruges (2008)
14. In My Country (2004)
15. Into the West (1992)
16. Kingdom of Heaven (2005)
17. Lake Placid (1999)
18. Michael Collins (1996)
19. Mission: Impossible 2 (2000)
20. The Tailor of Panama (2001)
21. This Is My Father (1998)
22. The Tiger's Tail (2006)
23. Trojan Eddie (1996)
24. Troy (2004)
25. Turbulence (1997)
26. The Village (2004)
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