Bandits 2001  PG-13, 123 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Barry Levinson
Cast: Bruce Willis, Cate Blanchett, Billy Bob Thornton, Troy Garity, Stacey Travis, Brian F. O'Byrne, Bobby Slayton, January Jones, Azura Skye, Peggy Miley, William Converse-Roberts, Richard Riehle, Micole Mercurio, Anthony Burch, Scott Burkholder
Prison friends–Joe (Bruce Willis) and Terry (Billy Bob Thornton)–hijack a cement truck, break out of prison, and begin a series of bank heists that turns them into folk heroes. Plans go well, until a neurotic housewife (Cate Blanchett) is taken hostage only to become their lover. She just cannot decide between them so opts for both. A fun comedy caper.
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Before the Devil Knows You're Dead 2007  R, 117 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Sidney Lumet
Cast: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke, Albert Finney, Marisa Tomei, Rosemary Harris, Aleksa Palladino, Michael Shannon, Amy Ryan, Brian F. O'Byrne, Blaine Horton, Arija Bareikis, Leonardo Cimino, Lee Wilkof, Damon Gupton, Adrian Martinez
Although both work for a Manhattan real-estate firm, brothers Andy (Philip Seymour Hoffman) and Hank (Ethan Hawke) desperately need money. Their solution: rob their parents' (Albert Finney and Rosemary Harris) jewelry store. They can take the jewels and sell them, and their parents can collect on the insurance. Thus, nobody loses. But as the story continues, flashbacks reveal a multitude of family problems–including Hank sleeping with Andy's wife (Marisa Tomei)–and the planned robbery is destined to trigger the family's final collision course.
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 Bug 2007 R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror / Thriller
Director: William Friedkin
Cast: Ashley Judd, Michael Shannon, Lynn Collins, Brian F. O'Byrne, Harry Connick Jr., Neil Bergeron, Bob Neill
Agnes (Ashley Judd) has suffered more than a few tragedies during her life and is now freebasing coke while downing vodka and drinking cheap red wine. One night, her friend R.C. (Lynn Collins) brings a new man into Agnes' motel room. He is Gulf War veteran Peter Evans (Michael Shannon) who claims that the Army used him in an experiment and gave him drugs involving infectious diseases. Agnes and Peter have sex, and then the bugs arrive. They are coming out of Peter's body, and he is convinced that they are infecting Agnes as well. Paranoia sets in as both Agnes and Peter descend into a state of madness using any means at their disposal to rid themselves of the bugs.
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Disco Pigs 2001  N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Kirsten Sheridan
Cast: Elaine Cassidy, Cillian Murphy, Geraldine O'Rawe, Eleanor Methven, Brian F. O'Byrne, Darren Healy, Sarah Gallagher, Charles Bark, Tara Lynne O'Neill, Michael Rawley, Eoghan Harris, Dawn Bradfield, Derry Power, Marie Mullen
Based on a stage play, this is the story of Sinead (Elaine Cassidy) and Darren (Cillian Murphy), known as "Runt" and "Pig," respectively, who were born in an Irish hospital moments apart. Throughout their lives they have been inseparable. They also play mean tricks on people, and Darren has a decidedly violent streak. Now, in their later teens, the bond is challenged.
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An Everlasting Piece 2000 R, 109 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Barry Levinson
Cast: Barry McEvoy, Brian F. O'Byrne, Anna Friel, Pauline McLynn, Ruth McCabe, Laurence Kinlan, Billy Connolly, Des McAleer, Colum Convey, Ian Cregg
Ireland's ongoing religious problems are at the core of this story about the business venture of two barbers: Catholic Colm (Barry McEvoy) and Protestant George (Brian F. O'Byrne). They form a company, the Piece People, and try to take over Belfast's men's wig distributorship. Major problems ensue when police find one of their Piece People wigs at the scene of an IRA crime. It appears that the IRA also likes the wigs–as disguises.
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The Grey Zone 2001 R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tim Blake Nelson
Cast: David Arquette, Steve Buscemi, Harvey Keitel, Daniel Benzali, David Chandler, Allan Corduner, Natasha Lyonne, Mira Sorvino, Michael Stuhlbarg, Lisa Benavides, Lee Wilkof, Brian F. O'Byrne
The Holocaust is the background for this story about Sonderkomando Jews imprisoned in Auschwitz concentration camp who coerced fellow Jews to march into areas where they met certain death by gassing. But, in the midst of the horror, a few Jews plan and execute an uprising.
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 Intermission 2003 R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Crowley
Cast: Colin Farrell, Shirley Henderson, Cillian Murphy, Kelly Macdonald, Colm Meaney, David Wilmot, Brian F. O'Byrne, Michael McElhatton, Ger Ryan, Tomas O'Suilleabhain, Owen Roe, Taylor Molloy
The lives of lonely Dubliners–including both cops and robbers searching for love and meaning–cross paths in this well-crafted crime/drama/comedy.
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The International 2009 R, 118 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Tom Tykwer
Cast: Clive Owen, Naomi Watts, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Brian F. O'Byrne, Ulrich Thomsen, Michel Voletti, Patrick Baladi, Jay Villiers, Fabrice Scott, Haluk Bilginer, Luca Barbareschi, Jack McGee, Allesandro Fabrizi, Felix Solis, Nilaja Sun
Interpol agent Louis Salinger (Clive Owen) teams up with Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Eleanor Whitman (Naomi Watts) to investigate the International Bank of Business and Credit and its connection to an Italian arms dealer. Salinger and Whitman find their lives in peril as they travel through Berlin, Milan, New York, and Istanbul on the trail of the bank's paid assassin, The Consultant (Brian F. O'Byrne). They end up at New York's Guggenheim Museum where bullets fly and concrete shatters as they try to stop the bank's financing of war and terror.
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 Million Dollar Baby 2004 PG-13, 132 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Clint Eastwood
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Hilary Swank, Morgan Freeman, Jay Baruchel, Mike Colter, Lucia Rijker, Brian F. O'Byrne, Anthony Mackie, Margo Martindale, Riki Lindhome, Michael Pena, Benito Martinez
Searching for a way to improve her lot in life, wannabe boxer, 31-year-old single-mom/waitress Maggie Fitzgerald (Hilary Swank) walks into the gym and asks trainer Frankie Dunn (Clint Eastwood) to teach her how to be a viable boxer. Frankie agrees, Maggie makes great strides, the two bond, and, in the process, overcome hurdles of the past. The film received Academy Awards for Best Picture, Director (Clint Eastwood), Actress (Hilary Swank), and Supporting Actor (Morgan Freeman). Three other nominations were received, including Best Actor (Clint Eastwood).
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The New World 2005 PG-13, 150 min.
Genre: Drama / Adventure / Romance
Director: Terrence Malick
Cast: Colin Farrell, Q'Orianka Kilcher, Christopher Plummer, Christian Bale, Wes Studi, David Thewlis, August Schellenberg, Irene Bedard, Yorick van Wageningen, Ben Mendelsohn, Raoul Trujillo, Brian F. O'Byrne, Michael Greyeyes, Kalani Queypo, Noah Taylor
Captain John Smith (Colin Farrell) explores the New World and forms the community of Jamestown in 1607, but there is an uneasy truce between the settlers and the Native Americans already in the area, and Smith is taken captive. Lucky for him, Chief Powhaten's (August Schellenberg) daughter, Pocohantas (Q'orianka Kilcher), interferes and saves his life. The story continues from there and centers on the loves and tribulations of Pocohantas' life.
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No Reservations 2007 PG, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Scott Hicks
Cast: Catherine Zeta-Jones, Aaron Eckhart, Abigail Breslin, Patricia Clarkson, Jenny Wade, Bob Balaban, Brian F. O'Byrne, Lily Rabe, Eric Silver, Arija Bareikis, John McMartin, Celia Weston, Zoe Kravitz, Matthew Rauch, Dearbhla Molloy
In this remake of the 2002 German film "Mostly Martha," Catherine Zeta-Jones takes on the role of control-freak, New York City chef Kate Armstrong whose only friends appear to be her therapist (Bob Balaban) and the restaurant owner Paula (Patricia Clarkson). Things change after Kate's sister is killed in a car accident, and Kate's adolescent niece Zoe (Abigail Breslin) moves in with her. Kate is forced to take a brief time off to cope with the situation. When she returns to work, she clashes with the new, free-spirited chef Nick (Aaron Eckhart), but he gets along well with Zoe who spends her evenings in the restaurant kitchen. And, it isn't long before the opposite personalities of Kate and Nick turn into attractions for each other.
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| 1. Bandits (2001)
2. Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)
3. Bug (2007)
4. Disco Pigs (2001)
5. An Everlasting Piece (2000)
6. The Grey Zone (2001)
7. Intermission (2003)
8. The International (2009)
9. Million Dollar Baby (2004)
10. The New World (2005)
11. No Reservations (2007)
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