Backflash 2002  R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Philip J. Jones
Cast: Robert Patrick, Jennifer Esposito, Melissa Joan Hart, Kenneth Moskow, Kyle T. Heffner, Colm Meaney, Michael J. Pollard, Mike Starr
Ray (Robert Patrick), who runs a video store in the desert, picks up a hitchhiker, Harley (Jennifer Esposito), who recently got out of jail. She's on her way to get a fortune in stolen money out of a bank and asks for Ray's help. Perhaps that was a mistake on Ray's part since there are others who lay claim to the money.
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Battle of the Brave 2004  N/R, 143 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
aka: New France
Director: Jean Beaudin
Cast: Noemie Godin-Vigneau, David La Haye, Juliette Gosselin, Sebastien Huberdeau, Gerard Depardieu, Bianca Gervais, Irene Jacob, Pierre Lebeau, Vincent Perez, Isabel Richer, Johanne-Marie Tremblay, Tim Roth, Jason Isaacs, Colm Meaney, Billy Merasty
In the midst of the 18th-century war between Britain and France for control of Canada, fur trapper Francois le Gardeur (David La Haye) and young widow Marie-Loup Carignan (Noemie Godin-Vigneau) fall in love. But, when Francois leaves for France, Marie-Loup fears he is dead and marries Xavier Maillard (Sebastien Huberdeau) who, at one time, had been Francois' best friend. This is a heartbreaking story showing how war affects all of humanity.
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The Boys from County Clare 2003 PG-13, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical
aka: The Boys & Girl from County Clare
Director: John Irvin
Cast: Bernard Hill, Charlotte Bradley, Andrea Corr, Stephen Brennan, Eamonn Owens, Malachy Bourke, Brendan O'Hare, Leslie Bingham, Colm Meaney, Shaun Evans, Phil Barantini, Frank Twomey
Time is approaching for the annual All-Ireland Traditional Music Competition, and estranged brothers–John (Bernard Hill) and Jimmy (Colm Meaney)–are each determined to win this time around.
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Claire Dolan 1998 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lodge H. Kerrigan
Cast: Katrin Cartlidge, Vincent D'Onofrio, Colm Meaney, Patrick Husted, Muriel Maida, Lizabeth MacKay, Svetlana Jovanvich, Madison Arnold, John Doman, Miranda Stuart Rhyne
How does a call girl turn her life around? She leaves the business and looks for the "right" man to father her baby; he turns out to be cab driver Elton Garrett (Vincent D'Onofrio). That's what Claire Dolan (Katrin Cartlidge) does in this bleak story as her pimp Roland (Colm Meaney) is on her trail.
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 The Commitments 1991  R, 117 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Alan Parker
Cast: Robert Arkins, Michael Aherne, Angeline Ball, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Dave Finnegan, Bronagh Gallagher, Johnny Murphy, Andrew Strong, Colm Meaney
"The Commitments" is a band made up of working-class Dubliners that was formed by an ambitious young Dubliner to bring soul music to the area. The film is filled with great 1960s'-like music. This movie was adapted from a Roddy Doyle novel, which was the first of his "Barrytown" trilogy. The other two novels, which continue slices of life of working-class Dubliners, are "The Snapper" and "The Van," which were also made into movies.
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Con Air 1997  R, 115 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Simon West
Cast: Nicolas Cage, John Cusack, John Malkovich, Ving Rhames, Danny Trejo, Steve Buscemi, Rachel Ticotin, Colm Meaney, M.C. Gainey, Monica Potter, Nick Chinlund, Dave Chappelle, Mykelti Williamson
On a flight transporting convicts to a maximum-security prison, the convicts murder their guards, take over the plane, and head for South America. Also on board is Cameron Poe (Nicolas Cage) who is on his way home to begin his parole (after being unfairly imprisoned for eight years). Now, Poe is trapped on the hijacked plane, and, as the good hero, he cannot walk away from this fight.
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The Dead 1987  PG, 83 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Huston
Cast: Donal McCann, Anjelica Huston, Helena Carroll, Cathleen Delany, Rachael Dowling, Dan O'Herlihy, Sean McClory, Colm Meaney, Ingrid Craigie, Marie Kean
This is John Huston's final film effort–he died before it was released. One of Huston's best films, this is the adaptation of a James Joyce short story about the reminiscences of a group of friends attending a party.
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Far and Away 1992 PG-13, 140 min.
Genre: Drama / Adventure / Romance
Director: Ron Howard
Cast: Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Thomas Gibson, Robert Prosky, Barbara Babcock, Colm Meaney, Rance Howard, Clint Howard, Cyril Cusack, Michelle Johnson, Eileen Pollock, Douglas Gillison, Wayne Grace, Niall Toibin, Jared Harris
Spectacular scenery of Ireland forms the early backdrop of this film about Irish immigrants who come to America in the late 1800s in search of land. Tenant farmer Joseph Donnelly (Tom Cruise) is working in western Ireland when his father is killed during a protest against ruthless landowner Daniel Christie (Robert Prosky). Joseph seeks vengeance, but Daniel's daughter Shannon (Nicole Kidman) stabs Joseph. While he is recovering, Shannon convinces Joseph to join her on a trip to America to acquire land during the Oklahoma land rush. Shannon and Joseph set out on the voyage but encounter obstacles along the way. They finally arrive in Oklahoma and have fallen in love, but Shannon's father is now following them with plans to take Shannon back home to Ireland.
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Four Days 1999 R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Curtis Wehrfritz
Cast: Kevin Zegers, Lolita Davidovich, William Forsythe, Colm Meaney, Anne-Marie Cadieux, Patrick Goyette, Danielle Desormeaux, John Dunn-Hill, Armond Laroche, Geraldine Doucet
Fourteen-year-old Simon (Kevin Zegers) and his father, Milt (William Forsythe), plot to double-cross Milt's partner, Fury (Colm Meaney), during a bank heist. The plan is for Simon to take off with the money and meet Milt later. But plans go awry; Milt is killed during the getaway, and now Fury is on Simon's trail.
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How Harry Became a Tree 2001 R, 99 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
aka: Bitter Harvest
Director: Goran Paskaljevic
Cast: Colm Meaney, Adrian Dunbar, Cillian Murphy, Kerry Condon, Pat Laffan, Gail Fitzpatrick, Mairead Ni Conghaile, Catriona Canavan
Reset in 1924, rural Ireland, this Chinese story involves the efforts of cranky farmer Harry (Colm Meaney) to stir up animosities among his fellow villagers in order to increase his own importance.
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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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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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Kenny Rogers as The Gambler, Part III: The Legend Continues 1987  TV, 190 min.
Genre: Western
aka: The Gambler III: The Legend Continues
Director: Dick Lowry
Cast: Kenny Rogers, Bruce Boxleitner, Linda Gray, Jeffrey Jones, George Kennedy, Matt Clark, Charles Durning, Colm Meaney, Dean Stockwell, Marc Alaimo, George American Horse, Terrence Evans
In this, the third episode of the popular "Gambler" series, Brady "The Gambler" Hawkes (Kenny Rogers) and sidekick Billy (Bruce Boxleitner) find that there's corruption in the ranks of the cavalry who steal cattle and blame it on the Sioux. This prompts Brady and Billy into action.
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King of Texas 2002 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Uli Edel
Cast: Patrick Stewart, Marcia Gay Harden, Lauren Holly, Roy Scheider, David Alan Grier, Colm Meaney, Patrick Bergin, Matt Letscher, Liam Waite, Steven Bauer, Richard Lineback
This made-for-cable TV film is another adaptation of a Shakespeare play, King Lear in this case. John Lear (Patrick Stewart), a powerful rancher in the 19th century, decides to divide his vast empire among his three daughters. The bulk of the land will go to the one who is most convincing at expressing her love and devotion.
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 The Last of the Mohicans 1992 R, 112 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Michael Mann
Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Madeleine Stowe, Russell Means, Eric Schweig, Jodhi May, Steven Waddington, Wes Studi, Pete Postlethwaite, Colm Meaney
Beautiful cinematography backs this story of unlikely alliances between Native Americans and European nations during America's French and Indian War. The story centers around Hawkeye (Daniel Day-Lewis), the European-born adopted son of Mohican Indian scout Chingachgook (Russell Means). Hawkeye rescues the daughters–Cora (Madeleine Stowe) and Alice (Jodhi May)–of a British colonel who have newly arrived in the colonies. After a perilous journey in the midst of the war, the girls find safety under the watchful eye of Hawkeye.
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Layer Cake 2005 R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Matthew Vaughn
Cast: Daniel Craig, Kenneth Cranham, George Harris, Colm Meaney, Jamie Foreman, Sienna Miller, Michael Gambon, Marcel Iures, Tom Hardy, Sally Hawkins, Tamer Hassan, Burn Gorman, Brinley Green, Francis Magee, Dimitri Andreas
Laid-back, cocaine dealer XXXX (Daniel Craig) has conducted a successful business–until crime boss Jimmy Price (Kenneth Cranham) asks him to find a runaway girl who is the daughter of mob boss Eddie Temple (Michael Gambon). Price also asks XXXX to move a shipment of Grade A ecstasy from Amsterdam. When it turns out that the ecstasy has been stolen by Duke (Jamie Foreman) who isn't interested in selling it to XXXX, violence bursts into XXXX's quiet world.
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A Lobster Tale 2006 PG-13, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Adam Massey
Cast: Colm Meaney, Alberta Watson, Graham Greene, Jack Knight, Dale Ewing, Joe Pingue, Bruce McFee, Keir Gilchrist, Erik Knudsen, Deborah Grover, Chris Benson, Gerry Quigley, Jonathan Whittaker, Kevin Jubinville, Ken James
Cody Brewer (Colm Meaney) is a Maine lobster fisherman who is struggling to make ends meet, and his wife Martha (Alberta Watson) and young son Jake (Jack Knight) also have problems. Everything changes when a strange moss is caught in Cody's net, and Cody discovers that the moss has magical powers, which allow it to perform miracles. Cody is relieved when he sees that the powers affect not only the Brewer family but bring good things for the whole community as well.
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Monument Ave. 1998 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ted Demme
Cast: Denis Leary, Martin Sheen, Billy Crudup, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Jason Barry, Colm Meaney, John Diehl, Noah Emmerich, Ian Hart, Famke Janssen
Bobby O'Grady (Denis Leary) is a loyal member of Jackie O'Hara's gang, but when Jackie orders a hit of one of Bobby's cousins, a rift develops, violence erupts, and Bobby becomes disillusioned with the only world he knows.
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Mystery, Alaska 1999 R, 118 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jay Roach
Cast: Russell Crowe, Hank Azaria, Mary McCormack, Burt Reynolds, Colm Meaney, Lolita Davidovich, Maury Chaykin, Ron Eldard, Ryan Northcott, Michael Buie
Excitement abounds in Mystery, Alaska, when its amateur hockey team is challenged to a match by the infamous New York Rangers. With the Rangers on the way to Alaska, Mystery's weekly game attains new proportions.
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Perfect Witness 1989 R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Mandel
Cast: Brian Dennehy, Aidan Quinn, Stockard Channing, Laura Harrington, Joe Grifasi, Delroy Lindo, Ken Pogue, Markus Flanagan, David Margulies, Colm Meaney
An honest family man (Aidan Quinn) witnesses an execution by the mob. Doing the right thing, he reports what he saw to the authorities. After receiving frightening threats, he decides not to testify and is put in jail for perjury. Made for HBO.
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The Road to Wellville 1994 R, 120 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Alan Parker
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Bridget Fonda, Matthew Broderick, John Cusack, Dana Carvey, Michael Lerner, Colm Meaney, John Neville, Lara Flynn Boyle, Traci Lind
Dr. John Harvey Kellogg (Anthony Hopkins) owns a Battle Creek, Michigan, resort where he preaches the virtues of a clean life. To that end, Will and Eleanor Lightbody (Matthew Broderick and Bridget Fonda) are there to begin lives of celibacy and find the task very difficult.
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The Snapper 1993 R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Stephen Frears
Cast: Tina Kellegher, Colm Meaney, Ruth McCabe, Eanna MacLiam, Peter Rowan, Joanne Gerrard, Colm O'Byrne, Ciara Duffy, Fionnuala Murphy, Dierdre O'Brien
In this adaptation of Roddy Doyle's second novel of his "Barrytown Trilogy" about working-class Dubliners, the people in small, closely packed houses on a small street in a little neighborhood live funny and heartwarming lives, where gossip is the name of the game. The movie was first made for British TV. The first film from Doyle's trilogy is "The Commitments," and the last one is "The Van."
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Star Trek: The Next Generation - All Good Things... 1994 TV, 105 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Winrich Kolbe
Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, Colm Meaney, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, John de Lancie, Denise Crosby
It's hard for Captain Picard and the Enterprise crew to remember where or when they are, as they bounce back and forth between the past, present and future. Meanwhile, a space anomaly must be figured out in this film, the swan song for the Star Trek: The Next Generation TV series.
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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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Under Siege 1992 R, 102 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Andrew Davis
Cast: Steven Seagal, Tommy Lee Jones, Gary Busey, Erika Eleniak, Patrick O'Neal, Damian Chapa, David McKnight, Glenn Morshower, Bernie Casey, Dale Dye, Colm Meaney, Patrick O'Neal, Andy Romano, Nick Mancuso, Troy Evans
This is a fine adventure film involving terrorists William Stranix and Cdr. Krill (Tommy Lee Jones and Gary Busey) who take over the U.S.S. Missouri, the famous Navy battleship. That was the easy part; now they are confronted by the ship's cook Casey Ryback(Steven Seagal), a U.S. Navy SEAL determined to defend his ship.
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The Van 1996 R, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Stephen Frears
Cast: Colm Meaney, Donal O'Kelly, Ger Ryan, Caroline Rothwell, Brendan O'Carroll, Stuart Dunne, Neili Conroy, Ruaidhri Conroy, Jack Lynch, Laurie Morton, Marie Mullen, Jon Kenny
This third installment of Roddy Doyle's "Barrytown Trilogy" is about fired baker Bimbo (Donal O'Kelly) who, with his friend Larry (Colm Meaney), hatches a get-rich-quick plot to sell fish and chips from a van. They succeed financially, but will their friendship endure success? The previous films taken from Doyle's trilogy are "The Commitments" and "The Snapper."
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Vig 1998 R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Money Kings
Director: Graham Theakston
Cast: Peter Falk, Lauren Holly, Timothy Hutton, Freddie Prinze Jr., Tyne Daly, Paul Lazar, Tony Sirico, Steve Sweeney, Colm Meaney, Frank Vincent
Vinnie (Peter Falk) runs a bar and is the local bookie in a working-class town–a benevolent man in a peaceful community. But things change when the out-of-town mobster boss sends his nephew (Freddie Prinze Jr.), a violent druggie, to act as Vinnie's collection agent. Now Vinnie must act as things get out of control. Falk makes this otherwise weak film watchable.
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| 1. Backflash (2002)
2. Battle of the Brave (2004)
aka: New France
3. The Boys from County Clare (2003)
aka: The Boys & Girl from County Clare
4. Claire Dolan (1998)
5. The Commitments (1991)
6. Con Air (1997)
7. The Dead (1987)
8. The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill, But Came Down a Mountain (1995)
9. Far and Away (1992)
10. Four Days (1999)
11. How Harry Became a Tree (2001)
aka: Bitter Harvest
12. Intermission (2003)
13. Into the West (1992)
14. Kenny Rogers as The Gambler, Part III: The Legend Continues (1987)
aka: The Gambler III: The Legend Continues
15. King of Texas (2002)
16. The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
17. Layer Cake (2005)
18. A Lobster Tale (2006)
19. Monument Ave. (1998)
20. Mystery, Alaska (1999)
21. Perfect Witness (1989)
22. The Road to Wellville (1994)
23. The Snapper (1993)
24. Star Trek: The Next Generation - All Good Things... (1994)
25. This Is My Father (1998)
26. Under Siege (1992)
27. The Van (1996)
28. Vig (1998)
aka: Money Kings
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