Driftwood 1997  N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Ronan O'Leary
Cast: James Spader, Anne Brochet, Barry McGovern, Anna Massey, Aiden Grenell, Kevin McHugh, John Cleere, Eamon Rohan, Liam Rigney, Ger Ryan, Caroline Grey
Sarah (Anne Brochet) is a sculptor living a reclusive life who, one day while walking on the beach, discovers an unconscious man (James Spader) who has washed up on the shore. He suffers from amnesia and relies on Sarah for his survival because, although there is a community nearby, she tells him that they are the only two people on the island. The two become lovers, but as the man wants more and more to find a civilized society, Sarah uses desperate means to keep him to herself.
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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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Oliver Twist 1999  TV, 360 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Renny Rye
Cast: Sam Smith, Sophia Myles, David Ross, Julie Walters, Roger Lloyd-Pack, Ger Ryan, Michael Kitchen, Annette Crosbie, Keira Knightley, Robert Lindsay, Andy Serkis, Tim Dutton, Lindsay Duncan, Marc Warren, Alex Crowley
This made-for-TV miniseries begins where others do not in relating Charles Dickens' classic story of Oliver Twist. This version begins with Oliver's mother (Sophia Myles) becoming pregnant out of wedlock, giving birth, and dying as a result of childbirth. Abused as a child, Oliver (Sam Smith) escapes to London where he comes under the watchful eye of the conniving Fagin (Robert Lindsay).
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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, Moses Rowen, Linda McGovern, Eoin Chaney
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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| 1. Driftwood (1997)
2. Intermission (2003)
3. Oliver Twist (1999)
4. The Van (1996)
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