Attila 2001  TV, 170 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Dick Lowry
Cast: Gerard Butler, Powers Boothe, Simmone Mackinnon, Tim Curry, Reg Rogers, Alice Krige, Steven Berkoff, Tommy Flanagan, Pauline Lynch, Liam Cunningham
This made-for-TV movie proves to be an enjoyable biography of the life of the fabled Attila who unites the Huns and attempts to overthrow the Roman Empire.
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The Card Player 2004 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Dario Argento
Cast: Stefania Rocca, Liam Cunningham, Claudio Santamaria, Antonio Cantafora, Fiore Argento, Silvio Muccino, Pier Maria Cecchini, Mia Benedetta, Cosimo Fusco, Adalberto Maria Merli, Luis Molteni, Mario Opinato
Anna Mari (Stefania Rocca) teams up with British policeman John Brennan (Liam Cunningham) to track down the serial killer who has contacted her to play poker online. Every time the killer wins, he cuts off another body part of his victim. Now, they race against the clock to put an end to the killer's deadly game.
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Dog Soldiers 2002  R, 105 min.
Genre: Action / Horror
Director: Neil Marshall
Cast: Sean Pertwee, Kevin McKidd, Emma Cleasby, Liam Cunningham, Thomas Lockyer, Darren Morfitt, Chris Robson, Leslie Simpson, Tina Landini, Craig Conway, Bryn Walters, Ben Wright, Brian Claxton Payne
While on a routine training mission in the Scottish Highlands, a squad of British soldiers, led by Sergeant Harry Wells (Sean Pertwee), encounters the bodies of the Special Ops Squad they have been sent to find. Soon, they are attacked by giant werewolves and, while escaping, run into a zoologist, Megan (Emma Cleasby). She explains what is happening, and they take refuge in a farmhouse while hungry werewolves hover nearby.
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First Knight 1995 PG-13, 132 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama / Romance
Director: Jerry Zucker
Cast: Sean Connery, Richard Gere, Julia Ormond, Ben Cross, Liam Cunningham, Christopher Villiers, John Gielgud, Valentine Pelka, Colin McCormack, Ralph Ineson, Stuart Bunce, Jane Robbins, Jean Marie Coffey, Paul Kynman
The kingdom of Camelot once again comes to life as King Arthur (Sean Connery), Lady Guinevere (Julia Ormond), and Lancelot (Richard Gere) solve the problems of a love triangle amidst bloody battles against Malagant (Ben Cross) who is a traitorous Knight of the Round Table.
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Jude 1996  R, 123 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Michael Winterbottom
Cast: Christopher Eccleston, Kate Winslet, Liam Cunningham, Rachel Griffiths, June Whitfield, Ross Colvin Turnbull, James Daley, Berwick Kaler, Caitlin Bossley, Emma Turner, Mark Lambert, James Nesbitt, Lorraine Hilton, Sean McKenzie, Richard Albrecht
Based on the Thomas Hardy novel, this is the story of stonemason Jude Fawley (Christopher Eccleston) who aspires to university life but fails to gain acceptance. Jude then has a love affair with his free-spirited cousin, Sue Bridehead (Kate Winslet). Their decision to go against society's conventions by living together leads to tragedy.
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 A Little Princess 1995   G, 97 min.
Genre: Family / Drama / Fantasy
Director: Alfonso Cuaron
Cast: Liesel Matthews, Eleanor Bron, Liam Cunningham, Rusty Schwimmer, Arthur Malet, Vanessa Lee Chester, Errol Sitahal, Vincent Schiavelli, Heather DeLoach, Taylor Fry, Darcie Bradford, Rachel Bella, Alexandra Rea-Baum, Camilla Belle, Lauren Blumenfeld
Sara Crew (Liesel Matthews) has lived with her loving father (Liam Cunningham), but now World War I interferes with her idyllic lifestyle. When her father leaves to fight in the war, Sara is sent to a New York boarding school where she encounters a mean headmistress (Eleanor Bron). When her father is reported as missing in action and presumed dead, Sarah finds herself in the position of being a servant.
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A Love Divided 1999 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sydney Macartney
Cast: Orla Brady, Liam Cunningham, Sarah Bolger, Nicole Bohan, Brian McGrath, Ali White, Peter Caffrey, Tony Doyle, Jim Norton, Joe Gallagher
Catholic Sean Cloney (Liam Cunningham) and Protestant Sheila Kelly (Orla Brady) meet, fall in love, and marry in 1950s' Ireland. All goes well until it comes time for their oldest daughter to enter school, and Sheila finds major problems in what the social structure of Catholics in town expect of her.
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The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor 2008  PG-13, 113 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Thriller
Director: Rob Cohen
Cast: Brendan Fraser, Jet Li, Maria Bello, John Hannah, Michelle Yeoh, Luke Ford, Isabella Leong, Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Russell Wong, Liam Cunningham, David Calder, Jessey Meng, Tian Liang, Albert Kwan, Jacky Wu
Adventurer Rick O'Connell (Brendan Fraser) and his wife Evelyn (Maria Bello) are enjoying retirement in England when they are asked to return the fabled jewel, Eye of Shangri-la, to China. They agree, and when they reach China, they encounter their son Alex (Luke Ford) who is now an archaeologist searching for the tomb of the Dragon Emperor Han (Jet Li). Alex finds the tomb and accidentally awakens Emperor Han who sets out to conquer the world. Alex asks his parents for help, and together–along with Evelyn's brother Jonathan (John Hannah) they set out to the Himalayas in search of Shangri-La where Han can make himself immortal by drinking water from the fountain. Now it is up to the O'Connells and the guardian of the fountain, the witch Zi Yuan (Michelle Yeoh), to stop the Emperor from becoming immortal and dominating the world.
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Revelation 2001 R, 111 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama / Fantasy / Thriller
Director: Stuart Urban
Cast: Terence Stamp, James D'Arcy, Natasha Wightman, Udo Kier, Liam Cunningham, Derek Jacobi, Celia Imrie, Ron Moody, Heathcote Williams, Charlotte Weston, Vernon Dobtcheff, Manuel Cauchi, Alan Talbot, Pip Torrens, Diran Meghreblian
Dating from the time of Jesus Christ, a box called "Loculus" was fought over for centuries. Originally, there were two images on its panels, but through history more were added. Many tried to unlock the secret of the box throughout the years, but without success. After missing for hundreds of years, it has surfaced, and the battle is on to get it and again attempt to unlock its secrets. But, the demonic protector of the box (Udo Kier) unleashes his fury on anyone attempting to get the Loculus.
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RKO 281 1999 R, 83 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Benjamin Ross
Cast: Liev Schreiber, James Cromwell, Melanie Griffith, John Malkovich, Brenda Blethyn, Roy Scheider, Liam Cunningham, David Suchet, Fiona Shaw, Anastasia Hille
Project 281 was RKO's name for the production of "Citizen Kane," which would become largely regarded as the greatest film ever made. Liev Schreiber plays Orson Welles, director of the film, and James Cromwell is William Randolph Hearst, upon whom the film is based. This is the story of that production and the attempts of Hearst to stop the release of the film, which shows him in a poor light. Some good performances in this HBO-produced film.
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When the Sky Falls 2000 R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Mackenzie
Cast: Joan Allen, Patrick Bergin, Liam Cunningham, Kevin McNally, Jimmy Smallhorne, Pete Postlethwaite, Owen Roe, Jason Barry, Des McAleer, Gerard Mannix Flynn
Award-winning Irish journalist Sinead Hamilton (Joan Allen) found herself in grave danger when she exposed Dublin's drug lords. For her efforts, she was shot to death. "When the Sky Falls" is a fictional account of her life.
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The Wind That Shakes the Barley 2006 N/R, 127 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ken Loach
Cast: Cillian Murphy, Padraic Delaney, Liam Cunningham, Gerard Kearney, William Ruane, Mary O'Riordan, Mary(2) Murphy, Frank Bourke, Laurence Barry, Miles Horgan, Martin Lucey, Orla Fitzgerald
Two years before the Irish Civil War of 1922, Damien (Cillian Murphy) has graduated from medical school in Ireland and is ready to train at a London hospital. Meanwhile, his brother Teddy (Padraic Delaney) is an Irish loyalist who wants the British out of Ireland. Just before leaving for London, Damien witnesses violence by the British Black and Tans, abandons his medical career, and joins Teddy in the fight for freedom. A truce comes–but not for long. This time when war resumes, brother is pitted against brother when Damien continues to fight for a totally free Ireland while Teddy supports the Irish Free State movement.
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| 1. Attila (2001)
2. The Card Player (2004)
3. Dog Soldiers (2002)
4. First Knight (1995)
5. Jude (1996)
6. A Little Princess (1995)
7. A Love Divided (1999)
8. The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008)
9. Revelation (2001)
10. RKO 281 (1999)
11. When the Sky Falls (2000)
12. The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006)
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