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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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. Into the West (1992)
2. The Van (1996)
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