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Brendan Gleeson

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Cruelty for the Sake of It: Martin McDonagh’s ‘In Bruges’ (2008) & ‘Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri’ (2017)

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Directed by: Martin McDonagh || Produced by: Graham Broadbent, Peter Czerin [1, 2], Martin McDonagh [2] Screenplay by: Martin McDonagh || Starring: Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Ralph Fiennes, Clémence Poésy, Jérémie Renier [1], Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson, Sam Rockwell, John Hawkes, Peter Dinklage [2] Music by: Carter Burwell || Cinematography: Eigil Bryld [1], Ben Davis … Continue reading →

My Take on the Harry Potter Franchise (2001-2011): Not a Review

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With the upcoming release of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016) upon us, I decided it was time to look back at the Harry Potter film megafranchise that birthed the modern Young Adult (YA) novel-adaptation craze, giving us everything from Twilight (2008-2012) to The Hunger Games (2012-2015) to Divergent (2014-2016) to Maze Runner … Continue reading →

’28 Days Later’ (2002): Rage, Magnified

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Directed by: Danny Boyle || Produced by: Andrew Macdonald Screenplay by: Alex Garland || Starring: Cillian Murphy, Naomie Harris, Christopher Eccleston, Megan Burns, Brendan Gleeson, Noah  Huntley, Stuart McQuarrie, Ricci Harnett, Leo Bill Music by: John Murphy || Cinematography by: Anthony Dod Mantle || Edited by:  Chris Gill || Country: United Kingdom || Language: English … Continue reading →

‘Edge of Tomorrow’ (2014): The Tom Cruise-Mark of Quality

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Directed by: Doug Liman || Produced by: Erwin Stoff, Tom Lassally, Jeffrey Silver, Gregory Jacobs, Jason Hoffs Screenplay by: Christopher McQuarrie, Jez Butterworth, John-Henry Butterworth || Starring: Tom Cruise, Emily  Blunt, Bill Paxton, Brendan Gleeson, Noah Taylor, Kick Gurry, Dragomir Mrsic, Charlotte Riley Music by: Christophe Beck || Cinematography: Dion Beebe || Edited by: James … Continue reading →