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Irish Eye On Hollywood: August / September 2019

By Tom Deignan, Columnist
August / September 2019

August 1, 2019 by Leave a Comment

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.

KEEPING UP WITH THE GLEESONS It’s the Gleeson family’s world. The rest of us just live in it. This autumn will be a special time for the Irish acting clan, made up of patriarch Brendan Gleeson and sons Brian and Domhnall. Domhnall was featured in the summer Irish-American gangster flick The Kitchen, about the wives of West Side Manhattan hoods taking over various criminal … [Read more...] about Irish Eye On Hollywood: August / September 2019

Irish Eye on Hollywood

By Tom Deignan, Columnist
August / September 2003

August 1, 2003 by Leave a Comment

Cate Blanchett takes the title role in Veronica Guerin.

It's going to be a hot Irish summer at the movies, from the art houses to the popcorn blockbusters. Furthermore, an exciting fall is looming on the horizon, particularly with the October release of Veronica Guerin, the movie starring Cate Blanchett, based on the life and gruesome death of the crusading Dublin journalist after whom the film is named. There's also playwright … [Read more...] about Irish Eye on Hollywood

Film Forum:
When Brendan Met Trudy

By Joseph McBride, Contributor
June / July 2001

June 1, 2001 by Leave a Comment

The first original screenplay by Irish novelist Roddy Doyle is automatically a cinematic and literary event. When Brendan Met Trudy offers many quirky delights, but it is an uneven and ultimately disappointing film. Doyle's oddball yarn about a movie-obsessed Dublin schoolteacher (Peter McDonald) who falls in love with a thief (Flora Montgomery) is dragged down on screen by its … [Read more...] about Film Forum:
When Brendan Met Trudy

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