Also hitting screens in October is Room, a kidnapping drama starring Brie Larson, William H. Macy and Joan Allen. Based on Irish writer Emma Donoghue’s thrilling best-seller, Room is about a mother and son kidnapped and stashed away in a room, as they plot their escape, and wait to see if their captor will allow them to live. Room, out October 16, was directed by Irishman Lenny … [Read more...] about Irish Eye on Hollywood:
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Irish Eye on Hollywood: Eve Hewston and Tom Hanks to Star in "Bridge of Spies"
In October, which is when Oscar-buzzed movies really start to hit the screens, two-time Best Actor winner Tom Hanks plays Irish American lawyer James Joseph Donovan in the Steven Spielberg movie Bridge of Spies. (The name of this flick has also changed; it was originally known as St. James Place.) Irish American Amy Ryan and Irish actress (and Bono’s daughter) Eve Hewson also … [Read more...] about Irish Eye on Hollywood: Eve Hewston and Tom Hanks to Star in "Bridge of Spies"
Sins of the Fathers: On the Road to Perdition
The legendary B-movie writer-director Samuel Fuller once told me about a script he had written called The Bag Man. The title character is a bag man for the mob, a functionary whose job is to deliver packages but never to look inside them. One day he makes the fatal mistake of looking inside. He takes the money and runs. Explaining the real novelty of his story, Fuller said … [Read more...] about Sins of the Fathers: On the Road to Perdition