Dark Blue (2002) Review
Dark Blue (2002) rates 8 out of 10 on the rewatch scale. Kurt Russell plays a third-generation LAPD officer who plants evidence as a matter of routine, set in the week before the Rodney King verdict. James Ellroy wrote the…
Brendan Gleeson taught secondary school in Dublin until he was thirty-four before acting professionally, which is a very late start for a career of this size.
In Bruges is the definitive performance, playing a hitman with a genuine moral code opposite Colin Farrell, and the two reunited for The Banshees of Inisherin, which earned Gleeson a Best Supporting Actor nomination.
The Guard, Calvary and In the Name of the Father show the Irish work, and he played Mad-Eye Moody and Winston Churchill in different registers entirely.
His sons Domhnall and Brian both act, and the three have appeared together.
Brendan GleesonDark Blue (2002) rates 8 out of 10 on the rewatch scale. Kurt Russell plays a third-generation LAPD officer who plants evidence as a matter of routine, set in the week before the Rodney King verdict. James Ellroy wrote the…
Brendan GleesonDanny Boyle directs the British zombie film about a man waking from a coma to find London depopulated by a rage virus. 28 Days Later is Danny Boyle's 2002 British post-apocalyptic horror film depicting a bicycle courier who wakes from…
Angus MacfadyenMel Gibson's 1995 William Wallace biopic. Historical accuracy abandoned for emotional impact.
Brendan GleesonIn Bruges is Martin McDonagh's first feature and one of the great films of its decade. Colin Farrell plays Ray, an Irish hitman who has just botched his first job and accidentally killed a child.
Benedict Cumberbatch1917 is the best war film of the last twenty years. The whole movie is built to look like one unbroken.
Brendan GleesonKingdom of Heaven is two different films. The theatrical cut is a confused 144-minute medieval action movie that critics dismissed and audiences ignored.
Bill PaxtonEdge of Tomorrow earns its 8.5 by doing the one thing time-loop narratives almost never manage: making the repetition feel earned instead of gimmicky. Cage doesn't loop because the script needed a device.
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