The controversial Luc Besson’s new film is not quite as violent as his previous ones, but it is bizarre enough as a tale of cruelty that sensitive viewers might want to be wary of it. Its protagonist Douglas Munrow, superbly played by Caleb Landry Jones, is a victim who was literally thrown to the …
In the Land of Saints and Sinners (2023)
Liam Neeson’s latest foray into violence-laden action films is a little more nuanced than his usual fare. This time he is Finbar Murphy, a widower living in a cottage in the small coastal town of Glencolmcille, Donegal during the Troubles of the mid-70s. He is a good neighbor to the older Rita (Niamh Cusack) across the …
Let Him Go (2020)
Grandparents Margaret & George travel to ND in search of their missing grandson & daughter-in-law & land in a morass of strife & violence.
The Girl in the Spider Web (2018)
As we see in the opening sequence in which Lisbeth Salander (Rooney Mara now replaced by Claire Foy) hangs an abusive husband upside down in his own apartment while telling him of his coming punishment, this female vigilante will make sure that the prophet’s judgment is carried out. Her hitherto unknown sister Camilla (Sylvia Hoeks) …
Calvary (2014)
This challenging story about the life of a tough Irish priest, caught in an impossible circle of relationships, mirrors the final days of Jesus. Click the movie’s title to read my entire review.
The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete
Left alone in the impoverished Brooklyn projects when their dug-addicted mothers are taken away b the police, a 14 year-old African American boy unwillingly becomes the care-giver of an 8 year-old Korean American boy. Dodging the police and gang members, they must survive the hot summer by their wits and pluck.
Our Fathers (2005)
The story of the lawsuit against Archbishop Law over the coverup of priests who molested children is told through the eyes of a group of victims.