From Oscar nominated director John Boorman comes his latest black comedy film which charts the rise and fall of the notorious Irish gangster Martin Cahill (Brendan Gleeson) who held Dublin in his thrall during the 1980s with a series of daring robberies gaining the name ""The General"". The film tells the story of Chahill's life of crime exposing his deep-seated resentment and open defiance of all authority with his relentless battle with the Irish police force. He over-reaches himself when he and his gang (Adrain Dunbar Sean McGinley) steal paintings belonging to the Beit collection. Cahill and his men are watched day and night by the police but he continues to defy and elude them. However when the IRA become involved the consequences are devastating for ""The General"" and his gang.
The most successful matchmaker in Ireland is about to hit a brick wall. Janeane Garofalo stars as Marcy Tizard an election campaigner sent to Ireland to trace the relatives of her charge Senator John McGlory in an effort to emphasize his Irishness to the voters. Marcy lands in a remote Irish town during its annual matchmaking festival. Men are at every corner but love is nowhere in sight. Until she meets a man even more cynical than herself!
When local wag Jackie O'Shea (Ian Bannen) discovers that one of his neighbours in the village of Tulaigh Mohr is a lottery winner he sees a chance to share in the wealth. Things get complicated when Jackie and his pal Michael O'Sullivan (David Kelly) discover that the winner, Ned Devine, died of shock at the very moment he learned of becoming a millionaire. Undaunted, Jackie and Michael dispose of the lucky stiff and hatch a plot to impersonate him and claim the prize. Soon the whole village is involved and the plot rapidly thickens. This film has been compared to The Full Monty, but it lacks the vein of desperation that added depth to that film. Instead, Waking Ned is closer in tone to classic British comedies like Whisky Galore!, with its cast of eccentrics gleefully conspiring to outwit the authorities. Those with a low tolerance for twinkly eyed Irish charm might be tempted to steer clear, although the movie is saved, for the most part, by its central performances. Bannen is superb as an old man who is clearly hungry for any excitement he can drum up and David Kelly is remarkable as his scrawny sidekick. Kelly has had a long career as a character actor in film and television, but here he has a chance to really let loose. His naked motorcycle ride is a marvellous set-piece and in all of his other scenes his twitchy, perfectly timed performance quite simply steals the movie. --Simon Leake, Amazon.com
The final episodes of The Inspector Lynley Mysteries based on the bestselling novels of Elizabeth George finds Lynley and Havers' friendship pushed to its limits. These final two episodes comprise the sixth and final series of the popular TV thriller where class divisions are tested and overcome by the desperate and sometimes personal demands of detective work. Limbo: The body of a young boy - abducted 15 years earlier - is discovered in the grounds of an Italian country villa. Lynley who as a family friend had helped in the Italian investigation goes out to Italy to support the family. But when he begins an affair with the family's now grown-up daughter - Julia - and she is then found dead in her Rome apartment Lynley is hauled in for questioning by the Italian police. Is he guilty of her murder? Lynley is convinced that Julia's death is somehow tied to her brother's abduction 15 years ago. Is the man Lynley helped convict of that crime innocent as he has always claimed? Know Thine Enemy: The body of a missing school girl Sarah Middleton is discovered in a lake wrapped in rubble sacks and chains. She has been raped and the bruising on her hands suggests she may have been held prisoner. Meanwhile another school girl Kelly Stevens is reported missing by her mother. Kelly is diabetic and unless she is found quickly she will slip into a diabetic coma. But with Assistant Commissioner Evans stopping door-to-door enquiries fearing they will alarm the public will Lynley and Havers be able to find enough leads to save Kelly?
Sometimes looking inside is the only way out. After a near-fatal car accident in a stolen car 19 year-old Jonathan Breech (Cillian Murphy) is given two choices: prison or a psychiatric hospital. He begrudgingly accepts the latter although he makes it clear to his psychiatrist (Rea) that he doesn't believe in therapy. Jonathan then begins the long journey of understanding himself through other patients. His friend Toby (Jackson) a sensitive tormented young man who blames hims
On June 10th 1904, James Joyce, one of this century's greatest modern writers, was a young man grasping for funds and desperate to make his mark as a writer.
Five psychics hear rumours that the secret of life has been discovered by Andre Toulon a puppeteer and decide to investigate. What they find are five mutated puppets which have been specially designed to kill...
Based on the best-selling novels of Elizabeth George The Inspector Lynley Mysteries find Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley (also known as the 8th Earl of Asherton) and Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers solving cases of murder that would challenge the savviest of detectives. Divided by class barriers both real and imagined but united in their efforts to uncover the truth Lynley and Havers form an unlikely yet successful sleuthing duo. Such a close working relationship is likely to expose their personal lives and so Lynley often finds himself bearing witness to Havers' bruising encounters with the dating scene; while Havers becomes both a punching bag and a shoulder to cry on as Lynley's love-life takes him through marriage separation and bereavement - at one point leading him into a relationship that marks him a murder suspect. From politics to the all-too personal; from smuggling to blackmail and corruption; from Cornwall to the House of Lords; The Inspector Lynley Mysteries find murder lurking in every corner and - for Lynley and Havers - solving those murders can sometimes come at a very heavy price
Disc 1: Puppetmaster OneAlex Whitaker and three other gifted psychics are investigating rumours that the secret of life has been discovered by master puppeteer Andre Toulon. But the psychics quickly discover Toulon's secret of death in the form of five killer puppets - each one uniquely qualified for murder and mayhem. Together they're an army of skilled assassins diabolically programmed to guard the deadly secrets of the Puppet Master. Disc 2: Puppetmaster TwoYou can't keep a good man down or a Puppet Master buried as the puppets return to exhume their beloved creator in Puppet Master II. This time the little devils are after the special fluid that keeps them alive which is only found in...you guessed it... human brains! The puppets - led by a new member the flamethrowing Torch - are happy to shed some light on the (brain) matter as they tunnel burn strangle and hook to survive. Disc 3: Puppetmaster ThreeAfter hearing that Andre Toulon's puppets have no strings but rather seem to have a life of their own Dr. Hess a Gestapo henchman during WWII sends the Gestapo to the theatre to kidnap them. During the melee Toulon's wife Elsa is killed and Toulon is whisked away by the Nazis. However on the way to headquarters the puppets attack the Gestapo and escape with Toulon. Now Toulon begins to plan his revenge. He creates a new puppet Six-Shooter models Blade after a pasty-faced Nazi and uses Elsa's essence to create Leech Woman. Now Toulon's army is ready to take revenge...
Puppet Master (Dir. David Schmoeller 1989): Five psychics hear rumours that the secret of life has been discovered by Andre Toulon a puppeteer and decide to investigate. What they find are five mutated puppets which have been specially designed to kill... Puppet Master II (Dir. Dave Allen 1990): Those nasty little puppets are back to wreack more havoc and take care of some unfinished business. Joined by 'Torch' the newest member of the sinister troop the puppets
The history of horror began when Andre Toulon a benign toymaker became the master of a group of killer puppets. It's a tale of sorcery death resurrection and deadly revenge as told by Eric Weiss a young boy who was once protected from Hitler's SS by Toulon. Weiss now a grown man has spent his life trying to perfect Toulon's secret of giving life to the inanimate. In comes Maclain a rogue agent who wants to peddle the secret on the open market. Maclain breaks into Weiss' lab
Puppet Master': Five psychics hear rumours that the secret of life has been discovered by Andre Toulon a puppeteer and decide to investigate. What they find are five puppets which have been specially designed to kill. 'Puppet Master 2': The group of deadly puppets are back to create more murder and mayhem. This time the victims are a team of researchers.
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