Brendan Gleeson

Film Review: The Banshees of Inisherin blurs the line between absurdity and heartbreak with dark humour and masterful poise

Though he certainly didn’t lose any of his sense of comfort by travelling across the Atlantic for his last film – 2017’s Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri – there’s a sense of grandeur in writer/director Martin McDonagh returning to his homeland for The Banshees of Inisherin, an impossibly funny and, at times, heartbreakingly bleak dramedy…

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The Banshees of Inisherin is a beautiful, desolate film, and the best you’ll see this year: Brisbane International Film Festival Review

Though he certainly didn’t lose any of his sense of comfort by travelling across the Atlantic for his last film – 2017’s Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri – there’s a sense of grandeur in writer/director Martin McDonagh returning to his homeland for The Banshees of Inisherin, an impossibly funny and, at times, heartbreakingly bleak dramedy…

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The Banshees of Inisherin is impossibly funny and heartbreakingly bleak: TIFF 2022 Review

Though he certainly didn’t lose any of his sense of comfort by travelling across the Atlantic for his last film – 2017’s Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri – there’s a sense of grandeur in writer/director Martin McDonagh returning to his homeland for The Banshees of Inisherin, an impossibly funny and, at times, heartbreakingly bleak dramedy…

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Film Review: Paddington 2 (UK, 2017) guarantees to put a smile on your face

I don’t know how the first Paddington film became as good as it is. Considering that the trailers made it look awful and the late cast changes in regards to who provides the voice of the titular bear, I was actually expecting the worst. But to everyone’s shock, it turned out to be one of…

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Film Review: Assassin’s Creed (M15+) (USA, 2016) is another game-to-screen disappointment

The majority of videogame films are, for a lack of a better term, complete tosh. From catastrophes like Street Fighter, Super Mario Bros. and most of Uwe Boll‘s filmography to films that are close to viewer satisfaction like Final Fantasy VII – Advent Children and Ace Attorney, the reputation of videogame films is not something…

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Hugh Grant and Brendan Gleeson join cast for Paddington 2 as the film enters production

Producer David Heyman and StudioCanal made the announcement yesterday that Hugh Grant and Brendan Gleeson have been recruited  to join the cast for sequel film based on the book written by Michael Bond, Paddington 2 (directed by Paul King). Grant and Gleeson will be joining follow actors Hugh Bonneville, Sally Hawkins, Julie Walters, Jim Broadbent, Peter…

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Ben Affleck and Dennis Lehane to pair again for Live By Night

The Boston boys are at it again as Ben Affleck gears up for his second collaboration with the author of Gone Baby Gone, Dennis Lehane, on a film that looks a little bit beer baron meets Mystic River. Oscar winner Ben Affleck has written the screenplay and will star in the crime thriller based on…

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New stills released from the set of Assassin’s Creed

Showcasing a naturalistic look and feel, new official stills have been released from the set of the anticipated Assassin’s Creed film. The video game adaptation, which comes out December 21st this year, is directed by Justin Kurzel, who leads the film after his gruesome The Snowtown Murders and recent Macbeth, which also stars the lead, Michael Fassbender. Alongside Fassbender stars Michael Kenneth…

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