Gleeson is at his brooding best in Calvary, a tough, theologically minded film in which he portrays a Catholic priest in a small Irish coastal village.
Aidan Gillen
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Blitz
“Blitz” has little need for humor — who does when you’ve got that winning Statham scowl? Lensed in London and based on a grit-noir novel by Irish crime writer Ken Bruen, “Blitz” casts Statham as Detective Sgt. Brant, whose temper has become a liability for the station in the form of bad publicity. This makes […]
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Identity
Acorn Media has released the complete series on a two-disc set that’s worth landing on crime fans’ radar. While its concept sounds suspect — stolen identities are investigated — the execution is near-expert. It’s not, as I expected, half-a-dozen hours of people fretting over check fraud. Thankfully, it’s more complicated than that, and the stakes stand […]