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Wonderland **** (1999, Shirley Henderson, Gina McKee, Molly Parker, Jack Shepherd, Kika Markham, Ian Hart, John Simm, Stuart Townsend) – Classic Movie Review 3046

Michael Winterbottom’s 1999 drama of working-class Londoners Bill (Jack Shepherd) and Eileen (Kika Markham) and their three lonely grown-up daughters is a typically intense, effective and  gloomy tale. They are cafe waitress Nadia, (Gina McKee ) […]

Nov, 09

Resurrection Man ** (1998, Stuart Townsend, Brenda Fricker, John Hannah, James Nesbitt) – Classic Movie Review 2146

Director Marc Evans’s 1998 thriller is an extremely nasty-toned, alienating melodrama, set in 1975 Belfast. It opens a can of worms with its barrel-load of violence and clichés and pours them liberally over the familiar […]

Feb, 02

Trojan Eddie ** (1996, Stephen Rea, Richard Harris, Stuart Townsend, Aislín McGuckin) – Classic Movie Review 2147

Dour and tedious slice of life set in an Irish small-town, where an ex-con called Trojan Eddie (Stephen Rea) lands himself in trouble when he sets up on his own and clashes with a Mr […]

Feb, 02

About Adam **½ (2000, Stuart Townsend, Kate Hudson, Frances O’Connor) – Classic Movie Review 2145

Writer-director Gerard Stembridge’s weird, larky little Dublin-set 2000 romantic comedy boasts lots of good acting and quite a few laughs at the witty lines. Stuart Townsend stars as handsome, smiling philanderer Adam who catches the eye of […]

Feb, 02

Simon Magus **** (1999, Noah Taylor, Stuart Townsend, Ian Holm, Rutger Hauer, Sean McGinley) – Classic Movie Review 1788

Writer-director Ben Hopkins’s 1999 film is a sincere, atmospheric and enjoyable if occasionally slightly plodding Jewish fable of old Silesia. There the lanky simpleton Simon Magus – nicely played by Noah Taylor (the youth from […]

Oct, 29

Queen of the Damned *** (2002, Stuart Townsend, Aaliyah) – Classic Movie Review 1787

Director Michael Rymer’s richly enjoyable 2002 horror thriller stars Stuart Townsend as the vampire Lestat de Lioncourt, taking over from Tom Cruise in this sequel to Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994). Lestat arises from […]

Oct, 29

Trapped *** (2002, Kevin Bacon, Charlize Theron, Courtney Love, Stuart Townsend) – Classic Movie Review 1754

Director Luis Mandoki’s 2002 thriller stars Kevin Bacon, Courtney Love and Pruitt Taylor Vince as Hickey, Cheryl and Marvin, scumbag lowlifes who make an unhealthy living kidnapping kids for the ransom money. But they meet […]

Oct, 08

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