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Point of No Return [The Assassin] ** (1993, Bridget Fonda, Gabriel Byrne, Miguel Ferrer, Anne Bancroft, Olivia D’Abo, Harvey Keitel, Dermot Mulroney) – Classic Movie Review 6030

Bridget Fonda stars as Maggie Hayward, a drug-addicted killer saved from execution by a government agency, when top-secret US government agent Bob (Gabriel Byrne) arranges a staged death for her,  and is trained as a top […]

Sep, 16

Louder than Bombs **** (2015, Jesse Eisenberg, Gabriel Byrne, Isabelle Huppert, Devin Druid, Amy Ryan, David Strathairn) – Movie Review

Exquisitely handled, tenderly performed, touchingly heartfelt family drama of a father (Gabriel Byrne) and his two sons Jonah and Conrad (Jesse Eisenberg, Devin Druid) forced to confront their different feelings and memories of the boys’ dead war […]

Apr, 29

Into the West *** (1992, Gabriel Byrne, Ellen Barkin, Ciarán Fitzgerald, Rúaidhrí Conroy) – Classic Movie Review 3332

Director Mike Newell’s sweet 1992 family-friendly Irish adventure, based on a story by Michael Pearce, is a fairly appealing yarn with a nice touch of the blarney, with a canny screenplay by Jim Sheridan and […]

Feb, 06

The 33 **** (2015, Antonio Banderas, Rodrigo Santoro, Gabriel Byrne, Juliette Binoche, Lou Diamond Phillips, James Brolin, Bob Gunton) – Movie Review

Gripping, sterling real-life thriller in which a Chilean gold and copper mine collapses as a piece of granite twice the mass of the Empire State Building collapses blocking the way out for 33 miners who find […]

Jan, 20

Excalibur ***** (1981, Nigel Terry, Helen Mirren, Nicholas Clay, Cherie Lunghi, Nicol Williamson) – Classic Movie Review 2233

Co-writer/producer/director John Boorman’s astonishing 1981 dramatic fantasy film of the Arthurian legend that retells the legend of King Arthur and the knights of the Round Table with scenes and ideas that amaze and a cast that surprises and impresses. […]

Mar, 03

A Simple Twist of Fate *** (1994, Steve Martin, Gabriel Byrne, Laura Linney, Catherine O’Hara, Stephen Baldwin) – Classic Movie Review 2151

Director Gillies MacKinnon’s 1994 film of George Eliot’s classic novel Silas Marner comes with a screenplay by its star Steve Martin, who gives it a modern twist. Martin adapts and comes up with a semi-amusing […]

Feb, 03

Ghost Ship ** (2002, Gabriel Byrne, Julianna Margulies, Ron Eldard) – Classic Movie Review 2037

There’s some fun to be had from director Steve Beck’s soggy, cheap-looking 2002 B-movie horror thriller in which a salvage crew finds a long-lost 1962 ghost ship in the Bering Sea. They prepare to tow back […]

Jan, 02

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