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Posts Tagged "Jonathan Rhys-Meyers"

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Mission: Impossible III *** (2006, Tom Cruise, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Michelle Monaghan, Ving Rhames, Billy Crudup, Keri Russell, Maggie Q, Simon Pegg) – Classic Movie Review 2739

Co-writer J J Abrams makes his first film as a director in the 2006 third instalment of the Mission: Impossible franchise, in which Tom Cruise’s agent Ethan Hunt has retired from field work for the […]

Jul, 24

Vanity Fair *** (2004, Reese Witherspoon, James Purefoy, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Rhys Ifans, Romola Garai) – Classic Movie Review 1751

Likeable and engaging, director Mira Nair’s 2004 film is a very fair if slightly uninspired stab at filming a difficult novel, plodding relentlessly through the seemingly endless and complex detail and plotlines of William Makepeace […]

Oct, 07

Velvet Goldmine **** (1998, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Ewan McGregor, Eddie Izzard, Christian Bale) – Classic Movie Review 1529

Rhys-Meyers and Ewan McGregor strut their flamboyant stuff in writer-director Todd Haynes’s gay-friendly, Citizen Kane-style exposé of 1970s glam rock. In truth, the immensely ambitious 1998 drama Velvet Goldmine is a part failure, but it […]

Aug, 09

B Monkey (1998, Asia Argento, Jared Harris, Rupert Everett) – Classic Film Review 1097

In co-writer/director Michael Radford’s undeservedly little-seen 1998 oddity, Asia Argento brings just the right crazy allure to the part of Italian jewel thief Beatrice, or B Monkey, who sweeps dependable London teacher Alan Furnace (Jared […]

Apr, 15

Bend It Like Beckham **** (2002, Parminder Nagra, Keira Knightley, Jonathan Rhys Meyers) – Classic Movie Review 950

Co-writer/director Gurinder Chadha’s 2002 movie focuses on two 18-year-old girls who chase their dreams of playing professional soccer in this goal-scoring comedy. Jess (Parminder Nagra) just wants to play like her hero David Beckham, but […]

Mar, 20

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