Irish Movie Month Continues with Turning Green (2005) Trailer

Turning Green (2005) is a fantastic movie.   Set in the 1970’s, 16 year old James Powers and his younger brother come to Ireland to live with their Aunts after their American Mother dies.

While living in Ireland, James becomes and errand boy for the local Bookie / Mobster.  James takes a brief trip to London where he discovers the abundance of girlie mags.  It’s during this time James decides to become the purveyor of adult magazines to the irish Market where it is illegal.

Unbeknownst to his Bookie / Mobster patron, James makes a killing in Adult Magazine contraband.

This is a fantastic black comedy with some great scenes with his Aunts and the local Priest.

Colm Meaney stars as Tom who becomes Mentor to James

Timothy Hutton stars as Bill the Breaker, the muscle for the local Bookie / Mobster.

This is one of my favorites.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Irish Month Continues with In Bruges Haiku

 

In Bruges Haiku:

Two Idol Hitmen / Mix with Tourists and Locals / While in Bruges Belgium

 

Irish Month – Brendan Gleeson Tribute Continues with In Bruges

Brendan Gleeson and Colin Farrell are two Hitmen taking a respite in Bruges Belgium after a botched hit.  While waiting orders from their Boss, Gleeson takes in the sights of the historic town.

Bruges rhymes with Rouge

Here is the trailer for this great movie.

Irish Movie Month – Brendan Gleeson Tribute – The General Movie trailer

Our Irish Movie Month – Tribute to Brendan Gleeson continues with The General Movie trailer set to music by Arcade Fire.

Filmed in Black & White, Gleeson plays Martin Cahill in “The General.”  A true story of an Irish Master Thief / Mobster who not only runs afoul of the Police, but also the IRA.

 

Irish Movie Month – Brendan Gleeson Tribute – The General Movie Review

Our Brendan Gleeson Tribute continues with a movie review of The General by HoneyShed

Irish Month – Brendan Gleeson Haiku

Brendan Gleeson Haiku:

Martin Cahill, Thief / The IRA and the Cops / He pisses off both

–The General (1998)

Irish Month

You know him in Braveheart, and MadEye Moody in the Harry Potter films, but Brendan Gleeson, one of our favorite Irish Actors, does a fantastic job as:

The General – An Irish Gangster who takes on the Police and the IRA. Based on a true story. Gleeson as Martin Cahillas a Master Thief. While under House Arrest by the Police and surveillance by the IRA, manages to steal priceless paintings from an art museum without being detected.

In Bruges– as Hitman Ken who takes in the sights while in Bruges Belgium waiting his next orders.

I Went Down (Shown Above) – Owing money to a Loan Shark, Gleeson as Bunny goes on a trip with another debtor to collect money on behalf of the Loan Shark.

The Lufthansa Job – 5 Arrests after 35 yrs

5 Arrests in 35yr Old Goodfellas Case

 

5 Arrests have been made in the Lufthansa job after 35 yrs.  This is the heist that was referenced in Goodfellas resulting in the deaths of most of the participants.

In the movie, Di Nero plays Jimmy Conway (Jimmy The Gent Burke in real life), who executes the biggest heist in US history.  Expecting to score $2 million, the haul is actually $6 million.

Rather than pay out the shares, Jimmy decides to whack most of the participants.

Here is the Wikipedia for Jimmy Burke:

Real Life Jimmy The Gent Burke – Lufthansa Mastermind

Here are those murdered after the Lufthansa Heist.  These murders follow closely the deaths in the movie:

Lufthansa Hit List

 

 

 

Our Tribute to James Gandolfini – The Mexican

Our Tribute to james Gandolfini begins with the Mexican.

Jerry Welbach (Brad Pitt) can’t catch a break. On one side, his mobster boss (Bob Balaban) demands that he travel to Mexico to retrieve a cursed antique gun, or suffer the consequences. On the other side, his girlfriend, Samantha (Julia Roberts), has given him an ultimatum to give up his criminal ways once and for all. Believing that he can only make things right with Samantha if he is alive, Jerry chooses to go after the gun. Finding the cursed piece of metal is easy, but getting it back across the border proves difficult, especially when Samantha is taken hostage by a gay hitman (James Gandolfini).

Courtesy of: http://zuguide.com/The-Mexican.html

Strong Language – Clancy Brown’s Best Lines: Shawshank Redemption in 23 Seconds

Nothing says the holidays like a swearing Prison Guard Captain.

As our Clancy Brown festival continues, we present Clancy Brown as Captain Hadley reduced to 23 seconds of brilliance.

Nothing says the holidays like a swearing Prison Guard Captain.