Tag Archives: Tara Fitzgerald

10 Great Tom Hardy roles

October 26, 2018 flawintheiris

I was listening to a podcast recently looking back at Christopher Nolan's Inception, and the hosts mused about Tom Hardy, what an impact his presence had on the film, and whether this was his breakout role in Hollywood. There's no doubt that even in an ensemble as well-assembled as this, his presence shone. One of the… Read More

Legend review — Hardy impresses in a so-so gangster movie

December 3, 2015 flawintheiris

Written and directed by Brian Helgeland | Based on a book by John Pearson | 131 min Back in 1990, Peter Medak directed a feature called The Krays, starring Spandau Ballet's Gary and Martin Kemp as the real life East End London gangster brothers. A gritty, anti-glamour docudrama about the their 1960s underworld reign, the… Read More

Egregious Examples of Movie Marketing: Brassed Off!

September 22, 2014 flawintheiris

I just had to share this: After having enjoyed the gay-activists-raise-funds-for-Welsh-miners-comedy Pride—probably the best thing I saw at the 2014 Atlantic Film Festival—I decided to revisit Brassed Off!, the 1996 comedy-drama about a group of miners in Grimley, near Worcester, Northern England, whose pit is threatened with closure. Will the miners' union fight to keep it open or… Read More