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Movie Review – The Shadow of Violence (2020)

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The Shadow of Violence. 2020 Directed by Nick Rowland Starring Cosmo Jarvis, Barry Keoghan, Niamh Algar, Ned Dennehy, Simone Kirby, Anthony Welsh, Roisin O’Neill, Toni O’Rourke, Hazel Doupe, Ryan McParland, Ally Ni Chiarain, Kiljan Moroney, and David Wilmot SYNOPSIS: Douglas ‘Arm’ Armstrong has become the feared enforcer for the drug-dealing Devers family, whilst also trying […]

Movie Review – Calm With Horses (2019)

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Calm With Horses, 2019. Directed by Nick Rowland. Starring Cosmo Jarvis, Barry Keoghan, Niamh Algar, Ned Dennehy, David Wilmot and Anthony Welsh. SYNOPSIS: The enforcer for an Irish criminal family is torn between his loyalty to his bosses and his increasingly complex personal life. There’s something deeply depressing about grey, rural towns in the UK […]

Rust and Bone with Calm With Horses director Nick Rowland | The Pick of the Flicks Podcast #69

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On The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, a different guest drops in every week to chat about their favourite film. This week, Nick Rowland – director of new drama Calm With Horses – talks about being inspired by the terrific Rust and Bone… On this week’s episode of The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, the […]

Movie Review – Calm With Horses (2019)

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Calm With Horses, 2019. Directed by Nick Rowland. Starring Cosmo Jarvis, Barry Keoghan, Niamh Algar, Ned Dennehy, David Wilmot and Anthony Welsh. SYNOPSIS: A boxer-turned-mob enforcer is torn between his loyalty to an Irish crime family and his estranged real one. After starring alongside Florence Pugh in 2016’s devilishly dark Lady Macbeth, the lure of […]

Cosmo Jarvis and Barry Keoghan star in trailer for Calm with Horses

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Altitude Films has released a poster and trailer for first time feature director Nick Rowland’s Irish crime thriller Calm With Horses starring Cosmo Jarvis (Peaky Blinders) and Barry Keoghan (Dunkirk) and executive produced by Michael Fassbender; check them out here… Ex-boxer Douglas ‘Arm’ Armstrong (Cosmo Jarvis LADY MACBETH, PEAKY BLINDERS) is the faithful and violent […]

Dev Patel is The Green Knight in first trailer for David Lowery’s medieval fantasy film

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A24 has released a poster and trailer for the upcoming dark fantasy adventure The Green Knight. Written and directed by David Lowery (A Ghost Story, Pete’s Dragon), the film is based on the Arthurian legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and stars Dev Patel, Alicia Vikander, Joel Edgerton, Sarita Choudhury, Sean Harris, Kate […]

Barry Keoghan exits Y: The Last Man series adaptation

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After suffering multiple setbacks throughout its development, FX’s series adaptation of Y: The Last Man has now suffered one more. Collider brings words that Barry Keoghan (Dunkirk) has exited the series as its lead role. The series went through a change of showrunners last year after FX replaced Michael Green (American Gods) with Eliza Clark (The Killing).  […]

Chicago Critics Film Festival 2018 Review – American Animals

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American Animals, 2018. Written and Directed by Bart Layton. Starring Evan Peters, Barry Keoghan, Blake Jenner, Jared Abramson, Udo Kier, Ann Dowd, Spencer Reinhard, Warren Lipka, Chas Allen, and Eric Borsuk. SYNOPSIS: Four young men mistake their lives for a movie and attempt one of the most audacious heists in U.S. history. Imitation is supposedly the […]

Toronto International Film Festival 2019 Review – Calm with Horses

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Calm with Horses, 2019 Directed by Nick Rowland Starring Cosmo Jarvis, Barry Keoghan, Niamh Algar, Ned Dennehy and David Wilmot SYNOPSIS When former boxer Douglas ‘Arm’ Armstrong is offered a gig as an enforcer with the Devers drug mafia, life seems on the uptick — but the demands weigh heavily as he makes inroads with […]