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Nora-Jane Noone
Nora-Jane Noone (born 8 March 1984) is an Irish actress. In 2020, ''The Irish Times'' ranked her 47th on its list of the greatest Irish film actors of all time. She made her screen debut in her breakthrough role film ''The Magdalene Sisters'' (2002), and has since been nominated three times at the IFTA Film & Drama Awards for her work in 3 films: ''The Descent'' (2005), ''Savage'' (2009) and ''Wildfire'' (2020). Her other credits include ''Doomsday'' (2008), ''Ella Enchanted'' (2004), ''The Ipcress File'' (2022), and '' Hidden Assets'' (2023). Early life and education Noone grew up in Upper Newcastle, Galway City. She trained for two years at the Performing Arts School in Galway, and is a proficient musician (piano to Grade 7 level) and dancer. Her previous acting role before starting her acting career, was in school and amateur productions and pantomime. She graduated in 2004 from NUI Galway with a degree in Science, and then moved to London. Career Noone made her professio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hidden Assets (TV Series)
''Hidden Assets'' is an Irish/Canadian/Belgian crime drama developed by Peter McKenna and directed by Thaddeus O'Sullivan and Kadir Ferati Balci. The series premiered on RTÉ on May 10, 2022. The second season premiered on RTÉ on September 3, 2023. The series is a spinoff of ''Acceptable Risk''. Premise The first series is set in present day Shannon, County Clare, Ireland, its Free Zone and airport, and the port of Antwerp, Belgium. It focuses on the Irish Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) and the Belgian Counter Terrorism Unit (CTU). The second series of ''Hidden Assets'' is also set between Antwerp and County Clare (Limerick, specifically). Following Angeline Ball's departure from the cast, Nora-Jane Noone joined as DS Clare Wallace. Cast Main * Angeline Ball as Emer Berry (season 1) * Wouter Hendrickx as Christian De Jong * Peter Coonan as Fionn Brannigan (season 1) * Charlie Carrick as James Melnick * Cathy Belton as Norah Dillon * Aaron Monaghan as Sean Prendergast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 Toronto International Film Festival
The 49th annual Toronto International Film Festival was held from September 5–15, 2024. The festival opened with David Gordon Green's film ''Nutcrackers (film), Nutcrackers'', and closed with Rebel Wilson's directorial debut film ''The Deb (film), The Deb''. Key programming announcements The first programming announcements were released on June 18, 2024. A second batch of films was announced on July 9, and the opening and closing galas were announced on July 16. Full program announcements began on July 22, with the gala and special presentations lineups announced that day and several other programs announced over the course of that week.Jeremy Kay"Toronto film festival adds Angelina Jolie, Mike Leigh, Edward Burns, David Mackenzie titles" ''Screen Daily'', July 22, 2024. The full festival schedule, including numerous late additions, was announced on August 13. In addition to new and current films, the schedule included anniversary special event screenings of Damien Chazelle's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Mullan
Peter Mullan (; born 1959) is a Scottish actor and filmmaker. His credits include '' Riff-Raff'' (1991), '' Shallow Grave'' (1994), ''Braveheart'' (1995), '' Trainspotting'' (1996), '' My Name Is Joe'' (1998), '' The Claim'' (2000), '' Neds'' (2010), '' War Horse'' (2011), '' The Fixer'' (2008), '' Top of the Lake'' (2013), '' Mum'' (2016-2019), '' Ozark'' (2017-2018), '' Westworld'' (2018-2020), '' Cursed'' (2020), '' The North Water'' (2021), '' The Underground Railroad'' (2022), '' The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power'' (2022–2024), '' After the Party'' (2023), and '' Baghead'' (2023). He won a Golden Lion at 59th Venice International Film Festival for his direction of '' The Magdalene Sisters'' (2002). Early life and education Peter Mullan was born in 1959 in Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, the son of Patricia (a nurse) and Charles Mullan (a lab technician at Glasgow University). The seventh of eight children, Mullan was brought up in a working class Roman Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
17th Irish Film & Television Awards
The 17th Irish Film & Television Academy Awards took place in July 2021. The ceremony honoured Irish films and television drama released between 1 February 2020 and 31 May 2021. The nominees were announced on 15 June 2021. Normal People (TV series), ''Normal People'' received an unprecedented fifteen nominations. At the ceremony in July 2021, ''Normal People'' won nine prizes. Film Best film * ''Broken Law'' * ''Dating Amber'' * ''Herself (film), Herself'' * ''Vivarium (film), Vivarium'' *''Wildfire (2020 film), Wildfire'' *''Wolfwalkers'' (winner) Director *Cathy Brady – ''Wildfire'' (winner) *David Freyne – ''Dating Amber'' *Lorcan Finnegan – ''Vivarium'' *Paddy Slattery – ''Broken Law'' *Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart – ''Wolfwalkers'' Script *Cathy Brady – ''Wildfire'' *Clare Dunne (Irish actress), Clare Dunne and Malcolm Campbell – ''Herself'' (winner) * David Freyne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Taylor (TV Series)
''Jack Taylor'' is an Irish mystery television drama based on the novels by Ken Bruen. Set in Galway, it features Iain Glen in the eponymous role of Jack Taylor, a former officer with the Garda SÃochána (national police) who becomes a "finder" (private investigator) after leaving the service; Taylor looks for clues others have overlooked, and knows the streets of his hometown like the back of his hand. Premise Set in Galway, the series is based on Ken Bruen's crime novels and features Iain Glen as the leading character, Jack Taylor, an old-school detective, and a maverick who often drinks much more than is good for him. After he is sacked from the Gardaà (the Irish police force) for assaulting a politician he had stopped for a traffic violation, Jack begins to work as a private investigator, reluctantly taking on cases the police will not investigate. According to the series' voiceover, there are no private eyes in Ireland–"It's too close to being an informant – a dodgy c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Runaway (TV Series)
''The Runaway'' is a six-part United Kingdom, British television crime drama series, adapted by Allan Cubitt from the novel by Martina Cole, that first broadcast on Sky One, Sky1 on 31 March 2011. Directed by David Richards, ''The Runaway'' is set in the sleazy, gritty world of '60s and '70s London, and focuses on the doomed romance of East Londoners Cathy Connor (Joanna Vanderham) and Eamonn Docherty (Jack O'Connell (actor), Jack O'Connell). The series also co-stars Burn Gorman, Keith Allen (actor), Keith Allen and Kierston Wareing among others. Principal shooting on the series took place in South Africa, which doubled up for 1960s Soho. Original music for the series was written by Chris Letcher, alongside Ben Bartlett. ''The Runaway'' was the second of Cole's novels to be adapted by Company Pictures for Sky, following on from ''The Take (TV series), The Take'', starring Tom Hardy and Charlotte Riley, that first broadcast in 2009. The complete series of ''The Runaway'' was relea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Day Of The Triffids (2009 TV Miniseries)
''The Day of the Triffids'' is a drama made in 2009. It is a loose adaptation of John Wyndham's 1951 novel of the same title. The novel had been adapted in 1962 as a theatrical film and by the BBC in a 1981 series. Plot Part one In an alternate version of contemporary Britain, triffids are large carnivorous plants capable of vicious and intelligent behaviour, equipped with venomous stingers that they use to stun their prey before feeding on them. Bill Masen (Dougray Scott), whose mother was killed by a triffid in the 1970s, explains how the oils the triffids produce came to be used as a new alternative fuel, putting an end to climate change. Triffids are kept in warehouses all over the world. Some people protest against the treatment of the plants. One of these activists (Ewen Bremner) breaks into a compound for male triffids outside London and is arrested. Bill is injured by an undeveloped plant in the attempt, having given his safety goggles to another worker, Lucy (Nora-J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Descent 2
''The Descent Part 2'' is a 2009 British adventure horror film and sequel to the 2005 horror film ''The Descent''. It was directed by Jon Harris from a screenplay by James McCarthy, J Blakeson, and James Watkins. The film was produced by Christian Colson and Ivana MacKinnon; Neil Marshall, the writer and director of the original, was an executive producer. Shot in London and Surrey, it was released in cinemas in the UK on 2 December 2009 and was given a straight-to-DVD release on 27 April 2010 in the US. Plot Two days after the first film, a traumatized and blood-covered Sarah escapes the cave system with amnesia. She is taken to a hospital, where the doctor finds that some of the blood on her is of the same blood type as Juno, one of her missing friends. Sheriff Vaines and his deputy Rios bring along the amnesiac Sarah and three pothole cave specialists – Dan, Greg, and Cath – to find the missing women. They are sent to the cave via an old mine shaft operated by an ol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew McCarthy
Andrew Thomas McCarthy (born November 29, 1962) is an American actor, travel writer, and television director. He is most known as a member of the Brat Pack, with roles in 1980s films such as '' St. Elmo's Fire'', ''Pretty in Pink'', ''Mannequin'', and '' Weekend at Bernie's''. He is ranked No. 40 on VH1's 100 Greatest Teen Stars of all-time list. As a director, he is known for his work on ''Orange Is the New Black''. Early life and education McCarthy was born in Westfield, New Jersey, the third of four boys. His mother worked for a newspaper, and his father was involved in investments and stocks. McCarthy moved to Bernardsville, New Jersey, as a teenager and attended Bernards High School and the Pingry School, a preparatory academy. At Pingry, he played the Artful Dodger in '' Oliver!'', his first acting role. After graduating from high school, he enrolled at NYU for acting, but was expelled after two years. Career McCarthy's first major role was in the 1983 comedy ''Class ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neil Marshall
Neil Marshall (born 25 May 1970) is an English film and television director, editor, producer, and screenwriter. He directed the horror films ''Dog Soldiers (film), Dog Soldiers'' (2002) and ''The Descent'' (2005), the science fiction action film ''Doomsday (2008 film), Doomsday'' (2008), the historical war film ''Centurion (film), Centurion'' (2010), the superhero action film ''Hellboy (2019 film), Hellboy'' (2019), and the adventure horror film ''The Reckoning (2020 film), The Reckoning'' (2020). Marshall has also directed numerous television series, including two episodes of the HBO fantasy drama series ''Game of Thrones'': "Blackwater (Game of Thrones), Blackwater" and "The Watchers on the Wall", the latter of which earned him a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series. Early life Marshall was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. He was inspired to become a film director when he saw ''Raiders of the Lost Ark'' (1981) at the age ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
7th Irish Film & Television Awards
The 7th Irish Film & Television Awards took place on 20 February 2010 in the Burlington Hotel, Dublin. It was hosted by Victoria Smurfit and honoured Irish film and television released in 2009. Awards in film Best Film * '' The Eclipse'' (Winner) ** ''Ondine'' ** ''The Secret of Kells'' ** ''Zonad'' ** ''Eamon'' Director in Film * Jim Sheridan – ''Brothers'' (Winner) ** Neil Jordan – ''Ondine'' ** John Carney, Kieran Carney – ''Zonad'' ** Conor McPherson – '' The Eclipse'' Script Film * Conor McPherson, Billy Roache – '' The Eclipse'' (Winner) ** Neil Jordan – ''Ondine'' ** John Carney, Kieran Carney – ''Zonad'' ** Margaret Corkery – ''Eamon'' Actor in a lead role * Colin Farrell – ''Ondine'' (Winner) ** Ciarán Hinds – '' The Eclipse'' ** Darren Healy – ''Savage'' ** Stephen Rea – '' Nothing personal'' Actress in a lead role * Saoirse Ronan – ''The Lovely Bones'' (Winner) ** Janice Byrne – ''Zonad'' ** Amy Kirwan – ''Eamon'' ** Jade Yourell â ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
