Colm Meaney

In the 21st century, Irish cinema has become a lot more adventurous. There’s been the scabrous comedies of the McDonagh brothers; the quiet atmospheric character studies of Lenny Abrahamson and Rebecca Daly; gritty portraits of life on the…

Despite being a humble little British gangster film from the early noughties, Layer Cake sits in the oddly prestigious position of being ground zero for two different spy franchises of the present. Most obviously, this film is considered…

I love Con Air. I enjoyed the first two Transformers films. Fast & Furious: Tokyo Drift is my favourite movie. And there’s nothing wrong with these things. They’re enjoyable popcorn entertainment but they’re also loud, violent and,…