Peter McDonald

Shadow of the Sword (2005)

Cast: Steven Berkoff   

Tags: Thriller Message Movie Period Film Escape Film 

Length: 108min

Also (and more pointedly) entitled The Headsman, Simon Aeby's scope period drama Shadow of the Sword uses its narrative to explore conflicts and tensions during the notorious 16th century Inquisition. Nikolaj Coster Waldau and Peter McDonald play...

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Killing Hitler (2003)

Tags: Political Thriller Thriller 

Length: 99min

Historical fact melds with cinematic fiction in this political thriller detailing British plans to assassinate Adolph Hitler during the height of the Nazi leader's horrific reign. Dubbed Operation Foxley, the highly classified plan was hatched by...

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When Brendan Met Trudy (2000)

Tags: Romantic Comedy Comedy Romance 

Length: 95min

Brendan (Peter McDonald) is an anal retentive teacher and film buff. One night he goes to a pub and meets Trudy (Flora Montgomery), an outgoing, lively woman who is his complete and utter opposite. Against all odds, Brendan asks her out, and although...

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Nora (2000)

Cast: Ewan McGregor Susan Lynch   

Tags: Drama Romantic Drama 

Length: 106min

This period drama is based on the real-life relationship of the great Irish novelist James Joyce and his longtime lover, Nora Barnacle. Aspiring writer James (Ewan McGregor) meets Nora (Susan Lynch) in Dublin in 1904. While she lacks James' interest...

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The Opportunists (2000)

Cast: Christopher Walken Donal Logue Jonathan Demme Tom Noonan   

Tags: Crime Drama Caper Drama 

Length: 89min

In this downbeat drama, a reformed criminal finds himself led back to a life of crime. Fresh out of prison, former safecracker Victor Kelly (Christopher Walken) wants to support his daughter Miriam (Vera Farmiga) and Aunt Dierdre (Anne Pitoniak) with...

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Saltwater (2000)

Cast: Brendan Gleeson Brian Cox   

Length: 95min

Trendy young playwright and screenwriter Conor McPherson (I Went Down, 1997) makes his directing debut with this understated comedy. Widowed fish-and-chips shop owner George Beneventi (Brian Cox) lives in a sleepy coastal town along with his three...

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Felicia's Journey (1999)

Cast: Atom Egoyan Bob Hoskins Arsinée Khanjian   

Tags: Psychological Thriller Crime Drama Psychological Drama Drama 

Length: 116min

Directed by Atom Egoyan, Felicia's Journey is a low-key psychological thriller about the relationship between a lovesick young woman and an older man with an ugly secret. Felicia (Elaine Cassidy) has lived all of her life in a small village in rural...

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Captain Jack (1998)

Cast: Gemma Jones Robert Young   

Tags: Adventure Comedy Comedy 

Length: 90min

Robert Young directed this fact-based British comedy-adventure. In 1791, Captain Scoresby sailed from Whitby in northern England to the Arctic. Mariner Captain Jack (Bob Hoskins), obsessed with Scoresby, is troubled by the fact that Scoresby has not...

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I Went Down (1997)

Tags: Road Movie Buddy Film Drama 

Length: 105min

This Irish-British road movie follows the misadventures of some Irish ex-cons. When Dublin hood Tom French (Tony Doyle) comes down hard on slow-witted Anto (David Wilmot), Git (Peter McDonald) intervenes and then is assigned a mission. He is ordered...

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