#sinéad cusack

[didanagy]

North and South (2004)

Episode 4.

dir. brian percival

[lardedallwithsweetflowers]

Jeremy Irons and Sinéad Cusack (and son Samuel) at an unspecified event in London, 15 November 1978.

[ruleof3bobby]

CRACKS (2009) Grade: C

I expected more plot twists, some “oh snap: moment.  Everything was predictable. I do think Juno Temple is always a talent in everything I seen of her so far. 

[lonesomedreamereccentriclover]

Happy Birthday Jeremy Irons!

[motionpicture-lover]

"Oliver's Travels" (1995)

Films and series I've watched in 2023 (9/?)

Full series (5 episodes. The picture quality isn't the best but if you can get past that it's very well worth a watch):

[twenty-words-or-less]

Waterland

Summary: English teacher Tom Crick (Jeremy Irons) relates the story of his life and three generations of his family to his class.

Greater focus on themes than narrative, but a decent slow-burner nonetheless. Empathetic setting of flashbacks highlight of film.

Rating: 2.25/5

Photo credit: Amazon

[alexhorrorfilms]

Hoffman (Хоффман) (Мистер Хоффман тоже любит молоденьких)

Багатий бізнесмен Бенджамін Гоффман шантажем змушує свою секретарку Джанет Сміт провести з ним вікенд. Чудова лірична драма з чудовими акторськими роботами. Незважаючи на заявлену слизьку тему, це напрочуд м'який, зворушливий фільм, який уникнув усілякої вульгарності. Хоффман вважається однією з найкращих і незвичайних ролей Пітера Селлерса. Сам він цю роль не любив. На думку близьких, реальний Селлерс багато в чому дуже схожий на Хоффмана.

[shine-on-down]

This reminded me of a French and Saunders Casualty sketch where they keep confusing actors from acting families with each other, including Redgraves!

Fun CtM bonus: the sketch stars Sinéad Cusack, aka Dr Myra 😀

I feel so dumb. I just realized that Jemma Redgrave is not the person who voices the Call the Midwife intros, and that that person is actually her aunt.

[movies-to-add-to-your-tbw]

Title: V for Vendetta

Rating: R

Director: James McTeigue

Cast: Natalie Portman, Hugo Weaving, Stephen Rea, Stephen Fry, John Hurt, Tim Pigott-Smith, Natasha Wightman, Rupert Graves, Roger Allam, Ben Miles, Sinéad Cusack, Eddie Marsan, John Standing, Imogen Poots, Clive Ashborn, Emma Field-Rayner

Release year: 2005

Genres: thriller, science fiction, action, drama

Blurb: In the fascist state of Great Britain, a masked vigilante known only as V conducts guerrilla warfare against the oppressive British government. When V rescues a young woman from the secret police, he finds in her an ally with whom he can continue his fight to free the people of Britain.

[kwebtv]

Notorious Woman - BBC - November 3, 1974 - December 15, 1974 / PBS - November 16, 1975 - December 28, 1975

Historical Drama (7 episodes)

Running Time: 350 minutes

Stars:

Rosemary Harris as George Sand

Lewis Fiander as Casimir Dudevant

George Chakiris as Frédéric Chopin

Alan Howard as Prosper Mérimée

Jeremy Irons as Franz Liszt

Peter Woodthorpe as Honoré de Balzac

Shane Briant as Alfred de Musset

Sinéad Cusack as Marie Dorval

Leon Vitali as Jules Sandeau

Jonathan Newth as Hippolyte Chatiron

Joyce Redman as Sophie Dupin

Cathleen Nesbitt as Madame Dupin

Georgina Hale as Solange Dudevant

[byneddiedingo]

Hugo Weaving in V for Vendetta (James McTeigue, 2005)

Cast: Natalie Portman, Hugo Weaving, Stephen Rea, Stephen Fry, John Hurt, Tim Pigott-Smith, Rupert Graves, Roger Allam, Ben Miles, Sinéad Cusack. Screenplay: Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski, based on a graphic novel by Alan Moore and David Lloyd. Cinematography: Adrian Biddle. Production design: Owen Paterson. Film editing: Martin Walsh. Music: Dario Marianelli.

I'm not sure how Guy Fawkes became a hero and his plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament an admirable political act, but V for Vendetta certainly seems to endorse both of them. (The latter seems especially odd in a movie made only four years after the 9/11 attacks.) The film bears the stamp of many adaptations from graphic novel/comic book sources: an assumption that the viewer will accept the movie's milieu on its own terms, without trying to haul in real-world plausibility. It's easier to do that if you have a cast capable of playing almost anything from Shakespeare to soap opera. So the presence of actors like Hugo Weaving, Stephen Rea, Stephen Fry, John Hurt, Tim Piggott-Smith, Rupert Graves, and Sinéad Cusack goes a long way to keeping V for Vendetta alive. I particularly liked Roger Allam as a rabble-rousing news commentator in the mold of Rush Limbaugh or Glenn Beck. I was less impressed with Natalie Portman, whose British accent came and went fitfully and who generally seemed at sea. It may be that the script by Lilly and Lana Wachowski called for her character, Evey, to be off-balance through most of the film, but I failed to connect with her performance, which since she is meant to be the audience's point-of-view character is something of a fatal flaw.

[lardedallwithsweetflowers]

Evening Standard, London (1974) / Evening Herald, Dublin (1974)

[lavelled]

doubles matches, multiplication tables.

Will: In terms of getting caught being the co-captor of interlocking an underage girl, being the co-treasurer of circulating private letters and family photographs to star-wars pals without her consent; thereby stealing any career and domestic life, ruining her educated dreams and forcing her to explain to family members, throughout the decades, why she never amounted to anything, despite colleagues in her graduating class and beyond who became news-worthy successful mothers all the while expecting sex from said girl as a reward—is the stuff of knighthood.

Let’s breakdown the tight-rope, gang-rape verbiage.

Took a toll on her health—you think it’s a valued warning about a paid-for, pure-hearted sexual liaison.

It’s not.

You and your brother didn’t purchase a go-to ticket to heaven. That is pedophilia and inhumane. Where in heaven have you been that it required money and a ticket? Fortunately, what the royal press, who, again, works on my behalf, is actually messaging out is that you, the eldest, are admitting to acquiring, long ago, an unreciprocated sexual awakening with a nobody nothing girl who never signed any paperwork and whom you won’t touch.

Chemotherapy isn’t true. Your mate is not sick. The royal press secretary, who only works with my best interests in mind, acquiesced to your disparaging and outright false canning storyline, not for socio-cultural mundanity, but to loudly express through all communications and multimedia that is shared widely on the internet, the intentions of two gravely-ill con men.

Rapeyness is in the word. Think of it as a distant cousin to chemo.

The UK Mother’s Day photo of your mate and children features a knob, amongst other oddities, which is British slang for you’re a pig. The family photograph is a Getty Image, yet is attributed to you instead. If I only knew what my staff was conveying.

Hissing Evil Muppet: I wish I could continue in parallel emasculation, but to survey your falsely exuberant matrimonial photos is like pulling out teeth and nails. Your press releases ran amok with the usual mischief, detailing something about being homesick, a book, and you and Rachel very much in love. Firstly, your loyal press officials are only loyal to me and are describing you, in quite serviceable refined prose, as a mental colonic in need of a hospice.

That’s the nature of the homesickness headline.

You instruct a creeping assault; they protect a nobody nothing girl and spin it so that your reputation suffers under the misogyny and violence that you mapped out a long time ago.

The loved-up phrase is my printable media rolling their eyes at the request to glorify what is a kiddo operation. This assertion that, well, everyone in this town does it. Or, it’s just business. Ah yes. I’ve read that you’re famous for theatre, dance, and operatic standards. Your public persona, revision after revision, from rebellious prince to Girl-Dad feminist advocacy charity doting love-journeyed husband who rushes back from across the pond to a wife you clearly detest and still don’t live with whilst stalking a different woman all her life whom you’ve tethered and put into wrists bondage and mime stabbing, is not exactly empowering.

Your goodreads-rating book reference is about Spare, which is an anagram of Rape.

If you’re not hurting me with your snaked lies, if you and your brother don’t cause daily global tragedy, then why can’t I talk to my young friend, Madeleine Cusack? What was she trying to tell me? (You’re a psycho.)

Where is Caroline Flack (lock)? Can I have tea with her? Where’s my mum, Sinéad O’Connor? I have a question for food guru, Anthony Bourdain, where is he? I wonder what the significance is with the hotel and the city in France where he hurt himself.

All this can be boiled down to one basic idea: I’m just a nobody nothing woman and you won’t get within touching distance.

I meant to include horse trainers in my plea for those in the public eye who shouldn’t hurt themselves—I just read we lost one in Greece—if you participate in dressage or horse racing in some form, any form, you are the cure, don’t leave.

K

[andersonvision]

As the warmth of April unfolds, so does the tale of love and loyalty in "Summer Solstice," the eagerly awaited sequel to Rosamunde Pilcher’s beloved "Winter Solstice." Set to grace digital platforms and VOD on April 16th, this sequel, emerging from the imaginative mind of John Goldsmith, revisits the enchanting landscapes of Scotland and the lives of characters that have captivated audiences worldwide. A year has passed since we last met the inhabitants of this picturesque setting. Elfrida (played by Sinéad Cusack) and Oscar (Jan Niklas) now share a life together, navigating the painful aftermath of Oscar’s familial loss. Carrie (Lara-Joy Körner) and Sam (Jason Durr) face the trials of temptation as the alluring writer Alexia (Jacqueline Bisset) seeks more than a mere professional alliance with Sam. Meanwhile, the young love of Lucy and Rory is tested by the green-eyed monster of jealousy. As their narratives intertwine, each character is compelled to confront their true allegiances and the lengths they are willing to go for love. Directed by Giles Foster and produced by David Cunliffe, "Summer Solstice" is not just a continuation of a story but an exploration of the evolution of relationships into the realms of family life. This 184-minute drama, presented in English and distributed by MPI Media Group in collaboration with Leonine, promises to be a piece of escapist entertainment that captivates and holds its audience from start to finish. With a stellar cast that also includes the talents of Honor Blackman and Franco Nero, "Summer Solstice" masterfully weaves the lives of its characters against the backdrop of Scotland's wild beauty. It's a narrative that explores the complexities of maintaining the love one has fought so hard to find. In "Summer Solstice," viewers are invited to immerse themselves once again in a world where the pursuit of happiness is intertwined with the challenges of life’s unexpected twists. Mark your calendars for April 16th and prepare to be swept away by a tale that proves happiness isn't just about finding the person of your dreams—it's also about keeping them.

[shattereddteacup]

Stealing Beauty (1996)

Dir. Bernardo Bertolucci

Language: English