Strongly recommend
Five Minutes of Heaven,
starring Liam Neeson and James Nesbitt (both of whom are from Northern Ireland, and both lived through The Troubles). Neeson is a former UVF volunteer who shot and killed a Catholic boy, right in front of the boy's brother, back in 1975. After serving time for the murder, Neeson's character becomes a well known spokesperson for peace, and someone who works with other violent offenders helping them comes to terms with what they've done.
The film primarily centers on the two of them meeting face to face for the first time since the event, in front of a TV camera crew, as a stunt for some program. The meet in front of the cameras never happens, but watching these two men deal with the various, roiling emotions inside themselves for an hour an a half was rather electrifying.
It's on Netflix streaming.
excellent. that is on my "to watch" list.
Nesbitt in particular is amazing.
Two weeks ago, before starting
Jekyll,
I'd never heard of the guy. In that time, with a tiny handful of performances, he's rocketed to the top of my list of favorite actors.
Ooh, glad you watched
Jekyll.
I've only seen him in that, but he was great.
I'm bitter about there not being a followup to that. I loved it.
Check out Murphy's Law, which is on Netflix, but not on streaming. Nesbitt plays an undercover police officer - from Northern Ireland but working in London. It can be dark at times but Nesbitt is really good as Tommy Murphy.
There are 5 seasons but Netflix only has the first 2 (the other three are "save") but it's really worth it to watch those 2.
This is a quite lovely short animated film about bibliophilia:
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As such, I suspect it's a very Buffista thing.
Ah, the Hobbit Riots of 2012.
