Occasionally stepping away from his documentary films Black Sea director Kevin Macdonald has always been at his best when dealing in high-stakes drama. Crucially, and Black Sea is no exception, he is a filmmaker who likes to pu...
American teenager Daisy (Saoirse Ronan) has attitude to burn. Her mother died giving birth to her, her dad has sent her away for the summer to live with her aunt and cousins in the English countryside. Defiant and unhappy, city...
She’s only 19 but she’s already played a vampire, teen assassin, and, ahem, a girl whose body is host to an invading alien consciousness. Now fresh-faced Saoirse Ronan, from Carlow, is getting her teeth into a part she’s wanted...
Glasgow-born director Kevin Macdonald, 45, currently working on thriller Black Sea, starring Jude Law, is best known for his Oscar-nominated film The Last King of Scotland about the Ugandan dictator Idi Amin and the acclaimed d...
A few years ago the sub-genre of ‘Young Adult’ had never graced the cinematic lexicon. Now, thanks to the vampires of Twilight, the Battle Royale killing sprees of The Hunger Games and numerous fantasy adventures such as The M...
An American girl on holiday in the English countryside with her family finds herself in hiding and fighting for her survival as the third world war breaks out.