Drunk On Hinds

The Eclipse
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Ciarán Hinds is a gift to the craft of acting, and we should count ourselves o’ so lucky that he’s finally getting more chances to show this gift, even at the not so ripe age of 57.  Forever in the back of the scene (at least in the eyes of Americans), Hinds has recently made giant leaps forward, effortlessly in a tender nonchalant manner, much like his acting style, in such wonderful fare as HBO’s Rome, Veronica Guerin, Munich and There Will Be Blood. Conor McPherson‘s Eclipse (thankfully this is not a Twilight movie) ups the ante even more as Hinds ascends to leading man status and everyone should take note.  Not juss cause Hinds is brilliant, as usual, but so is the film.  Blending elements of taut drama, quiet romance and an unnerving core of horror, The Eclipse is truly a special film to be marveled by and at.  There’s no doubt that when all is said in done in 2010, this, along with Fish Tank, will grace our top ten bestestest list

Hinds plays Michael Farr, a windowed man looking after many people, but not necessarily himself: his kids, his ailing father in-law and the guest authors in town for the annual literary festival.  He’s good at all these responsibilities, but kids are kids, his in-law draws closer to death each day and literally starts to haunt him (and his deceased wife as well??), and the authors are another story all together.  One of them is Lena Morelle (the lovely Iben Hjejle), fittingly a writer of ghost stories and the supernatural, who not only catches the attention and affection of our dear protagonist, but also of a cocky, aggressive American writer (the always unlikable Aidan Quinn).  The battle of emotions is SO ON, and from here, so is the movie!  So be kind see Hinds!

Cork A Stick In It: The Eclipse‘s setting is a character onto itself.  Itself be the the seaside port town of Cobh, in Cork County Ireland, and we want to get on a plane and go there and get Irish drunk like NOW!  Speaking of Cobh, Cobh is also home to a statue honoring Annie Moore, the very first US immigrant to pass thru Ellis Island

Verdictgo: Breast In Show

Eclipse haunts and flaunts today in NY& LA, and elsewhere elsewhen

and until next thyme the balcony is clothed…

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