Ciaran Hinds

Closed Circuit is a competent, yet bland political thriller that feels more like a BBC television drama than a theatrical film. Despite some fine acting from leads Eric Bana and Rebecca Hall, the film lacks the compelling characters or an engaging storyline to keep even the most lackadaisical of thriller aficionados interested. Several months after an apparent terrorist attack in London, the accus...[Read More]

Having never seen a single Harry Potter movie, I was curious to see Daniel Radcliffe’s first major non-magician role, and while I was surprised at how well he portrayed the perpetually brooding widower, Arthur Kipps in The Woman in Black, I found the film itself to be a run of the mill ghost story full of familiar plot devices, flat characters, and underwhelming scares. The opening scene sets the ...[Read More]