James Nesbitt

James Nesbitt 'a huge hit with grannies'

TV Gossip

9 Jun 2011

James Nesbitt is a huge hit with "grannies". The 'Murphy's Law' star admits he gets quite a bit of attention from fans and while many TV heartthrobs attract young women, James' avid followers are slightly older and tend to have a penchant for bizarre…

The Way

Emilio Estevez directs dad Martin Sheen in measured hiking drama

18 Mar 2011

(12A) 128min How strange that The Way should emerge just as Charlie Sheen – brother, of course, to writer/director Emilio Estevez and son to star Martin Sheen – has completely gone off the rails. Estevez’s second film, following the impressive…

The James Nesbitt-starring 'Monroe' is sharp enough to keep operating (Channel Hopper)

7 Mar 2011

‘Get it right and no one is impressed. Get it wrong and it’s catastrophic’. We could be flies on the wall at an ITV drama commissioners meeting, but in fact it’s one of several memorable lines from the opening episode of 'Monroe' (ITV1, Thu 10 Mar…

Outcast

Dreadful script and cack-handed direction renders film unintelligible despite strong cast

30 Nov 2010

This Scottish/Irish co-production shot in Edinburgh and Galway boasts an intriguing premise and a great cast, but its grim supernatural subject matter comes across as, at best, tedious, at worst, laughable. That’s a real shame given there’s plenty of…

Evil in the Time of Heroes and The Extra Man highlights of EIFF screening frenzy

Edinburgh International Film Festival Blog

20 Jun 2010

I was feeling pretty ashamed of my films-seen-to-days-attended ratio on Friday morning (as it stood at a paltry 1:1), so I went a bit crazy on the screening front. At the crack of dawn I attended ‘Mai Mai Miracle’ at the Cameo, a Japanese anime with…

TV brain surgeon James Nesbitt

TV Gossip

5 May 2010

James Nesbitt is to take the lead in new ITV medical drama series 'Monroe'. The 'Cold Feet' actor is set to star in the upcoming show, where he will play the unusual, "charismatic", brain surgeon title character in the script penned by screenwriter…

Midnight Man

8 May 2008

CRIME DRAMA STV, Thu 8 May, 9pm Were James Nesbitt to be handed a script featuring the worst excesses of humanity, it would be difficult not to imagine him desperately looking for the jokes. Asides from his role as Ivan Cooper, the real-life civil…

Bloody Sunday

27 Mar 2008

DRAMA (15) 110min (Optimum DVD retail) Better known for his bigger budget work on The Bourne Supremacy/Ultimatum films and United 93, Paul Greengrass’ 2002 docudrama showing the events that led up to the tragic incident on 30 January 1972 in Derry…