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Amsterdam Vallon (Leonardo DiCaprio) is a young Irish immigrant released from prison. He returns to the Five Points seeking revenge against his father's killer, William Cutting (Daniel Day-Lewis), a powerful anti-immigrant gang leader. He knows that revenge can only be attained by infiltrating Cutting's inner circle. Amsterdam's journey becomes a fight for personal survival and to find a place for the Irish people in 1860's New York. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Jan 13, 2023 - 10 comments

Enraged at the murder of a loved one, Scottish warrior William Wallace (Mel Gibson) slays a platoon of the local English lord's soldiers. This leads the village to revolt and, eventually, the entire country to rise up against English rule. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Nov 1, 2022 - 15 comments

Two lifelong friends (Brendan Gleeson, Colin Farrell) find themselves at an impasse when one abruptly ends their relationship, with alarming consequences for both of them. [more inside]
posted by praemunire on Oct 29, 2022 - 31 comments

At 41.59 years, this episode has the 4th greatest gap in ages between host and musical guest! (#1 is 56.96 years, between Miskel Spillman, the 80yo winner of the "Anyone Can Host" contest, and 23yo Elvis Costello in S03E08 on Dec 17, 1977) [more inside]
posted by rhizome on Oct 9, 2022 - 11 comments

Four weeks after a mysterious, incurable virus spreads throughout the UK, a handful of survivors try to find sanctuary. [more inside]
posted by MoonOrb on Mar 28, 2018 - 12 comments

The foot soldiers of the early feminist movement, women who were forced underground to pursue a dangerous game of cat and mouse with an increasingly brutal State. [more inside]
posted by joseph conrad is fully awesome on Nov 6, 2015 - 2 comments

Guilt-stricken after a job gone wrong, hitman Ray and his partner await orders from their ruthless boss in Bruges, Belgium, the last place in the world Ray wants to be. [more inside]
posted by joseph conrad is fully awesome on Jul 27, 2015 - 26 comments