Taboo – Episode 3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZl2gKIbyaA FX's Taboo Episode 3 Directed by Kristoffer Nyholm Written by Steven Knight * For a recap & review of Episode 2, click here. * For a recap & review of Episode 4, click here. With James Keziah Delaney (Tom Hardy) having been stabbed, and having stabbed back, at the end of Episode 2, what's …

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Taboo – Episode 2

As James Delaney's return settles on London, the man himself begins assembling a crew after purchasing a merchant ship at auction.

Taboo – Episode 1: “Shovels and Keys”

James Keziah Delaney returns from a mysterious life at sea, one that took him into Africa, as his father passes in London and a small war erupts over what's left in his wake.

Refn’s Bronson is a Surreal Character Study of Lonely Violence

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMJ1c3qxOWc Bronson. 2008. Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn. Screenplay by Brock Norman Brock & Refn. Starring Tom Hardy, Matt King, James Lance, Amanda Burton, Kelly Adams, Juliet Oldfield, Jonathan Phillips, Mark Powley, Hugh Ross, Joe Tucker, Gordon Brown, & Charlie Whyman. Str8jacket Creations/Vertigo Films/Aramid Entertainment Fund. Rated 14A. 92 minutes. Biography/Crime/Drama ★★★★1/2 Time and again …

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Peaky Blinders – Season 3 Finale

After Grace's death, Tommy must figure out how to move on, with his personal life, and with business.

Peaky Blinders – Season 3, Episode 5

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmBOH1eRvSY BBC Two's Peaky Blinders Season 3, Episode 5 Directed by Tim Mielants Written by Steven Knight * For a review of Episode 4, click here. * For a review of Episode 6, click here. Here we are at the penultimate episode of Series 3, and with two more already confirmed series' ahead. What a …

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The Revenant is Beautiful & Wild & Maybe a Little Exaggerated

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRfj1VCg16Y The Revenant. 2015. Directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu. Screenplay by Mark L. Smith & Alejandro González Iñárritu; based in part on the novel by Michael Punke. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Domhnall Gleeson, Will Poulter, Forrest Goodluck, Paul Anderson, Kristoffer Joner, Joshua Burge, Christopher Rosamond, Robert Moloney, Lukas Haas, and Brendan Fletcher. New Regency Pictures/Anonymous Content/Appian …

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The Drop is a Moody Ride Through the Brooklyn Mob

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6nWJ5NDYMU The Drop. 2014. Dir. Michaël R. Roskam. Written by Dennis Lehane; based on his own short story "Animal Rescue". Starring Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace, James Gandolfini, Matthias Schoenaerts, and John Ortiz. 20th Century Fox. Rated 14A. 106 minutes. Crime/Drama/Thriller ★★★★ The Drop is Michaël R. Roskam's first American film. He's most recently come from directing the Oscar …

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