Ciaran Hinds

Those who have grown up with Harry Potter will appreciate the level of maturity displayed by the young adult wizard and his pals in "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2." This emotionally satisfying conclusion to the series ensures that the...

I never pay attention to all the hype people bring up about summer blockbusters, or movies being released for Oscar consideration, and so…I have no clue what time of the year great films are supposed to be released. I do recall hearing that the...

BATTLE: LOS ANGELES(2011)* (D)Directed by Jonathan LiebesmanStarring Aaron Eckhart, Michelle Rodriguez, Bridget Moynahan, Nia Peeples, Ramon Rodriguez, Michael Pena, Nzinga Blake, Ne-YoSony//Rated PG-13//Science Fiction//116 minutesAvailable on: DVD, Blu-...

The finale to the Harry Potter saga is, like most of the films in the series, a bit of a slog. But it's a generally satisfying slog — two hours of wrapping up loose ends, saying fond, if not exactly tearful farewells and Harry facing his destiny...

It begins with a whisper, and the funereal, foreboding tone of its early scenes grab you and tell you that this Potter picture has a high-mindedness that maybe some of the earlier installments did not. Within minutes, I was thinking “Have they got...

“Sarah's Key,” a superb Holocaust thriller starring Kristin Scott Thomas, may open as late as Sept. 2, I am now hearing. The release schedule is crowding up and when the only art theater in town gives up the whole summer to a couple of titles,...

“The Debt” is the first movie in which Hollywood “It” actor Sam Worthington gets around to showing us what all the fuss was about, pre-”Terminator,” pre-”Avatar” and pre-”Clash of the Titans.” As...

The decades when August was just a dumping ground for movies the studios didn't figure were a big enough deal to warrant a real summer release and not really worth a push in the fall, either weren't permanently upended by “The Constant Gardener,&#...

The King's Speech With a dozen Oscar nominations under its belt (including best picture), you might not think of a posh costume piece like “The King's Speech” as a buddy comedy, though it is; a dazzling example of that shopworn form. Put...

THE MECHANIC(2011)* *1/2 (B-)Directed by Simon WestStarring Jason Statham, Ben Foster, Donald Sutherland, Tony Goldwyn, Jeff Chase, Mini Anden, James LoganCBS Films/Rated R/Action/92 minutesAvailable on: DVD and Blu-rayThe 1972 movie starring Charles...

Dumbledore's brother from the Harry Potter movies, the wonderful Irish character actor Ciaran Hinds, has joined the cast of “The Woman in Black,” which will be the first post-Potter movie for Harry himself, Daniel Radcliffe. The mystery-...