Michael Shannon

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Chicago Cab (Hellcab) (1998): Dir. Mary Cybulski, John Tintori
Feat. John Cusack, Gillian Anderson, Julianne Moore…; Bleak black comedy based around a day in the life of a Chicago cab–driver (Dillon) in the lead up to Christmas, who becomes confessor to his…
Jesus' Son (1999): Dir. Alison Maclean
Feat. Billy Crudup, Samantha Morton, Jack Black…; Flashback to the scungy perimeter of 70s America in the company of various rootless druggies, mainly on–again–off–again couple…
Cecil B. Demented (2000): Dir. John Waters
Feat. Stephen Dorff, Melanie Griffith, Alicia Witt…; An unruly and somewhat passe battlecry against the mediocrity of Hollywood from the Low Priest of Pop Culture, John Waters. In a weird parody of…
Pearl Harbour (2001): Dir. Michael Bay
Feat. Ben Affleck, Kate Beckinsale, Josh Hartnett…; Overblown, but technically impressive rendition of the 1941 Japanese surprise–attack on Pearl Harbour in which a sizable proportion of the US…
Tigerland (2001): Dir. Joel Schumacher
Feat. Colin Farrell, Clifton Collins Jr., Matthew Davis…; The dir. of recent Hollywood gloss forsakes stars for a gritty, admired character piece set in a Vietnam War–bootcamp in Louisiana, 1971.…
Vanilla Sky (2001): Dir. Cameron Crowe
Feat. Tom Cruise, Jason Lee, Cameron Diaz…; A straight Hollywood remake of the Spanish sci–fi thriller OPEN YOUR EYES by the director of ALMOST FAMOUS – the result of which plays like…
High Crimes (2001): Dir. Carl Franklin
Feat. Ashley Judd, Morgan Freeman, Jim Caviezel…; Ashley Judd is a little confused when ex–Army hubby Jim Caviezel is arrested for massacres in Latin America under a different name. Soon she…
8 Mile (Eight Mile) (2002): Dir. Curtis Hanson
Feat. Eminem, Kim Basinger, Mekhi Phifer…; Mainstream feature film vehicle for white rap star Eminem has a narrative typical of the “youth craze” genre – young working class wannabe…
Kangaroo Jack (2003): Dir. David McNally
Feat. Jerry O'Connell, Anthony Anderson, Estella Warren…; A misadventure comedy ensues when two friends from Brooklyn, NY are forced to deliver mob money to Australia, only to see it 'stolen' by a kangaroo…
Bad Boys 2 (2003): Dir. Michael Bay
Feat. Martin Lawrence, Will Smith, Joe Pantoliano…; A new low (or high) in crassness from the Bruckheimer action movie sausage machine (see CON AIR, ARMAGEDDON), with maverick cops Smith and Lawrence…
Grand Theft Parsons (2003): Dir. David Caffrey
Feat. Johnny Knoxville, Christina Applegate, Robert Forster…; A blackly comic account of the wordly departure of country–folk–rock pioneer Gram Parsons, who after perishing of a drug overdose, had…
Dead Birds (2004): Dir. Alex Turner
Feat. Henry Thomas, Nicki Lynn Aycox, Isaiah Washington…; After a botched bank robbery during the American Civil War, a group of Confederate outlaws hole up in an abandoned plantation, finding themselves the…
Criminal (2004): Dir. Greg Jacobs
Feat. John C. Reilly, Diego Luna, Maggie Gyllenhaal…; A reasonably successful American replay of the Argentian thriller NINE QUEENS, this sees a con artist (Reilly) take an apprentice (Luna) under his…
Woodsman, The (2004): Dir. Nicole Kassell
Feat. Kevin Bacon, Kyra Sedgwick, Benjamin Bratt…; Controversial, though convincingly rounded and serious drama which follows the attempts of a convicted paedophile (Bacon) to rebuild his life in a…
World Trade Center (2006): Dir. Oliver Stone
Feat. Nicolas Cage, Maria Bello, Maggie Gyllenhaal…; Powerful and gripping rendering of the plight of two NYC cops who became trapped in the rubble of the collapsing World Trade Center in the 9/11…
Bug (2006): Dir. William Friedkin
Feat. Ashley Judd, Michael Shannon, Harry Connick Jnr.…; Claustrophobic, knife's–edge drama in which a victim of spousal abuse (Judd) develops an obsessive, paranoid relationship with an enigmatic…
Lucky You (2007): Dir. Curtis Hanson
Feat. Eric Bana, Drew Barrymore, Robert Duvall…; Eric Bana plays an expert card shark – and artful dodger of relationship commitment – determined to conquer the World Series of…
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007): Dir. Sidney Lumet
Feat. Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke, Albert Finney…; Intense tragi–thriller centred around a pair of hapless brothers (Hoffman and Hawke) who face devastating family consequences after a botched…
Shotgun Stories (2007): Dir. Jeff Nichols
Feat. Michael Shannon, Douglas Ligon, Barlow Jacobs…; Sturdy, atmospheric independent drama detailing the simmering rivalry between two sets of half–brothers which boils over after the death of…
Revolutionary Road (2008): Dir. Sam Mendes
Feat. Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Michael Shannon…; The director of AMERICAN BEAUTY directs his real–life wife, Kate Winslet, in another tale of middle–class suburban neurosis and the…
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009): Dir. Werner Herzog
Feat. Nicolas Cage, Eva Mendes, Val Kilmer…; Werner Herzog's spin on the 1992 bad–boy classic delights in seeing a pasty, middle–aged Nicolas Cage cracking up (in all three meanings…
Greatest, The (2009): Dir. Shana Feste
Feat. Pierce Brosnan, Susan Sarandon, Carey Mulligan…; Emotive drama of a family trying to cope with the sudden death of their teenage son and the troubled young woman who enters their life.
Missing Person, The (2009): Dir. Noah Buschel
Feat. Michael Shannon, Amy Ryan, Frank Wood; A strange hybrid of neo–noir gestures and the contemporary human condition, with dough–faced Michael Shannon (perfect as a Bogart stand…
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done? (2009): Dir. Werner Herzog
Feat. Michael Shannon, Willem Dafoe, Chloe Sevigny…; Dir. Werner Herzog and David Lynch as producer team up for this bizarre tale of an actor driven to murder his mother in sunny, suburban San Diego…
Jonah Hex (2010): Dir. Jimmy Hayward
Feat. Josh Brolin, John Malkovich, Megan Fox…; Josh Brolin revives DC Comics' anti–hero gunslinger in this acidic western, centred on the titular character's rage–fueled quest to…
Runaways, The (2010): Dir. Floria Sigismondi
Feat. Kristen Stewart, Dakota Fanning, Michael Shannon…; A high–strung, hell–for–leather rock movie based on the short–lived exploits of pioneering girl band The Runaways and their…
Thirteen (13) (2010): Dir. Géla Babluani
Feat. Jason Statham, Sam Riley, Alexander Skarsgard…; A young opportunist (Riley) steps into the shoes of a dead man whose lucrative assignment turns out to be a competitor in a deadly underground…
Boardwalk Empire - Season 1 (TV Series) (2010): Dir. Martin Scorsese, Tim Van Patten
Feat. Steve Buscemi, Michael Pitt, Kelly MacDonald…; Stunning period detail and the endless intrigue of organised crime characterize this marquee HBO production, centred on the empire surrounding…
Take Shelter (2011): Dir. Jeff Nichols
Feat. Michael Shannon, Jessica Chastain, Shea Whigham…; Plagued by a series of apocalyptic visions, a young family man questions whether to shelter his wife and daughter from the spectre of a coming storm,…
Machine Gun Preacher (2011): Dir. Marc Forster
Feat. Gerard Butler, Michelle Monaghan, Michael Shannon…; A surprisingly solid – and notwithstanding its sensationalist title – serious movie (amid splashes of gun–toting action) about the plight…

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