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An Irish Angel, directed by Danny Patrick, is set in Northern Ireland and centers around Aine, a teenager facing the challenges of an unexpected pregnancy. Still in school herself, Aine must grapple with this major life change while surrounded by the daily pressures of her family and community.

We meet Aine at the start of the film, nervous to reveal her situation to anyone beyond her grandmother. As her belly grows, so do the difficult decisions she needs to make. Will she keep the baby, or will she choose abortion in light of her young age? And how will those around her react to her news, particularly her strict Catholic upbringing and mother?

Aine leans on friends like Leo as well as mentors like her drama teacher, Ellie, for guidance and support. But each comes with their own personal hardships too. All the while, Aine’s terminally ill grandmother needs looking after as well.

Stars: Rosa Coduri, Paul O’Doherty, Jack Bence, Flora Spencer-Longhurst, Matt Healy, Shane Robinson | Written and Directed by Danny Patrick

Sometimes I will sit down to watch a movie based solely on the fact that on paper it has checked some of my boxes! While that list does seem to be getting longer by the movie I still can’t help having to satisfy my British low-budget itch. Let me tell you though, I get even more excited when I see we are dealing with an Irish crime caper set partially in Malta.

Broken bones, stolen Bearer bonds, pregnant mobsters, super spy’s, dodgy priests (careful) and a pair of comedic gangland clowns… Kind of sounds like the title of Guy Ritchie’s autobiography. However… that… it is not, for you see dear reader today we are talking about Danny Patrick’s movie The Irish Connection.

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Simon Pegg is a fan favorite actor here at JoBlo.com. From the unparalleled awesomeness of The Cornetto Trilogy of films made with Edgar Wright and Nick Frost to his turns in J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek franchise as well as alongside Tom Cruise in the Mission: Impossible series, Pegg has dabbled in everything from genre fare to comedies, big screen and small. His latest project is the thriller series The Undeclared War.

Set in 2024, The Undeclared War is a cyberthriller about a confrontation between the UK and a foreign power that results in the infrastructure of the Internet being compromised. Told from the vantage of the agents who work for the Global Communications Headquarters (Gchq), the series is a six-part look at a very frightening possible future that is not too far from where we stand today. Starring Hannah Khalique-Brown and Mark Rylance, Simon Pegg plays a pivotal role as Gchq expert Danny Patrick.

Plot: Set in 2024, The Undeclared War tracks a leading team of analysts buried in the heart of Gchq, secretly working to ward off a series of cyber-attacks on the UK in the run up to a general election. When a routine stress test of internet infrastructure goes awry 21-year-old Gchq intern Saara Parvin suddenly finds herself operating on the invisible frontier of high-stakes cyber warfare.

Review: We live in an era of automation, technology, and progress which also means our scariest stories will center on someone taking advantage of the advancements that make our society function. While we often see evil villains threaten the world in big-budget action movies like Mission: Impossible, the threat is a very real one and is even more frightening when presented realistically. The new series The Undeclared War proposes one such scenario that brings modern society to its knees when political superpowers play god with global infrastructure.

Ron Moody as Fagin in 'Oliver!' based on Charles Dickens' 'Oliver Twist.' Ron Moody as Fagin in Dickens musical 'Oliver!': Box office and critical hit (See previous post: "Ron Moody: 'Oliver!' Actor, Academy Award Nominee Dead at 91.") Although British made, Oliver! turned out to be an elephantine release along the lines of – exclamation point or no – Gypsy, Star!, Hello Dolly!, and other Hollywood mega-musicals from the mid'-50s to the early '70s.[1] But however bloated and conventional the final result, and a cast whose best-known name was that of director Carol Reed's nephew, Oliver Reed, Oliver! found countless fans.[2] The mostly British production became a huge financial and critical success in the U.S. at a time when star-studded mega-musicals had become perilous – at times downright disastrous – ventures.[3] Upon the American release of Oliver! in Dec. 1968, frequently acerbic The...