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Stephen Rea - news / articles


  • The Reaping - 16 April 2007
    Science debate (with faith winning hands down) is evocative of The Exorcist movies, especially with the African flashbacks and Stephen Rea cropping up (on his lonesome) as a priest who keeps witnessing dodgy miracles. - -That's also a theme that crops up (in a m

Stephen Rea - what members say


  • The Crying Game
  • The Crying Game review by FDestin#1 from LONDON
    Rated - 3 stars 5 May 2004
    ...It starts with a brilliant 20 minutes one on one between Stephen Rea and Forrest Whittaker which is well acted and extremely well written. The action moves to London wher...  
  • Breakfast On Pluto
  • Breakfast On Pluto review by A customer from London, England
    Rated - 5 stars Wonderful, complex entertainment 12 January 2006
    ...ly directed The Crying Game (and we are again treated to another performance by Stephen Rea), but in Breakfast on Pluto it’s the exhilarating ride that counts. ...  
  • The Reaping
  • The Reaping review by Nigel Harvey from Cardiff
    Rated - 3 stars Predictable Plagues 29 August 2007
    ...tle bit predictable. Hilary Swank and David Morrissey are ok in their roles but Stephen Rea is completely wasted, relegated to just appearing in a few telephone conversati...  

Stephen Rea - filmography


  • Stuck (2009)
    Starring: Mena Suvari,  Stephen Rea,  Russell Hornsby
    Director: Stuart Gordon
    Certificate: 15
    Stuart Gordon creates a provocative, over-the-top experience in "Stuck," a tabloid-tinged thriller inspired by true events. Brandi is a compassionate young retirement-home caregiver in-line for a promotion. Tom is a victim of the downsized economy, out of work and newly homeless. Their worlds ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 74% from 13 members
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  • Sisters on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Chloe Sevigny,  Stephen Rea,  Lou Doillon
    Director: Douglas Buck
    Certificate: 18
    In 1973 director Brian De Palma produced SISTERS, a shocking film starring Margot Kidder as a twin whose sister is suspected of murder. This remake stars Chloe Sevigny (BIG LOVE) as a reporter who tries to get to the bottom of the same perplexing mystery.
    Rate this: 2.0 35% from 16 members
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  • Bloom on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Stephen Rea,  Angeline Ball,  Hugh O'Conor
    Director: Sean Walsh
    Certificate: 18
    James Joyce's 'Ulysses' has been widely declared as both one of the most brilliant, and most difficult, books in the history of literature. This brave attempt at visualizing the book comes courtesy of director Sean Walsh, and stars Stephen Rea (THE CRYING GAME) as Leopold Bloom, Angeline Ball (THE ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.0 53% from 73 members
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  • On The Edge on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Cillian Murphy,  Tricia Vessey,  Stephen Rea
    Director: John Carney
    Certificate: 15
    When 19-year-old rebel Jonathan Breech (Cillian Murphy)--suffering from depression after the death of his father--attempts suicide by driving a stolen car off a cliff, he is given the choice of going to prison or being committed to a psychiatric institution. Jonathan chooses the hospital, where he ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.0 66% from 133 members
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  • In Dreams on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Annette Bening,  Aidan Quinn,  Stephen Rea
    Director: Neil Jordan
    Certificate: 18
    This darkly imaginative film from director Neil Jordan (THE CRYING GAME, INTERVIEW WITH A VAMPIRE) follows Claire, a psychic New England housewife (Annette Bening) who loses her grip on reality when her dreams connect with those of a psychotic child murderer (Robert Downey Jr.). Centered around a ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 54% from 131 members
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  • The End Of The Affair on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Ralph Fiennes,  Julianne Moore,  Stephen Rea
    Director: Neil Jordan
    Certificate: 18
    On a rainy night in London in 1946, novelist Maurice Bendrix has a chance meeting with the husband of an ex-lover. The obsession is rekindled and soon we discover why the affair ended two years earlier and the pact Sarah had made with God...
    Rate this: 3.0 66% from 1,031 members
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  • Still Crazy on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Stephen Rea,  Billy Connolly,  Jimmy Nail
    Director: Brian Gibson
    Certificate: 15
    A satire of 70's era rock-and-roll about the reunion of Strange Fruit, a band that probably shouldn't have formed in the first place. Connolly (MRS. BROWN), Mike Leigh regular Spall, British chart-topper Nail, and the always-reliable Rea round out a talented ensemble cast in this distinctly ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 71% from 412 members
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  • Double Tap on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Stephen Rea,  Heather Locklear,  Peter Greene
    Director: Greg Yaitanes
    Certificate: 18
    A government agent (Heather Locklear) is assigned to track down a mysterious assassin (Stephen Rea) who has been killing drug dealers. Using herself as bait she manages to find the killer, but she realises that his situation is more complex than she might have thought. An energetic action thriller ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 44% from 89 members
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  • Michael Collins on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Aidan Quinn,  Stephen Rea,  Alan Rickman
    Director: Neil Jordan
    Certificate: 15
    Starting with Ireland's bloody Easter Rebellion of 1916 and ending with his untimely death, this brilliantly photographed epic from director Neil Jordan tells the charged story of Michael "Mickey" Collins. An IRA founder whose innovative guerrilla tactics succeeded in bringing freedom from British ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 74% from 892 members
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  • Trojan Eddie on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Stephen Rea,  Richard Harris,  Sean McGinley
    Director: Gillies Mackinnon
    Certificate: 15
    Eddie, a low-level flunky in a "family" of Irish swindlers, gets a case of torn loyalties after one of the junior members absconds with the willing, too-young bride of the family's boss--and with the dowry money, as well. While trying to clean up the mess, Eddie also contends with his own sloppy ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 48% from 64 members
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  • Interview With The Vampire on DVD (1994)
    Starring: Tom Cruise,  Brad Pitt,  Kirsten Dunst
    Director: Neil Jordan
    Certificate: 18
    Horror author Anne Rice penned the screenplay for this full-blooded adaptation of her novel, which chronicles the life of 18th-century nobleman Louis (Brad Pitt) after he is bitten by powerful, charismatic vampire Lestat (Tom Cruise). Though enthralled with the undead lifestyle at first, Louis is ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 72% from 4,895 members
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  • Pret A Porter on DVD (1994)
    Starring: Julia Roberts,  Tim Robbins,  Kim Basinger
    Director: Robert Altman
    Certificate: 15
    Robert Altman delivers another sprawling satire with READY TO WEAR, this time focusing his lens on the tightly knit, pretentious fashion industry. After a popular fashion leader dies during the most important industry gathering of the year in Paris, the question that it might have been murder ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.0 47% from 257 members
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  • The Crying Game on DVD (1992)
    Starring: Miranda Richardson,  Stephen Rea,  Forest Whitaker
    Director: Neil Jordan
    Certificate: 18
    This highly original film put screenwriter/director Neil Jordan on the international map. The story begins at a carnival in Ireland with British soldier Jody (Forest Whitaker) kidnapped by IRA terrorists Jude (Miranda Richardson) and Fergus (Stephen Rea). Fergus is assigned to guard Jody, and they ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 69% from 3,035 members
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  • Life Is Sweet on DVD (1990)
    Starring: Alison Steadman,  Jim Broadbent,  Timothy Spall
    Director: Mike Leigh
    Certificate: 15
    Director Mike Leigh escapes the confines of direct-to-television films with this incredibly bittersweet slice-of-life comedy about a blue-collar family living in modern-day England. Wendy (Alison Steadman) and Andy (Jim Broadbent) are a good-natured couple with two daughters, Nicola (Jane Horrocks) ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 70% from 1,482 members
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