T. P. McKenna – MRQE

All Creatures Great and Small (TV)

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

James Herriot is a vet in Yorkshire, England, during the 1940’s. He is assigned to the practice of Siegfried Farnon, whotogether with his mischievous brother Tristanalready have a successful business. James undergoes a variety of adventures during his work, which are just as often caused by the characters of the county, including the Farnon brothers, as the animals in his care.

Straw Dogs

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

David Sumner, a mild-mannered academic from the United States, marries Amy, an Englishwoman. In order to escape a hectic stateside lifestyle, David and his wife relocate to the small town in rural Cornwall where Amy was raised. There, David is ostracized by the brutish men of the village, including Amy’s old flame, Charlie. Eventually the taunts escalate, and two of the locals rape Amy. This sexual assault awakes a shockingly violent side of David.

The Outsider

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Michael Flaherty (Craig Wasson), an American Vietnam veteran of Irish descent, returns to Belfast to join the cause of his grandfather, Seamus (Sterling Hayden). Soon he finds that he is not as welcomed in his home country as he imagined he would be. Even worse, he’s the target of an IRA assassination plot designed to make the British forces look bad in order to elicit financial support from wealthy Americans.

Red Scorpion

Sat, 27 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A Russian KGB agent is sent to Africa to kill an anti-Communist black revolutionary. However, he has a change of heart when he sees how the Russians and their Cuban allies are killing and repressing the locals, so he switches sides and helps the rebels.

Pascali’s Island

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

1908: Pascali, a spy for the Sultan, sends reports to Istanbul that nobody reads. His suspicions are roused when a British archaeologist appears, who may not be quite what he seems.

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Bosco Hogan plays Joyce’s alter-ego, Stephen Daedelus, growing up in Ireland in the early part of the 20th century, and at odds with the strictures of his Catholic home and family. The film charts his search for knowledge and understanding, during a decline in his family’s circumstances, that leads him to revelations on the nature of art, beauty and politics. However his personal renaissance makes him feel unwelcome in his own country, and forces him to make a choice between exile as artist or staying and facing personal defeat.

The Beast in the Cellar

Sun, 31 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Two spinsters have kept their mad brother locked up in their cellar for 30 years. Then he escapes …

Perfect Friday

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

The deputy manager of a London bank has worked out a way to rob the branch of £200,000. When he becomes involved with the attractive Lady Dorset he decides to go ahead with his plan. He needs her help and that of her philandering spendthrift husband. It all comes down to a matter of trust.

Ferry Cross the Mersey

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Girl with Green Eyes

Wed, 17 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Catholic-Irish farm girl Kate, along with her gregarious best friend Baba, moves to Dublin to pursue a more exciting life.