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Dead Man’s Wire review: Bill Skarsgård is deeply unsettling in retro hostage drama

Dead Man’s Wire review: Bill Skarsgård is deeply unsettling in retro hostage drama

Bill Skarsgård plays Tony Kiritsis, a down-on-his-luck Indianapolis man convinced his mortgage brokers had screwed him over. In 1977, he snuck a sawed-off shotgun into their downtown offices and took Richard Hall (Dacre Montgomery, shaking off his Stranger Things heart throb status) hostage, looping a homemade contraption around his neck that ensured if police shot Kiritsis, Hall would die with him. He demanded $5 million and a full apology from Hall’s father. Source link

Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man Is Cillian Murphy’s Epic Return As Tommy Shelby

Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man Is Cillian Murphy’s Epic Return As Tommy Shelby

Tommy Shelby is finally back on our screens after four years away. The long-awaited Peaky Blinders film, The Immortal Man, is in select cinemas now (ahead of its arrival on Netflix on 20 March), and it ushers in a new chapter in the Shelby clan’s story. As a long-time fan of the show, I had been a little worried that a movie may not have the same magic as the show did. But boy, was I wrong. Steven Knight has created something incredibly special with this film. It’s everything that a fan of the show could want it to be, and even more. Personally, I’d give it five stars. After all, is there anything more iconic than seeing Tommy Shelby back in his baker boy cap? I think not. The Immortal Man marks a new era for the Peaky Blinders It all starts in Birmingham in 1940. The characters are in the midst of the Second World War, and the Peaky Blinders are working on one of their biggest plots yet, when chaos ensues. Barry …