PG-13 | 1h 38m | Drama | 2024
As Brad Pitt’s character, Rory Devaney, tells Harrison Ford’s character, Tom O'Meara, in “The Devil’s Own,” “It’s not an American story, it’s an Irish one.”
‘Small Things Like These’: Irish Nunneries Were Like the Mafia
“Small Things Like These” is a kind of muted, Irish version of “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” with Cillian Murphy playing Nicholson’s Randle McMurphy.
A laundry girl (Ella Cannon) begs Bill Furlong (Cillian Murphy) to save her, in “Small Things Like These." Lionsgate
Mark Jackson
Film Critic
Mark Jackson is the chief film critic for The Epoch Times, and a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic. He earned a bachelor's degree in philosophy from Williams College, followed by a classical theater conservatory training, and has 20 years' experience as a New York professional actor. He narrated The Epoch Times audiobook "How the Specter of Communism is Ruling Our World," available on iTunes, Audible, and YouTube. Mark is cited in the book "How to be a Film Critic in Five Easy Lessons" by Christopher K. Brooks. In addition to film, he enjoys Harley-Davidsons, martial arts, rock-climbing, qigong, and human rights activism.
