97 Minutes

Suicidal terrorists hijack a plane, but luckily there's a cop aboard!

"...Directed by: Timo Vuorensola. Starring: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, MyAnna Buring, Alec Baldwin, Joe Martin and..."

June 9, 2023 Movie Review

Elvis

If you're looking for trouble, you came to the right place

"...on the Sun Records era, and 2005’s mini-series featuring Jonathan Rhys Meyers in the title role. The best was..."

June 24, 2022 Movie Review by Tim Stegall

Yakuza Princess

Brazilian-set Japanese revenger could be weirder and bloodier

"...Directed by: Vicente Amorim. Starring: Masumi, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Tsuyoshi Ihara and Eijiro Ozaki...."

Sept. 3, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

We Learned It by Watching Movies

A film primer for the best in wicked entertainment

"...attempts to uncover the real fate of Brian Slade (Jonathan Rhys Meyers), a David Bowie-like star who fakes his..."

Jan. 6, 2017 Screens Feature by Josh Kupecki

Stonewall

A Midwestern boy comes out amid the backdrop of the Stonewall Riots

"...Roland Emmerich. Starring: Jeremy Irvine, Jonny Beauchamp, Joey King, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Ron Perlman, Caleb Landry Jones, Matt Craven,..."

Sept. 25, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones

"...Jemima West, Godfrey Gao, CCH Pounder, Jared Harris and Jonathan Rhys Meyers...."

Aug. 23, 2013 Movie Review by Louis Black

Albert Nobbs

This melancholy picture is distinguished by Glenn Close's vanishing act in the titular role.

"...Close, Mia Wasikowska, Aaron Johnson, Brendan Gleeson, Janet McTeer, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Maria Doyle Kennedy and Pauline Collins...."

Jan. 27, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

AFF Teases 10 Titles

Duplass Bros.' latest comedy gets regional premiere

"...(in attendance) Cast: Glenn Close, Mia Wasikowska, Aaron Johnson, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Brendan Gleeson Glenn Close stars as a..."

Aug. 23, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

From Paris With Love

Jonathan Rhys Meyers plays an American diplomat in Paris who is paired with a wise-cracking, trigger-happy CIA maverick (John Travolta) to stop a terrorist attack.

"...Directed by: Pierre Morel. Starring: John Travolta, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Kasia Smutniak and Richard Durden. Anyone suffering..."

Feb. 12, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Friggin' Genius

SXSW Film announces feature film lineup

"...The Weird World of Blowfly Director: Jonathan Furmanski The Weird World of Blowfly tells the provocative..."

Feb. 4, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

TV Eye

'TV Eye' scratches its head over the Golden Globe nominees

"...Hall (Dexter), Jon Hamm (Mad Men), Hugh Laurie (House), Jonathan Rhys Meyers (The Tudors). Again, I ask you: House?..."

Jan. 9, 2009 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Seven Sci-Fi Rock Flicks

Bowie, Kiss, Flaming Lips, Guitar Wolf, Frank N. Furter, and Marty McFly: celluloid rockers

"...critical acclaim and commercial indifference. Starring first-rate British moper Jonathan Rhys Meyers as bisexual glam-rocker Brian Slade and Ewan..."

July 25, 2008 Music Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

The Children of Huang Shi

This would-be epic tells the story of George Hogg, an English adventurer who saved the lives of Chinese orphans during the Sino-Japanese War of the 1930s and Forties.

"...Directed by: Roger Spottiswoode. Starring: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Radha Mitchell, Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Li..."

June 27, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

August Rush

August Rush is a rather prosaic, oddly anxious, contemporary take on Oliver Twist, with Robin Williams – in nasty-man twee mode – thrown in for bad measure.

"...Directed by: Kirsten Sheridan. Starring: Freddie Highmore, Keri Russell, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Terrence Howard, Robin Williams, William Sadler, Leon..."

Nov. 23, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Match Point

Unoriginal but pleasantly prosaic, Woody Allen's latest is a diverting story of crime, love, and luck that conducts itself with a refreshing absence of moral judgment and omniscience.

"...Directed by: Woody Allen. Starring: Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Scarlett Johansson, Emily Mortimer, Matthew Goode, Brian Cox..."

Jan. 20, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Vanity Fair

Disappointing screen adaptation lacks the novel's satiric edge.

"...Jim Broadbent, Gabriel Byrne, Bob Hoskins, Rhys Ifans and Jonathan Rhys-Meyers. Mira Nair's adaptation (with a script by Gosford..."

Sept. 3, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

I'll Sleep When I'm Dead

Clive Owen stars as the sad, taciturn anchor of this modern film noir by Croupier's Mike Hodges.

"...Directed by: Mike Hodges. Starring: Clive Owen, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Charlotte Rampling, Malcolm McDowell, Noel Clarke, Jamie Foreman,..."

Aug. 6, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

TV Eye

The Lion in Winter roars back on Showtime

"...co-star as the royal sons Richard, Geoffrey, and John. Jonathan Rhys-Meyers stars as Phillip, the King of France, whose..."

May 21, 2004 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Bend It Like Beckham

"...by: Gurinder Chadha. Starring: Parminder K. Nagra, Keira Knightley, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Anupam Kher, Archie Punjabi, Shaheen Khan and Ameet..."

April 4, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Ride With the Devil

"...Directed by: Ang Lee. Starring: Simon Baker-Denny, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Jewel, Jeffrey Wright, Skeet Ulrich and Tobey Maguire...."

Dec. 17, 1999 Movie Review by Russell Smith

All Wrapped Up

From biopics to end-of-day thrillers, a look at the films you'll be standing in line for this Christmas.

"...Thom Fitzgerald; with Daniel MacIvor, Joshua Peace, Carroll Godsman, Jonathan Torrens...."

Nov. 26, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Loss of Sexual Innocence

"...Directed by: Mike Figgis. Starring: Julian Sands, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Saffron Burrows, Stefano Dionisi, Kelly MacDonald, Hanne Klintoe,..."

July 16, 1999 Movie Review by Russell Smith

The Other Stars in the Galaxy

"...with Julian Sands, Saffron Burrows, Stefano Dionisi, Kelly MacDonald, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers...."

May 21, 1999 Screens Feature

Record Reviews

"...the film's main musical spotlights as backup band for Jonathan Rhys Meyers' Bowie/ Bolan-boy Brian Slade. The Ratttz, who..."

Nov. 27, 1998 Music Review

More Toons

"...On Fire" as done by TheVenus in Furs with Jonathan Rhys-Meyers (swoon), and "Satellite of Love," performed by Lou..."

Nov. 13, 1998 Screens Column by Margaret Moser

Velvet Goldmine

"...Directed by: Todd Haynes. Starring: Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Christian Bale, Ewan McGregor and Toni Collette...."

Nov. 6, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Fall Film Previews

September

"...Frankenheimer; with Robert De Niro, Stellan Skarsgård, Jean Reno, Jonathan Pryce, Sean Bean, Natascha McElhone...."

Sept. 11, 1998 Screens Feature

The Governess

"...Tom Wilkinson, Harriet Walter, Florence Hoath, Bruce Myers and Jonathan Rhys Meyers. This starring role is something of a..."

Aug. 28, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Summer Sneaks

Apocalypse Whenever: Movies in the Season of Armageddon

"...Driver, Tom Wilkinson, Harriet Walter, Florence Hoath, Bruce Myers, Jonathan Rhys Meyers...."

May 22, 1998 Screens Feature