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Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2008: #50 In Bruges

Published on January 30, 2008

#50. In Bruges

Director/Writer: Martin McDonagh
Producers: Graham Broadbent (Millions), Peter Czernin (Piccadilly Jim)
Distributor: Focus Features

The Gist: Written by McDonagh, this tells the story of hit men Ray
and Ken, (Farrell and Gleeson, respectively) who, after a badly botched job in
London, are ordered by their boss, Harry (Fiennes), to cool their heels in the
bucolic city of Bruges, Belgium.

Fact: McDonagh won a best live-action short film Oscar for his directorial
debut, “Six Shooter.”

See It: Not only do I love this city but the trailer charmed the hell out of me. A guy’s flick with cursing, guns and tight spots.

Release Date/Status?: After opening Sundance this is coming to theaters on the 8th of February.

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Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).