Five Minutes of Heaven

09/18/09 Taking giant strides forward in each of its first five years, the fest, situated in one of Europe's most pleasant cities, has quickly become a fixture on the calendar.  |  Variety

09/11/09 As someone who comes out of the publishing world (and no, I don't mean Ain't It Cool; I'm talking about actual magazine publishing), I find it fascinating that any monthly magazine on the face of the earth can publish an issue that is anywhere near 700 to 900 pages long (approximate weight: 4 pounds).  |  Ain't It Cool News

09/10/09 Terry Gilliam's "The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus" and Liam Neeson starrer "Five Minutes of Heaven," by Oliver Hirschbiegel ("Downfall") are among the pics unspooling at this year's Zurich Film Festival, which runs Sept. 24-Oct. 4.  |  Variety

08/26/09 Moviefone Indie Roundup reviews the past week of news from the independent film community and provides a peek at what's coming soon.  |  Cinematical.com

08/26/09 Liam Neeson and his sons are "taking each day as it comes."  |  E! Online

08/23/09 Moviefone The cyclical nature of violence, the difficulties inherent in forgiveness, and the importance of being able to defeat tragedy and go on to live a happy life.  |  Cinematical.com

08/21/09 Moviefone The Marc Pease Experience (pictured) is a comedy, allegedly, about a former high school musical star trying to recapture his glory, several years later, by teaming up with his old director, who still teaches at the school and is sleeping with one of his female students.  |  Cinematical.com

08/21/09 There's the wide release of Quentin Tarantino's "Inglourious Basterds" - which brings with it both Brad Pitt fighting some nazis, and The Weinstein Company's best shot at salvaging their tarnished financial record; Lucrecia Martel's "The Headless Woman" - which indieWIRE 's Eric Hynes calls "both subtle and forceful" ; Spike Lee's acclaimed "Passing Strange," which documents the gone-too-soon Broadway musical of the same name; Oliver Hirschbiegel's Liam Neeson starrer "Five Minutes of Heaven," which takes on the Irish political divide and won the directing award for world dramatic cinema at its Sundance premiere earlier this year; There's even some Robin Williams - starring in "one of the oddest comedic star vehicles since Jim Carrey reached his outer limits in 'The Cable Guy - Bobcat Goldthwait's "World's Greatest Dad."  |  indieWIRE

08/20/09 The historian Tim Pat Coogan wrote that the difficulty in resolving the conflict in Northern Ireland lies in the fact that both sides perceived themselves to be an oppressed minority surrounded by a hostile majority, and that both sides were right.  |  The A.V. Club

08/19/09 Moviefone Do not be confused by the title of the film Five Minutes of Heaven , as it does not refer to the game you played as a middle-schooler where a boy and girl were chosen at random and locked in a closet together.  |  Cinematical.com