Peter McDonald

Peter McDonald
Total Credits at Criticker: 17 (Actor), 1 (Director), 2 (Writer)
Titles you haven't rated - Actor (17) | Director (1) | Writer (2)
Nora
The true story of one of the greatest authors of the 20th century, James Joyce, and the love affair with a maid from Galway which changed his life forever.
The Opportunists
Vic is a struggling auto mechanic with a safe-cracking past and a lot of debt. His girlfriend runs a bar and offers to loan him the money she's saved for remodeling, but Vic is reluctant to take it. When a long-lost cousin from Ireland shows up on his doorstep, the two team up for one last heist. (imdb)
When Brendan Met Trudy
Peter McDonald and Flora Montgomery make an insanely appealing mismatched couple in this fast and fresh romantic comedy for movie maniacs. He wants to show her the glories of pre-Star Wars cinema. She wants to teach him her burglary skills. Kieron Walsh directs from a riotously funny script by Roddy Doyle. (Shooting Gallery)
Some Voices
Part love story, part comedy, part study of madness, Some Voices is above all a beautifully observed, elegantly written and brilliantly acted low-key British film. (Amazon.co.uk)
The Damned United
Brian Clough (Sheen) takes over as manager of Leeds United following the departure of club hero Don Revie (Meaney) for the England job and for the first time has to work without his partner, Peter Taylor (Spall). Adaptation of the popular book.
I Went Down
Fresh out of prison, Git rescues a former best friend (now living with Git's girlfriend) from a beating at the hands of loan sharks. He's now in trouble with the mob boss, Tom French, who sends Git to Cork with another debtor, Bunny Kelly, to find a guy named Frank Grogan, and take him to a man with a friendly face at a shack across a bog. It's a tougher assignment than it seems. (imdb)
Saltwater
A moving slice-of-life film that focuses on a family living in a small coastal town in Ireland. (Rotten Tomatoes)
Titanic
Titanic (2012) - TV Mini-Series
Re-telling of the doomed voyage reveals a world built upon class distinction - headed towards destruction as surely as Titanic towards the iceberg. From the aristocratic elite to the officers, crew, second class and steerage passengers, TITANIC follows the destinies of both victims and survivors as their stories of passion, betrayal and hope unfold amidst the tragic events of that fateful evening. (Amazon.com)
The Bachelor Weekend
A bachelor party weekend in the great outdoors takes some unexpected detours.
Moone Boy
Moone Boy (2012) - TV Series
England Is Mine
A portrait of Morrissey and his early life in 1970s Manchester before he went on to become the lead singer of seminal alternative rock band The Smiths. (imdb)
Fanny Lye Deliver\
Set on an isolated farm in Shropshire in 1657. The story of Fanny Lye, a woman who learns to transcend her oppressive marriage and discover a new world of possibility - albeit at great personal cost. Living a life of Puritan stricture with husband John and young son Arthur, Fanny Lye's world is shaken to its core by the unexpected arrival of two strangers in need, a young couple closely pursued by a ruthless sheriff and his deputy.
Hollington Drive
The lives of two sisters, Theresa, and her older head teacher sibling, Helen, and a missing child. (imdb)
This Town
This Town (2024) - TV Series
An Extended family and four young people are drawn into the world of ska and two-tone music, which exploded from the grass roots of Coventry and Birmingham in the late '70s and early '80s which united black, white and Asian youths. (imdb)
Finding Joy
Finding Joy (2018) - TV Series
A woman finds herself thrust into the limelight when she gets a job filling in for Ireland's most-beloved vlogger, Flora the Happy Hunter. (imdb)
Bagman
For centuries and across cultures, parents have warned their children of the legendary Bagman, who snatches innocent children and stuffs them into his vile, rotting bag-never to be seen again. Patrick McKee narrowly escaped such an encounter as a boy, which left him with lasting scars throughout his adulthood. Now, Patrick's childhood tormentor has returned, threatening the safety of his wife and son. (imdb)
Fergus\
Fergus and Penny are planning their wedding. While mother and the local priest are helping with the preparations for a traditional good Irish wedding, the young couple are never averse to having a quickie with whoever is available.