The Byrne-ing News, June 2013 Edition

June 14 Thanks to Moondreamer, who has discovered that TWO of Gabriel Byrne’s latest films–Le Capital and Le Temps De L’Aventure (Just A Sigh)–will be screened at the Munich Film Festival (Filmfest München), which runs June 28 – July 6. The link takes you to the English language version of […]

The Byrne-ing News, May 2013 Edition

UPDATED May 17 As many of you know, I have a love-hate relationship with Vikings, the History Channel series written by Michael Hirst. Oh, this relationship has nothing to do with the series itself or its writer, both of which are very good. However, I stopped tweeting about the show […]

VIKINGS : “Burial of the Dead”

A Teaser: And there is a recap of Episode 6 at the bottom of the page now. sad Here is the new Inside Look for Episode 6–WITH SPOILERS!–provided by the History Channel. Creator Michael Hirst puts everything in perspective for us. Be sure to hit the Full Screen button! And […]

VIKINGS: “Raid” Premieres

A bit about Episode 4 first: Things are escalating rapidly now. Ragnar is growing in his cunning and in his understanding of the enemy–the enemy in the West and the enemy at home. The Earl begins to see the nature of the threat of Ragnar and, even though he is […]

VIKINGS: “Trial” Premieres

Vikings continues its raid on viewer numbers and our television screens, with the fourth episode up next. Episode 3 turned out to be the most visually arresting so far, with lush green backdrops to the action and soaring shots of the Viking boat as it made its way home. The […]

VIKINGS Continues on St. Patrick’s Day!

Updated March 16 Robson Gundim, an artist who is a fan of Vikings, has made this special drawing of Gabriel Byrne as Earl Haraldson, in honor of Mr. Byrne and also Byrneholics! Thanks to Robson for sharing his art with us! — March 14 Ok. This is all a bit […]