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The Eclipse

The Eclipse is not the next book in the Twilight series to come to the silver screen - that’s not till summer. This may be disappointing to some but still there’s no shortage of nifty creep outs in this ghost story with the title ironically culled from a novel within the story. That book dedicated to the supernatural is authored by the charming Iben Hjejle (Lena Morelle). She’s accepted a speaking engagement at the terminally quaint Irish seaside village of Cobh, famous for its annual literary festival. Cobh is also the home of Michael Farr (Ciarán Hinds) a single father of two and local woodworking teacher who likes to volunteer. He volunteers to visit the elderly and also to chauffeur notables about the town’s annual ode to literature. Michael’s wife tragically passed away two years previously but her memory isn’t all that haunts him. Lately he’s seen some startling apparitions that keep getting stronger. When he’s assigned to see Iben about town he confides in her and they begin to drift closer. Also trying with less success to get close to Iben is Nicholas Holden (Aidan Quinn) a pompous and married American author with whom she had a one night stand the previous year. She’s trying to forget about it but he can’t. For his role here Hinds won best actor at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival and deservedly so. He’s terrific in this retro collection of terror jolts for adults. 

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