Love Letter to Okkervil River – by Thomas Slattery Written shortly after Okkervil River’s two recent dates in Ireland (12/10/18- Roisin Dubh, Galway & 13/10/18 – Grand Social, Dublin). One of the gigs […]
Love Letter to Okkervil River
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Bumblebee – Film Review
Bumblebee – Film Review by Fran Winston Directed by: Travis Knight Starring: Hailee Steinfeld, John Cena, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., John Ortiz, Jason Drucker, Pamela Adlon In cinemas December 24th Previews December 14th […]
Dr Hibernica Finch’s Compelling Compendium of Irish Animals – Book Review
Dr Hibernica Finch’s Compelling Compendium of Irish Animals – Book Review Author: Rob Maguire Illustrator: Aga Grandowicz This is a book aimed at the smarter child in your life. As the name […]
Come From Away – Abbey Theatre – Review
Come From Away – Abbey Theatre – Review by Paddy McGovern The Abbey Theatre in a Co-Production with Junkyard Dog Productions and Smith & Brant Theatricals – Until 19th January Photography by […]
Hammock – Universalis – Album Review
Hammock – Universalis – Album Review by Killian Laher After the choral explorations of last year’s Mysterium, Hammock return with a fully instrumental album. This one is unremiittingly lovely. Early on in […]
Aquaman – Film Review
Aquaman – Film Review by Fran Winston Directed by: James Wan Starring: Jason Momoa, Amber Heard, Willem Dafoe, Patrick Wilson, Dolph Lundgren, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Nicole Kidman In cinemas December 12th Although […]
The House That Jack Built – Film Review
The House That Jack Built – Film Review by David Turpin Directed by Lars Von Trier Starring Matt Dillon, Uma Thurman, Siobhan Fallon Hogan, Riley Keough, Sofie Gråbøl Watching The House That […]
Albums of the Year – 2018 – Killian Laher
Albums of the Year – 2018 – by Killian Laher Always a struggle to distil the year’s releases into a concise ranking of 10 albums, but here goes: 10. Yo La Tengo […]
Movies This Week – 12-12-18
Movies This Week – 12-12-18 Go watch the Mortal Engines trailer below, because it’s better than the movie by all accounts! If you’re looking for a film for kids, well Spider-man: Into […]
Aidan Moffat & RM Hubbert – Ghost Stories for Christmas – Album Review
Aidan Moffat & RM Hubbert – Ghost Stories for Christmas – Album Review by Killian Laher After this year’s well-received Here Lies The Body album, Aidan Moffat and RM Hubbert enjoyed it […]
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse – Film Review
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse – Film Review Directors: Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman Writers: Phil Lord (screenplay by), Steve Ditko (Spider-Man created by) etc. Stars: Shameik Moore, Jake Johnson, Hailee Steinfeld […]
Theatre in Dublin this Week – 11-12-18
Theatre in Dublin this Week – 11-12-18 Come From Away is the main event of the week and opens at the Abbey tonight! Otherwise, it’s much the same as last week, which […]
Live Music in Dublin – 10-12-18
Live Music in Dublin – 10-12-18 We’re in the run up to Christmas and every year, this means a lot of Irish acts returning home to play their local venues! It’s mainly […]
Interview with Michael-David McKernan – Bolstoff – Smock Alley
Interview with Michael-David McKernan – Bolstoff – Smock Alley We had the chance to ask Michael-David McKernan some questions about Bolstoff at Smock Alley, which opens on Friday the 14th of December. […]
Northern Lights – Theatre Upstairs – Review
Northern Lights – Theatre Upstairs – Review by Frank L. Northern Lights written by Stephen Jones Lloyd (Stephen Jones) is a karaoke enthusiast who has a small apartment overlooking the Liffey. He […]
How I Found Neil Young
How I Found Neil Young – by Killian Laher Cooler people than me dropped Neil Young’s name into conversations involving the Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan. The extent of my Neil Young […]
Interview with David Shannon – Come From Away – Abbey Theatre
Interview with David Shannon – Come From Away – Abbey Theatre We had the chance to ask David Shannon some questions ahead of his performance as Kevin T, Garth and others in […]
Sorry to Bother You – Film Review
Sorry to Bother You – Film Review Director: Boots Riley Writer: Boots Riley Stars: Lakeith Stanfield, Tessa Thompson, Jermaine Fowler Cassius Green (Lakeith Stanfield) needs a break! He lives in his Uncle’s […]
Iphigenia In Splott – Smock Alley – Review
Iphigenia In Splott – Smock Alley – Review Reality: Check. Productions 3 – 15 Dec | 8pm | Boys’ School Effie (Iphigenia) is a young woman from Cork and she knows exactly […]
Punch Brothers – National Concert Hall – Live Review 19-11-18
Punch Brothers – National Concert Hall – Live Review 19-11-18 – by Paula Wiseman The Punch Brothers were back in Dublin to play the final night of a three week long European […]
Dinner in Mulberry Street – Bewley’s Cafe Theatre – Review
Dinner in Mulberry Street – Bewley’s Cafe Theatre – Review by Frank L. Adapted by James Ford from the short story by Fitz-James O’Brien From December 03 – 22, 2018 Photos by […]
The Belly of the Whale – Film Review
The Belly of the Whale – Film Review by Frank L. Director: Morgan Bushe Writers: Morgan Bushe, Greg Flanagan Stars: Art Parkinson, Michael Smiley, Lewis MacDougall Set in an Irish dead beat, […]
The Signalman – New Theatre – Review
The Signalman – New Theatre – Review The Signalman by Charles Dickens, adapted by Jane McCarthy presented by The New Theatre & WitchWork Theatre Company Until Dec 15th 2018 A signalman hears […]
Movies This Week – 05-12-18
Movies This Week – 05-12-18 It’s a good week at the cinema with a couple of films that are well worth seeing, in The Old Man and the Gun and Sorry to […]
White Boy Rick – Film Review
White Boy Rick – Film Review by Frank L Director: Yann Demange Writers: Andy Weiss, Logan Miller Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Richie Merritt, Bel Powley In the 1980’s Detroit had been in economic […]
The Old Man & the Gun – Film Review
The Old Man & the Gun – Film Review by Frank L. Director: David Lowery Writers: David Lowery, David Grann (based on the New Yorker article by) Stars: Robert Redford, Sissy Spacek, […]
Theatre in Dublin this Week – 04-12-18
Theatre in Dublin this Week – 04-12-18 Despite Panto season, there’s more than a few new productions around Dublin this week! The Signalman opens at the New Theatre, along with Iphigenia In […]
Jeff Tweedy – Warm – Album Review
Jeff Tweedy – Warm – Album Review by Killian Laher Maybe this should be titled: Jeff Tweedy goes back to his roots? This, his first fully-fledged solo album, is the most ‘country’ […]
Live Music in Dublin – 03-12-18
Live Music in Dublin – 03-12-18 We’re now firmly in December, which is not the best month for live music, but fear not as there are a few gems knocking around this […]
