The Invisible Man – Film Review by Fran Winston Directed by: Lee Whannell Starring: Elisabeth Moss, Aldis Hodge, Storm Reid, Harriet Dyer, Michael Dorman, Oliver Jackson-Cohen In cinemas February 28th Back in […]
The Invisible Man – Film Review
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Color Out of Space – Film Review
Color Out of Space – Film Review by David Turpin Directed by Richard Stanley Starring Nicolas Cage, Joely Richardson, Tommy Chong After a striking pair of early features – Hardware (1990) and […]
Dragon – New Theatre – Review
Dragon – New Theatre – Review by Diana Pérez García 25th February – 29th February “Would you be interested in coming to see Medea at The Gate?” asks my companion above the […]
Dark Waters – Film Review
Dark Waters – Film Review Director: Todd Haynes Writers: Nathaniel Rich (based on The New York Times magazine article “The Lawyer Who Became DuPont’s Worst Nightmare” by), Mario Correa (screenplay) Stars: Mark […]
Virgin Media Dublin International Film Festival – Preview
Virgin Media Dublin International Film Festival – Preview Wed, Feb 26, 2020 – Sun, Mar 8, 2020 With the Dublin Film Festival starting today, we thought we’d have a look at some […]
Film Releases This Week – 26-02-20
Film Releases This Week – 26-02-20 This week sees the release of Colour Out of Space which I’ve been looking forward to for quite a while now! Otherwise, there’s Dark Waters which […]
New Music Dublin – Festival Highlights
New Music Dublin – NCH Thursday 27th February – Sunday 1st March 2020 A festival of New Music takes place this weekend and the best part is that most events cost under […]
Portrait of a Lady on Fire – Film Review
Portrait of a Lady on Fire – Film Review Director: Céline Sciamma Writer: Céline Sciamma (screenplay) Stars: Noémie Merlant, Adèle Haenel, Luàna Bajrami Marianne (Noémie Merlant) has been set a near-impossible task. […]
Downhill – Film Review
Downhill – Film Review by Fran Winston Directed by: Nat Faxon and Jim Rash Starring: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Will Ferrell, Miranda Otto, Zoë Chao, Zach Woods In cinemas February 28th This is a remake of […]
Theatre in Dublin this Week – 25-02-20
Theatre in Dublin this Week – 25-02-20 This week we’ve the Fall of the Second Republic opening at the Abbey. There’s also Walls Talk at the Project Arts Centre, Dragon at the […]
Aoife Nessa Frances – The Grand Social – 21/02/20 – Live Review
Aoife Nessa Frances – The Grand Social – 21/02/20 – Live Review by Killian Laher Aoife Nessa Frances is certainly on the rise at the minute. Her album launch show in The […]
Live Music in Dublin – 24-02-20
Live Music in Dublin – 24-02-20 There’s some great music in Dublin this week. If you’ve a ticket to the Murder Capital in Vicar Street this Thursday, treasure it! The gig is […]
Like a Boss – Film Review
Like a Boss – Film Review by Fran Winston Directed by: Miguel Arteta Starring: Tiffany Haddish, Rose Byrne, Jennifer Coolidge, Natasha Rothwell, Billy Porter, Salma Hayek It’s nice to see more female-led […]
Mamafesta Memorialising – Project Arts Centre – Review
Mamafesta Memorialising – Project Arts Centre – Review Company Philip Connaughton – Mamafesta Memorialising Dates: 19 Feb – 22 Feb At the start of this new work by Philip Connaughton, we see a […]
New Irish Music – Aoife Nessa Frances – Geranium
New Irish Music – Aoife Nessa Frances – Geranium Ahead of her album launch tonight, Aoife Nessa Frances has released a new video for her song Geranium, off her debut album Land […]
Album of the Week – 21/02/20
Album of the Week – 21/02/20 It’s a week for unusual music, with releases such as Wrekmeister Harmonies, Jan St. Werner and more besides! There’s also a new release by Agnes Obel […]
Dream, Sleep, Connect – Lyric Theatre – Review
Dream, Sleep, Connect – Lyric Theatre – Review by Cathy Brown Written by Rosemary Jenkinson 18 – 22 Feb Rosemary Jenkinson and c21 Theatre Company have been working together for quite some […]
Blood Brothers – Bord Gais Energy Theatre – Review
Blood Brothers – Bord Gais Energy Theatre – Review by P. Viale 18 Feb 2020 – 29 Feb 2020 Conceived originally as a one-act school play, Willy Russell’s 1983 hit musical, “Blood […]
End of the Century – Film Review
End of the Century – Film Review by Frank L. Director: Lucio Castro Writer: Lucio Castro Stars: Juan Barberini, Ramon Pujol, Mía Maestro This is Argentinian director Lucio Castro’s debut feature film […]
Interview with Katie McCann – Bookworm – Scene + Heard Festival
Interview with Katie McCann – Bookworm – Scene + Heard Festival Sat 22 + Sun 23 Feb | 2pm | Main Space We had a chance to talk to playwright and actor […]
Film Releases This Week – 19-02-20
Film Releases This Week – 19-02-20 This week, Harrison is back with The Call of the Wild! The reviews are slightly mixed but it’s always nice to see Mr. Ford on screen. […]
Greed – Film Review
Greed – Film Review by Frank L. Director: Michael Winterbottom Writers: Michael Winterbottom (screenplay), Sean Gray (additional material by) Stars: Asa Butterfield, Isla Fisher, Shanina Shaik “The devil is in the retail” […]
Summer Festivals Previews – Forbidden Fruit 2020
Summer Festivals Previews – Forbidden Fruit 2020 In the depths of February, we thought we’d give you something to look forward to! Now in its 10th, Forbidden Fruit returns to Kilmainham on […]
Girl, Woman, Other – Audible Book Review
Girl, Woman, Other – Audible Book Review By Bernardine Evanisto The first story in Girl, Woman, Other is the tale of a gay, black woman called Amma. We meet her ahead of […]
Theatre in Dublin this Week – 18-02-20
Theatre in Dublin this Week – 18-02-20 Scene + Heard Festival continues at Smock Alley until the 29th of Feb, so lots of time to check it out! As regards new productions […]
IN LiMBO – Project Arts Centre – Review
IN LiMBO – Project Arts Centre – Review Run now finished – Dates: 13 Feb – 14 Feb 2020 Find out more about – Kristyn Fontanella Dance As the audience enter the […]
Live Music in Dublin – 17-02-20
Live Music in Dublin – 17-02-20 The official release party for Aoife Nessa Frances’ new album is this Friday in the Grand Social. It just so happens to be the same night […]
Album of the Week – 14-02-20
Album of the Week – 14-02-20 This week sees Huey Lewis & The News release a new album! I had no idea they were still together, but ‘Weather’ is released today. There […]
Jihad Jane – Film Review
Jihad Jane – Film Review by Frank L Directed by Ciaran Cassidy This is an Irish-Dutch-Swedish documentary about a young woman called Colleen La Rose. In the febrile world post 9/11, she […]
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