I Am Not a Serial Killer – Film Review by Fran Winston Directed by: Billy O’Brien Starring: Max Records, Laura Fraser, Christopher Lloyd, Christina Baldwin In cinemas November 18th This is based […]
I Am Not a Serial Killer – Film Review by Fran Winston Directed by: Billy O’Brien Starring: Max Records, Laura Fraser, Christopher Lloyd, Christina Baldwin In cinemas November 18th This is based […]
Snowden – Film Review by Fran Winston Directed by: Oliver Stne Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Shailene Woodley, Melissa Leo, Zachary Quinto, Tom Wilkinson, Scott Eastwood, Logan Marshall-Green, Timothy Olyphant, Ben Schnetzer, LaKeith Lee […]
The Birth of a Nation – Film Review by Emily Elphinstone Director: Nate Parker Writers: Nate Parker (screenplay), Nate Parker (story by) Stars: Nate Parker, Armie Hammer, Penelope Ann Miller In the […]
Office Christmas Party – Film Review by Fran Winston Directed by: Josh Gordon & Will Speck Starring: Jason Bateman, Olivia Munn, T. J. Miller, Jillian Bell, Courtney B. Vance, Kate McKinnon, Jennifer […]
United States of Love – Film Review by Frank L. Directed by Tomasz Wasilewski Writer: Tomasz Wasilewski Stars: Julia Kijowska, Magdalena Cielecka, Dorota Kolak It is 1990. The Berlin Wall has just […]
Life, Animated – Film Review by Lisa Jewell Director: Roger Ross Williams Writer: Ron Suskind (based on the book by) Stars: Jonathan Freeman, Gilbert Gottfried, Alan Rosenblatt Adapted from a book by […]
Edge of Seventeen – Best Teen Girl Movies Inspired by the release of the Edge of Seventeen this week, we thought we’d have a look at the unusually rich genre of Teen […]
Chi-Raq – Film Review by Frank L. Directed by Spike Lee Writers: Kevin Willmott, Spike Lee Stars: Nick Cannon, Teyonah Parris, Wesley Snipes The names of Iraq and Chicago have been combined […]
Moana – Film Review by Emily Elphinstone Directors: Ron Clements, Don Hall, John Musker, Chris Williams Writers: Jared Bush (screenplay), Ron Clements (story by) Stars: Auli’i Cravalho, Dwayne Johnson, Rachel House ‘If […]
Crash and Burn – Film Review by Frank L. Director: Seán Ó Cualáin Writer: David Burke Crash and Burn – December 2nd at 6.30 p.m. – Irish Film Institute – Q&A with […]
Bleed For This – Film Review by Frank L Directed by Ben Younger Writers: Ben Younger (screenplay), Ben Younger (story) Stars: Miles Teller, Aaron Eckhart, Katey Sagal Director Ben Younger tells the […]
Sully – Film Review by Pat V. Director: Clint Eastwood Writers: Todd Komarnicki (screenplay), Chesley Sullenberger (based on the book “Highest Duty” by) (as Chesley ‘Sully’ Sullenberger) Stars: Tom Hanks, Aaron Eckhart, […]
The Edge of Seventeen – Film Review by Pat V. Director: Kelly Fremon Craig Writer: Kelly Fremon Craig Stars: Hailee Steinfeld, Haley Lu Richardson, Blake Jenner Mean Girls meets Clueless in director, […]
Almost Christmas – Film Review by Emily Elphinstone Director: David E. Talbert Writer: David E. Talbert Stars: Kimberly Elise, Omar Epps, Danny Glover In recent years the inevitable cinematic tragi-comedy about a […]
Mum’s List – Film Review by Fran Winston Directed by: Niall Johnson Starring: Rafe Spall, Emilia Fox, Elaine Cassidy, Richard Cordery, susan Jameson, Bobby Lockwood, Ross McCormack In cinemas November 25th Some […]
South – Film Review by Fran Winston Directed by: Gerard Walsh Starring: Darragh O’Toole, Joe Rooney, Andie McCaffrey Byrne, Emily Lamey In cinemas November 25th It’s been a great year for Irish […]
Magnus – Film Review by Lisa Jewell Director: Benjamin Ree Writers: Linn-Jeanethe Kyed, Benjamin Ree Stars: Magnus Carlsen, Garry Kasparov, Viswanathan Anand It seems like a lot of the good documentaries in […]
Allied – Film Review by Fran Winston Direcrted by: Robert Zemeckis Starring: Brad Pitt, Marion Cotillard, Jared Harris, Simon McBurney, Lizzy Caplan In cinemas November 25th Back in the day during the […]
Bad Santa 2 – Film Review by Fran Winston Directed by: Mark Waters Starring: Billy Bob Thornton, Kathy Bates, Tony Cox, Christina Hendricks, Brett Kelly In cinemas November 23rd This film should […]
A United Kingdom – Film Review by Pat V. Director: Amma Asante Writer: Guy Hibbert (screenplay) Stars: David Oyelowo, Rosamund Pike, Jack Davenport Director Amma Asante’s latest film tells the stranger-than fiction […]
Paterson – Film Review by Frank L Director: Jim Jarmusch Writer: Jim Jarmusch Stars: Adam Driver, Golshifteh Farahani, Helen-Jean Arthur Paterson (Adam Driver) is the eponymous name of the “hero”, a bus […]
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them – Film Review by Emily Elphinstone Director: David Yates Writers: J.K. Rowling, J.K. Rowling (textbook) Stars: Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Alison Sudol, Colin Farrell In […]
Indignation – Film Review by Emily Elphinstone Directed by: James Schamus Starring: Logan Lerman, Sarah Gadon, Tracy Letts, Linda Emond, Danny Burstein, Ben Rosenfield, Pico Alexander, Philip Ettinger, Noah Robbins In cinemas […]
The Innocents – Film Review by Fran Winston Directed by: Anne Fontaine Starring: Lou de Laâge, Agata Kulesza, Agata Buzek, Vincent Macaigne In cinemas November 18th Part of the French Film Festival […]
Moscow Never Sleeps – Film Review by Fran Winston Directed by: Johnny O’Reilly Starring: Alexey Serebriakov, Evgenia Agenorova, Rustam Akhmadeyev, Lyubov Aksyonova In cinemas November 11th Irishman Johnny O’Reilly has written and […]
The Land of the Enlightened – Film Review by Frank L Directed by Pieter-Jan de Pue Writers: Pieter-Jan De Pue (script), David Dusa (script) Stars: Gholam Nasir, Khyrgyz Baj, Noor This is […]
Arrival – Film Review by Gareth Stack Director: Denis Villeneuve Writers: Eric Heisserer (screenplay), Ted Chiang (based on the short story “Story of Your Life” written by) Stars: Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, […]
A Street Cat Named Bob – Film Review by Fran Winston Directed by: Roger Spottiswoode Starring: Luke Treadaway, Ruta Gedmintas, Joanne Froggatt, Anthony Head, Bob the Cat In cinemas November 4th This […]
The Light Between Oceans – Film Review by Fran Winston Directed by: Derek Cianfrance Starring: Michael Fassbender, Alicia Vikander, Rachel Weisz, Bryan Brown, Jack Thompson In cinemas November 1st This movie has […]