West – Movie Review by Frank L. Directed Christian von Schochow Writers: Heide Schwochow (screenplay), Julia Franck (novel) Stars: Jördis Triebel, Tristan Göbel, Alexander Scheer Set in the seventies in Berlin, the […]
West – Movie Review
Queen and Country – Movie Review
Queen and Country – Movie Review by C.K. MacNamara Director/Writer: John Boorman Starring: Callum Turner, Caleb Landry, Pat Shortt, Brían F O’Byrne, David Thewlis, Tamsin Egerton Returning 27 years after his critically […]
Insidious: Chapter 3 – Movie Review
Insidious: Chapter 3 – Reviewed by David Turpin Directed by Leigh Whannell Starring: Stefanie Scott, Dermot Molroney, Lin Shaye, Phyllis Applegate It’s another day at the office for the forces of evil, […]
Fortune’s Wheel – Movie Review
Fortune’s Wheel – Review by Emily Elphinstone The idea of Lions living in Dublin’s Fairview may be a strange one, but Joe Lee’s documentary Fortune’s Wheel describes just that. In November 1951, […]
Spy – Movie Review
Spy – Movie Review by C.K. MacNamara Director/Writer: Paul Feig Starring: Melissa McCarthy, Jason Statham, Rose Byrne, Jessica Chaffin Satirical spin offs of popular movies are one of the many unfortunate by-products […]
Man Up – Movie Review V2.0
Man Up – Movie Review by Frances Winston Directed by: Ben Palmer Starring: Simon Pegg, Lake Bell, Olivia Williams, Rory Kinnear, Stephen Campbell Moore, Sharon Horgan, Harriet Walters, Ken Stott, Dean Charles […]
The Dead Lands – Movie Review
The Dead Lands – Movie Review by Frank L. Directed by Toa Fraser Set in what is now known as New Zealand in some prehistoric, atavistic past a tribe has been wiped […]
San Andreas – Movie Review
San Andreas – Movie Review by Fran Winston Directed by: Brad Peyton Starring Dwayne Johnson, Carla Gugino, Alexandra Daddario, Ioan Gruffudd, Paul Giamatti, Kylie Minogue In cinemas May 28th It wouldn’t be […]
Man Up – Movie Review
Man Up – Review by Emily Elphinstone Director: Ben Palmer Writer: Tess Morris Stars: Simon Pegg, Lake Bell, Ophelia Lovibond It’s been a while since British rom-coms have hit the heights of […]
Timbuktu – Movie Review
Timbuktu – Movie Review by Frank L. Directed by Abderrahmane Sissako Writers: Abderrahmane Sissako (screenplay), Kessen Tall (screenplay) Stars: Ibrahim Ahmed, Abel Jafri, Toulou Kiki Timbuktu, Mali has been taken over by […]
San Andreas – Movie Review
San Andreas – Movie Review by C.K. MacNamara Director: Brad Peyton Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Carla Gugino, Alexandra Daddario, Colton Haynes The hulking wall of eldritch muscle known to us mortals as Dwayne […]
The Connection – Movie Review
The Connection – Movie Review by Frank L. Directed by Cedric Jimenez Writers: Audrey Diwan (screenplay), Cédric Jimenez (screenplay) Stars: Jean Dujardin, Gilles Lellouche, Céline Sallette Inspired by the French Connection, the […]
Danny Collins – Movie Review
Danny Collins – Movie Review by Emily Elphinstone Director: Dan Fogelman Writer: Dan Fogelman (screenplay) Stars: Al Pacino, Annette Bening, Jennifer Garner The concept of an ageing rockstar seeking redemption is not […]
Tomorrowland: A World Beyond – Movie Review
Tomorrowland: A World Beyond – Review by Frances Winston Directed by: Brad Bird Starring: George Clooney, Hugh Laurie, Britt Robertson, Raffey Cassidy, Tim McGraw, Kathryn Hahn, Keegan-Michael Key In cinemas May 22nd […]
The New Girlfriend – Movie Review V2.0
The New Girlfriend – Review by Frank L. Directed by Francis Ozon Alfred Kinsey of the Kinsey Repost (1948) fame wrote subsequently “Sexual behavior is either normal or abnormal, socially acceptable or […]
Poltergeist – Movie Review
Poltergeist – Reviewed by David Turpin Directed by Gil Kenan Starring: Sam Rockwell, Rosemarie DeWitt, Jared Harris In this oddly muted re-tread of the fondly remembered 1982 haunted house yarn, a family […]
The New Girlfriend – Movie Review
The New Girlfriend – Reviewed by C MacNamara Director: François Ozon Starring: Anais Demoustier, Romain Duris, Raphael Personnaz, Isild Le Besco French Director François Ozon (The Swimming Pool, 8 Women) has been something of […]
A Fuller Life – Movie Review
A Fuller Life – Movie Review by C MacNamra Director/Prdoucer: Samantha Fuller Starring: Samuel Fuller, Mark Hamill, James Franco, Jennifer Beals, Bill Duke, James Toback The life and work of Sam Fuller […]
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night – Movie Review
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night – Movie Review by Conor MacNamara Director/Writer: Ana Lily Amirpour. Starring: Sheila Vand as The Girl, Arash Marandi as Arash, Marshall Manesh as Hossein, Dominic Rains as Saeed, Mozhan Marnò as Atti, Rome Shadanloo as Shaydah […]
Lambert & Stamp – Movie Review
Lambert & Stamp – Movie Review by Frank L. Directed by James D. Cooper Stars: Kit Lambert, Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend In the late nineteen fifties, Christopher Stamp and Kit Lambert were […]
Clouds of Sils Maria – Movie Review
Clouds of Sils Maria – Movie Review by Frank L. Directed by Olivier Assayas Writer: Olivier Assayas Stars: Juliette Binoche, Kristen Stewart, Chloë Grace The action begins on a train in which […]
Pitch Perfect 2 – Movie Review
Pitch Perfect 2 – Movie Review by Emily Elphinstone Director: Elizabeth Banks Writers: Kay Cannon, Mickey Rapkin (characters) Stars: Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson, Hailee Steinfeld Returning to the heady world of collegiate […]
A Royal Night Out – Movie Review
A Royal Night Out – Movie Review by Frank L. Directed by Julian Jarrold Writers: Trevor De Silva, Kevin Hood Stars: Sarah Gadon, Rupert Everett, Emily Watson On the night of 7/8 […]
Still – Movie Review
Still – Movie Review by Emily Elphinstone Director: Simon Blake Writer: Simon Blake Stars: Aidan Gillen, Jonathan Slinger, Elodie Yung Though Aidan Gillen is one of Ireland’s best known actors at the […]
Mad Max: Fury Road – Movie Review
Mad Max: Fury Road – Reviewed by David Turpin Directed by George Miller Starring: Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Rosie Huntington-Whitely. After dalliances with talking pigs and dancing penguins, septuagenarian George […]
The Tribe – Movie Review
The Tribe – Movie Review by Emily Elphinstone Director: Miroslav Slaboshpitsky Writer: Miroslav Slaboshpitsky Stars: Grigoriy Fesenko, Yana Novikova, Rosa Babiy It’s clear from the outset that Miroslav Slaboshpitsky’s film The Tribe […]
Heaven Adores You – Movie Review
Heaven Adores You – Review by Emily Elphinstone Director: Nickolas Dylan Rossi Stars: Rossie Harris, Jon Brion, Elliott Smith | Elliott Smith and his music helped create some of the most memorable […]
Far from the Madding Crowd – Movie Review
Far from the Madding Crowd (2015) – Movie Review by Frank L. Director: Thomas Vinterberg Writers: Thomas Hardy (novel), David Nicholls (screenplay) Stars: Carey Mulligan, Matthias Schoenaerts, Michael Sheen Thomas Hardy knew […]
Get Up and Go – Movie Review
Get Up and Go – Movie Review by Laura Marriott Director: Brendan Grant Writer: Brendan Grant Stars: Peter Coonan, Killian Scott, Gemma-Leah Devereux Get Up and Go stars Love / Hate alumnus […]
No More Workhorse 