Black Sea – Movie Review Director: Kevin Macdonald Writer: Dennis Kelly Stars: Jude Law, Scoot McNairy, Tobias Menzies The recently released “Fury” dealt with acts of valour of five men in a […]
Black Sea – Movie Review
Concerning Violence – Movie Review
Concerning Violence – Movie Review by Frank L. Director: Göran Olsson Writers: Frantz Fanon (based on the book), Göran Olsson Stars: Lauryn Hill, Kati Outinen, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak “Colonialism is not a […]
St Vincent – Movie Review
St Vincent – Movie Review by Frances Winston Directed by: Theodore Melfi Starring: Bill Murray, Melissa McCarthy, Chris O’Dowd, Naomi Watts, Jaeden Lieberher In cinemas December 5th For a first time […]
The Stations of the Cross – Movie Review
The Stations of the Cross – Movie Review Director: Dietrich Brüggemann Writers: Anna Brüggemann, Anna Brüggemann, Dietrich Brüggemann Stars: Lucie Aron, Anna Brüggemann, Michael Kamp The title of each of the fourteen […]
Paddington – Movie Review
Paddington – Review by David Turpin Directed by: Paul King Starring: Ben Whishaw, Hugh Bonneville, Sally Hawkins, Julie Walters, Peter Capaldi, Nicole Kidman Paddington purists may balk at the latest – and […]
I Am Ali – Movie Review
I am Ali – Movie Review Directed and Written by Clare Lewins Muhammad Ali had considerable foresight as he, as a black man, redefined his role in the world of professional boxing […]
No Good Deed – Movie Review
No Good Deed – Movie Review by Frances Winston Directed by: Sam Miller Starring: Idris Elba, Taraji P. Henson, Leslie Bibb, Kate del Castillo, Henry Simmons In cinemas November 21st Luther star […]
The Homesman – Movie Review – V2.0
The Homesman – Movie Review by Frances Winston Directed by: Tommy Lee Jones Starring: Tommy Lee Jones, Hilary Swank, Grace Gummer, Miranda Otto, Sonja Richter, Hailee Steinfeld, William Fichtner, Meryl Streep, James […]
Mary is Happy Mary is Happy – Movie Review
Mary is Happy Mary is Happy – Review by Eveleen Coyle Director: Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit Screenplay: Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit Cast: Patcha Poonpiriya, Chonnikan Netjui Based on 410 unedited tweets by a real teenager @marhlony, […]
Winter Sleep – Movie Review
Winter Sleep– review by Frank L. Directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan Writers: Ebru Ceylan, Nuri Bilge Ceylan Stars: Haluk Bilginer, Melisa Sözen, Demet Akbag Living in a remote rural, almost lunar-like, hilly […]
The Homesman – Movie Review
The Homesman – Movie Review by Eveleen Coyle. Director: Tommy Lee Jones Screenplay Tommy Lee Jones with Kieran Fitzgerald and Wesley Oliver (Based on Glendon Swarthout’s book of the same name) Starring: […]
Nativity 3: Dude Where’s My Donkey – Movie Review
Nativity 3: Dude where’s my Donkey – Movie Review by Caroline Quinn Cast: Adam Garcia , Catherine Tate , Celia Imrie , Martin Clunes , Marc Wootton , Duncan Preston , Susie […]
Third Person – Movie Review
Third Person – Movie Review by Frank L. Director: Paul Haggis Writer: Paul Haggis (screenplay) Stars: Liam Neeson, Mila Kunis, Adrien Brody Third Person is bookended by title and credits appearing sequentially […]
The Drop – Movie Review
The Drop – Movie Review by Frances Winston Directed by: Michaël R. Roskam Starring: Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace, James Gandolfini, Matthias Schoenaerts, John Ortiz, Elizabeth Rodriguez, Michael Aronov, Morgan Spector In cinemas […]
Set Fire to the Stars – Movie Review
Set Fire to the Stars – Movie Review by Frank L. Director: Andy Goddard Writers: Andy Goddard, Celyn Jones Stars: Elijah Wood, Celyn Jones, Kelly Reilly John Malcolm Brinnin (Elijah Wood) was […]
The Imitation Game – Movie Review
The Imitation Game – Movie Review by Frances Winston Directed by: Morten Tyldum Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Mark Strong, Charles Dance, Allen Leech, Matthew Beard, Rory Kinnear In cinemas […]
Standby – Movie Review
Standby – Movie Review by Eveleen Coyle Directors: Rob and Ronan Burke Screenplay: Pierce Ryan Starring: Brian Gleeson, Jessica Paré, Stanley Townsend, Ian Lloyd Anderson, John Lynn, Francesca Cherrault, Louisa Harland, Norma […]
Leviathan – Movie Review
Leviathan – Reviewed by David Turpin Directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev Starring: Alexei Serebriakov, Elena Lyadova, Vladimir Vdovichenkov, Roman Madyanov, Sergey Pokhodaev Leviathan is the fourth feature from Russian director Andrey Zvyagintsev, whose […]
Sacro Gra – Movie Review
Sacro Gra – Review by Eveleen Coyle Director: Gianfranco Rosi Screenplay: Niccolo Bassetti (story), Gianfranco Rossi Sacro GRA depicts life along the ring motorway around Rome, the Grande Raccordo Anulare and the […]
The Skeleton Twins – Movie Review
The Skeleton Twins – Review by Frank L. Director: Craig Johnson Writers:Mark Heyman, Craig Johnson Stars:Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader, Luke Wilson Craig Johnson co-wrote The Skeleton Twins with Mark Heyman, a friend […]
Out of Here – Movie Review
Out of Here – Review by Frank L. Director: Donal Foreman Writer: Donal Foreman Stars: Daniel Bergin, Kelly Byrne, Jack Dean-Shepherd Ciaran (Fionn Walton) returns to the Dublin which he left as […]
Interstellar – Movie Review
Interstellar – Review by David Turpin Directed by Christopher Nolan Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Michael Caine A near-three-hour science fiction epic, Interstellar is the latest cinematic tome from Christopher […]
Nightcrawler – Movie Review – V2.0
Nightcrawler – Review by Frances Winston Directed by: Dan Gilroy Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, Riz Ahmed, Bill Paxton, Kevin Rahm In cinemas October 31st Although the title of this and it’s […]
The Guarantee – Movie Review
The Guarantee – Review by Frank L. Director: Ian Power Writers: Colin Murphy Stars: Peter Coonan, David Murray, Orla Fitzgerald Fishamble Theatre Company last year was responsible for bringing Colin Murphy’s play […]
One Million Dubliners – Movie Review
One Million Dubliners – Review by Frank L. Director: Aoife Kelleher Writer: James Mitchell This is the story of Glasnevin cemetery and the more than a million bodies which have been buried […]
Mr. Turner – Movie Review
Mr. Turner – Reviewed by David Turpin Directed by Mike Leigh Starring: Timothy Spall, Dorothy Atkinson, Marion Bailey, Paul Jesson Mike Leigh’s twelfth feature film is, perhaps surprisingly, a period biography, dealing […]
Nightcrawler – Movie Review
Nightcrawler – Review by Cormac Fitzgerald Director: Dan Gilroy Writer: Dan Gilroy Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, Riz Ahmed In Nightcrawler, Jake Gyllenhaal plays Louis Bloom, a young man looking to become […]
The Way He Looks – Movie Review
The Way He Looks – Movie Review by Frank L. Director: Daniel Ribeiro Writer: Daniel Ribeiro (script) Stars: Ghilherme Lobo, Fabio Audi, Tess Amorim | In this perceptively realised debut feature film […]
Jimi: All Is by My Side – Movie Review
Jimi: All Is by My Side – Movie Review by Frank L. Director: John Ridley Writer: John Ridley (screenplay) Stars: André Benjamin, Hayley Atwell, Imogen Poots John Ridley fresh from writing “Twelve […]
No More Workhorse 