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 […]
Third Person – Movie Review
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 […]
This is Where I Leave You – Movie Review
This is Where I Leave You – Review by Frances Winston Directed by: Shawn Levy Starring: Jason Bateman, Tina Fey, Adam Driver, Rose Byrne, Corey Stoll, Kathryn Hahn, Connie Britton, Timothy Olyphant, […]
Fury – Movie Review
Director: David Ayer Writer: David Ayer Stars: Brad Pitt, Shia LaBeouf, Logan Lerman It is April 1945. The place is Germany. The Third Reich is on the verge of collapse but it […]
The Best of Me – Movie Review
The Best of Me – Review by Emily Elphinstone Director: Michael Hoffman Writers: J. Mills Goodloe (screenplay), Will Fetters (screenplay) Stars: James Marsden, Michelle Monaghan, Luke Bracey There is a certain place […]
Palo Alto – Movie Review
Palo Alto – Review by David Turpin Directed by: Gia Coppola Starring: Emma Roberts, Jack Kilmer, Nat Wolff, James Franco Directed by Gia Coppola (granddaughter of Francis and niece of Sofia), Palo […]
Showrunners – Movie Review
Showrunners: the art of running a TV Show – Review by Frank L. Written and Directed by Des Doyle Increasingly “shows” are what people watch. The excitement leading up to the final […]
Gold – Movie Review
Gold – Review by Frank L. Director: Niall Heery Writers: Brendan Heery, Niall Heery Stars: James Nesbitt, Maisie Williams, David Wilmot Ray (David Wilmot) in his early forties has achieved little in […]
Annabelle – Movie Review
Annabelle – Movie Review by Cormac Fitzgerald Directed by: John Leonetti Starring: Annabelle Wallis, Ward Horton, Alfre Woodard, Tony Amendola In cinemas: October 10 Billed as a prequel to 2013’s successful The […]
The Calling – Movie Review
The Calling – Reviewed by David Turpin Directed by Jason Stone Starring: Susan Sarandon, Topher Grace, Donald Sutherland, Ellen Burstyn Transplanting the dogged-but-damaged heroine and chilly atmospherics of The Killing to a […]
Night Will Fall – Movie Review
Night Will Fall – Review by Frank L. Directed by Andre Singer Writer: Lynette Singer Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Sidney Bernstein Towards the end of the Second World War the British army trained […]
Gone Girl – Movie Review
Gone Girl Directed by: David Fincher Starring: Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike, Neil Patrick Harris, Tyler Perry, Carrie Coon In cinemas October 2nd Any movie based on a global best selling novel that […]
Dolphins Tale 2 – Movie Review
Dolphin Tale 2 – Movie Review Director: Charles Martin Smith Writers:Charles Martin Smith, Karen Janszen (characters) Stars: Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd, Nathan Gamble, Harry Connick Jr., Kris Kristofferson This is the story […]
Violette – Movie Review
Violette – Movie Review by Frank L. Directed by Martin Provost Writers: Martin Provost (screenplay), Marc Abdelnour (screenplay), Stars: Emmanuelle Devos, Sandrine Kiberlain, Olivier Gourmet Violette Leduc was born illegitimate in 1907 […]
No More Workhorse 