Captain America: The Winter Soldier – Review by Frances Winston Directed by: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo Starring: Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan, Anthony Mackie, Cobie Smulders, Frank Grillo, Emily VanCamp, Hayley […]
This is a week for the art house releases, with almost no big releases this week! I wonder is it a Paddy’s day hangover? Who knows. Starred Up – This is a […]
Yves Saint Laurent- Review by Frances Winston. Directed by: Jalil Lesper. Starring: Pierre Niney, Guillaume Gallienne, Charlotte Lebon, Laura Smet, Marie de Villepin, Xavier Lafitte, Nikolai Kinsk. In selected cinemas 21st March. […]
About Last Night– Review by Frances Winston Directed by: Steve Pink Starring: Kevin Hart, Michael Ealy, Regina Hall, Joy Bryant, Christopher McDonald, Adam Rodríguez, Joe Lo Truglio, Paula Patton In cinemas March […]
The Unknown Known – Movie Review by Sean Kingston Dir: Errol Morris Running time: 103 mins. Release Date: March 28th There is a moment, in Charles Ferguson’s 2010 investigation into Wall Street […]
Film Review – The Rocket – By Niall Curran – 24 Feb 2014 A simple, charming and heart-warming tale, set in the idyllic countryside of Laos, of a young boy, Ahlo, and […]
Need for Speed- Review by Frances Winston Directed by: Scott Waugh Starring: Aaron Paul, Dominic Cooper, Imogen Poots, Michael Keaton, Dakota Johnson In cinemas March 12th Anything Aaron Paul did post Breaking […]
Film Review – Wake in Fright -By Niall Curran Released in 1971 to critical acclaim, Wake In Fright is one of Australia’s most controversial films. Think Mad Max if it was set […]
“Only lovers left alive” is a new film from director Jim Jarmusch. It is a love story intertwined with a vampire story and it’s in keeping with the artistic and idiosyncratic style […]
Review by Niall Curran Strangers by the Lake is a thriller set at a lake in the mountains of Southern France during the height of summer and won the Un Certain Regard […]
Her – Review by Niall Curran The inimitable Spike Jonze returns with his first film in four years and it is well worth the wait. Superbly crafted, this is Jonze’s most accessible […]
The Bastards (Les Salauds)- Review by Helen O’Leary This contemporary film noir is about a quest for revenge. Marco is a sea captain who returns to Paris to take vengeance for recent […]
So, is that it? Is it officially the end of Oscar season? It’s like a kid at Christmas that has opened all their presents too quickly, we are left with a slight […]
Journal de France – Film Review by Niall Curran Raymond Depardon is an old man with piercing blue eyes who travels around France in his camper van enjoying the silence. He likes […]
The Awkward Moment – Film Review – by Niall Curran – Released Jan 29th Behold the Brom-Com Billed as “The Brom-Com”, an ingenious new genre of romantic comedy dreamed up by the […]
Out of the Furnace – Review Emily Elphinstone After some of the far more flashy films that have been nominated during awards season, ‘Out of the Furnace’ is a breath of fresh […]
Film Review – August :Osage County By Niall Curran Another year, another Oscar nomination for Meryl Streep in her first dramatic role since her oscar-winning role in The Iron Lady in 2011. […]
Dir: Matt Wolf Running time: 78 mins. Release Date: January 24th Review by Sean Kingston The “teenager”, as we accept the definition today, is a demographic generally accepted as having been born […]
If you don’t already know, and I serious doubt you don’t, The Wolf Of Wall Street is the new Martin Scorsese film – based on Jordan Belfort’s memoir of the same name […]
Some movies just shouldn’t work. ‘The Secret Life of Walter Mitty’ is an absolute classic as the James Thurber 1939 short story and a test case on how to do a movie […]
This film is loosely based on an FBI sting operation in the 1970’s to expose corruption. The operation used con artists to help ensnare politicians with bribes by fake Arab sheiks. A […]
Moonman is an adaption of the classic children’s book by Tomi Ungerer. The book was adapted for the screen by Stephen Schesch and tells a story about the man who lives in […]
Blue is the warmest colour or “La Vie d’Adèle – Chapitres 1 & 2” as it is known in France, is an unusual film. I was expecting the story of a young […]
As a writer, you learn to love your characters. They’re as real to you as anyone else in your life, and there’s a large part of yourself in them. This is the […]
When I heard about the Oldboy remake, it was certainly with mixed emotions. My first thought was ‘yeah, but it’ll never be as good as the original’. Then I started to think, […]
Far Out Isn’t Far Enough: The Tomi Ungerer Story Tomi Ungerer is a graphic designer, illustrator and creator of children’s books. This documentary by Brad Bernstein charts his life through his artwork […]
Broken Story – GI, Costello and Willa Lee are street poets, hip-hop artists and songwriters from north Dublin. For these young men self-expression in the form of poetry, rap and song has […]
Free Birds is the new animated movie from Reel FX Creative Studios and is directed by Jimmy Hayward who made Horton Hears a Who! It tells the story of Reggie, who finds […]
The Manzoni family have just arrived in another small French town, and are trying hard to adjust, to blend in and go unnoticed, it’s just that it’s not in their nature! The […]
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