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 […]
New Movie Releases – 31-01-14
Journal de France – Movie Review
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
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 – Movie Review
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 […]
August: Osage County – Movie Review
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. […]
Teenage – Movie Review
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 […]
Bite Size Movie Review – The Wolf of Wall Street
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 […]
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty – Movie Review
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 […]
American Hustle – Movie Review
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 – Movie Review
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 […]
Bite Sized Movie Reviews – Roundup
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 […]
Bite Sized Movie Review – Saving Mr. Banks
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 […]
New Movie Releases – 6-12-13
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 – Movie Review
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 […]
Interview with Claire Dix – Director of Broken Song
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 […]
Film Review – Free Birds
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 Family – Movie Review
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 […]
Broken Circle Breakdown – Movie Review
Just look at the trailer below and what do you see? A couple falling in love and struggling through adversity and all the while singing blue grass music. Well, that has nothing […]
TV Preview – Mysterious Skin
TV Preview – Mysterious Skin – Film 4 Friday 15th November 1.20am I first saw Mysterious Skin in New York’s equivalent of the IFI, the IFC, while on honeymoon in 2005. I […]
Movie Review – Philomena
Martin Sixsmith (Steve Coogan) is a journalist turned spin doctor who is down on his luck. He was at the centre of a political storm that ended up with him being discarded. […]
Bite Sized Movie Round Up – Blue Jasmine, Enough Said, Crash Reel
Blue Jasmine – This is the story of two sisters, one that has left a world of excess and comes to live with her sister who has nothing. She arrives at her […]
Bite Size Movie Review – Thor: The Dark World (3D)
Alan Taylor – of Mad Men and Game of Throne’s (directorial) fame – directs this (post-Avengers) sequel to Kenneth Branagh’s surprisingly superb and quirky film Thor. In a nutshell Thor: The Dark […]
New Movie Releases – 04-10-13
There’s a distinctly Scottish air to the new releases this week, with the top two hailing from Edinburgh. It’s a rare occasion, as the Scottish film industry isn’t exactly a powerhouse. Let’s […]
How I Live Now – Movie Review
How I Live Now, directed by Kevin MacDonald, is based on the 2004 YA novel by Meg Rosoff. The book was Rosoff’s first novel,which she published at the age of 46 and […]
Movie Review – In a World
Lake Bell – what a name, what a gal! The Actor slash Writer slash Director has penned the quirky, funny and touching ‘In a World’, a tribute to and comedy about the […]
New Movie Releases – 20th September 2013
When you’re given lemons, make lemonade! It’s a less than vintage week at the cinema this week, sadly, but it is not the workhorses’ way to complain, so we’ll make do with […]
Movie Review – Justin and the Knights of Valour
For a childs first cinema outing, you won’t get much better than Justin and the Knights of Valour. My daughter and I attended a preview screening on Saturday morning with great excitement. […]
New Movie Releases – 06-09-13
It’s another good week at the cinemas of Ireland, and there’s more than enough to choose from, for most people anyway! From the first time I saw this trailer for Ain’t them […]
Movie Review – Upstream Colour
Kris is a young, successful woman who seems to have her life on track. On a night out she is attacked and made to swallow a strange bug. This bug makes her […]
No More Workhorse 