Rocketman – Film Review by Frank L Director: Dexter Fletcher Writer: Lee Hall (screenplay) Stars: Taron Egerton, Richard Madden, Bryce Dallas Howard One of the executive producers of this biopic is Sir […]
Rocketman – Film Review
Movies This Week – 15-05-19
Movies This Week – 15-05-19 With the minimum of hype, the final episode of John Wick arrives on our doors! For some reason, I was expecting the worst from this one, but […]
The Third Wife – Film Review
The Third Wife – Film Review by Aisling Foster Director & Writer: Ash Mayfair Rural Vietnam in the late nineteenth century, a landscape of steamy waterways and thrusting bamboo forests where nature’s […]
Float Like a Butterfly – Film Review
Float Like a Butterfly – Film Review by Fran Winston Directed by Carmel Winters Starring: Hazel Doupe, Dara Devaney, Aidan O’Hare, Lalor Roddy, Lisa Lambe In cinemas May 10th Taking its title […]
Pokémon Detective Pikachu – Film Review
Pokémon Detective Pikachu – Film Review by Katie McCann Director: Rob Letterman Writers: Dan Hernandez (screenplay by), Benji Samit (screenplay by) Stars: Ryan Reynolds, Justice Smith, Kathryn Newton Those who grew up […]
High Life – Film Review
High Life – Film Review by David Turpin Directed by Claire Denis Starring Robert Pattinson, Juliette Binoche, Mia Goth, André Benjamin The term ‘auteur’ gets thrown around a lot these days. Often, […]
Amazing Grace – Film Review
Amazing Grace – Film Review by Frank L. Directors: Alan Elliott, Sydney Pollack Stars: Aretha Franklin, Reverand James Cleveland, Southern California Community Choir This documentary records Aretha Franklin performing in Los Angeles […]
Movies This Week – 08-05-19
Movies This Week – 08-05-19 Amazing Grace is released this week and we loved it. The hair, the dancing and so much more besides. A small slice of life in 1972! Otherwise, […]
Long Shot – Film Review
Long Shot – Film Review by Frank L. Director: Jonathan Levine Writers: Dan Sterling (screenplay by), Liz Hannah (screenplay by) Stars: Charlize Theron, Seth Rogen, June Diane Raphael Charlotte Field (Charlize Theron) […]
Tolkien – Film Review
Tolkien – Film Review by Katie McCann Director: Dome Karukoski Writers: David Gleeson, Stephen Beresford Stars: Lily Collins, Nicholas Hoult, Laura Donnelly JRR Tolkien is known and beloved the world over for […]
The Curse of La Llorona – Film Review
The Curse of La Llorona – Film Review Directed by Michael Chaves Starring Linda Cardellini, Patricia Velasquez, Raymond Cruz Review by David Turpin After last year’s scrappy, campy, but very profitable instalment […]
Movies This Week – 01-05-19
Movies This Week – 01-05-19 A few new releases this week, with the much hyped Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil And Vile along with Long Shot and a few more besides. Definitely something […]
Woman at War – Film Review
Woman at War – Film Review by Frank L Director: Benedikt Erlingsson Writers: Ólafur Egilsson, Benedikt Erlingsson Stars: Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir, Jóhann Sigurðarson, Juan Camillo Roman Estrada Erlingsson created a fine idiosyncratic film […]
Rose McGowan Words+Ideas – NCH – Review
Rose McGowan Words+Ideas – NCH – Review by Fran Winston National Concert Hall, Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2 – 27th April 2019 Until 2017, Rose McGowan was predominately known for her work on […]
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile – Film Review
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile – Film Review by Paschal Keogh Director: Joe Berlinger Writers: Elizabeth Kendall, Michael Werwie Starring: Zac Efron, Lily Collins, Kaya Scodelario, Haley Joel Osment, John Malkovich, […]
Ghoul Talk – The Late David Turpin & Jaime Nanci
Ghoul Talk – The Late David Turpin & Jaime Nanci- Unsolved Mystery The Late David Turpin has just released his new single ‘Unsolved Mystery’, featuring queer jazz artiste Jaime Nanci. Here David […]
Styx – Film Review
Styx – Film Review by Frank L. Director: Wolfgang Fischer Writers: Ika Künzel, Wolfgang Fischer Stars: Susanne Wolff, Gedion Oduor Wekesa, Kelvin Mutuku Ndinda The Styx in Greek mythology is the river […]
Donbass – Film Review
Donbass – Film Review by Frank L. Director: Sergey Loznitsa Writer: Sergey Loznitsa Stars: Valeriu Andriuta, Nina Antonova, Valeriy Antonyuk Loznitsa (My Joy 2010, In the Fog 2012 and Maidan 2014) was […]
Avengers: Endgame – Film Review
Avengers: Endgame – Film Review by Fran Winston Directed by: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Don Cheadle, Paul Rudd, […]
Eighth Grade – Film Review
Eighth Grade – Film Review Director: Bo Burnham Writer: Bo Burnham Stars: Elsie Fisher, Josh Hamilton, Emily Robinson This is the story of Kayla Day (Elsie Fisher), a young girl who is […]
Movies This Week – 24-04-19
Movies This Week – 24-04-19 Avengers: Endgame is released this week and just like the plotline of the movie itself, about 50% of people would rather die than watch it! Regardless of […]
The Dig – Film Review
The Dig – Film Review by Frank L. Directors: Andy Tohill, Ryan Tohill Writer: Stuart Drennan Stars: Francis Magee, Moe Dunford, Lorcan Cranitch The Tohill brothers are a Northern Ireland duo of […]
Loro – Film Review
Loro – Film Review by Frank L. Director: Paolo Sorrentino Writers: Paolo Sorrentino (story), Paolo Sorrentino (screenplay) Stars: Toni Servillo, Elena Sofia Ricci, Riccardo Scamarcio Loro, in Italian, means ‘Them’. Sergio Morra […]
Movies This Week – 17-04-19
Movies This Week – 17-04-19 Director S. Craig Zahler previously brought us Brawl in Cell Block 99 and Bone Tomahawk. His latest release is Dragged Across Concrete and it’s not bad… but […]
Red Joan – Film Review
Red Joan – Film Review by Paschal Keogh Director: Trevor Nunn Writer: Lindsay Shapiro (from a novel by Jennie Rooney) Starring: Judi Dench, Sophie Cookson, Tom Hughes When Joan Stanley (Judi Dench), […]
Wild Rose – Film Review
Wild Rose – Film Review by Frank L Director: Tom Harper Writer: Nicole Taylor Stars: Julie Walters, Jessie Buckley, Craig Parkinson Rose Lynn Harlan (Jessie Buckley) is an unmarried mother of two […]
Movies This Week – 10-04-19
Movies This Week – 10-04-19 After the many exciting releases of last week, it’s definitely a slow one! We do have the Wild Rose which we really quite enjoyed. Otherwise, there’s a […]
The Limit Of – Film Review
The Limit Of – Film Review by Fran Winston Directed by: Alan Mulligan Starring: Laurence O’Fuarain, Sarah Carroll This movie has taken five years to make it to the big screen and […]
Wonder Park – Film Review
Wonder Park – Film Review by Fran Winston Directed by: Dylan Brown Starring the voices of: Brianna Denski, Tom Baker, Joe Sugg, Casper Lee, Mila Kunis, John Oliver, Jennifer Garner, Matthew Broderick […]
