Movies This Week – 20-03-19 So, Us is finally released this week and hopefully it will live up to the world of hype attached! Reviews so far are positive. Otherwise, there’s the […]
Movies This Week – 20-03-19
White Crow – Film Review
White Crow – Film Review by Katie McCann Director: Ralph Fiennes Writers: David Hare (screenplay), Julie Kavanagh (Inspired by her book: “Rudolf Nureyev: The Life”) Stars: Oleg Ivenko, Ralph Fiennes, Louis Hofmann […]
Stone Temple Pilots – A Blend of Heavy Pop
Stone Temple Pilots – Core by Killian Laher In the early nineties, you were as likely to discover new music through music videos as through radio, particularly in Ireland. You were never […]
Girl – Film Review
Girl – Film Review by Frank L. Director: Lukas Dhont Writers: Lukas Dhont (screenplay), Angelo Tijssens (screenplay) Stars: Victor Polster, Arieh Worthalter, Oliver Bodart At the beginning the word ‘Lara’ is repeated […]
Movies This Week – 13-03-19
Movies This Week – 13-03-19 There’s a few good ones this week with Ben is Back and Girl. There’s also some trash in there, so we’ll leave you to make your own […]
Ray & Liz – Film Review
Ray & Liz – Film Review by Aisling Foster Written and directed by Richard Billingham Stars: Richard Ashton, Jamie-Lee Beacher, Michelle Bonnard If you find images of real life depressing, then the […]
Ben Is Back – Film Review
Ben Is Back – Film Review Director: Peter Hedges Writer: Peter Hedges Stars: Julia Roberts, Lucas Hedges, Courtney B. Vance Don’t be put off by the opening sequence of Peter Hedges’ (About […]
Captain Marvel – Film Review
Captain Marvel – Film Review by Katie McCann Directors: Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck Writers: Anna Boden (screenplay by), Ryan Fleck (screenplay by) etc. Stars: Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Mendelsohn Captain […]
The Kindergarten Teacher – Film Review
The Kindergarten Teacher – Film Review by Cathal Ryan Director(s): Sara Colangelo Writers(s): Sara Colangelo Actors: Rosa Salazar, Gael García Bernal, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Michael Chernus Lisa Spinelli (Maggie Gyllenhaal) is a Kindergarten […]
Movies This Week – 06-03-19
Movies This Week – 06-03-19 A couple of new ones worth seeing this week with Border and The Kingergarten Teacher on release in the art house cinemas. There’s also Captain Marvel if […]
The Aftermath – Film Review
The Aftermath – Film Review by Katie McCann Director: James Kent Writers: Rhidian Brook (novel), Joe Shrapnel Stars: Alexander Skarsgård, Keira Knightley, Jason Clarke The Aftermath is set in the aftermath (get […]
The Hole in the Ground – Film Review
The Hole in the Ground – Film Review by Fran Winston Directed by: Lee Cronin Starring: Seána Kerslake, James Cosmo, Simone Kirby, Steve Wall, James Quinn Markey In cinemas March 1st Irish […]
What They Had – Film Review
What They Had – Film Review by Grant Ryan Director: Elizabeth Chomko Writer: Elizabeth Chomko Stars: Hilary Swank, Michael Shannon, Robert Forster We see a woman in her 70s, Ruth (Blythe Danner), […]
An Engineer Imagines – Film Review
An Engineer Imagines – Film Review by Frank L. Directed by Marcus Robinson. Peter Rice was born in Dublin in 1935 and brought up in Dundalk. He qualified as an engineer; he […]
Fighting With My Family – Film Review
Fighting With My Family – Film Review by Katie McCann Director: Stephen Merchant Writer: Stephen Merchant Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Lena Headey, Vince Vaughn My knowledge of the WWE is limited to what […]
Sauvage – Film Review
Sauvage – Film Review by David Turpin Directed by Camille Vidal-Naquet Starring Félix Maritaud, Eric Bernard The ‘rent boy movie’ is a populous, if not particularly distinguished, subgenre in gay cinema. Its […]
Movies This Week – 27-02-19
Movies This Week – 27-02-19 So, this week we finally get The Hole in the Ground! Will it mean we don’t see Seána Kerslake on stages around Dublin as she is catapulted […]
Movies This Week – 20-02-19
Movies This Week – 20-02-19 First off, this is the week the new Liam Neeson film is released! Yes, Cold Pursuit is actually meant to be quite good but has been completely […]
Capernaum – Film Review
Capernaum – Film Review by Frank L Directed by Nadine Labaki Writers: Nadine Labaki (screenplay), Jihad Hojeily (screenwriter) Stars: Zain Al Rafeea, Yordanos Shiferaw, Boluwatife Treasure Bankole The entire movie centres on […]
The Kid Who Would Be King – Film Review
The Kid Who Would Be King – Film Review Director: Joe Cornish Writer: Joe Cornish Stars: Louis Ashbourne Serkis, Denise Gough, Dean Chaumoo King Arthur and the knights of the Round Table […]
Virgin Media Dublin International Film Festival – Top Ten Picks
Virgin Media Dublin International Film Festival – Top Ten Picks 20 Feb – 3 Mar 2019 The wonderful Dublin International Film Festival is set to return in only 6 days time, so […]
Movies This Week – 13-02-19
Movies This Week – 13-02-19 This week we have Happy Death Day 2U. Yes, the follow up to the average enough horror film that no one needed! We’ve had sci-fi remakes of […]
A Private War – Film Review
A Private War – Film Review by Frank L. Director: Matthew Heineman Writers: Marie Brenner (based on the Vanity Fair article “Marie Colvin’s Private War” by), Arash Amel Stars: Rosamund Pike, Greg […]
Instant Family – Film Review
Instant Family – Film Review by Frank L. Director: Sean Anders Writers: Sean Anders, John Morris Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Rose Byrne, Isabela Moner Sean Anders, as well as directing this sit-com also […]
On the Basis of Sex – Film Review
On the Basis of Sex – Film Review by Frank L. Director: Mimi Leder Writer: Daniel Stiepleman Stars: Felicity Jones, Armie Hammer, Justin Theroux Director Mimi Leder starts the film with clean […]
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part – Film Review
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part – Film Review by Fran Winston Directed by: Mike Mitchell Starring: Chris Pratt, Elizabeth Banks, Will Arnett, Tiffany Haddish, Stephanie Beatriz, Charlie Day, Alison Brie, […]
All Is True – Film Review
All Is True – Film Review by Pat Viale Director: Kenneth Branagh Writer: Ben Elton Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Lolita Chakrabarti, Jack Colgrave Hirst The plays of William Shakespeare have formed the core […]
Boy Erased – Film Review
Boy Erased – Film Review by Grant Ryan Director: Joel Edgerton Writers: Garrard Conley (based on the memoir Boy Erased by), Joel Edgerton (written for the screen by) Stars: Lucas Hedges, Nicole […]
Movies This Week – 06-02-19
Movies This Week – 06-02-19 This week we get another average Sci-fi film in the form of Alita: Battle Angel. It is a genre with a whole lot of average. There’s also […]
