Generally when reviewers get their hands on a super hero flick, their response is that it’s poop, and if you think differently, then you smell and are stupid! Not so this time, […]
Movies – 22-07-11
Beginners is probably the only new release that people are getting excited over! Ok, I can’t say excited, but at least it’s getting a mention. Otherwise, The big picture get’s some positive […]
The biggest movie release of the year?
Yes, it could well be the biggest release of the year, or any year for that matter. ‘Hobo with a shotgun’ is one that’s sure to pack them in throughout the country, […]
Movies – 08-07-11 – Tree of Life
It’s Terrance Mallick day here, with all the papers wetting themselves and showering the movie with stars. I’ve a small problem with Terrance, which is that his movies are a little dull, […]
Movies – 1-07-11 – ‘A Separation’
It’s always fun to see the release of a big nasty blockbuster, as you can see all the reviewers sharpening their pencils to come up with something especially nasty to say about […]
Spike Jonze fest
There is little purpose for a short movie. I guess they show them occasionally before a feature, but no one pays in to see them (unless they’re collected together as part of […]
Movies – 26-06-11
Ok, I’m slightly out of date, as I was away for the weekend in a county where the internet doesn’t exist (Longford), so here’s a mega short view of what’s out this […]
Movies – The Messenger – 17-06-11
A few new releases that might be worth a visit this week, with the Messenger being the one that’ll probably get my €10.50. It’s directed by Oren Moverman, who wrote the nicely […]
The Beaver
First and foremost, I’ll give you the happy news that ‘The Beaver’ is getting bashed by every critic in town! Maybe it’s an easy target, Mel Gibson’s movie about a man suffering […]
Movies – 10-06-11 – Kaboom
Kaboom is the new movie from Greg Araki, who previously made ‘Mysterious Skin’ among many others that I haven’t heard of. The Guardian says it’s ‘Like an episode of Scooby Doo without […]
IFI Open day
June 11th this year is the IFI’s open day. If you’ve been to one before, you know how it works, but for those who don’t, it’s a free movie day! You have […]
Movies – 03-06-11
Ok, a sad admission of guilt. I secretly hope that all the X-men movies won’t be trash, so that I can sneak off to them at some stage, and make my inner […]
New Movies – 27-05-11
It’s a bit of a slow week at the movies, as I guess no one wants to compete with the Hangover 2! Still, there’s a couple of things worth a mention. ‘Build […]
Grizzly Bear Mixtape
Drowned in sound managed to get Grizzly Bear to list the songs that would soundtrack their biopics! A nice notion, and the results are as unique as you would expect. http://drownedinsound.com/news/4142655-mixtape-monday–grizzly-bear-share-the-songs-that-would-soundtrack-their-biopics
Thomas Campbell
Thomas Campbell is an artist and filmmaker who shoots surf movies entirely on 16mm film. Sprout, his second movie is one of my favourite movies of all time (not just surf-related). Campbell […]
Movies – 20-05-11 – Win Win
It may be obvious that I’ve been looking forward to this one for a while, but ‘Win Win’ opens today, which is the new movie by Thomas McCarthy. Thomas’ acting career is […]
Movies – 13-05-11
“This Spring it’s inner city versus outer space” or something equally dreadful says the tag line for ‘Attack the Block’ the directorial debut from Joe Cornish (Adam and Joe). It’s getting fair […]
Movies – 06-05-11 – One Hundred Mornings
Seems like an Irish movie is the pick of the week, this week. Hmm. I’m never sure when the Irish Times reviews an Irish movie, and glows about it. They’re sure to […]
Summer Blockbusters
Trash to look forward to! 1 July Transformers: Dark of the Moon 1 July Larry Crowne – New muck from Tom Hanks (remember him?) 15 July Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, […]
Beastie Boys – Fight for your Right – Revisited
I’m sure most of you have seen this by this stage, but as the blog has been ‘dark’ for the last few days, it hasn’t been hosted here and to be honest, […]
Movies – 22/04/11 – How I ended this Summer
‘How I ended this Summer’ is the story of two men in a isolated russian weather station. All the critics seem to think it’s top notch, but it might be a bit […]
New Movies – Meek’s Cutoff
Meek’s Cutoff seems like the movie of choice this week. It’s directed by Kelly Reichardt who made Old Joy starring Will Oldham a few years ago. Its rare a trailer really captures me, […]
It would be a sin to go to the Cinema, on a sunny day like this…
Cold Fish is liked by the Times, who says it ‘unforgiving swipes at societal sicknesses and national flaws’, the Guardian says ‘freaky, but is far too long and wearying’. I guess I’ll […]
Think you can wait…
The new song from the National ‘Think you can wait’ leads me in two directions… The wonderful lilting backing vocals on the song are from Sharon Van Etten, who is someone worth checking […]
4 star movie reviews – 1*04*11
Spring is in the air, the birds are singing in the trees, and due to their abduction of an hour last weekend, it’s starting to feel a lot like summer. This has […]
Wisdom Teeth
More Don Hertzfeldt. They are just so good.
Confused Movie news – 25-03-11
How can this be a good movie? How can a documentary about a trip to see cave paintings in France in 3D be in any way worthwhile? ‘The Cave of forgotten dreams’ […]
Lidya the Tattooed Lady
While discussing global politics and in particular the recent events in the middle east, in the impossibly long queue for Patrick Wolf last night, this song came up, and I just have to […]
Movie Reviews – 19-03-11
An actual movie review this time, as in a movie i’ve seen myself! Submarine is comedy set in wales, directed by Richard Ayodale (the guy with the big hair in the I.T. crowd!). […]