Virgin Media Dublin International Film Festival – Preview Wed, Feb 26, 2020 – Sun, Mar 8, 2020 With the Dublin Film Festival starting today, we thought we’d have a look at some […]
Virgin Media Dublin International Film Festival – Preview
Film Releases This Week – 26-02-20
Film Releases This Week – 26-02-20 This week sees the release of Colour Out of Space which I’ve been looking forward to for quite a while now! Otherwise, there’s Dark Waters which […]
Portrait of a Lady on Fire – Film Review
Portrait of a Lady on Fire – Film Review Director: Céline Sciamma Writer: Céline Sciamma (screenplay) Stars: Noémie Merlant, Adèle Haenel, Luàna Bajrami Marianne (Noémie Merlant) has been set a near-impossible task. […]
Downhill – Film Review
Downhill – Film Review by Fran Winston Directed by: Nat Faxon and Jim Rash Starring: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Will Ferrell, Miranda Otto, Zoë Chao, Zach Woods In cinemas February 28th This is a remake of […]
Theatre in Dublin this Week – 25-02-20
Theatre in Dublin this Week – 25-02-20 This week we’ve the Fall of the Second Republic opening at the Abbey. There’s also Walls Talk at the Project Arts Centre, Dragon at the […]
Like a Boss – Film Review
Like a Boss – Film Review by Fran Winston Directed by: Miguel Arteta Starring: Tiffany Haddish, Rose Byrne, Jennifer Coolidge, Natasha Rothwell, Billy Porter, Salma Hayek It’s nice to see more female-led […]
End of the Century – Film Review
End of the Century – Film Review by Frank L. Director: Lucio Castro Writer: Lucio Castro Stars: Juan Barberini, Ramon Pujol, Mía Maestro This is Argentinian director Lucio Castro’s debut feature film […]
Film Releases This Week – 19-02-20
Film Releases This Week – 19-02-20 This week, Harrison is back with The Call of the Wild! The reviews are slightly mixed but it’s always nice to see Mr. Ford on screen. […]
Greed – Film Review
Greed – Film Review by Frank L. Director: Michael Winterbottom Writers: Michael Winterbottom (screenplay), Sean Gray (additional material by) Stars: Asa Butterfield, Isla Fisher, Shanina Shaik “The devil is in the retail” […]
Jihad Jane – Film Review
Jihad Jane – Film Review by Frank L Directed by Ciaran Cassidy This is an Irish-Dutch-Swedish documentary about a young woman called Colleen La Rose. In the febrile world post 9/11, she […]
The Painted Bird – Film Review
The Painted Bird – Film Review by Aisling Foster Director: Václav Marhoul Writers: Jerzy Kosinski (novel), Václav Marhoul (adaptation) Stars: Stellan Skarsgård, Harvey Keitel, Barry Pepper Cinematographer: Vladimir Smutný Be warned! The […]
Film Releases This Week – 12-02-20
Film Releases This Week – 12-02-20 This week we get to see what Sonic the Hedgehog is actually like! The reviews are embargoed so we’ll have to wait and see what the […]
Softness of Bodies – Film Review
Softness of Bodies – Film Review Director: Jordan Blady Writer: Jordan Blady Stars: Dasha Nekrasova, Morgan Krantz, Alexander Tschernek Available on Amazon Prime from Feb 14 Charlotte Parks (Dasha Nekrasova) is a […]
Birds of Prey – Film Review
Birds of Prey – Film Review by Katie McCann Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn Director: Cathy Yan Writer: Christina Hodson Stars: Margot Robbie, Rosie Perez, Mary […]
Mr. Jones – Film Review
Mr. Jones – Film Review by Frank L Director: Agnieszka Holland Writer: Andrea Chalupa Stars: James Norton, Vanessa Kirby, Peter Sarsgaard Anne Applebaum in her book entitled “Red Famine: Stalin’s War on […]
Parasite – Film Review
Parasite – Film Review by David Turpin Director: Bong Joon Ho Writers: Bong Joon Ho (story), Bong Joon Ho (screenplay) Stars: Kang-ho Song, Sun-kyun Lee, Yeo-jeong Jo Arriving on these shores almost […]
Film Releases This Week – 05-02-20
Film Releases This Week – 05-02-20 Finally, after many months of waiting, Parasite has arrived! I know a lot of people you have strangely already seen it, but it is only released […]
The Cabinet of Dr Caligari – St Ann’s Church – 26-02-20
The Cabinet of Dr Caligari – St Ann’s Church – 26-02-20 The Cabinet of Dr Caligari is a German silent horror film from 1920, which directed by Robert Wiene. There is a […]
The Rhythm Section – Film Review
The Rhythm Section – Film Review by P Viale Director: Reed Morano Writers: Mark Burnell (screenplay by), Mark Burnell Stars: Blake Lively, Jude Law, Sterling K. Brown In an early scene of […]
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote – Film Review
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote – Film Review by Fran Winston Director: Terry Gilliam Starring: Adam Driver, Jonathan Pryce, Stellan Skarsgård, Olga Kurylenko, Joana Ribeiro In cinemas January 31st After 29 […]
The Lighthouse – Film Review
The Lighthouse – Film Review by Fran Winston Directed by: Roger Eggers Starring: Willem Dafoe, Robert Pattinson In cinemas January 31st This movie started life as an adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe’s […]
Film Releases This Week – 29-01-20
Film Releases This Week – 29-01-20 It’s a busy week for new releases with A Beautiful Day In The Neighbourhood, The Lighthouse and Queen & Slim possibly the best of the new […]
Queen & Slim – Film Review
Queen & Slim – Film Review by Fran Winston Directed by: Melina Matsoukas Starring: Daniel Kaluuya, Jodie Turner-Smith, Bokeem Woodbine, Chloë Sevigny, Flea,Sturgill Simpson, Indya Moore In cinemas January 31st I have […]
Richard Jewell – Film Review
Richard Jewell – Film Review by Fran Winston Directed by: Clint Eastwood Starring: Paul Walter Hauser, Sam Rockwell, Kathy Bates, Jon Hamm, Olivia Wilde In cinemas January 31st Since the events in […]
The Grudge – Film Review
The Grudge – Film Review by Fran Winston Directed by: Nicolas Pesce Starring: Andrea Riseborough, Demián Bichir, John Cho, Betty Gilpin, Lin Shaye, Jacki Weaver In cinemas January 24th This was first […]
Dublin Chinese New Year Festival – 24th Jan – 10th Feb
Dublin Chinese New Year Festival – 24th Jan – 10th Feb The Year of the Rat is almost upon us! Chinese new year is this Saturday, the 25th of January and it […]
The Personal History of David Copperfield – Film Review
The Personal History of David Copperfield – Film Review by Frank L. Director: Armando Iannucci Writers: Simon Blackwell (screenplay by), Charles Dickens (novel) Stars: Dev Patel, Hugh Laurie, Tilda Swinton Based on […]
Film Releases This Week – 22-01-20
Film Releases This Week – 22-01-20 The best film released this week? Why, that’s easy, it’s The Personal History Of David Copperfield which has a great cast and is getting a lot […]
A Hidden Life – Film Review
A Hidden Life – Film Review Director: Terrence Malick Writer: Terrence Malick Stars: August Diehl, Valerie Pachner, Maria Simon In cinemas January 17th Based on the true story of Franz Jägerstätter (Diehl) […]
No More Workhorse 