Suicide Squad – Film Review by Fran Winston Directed by: David Ayer Starring: Will Smith, Jared Leto, Margot Robbie, Joel Kinnaman, Viola Davis, Jai Courtney, Jay Hernandez, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Cara Delevingne In […]
Bobby Sands 66 Days – Film Review by Fran Winston Directed by Brendan J Byrne Starring: Bobby Sands, Gerry Adams, Fintan O’Toole and a host of other talking heads At one point […]
Sweet Bean – Film Review by Frank L Directed by Naomi Kawase Writers: Durian Sukegawa (based on the novel by), Naomi Kawase (screenplay) Stars: Kirin Kiki, Masatoshi Nagase, Kyara Uchida Sentaro (Masatoshi […]
Suicide Squad – Film Review by David Turpin Directed by David Ayer Starring Will Smith, Jared Leto, Margot Robbie, Viola Davis With the August doldrums just ahead, it seems fair to pronounce […]
Up for Love – Film Review by Emily Elphinstone Director: Laurent Tirard Writers: Marcos Carnevale (original screenplay: Corazon de Leon), Laurent Tirard (adaptation) Stars: Jean Dujardin, Virginie Efira, Cédric Kahn It’s a […]
Bobby Sands: 66 Days – Film Review by C.K. MacNamara A film by Brendan J Byrne Director Brendan J Byrne’s account of the 66 day hunger strike of Bobby Sands achieves the […]
It’s another week during the sleepy period, but I’m doing my best for you people! It’s not a classic, but there’s a good bit on around the city if you’re willing to […]
Finding Dory – Film Review by Emily Elphinstone Directors: Andrew Stanton, Angus MacLane Writers: Andrew Stanton (original story by), Andrew Stanton (screenplay) Stars: Ellen DeGeneres, Albert Brooks, Ed O’Neill Thirteen years after […]
Second Opinion: Jason Bourne – Film Review by Fran Winston Directed by: Paul Greengrass Starring: Matt Damon, Tommy Lee Jones, Alicia Vikander, Vincent Cassel, Julia Stiles, Riz Ahmed In cinemas July 27th […]
Suicide Squad is the next big blockbuster of the summer. It arrives in the cinemas nationwide on August 5th. This is a Q&A with Karen Fukuhara, who plays Katana, a warrior who […]
GAZE Film Festival 2016: Interview with Festival Director Noel Sutton This August bank holiday weekend will see the start of GAZE 2016, the 24th year of Dublin International LGBT Film Festival. The […]
The Commune– Film Review by Frank L. Directed by Thomas Vintenberg Writers: Tobias Lindholm, Thomas Vinterberg Stars: Ulrich Thomsen, Fares Fares, Trine Dyrholm Set in the nineteen seventies (think flared trousers) in […]
Author: The JT LeRoy Story – Film Review by Fran Winston Directed by: Jeff Feuerzeig Starring: JT LeRoy in all his forms Showing in the IFI from July 29th This is one […]
Jason Bourne – Film Review by David Turpin Directed by Paul Greengrass Starring Matt Damon, Alicia Vikander, Tommy Lee Jones, Julia Stiles Leading man Matt Damon and director Paul Greengrass reunite for […]
Finding Dory – Film Review by Fran Winston Directed by: Andrew Stanton Starring the voices of: Ellen DeGeneres, Albert Brooks, Hayden Rolence, Ed O’Neill, Kaitlin Olson, Ty Burrell, Diane Keaton, Eugene Levy […]
Everyone is on holidays, right? Hello? Is there anyone there? It’s a poor week for music but there are a couple of decent festivals with the Beatyard in Dun Laoghaire and also […]
Star Trek Beyond – Film Review by Fran Winston Directed by: Justin Lin Starring: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Karl Urban, John Cho, Simon Pegg, Anton Yelchin, Idris Elba In cinemas […]
The BFG – Film Review by Fran Winston Directed by: Steven Spielberg Starring: Mark Rylance, Ruby Barnhill, Penelope Wilton, Jemaine Clement, Rebecca Hall, Rafe Spall, Bill Hader In cinemas July 22 I […]
Viva – Film Review by Frank L. Directed by Paddy Breathnach Writer: Mark O’Halloran Stars: Héctor Medina, Jorge Perugorría, Luis Alberto García The action takes place in Havana, Cuba now. It is […]
GAZE – International LGBT FILM Festival 2016 – 28th July to 1st August 2016 Venue: Light House Cinema, Smithfield Square The festival begins with a single screening on Thursday 28th July 8.00pm […]
Star Trek Beyond – Film Review by David Turpin Directed by Justin Lin Starring Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Karl Urban, Zoe Saldana, Idris Elba This third instalment of the new, re-cast Star […]
Chevalier – Film Review by Frank L. Directed by Athina Rachel Tsangari Writers: Efthymis Filippou, Athina Rachel Tsangari Stars: Vangelis Mourikis, Nikos Orphanos, Yorgos Pirpassopoulos This all male drama was co-written by […]
Mom & Me – Film Review by Fran Winston Directed by: Ken Wardrop Starring: Joe Cristiano and a selection of mothers and sons. In cinemas July 15th Apparently the state of Oklahoma […]
The BFG – Film Review by Emily Elphinstone Director: Steven Spielberg Writers: Melissa Mathison (screenplay), Roald Dahl (based on the book by) Stars: Mark Rylance, Ruby Barnhill, Penelope Wilton Many of today’s […]
The campaign to make the new Ghostbusters trailer the most ‘disliked trailer on the internet’ always seemed slightly bizarre. According to the list of most disliked videos on Youtube, it currently stands […]
Mom & Me – Film Review by Frank L Directed by Ken Wardrop His and Hers was Ken Wardrop’s successful documentary released in 2009. The subjects of those interviews were Irish girls […]
Men & Chicken – Film Review by Fran Winston Directed by: Anders Thomas Jensen Starring: Mads Mikkelsen, David Dencik, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Søren Malling, Nicolas Bro Exclusively in the IFI from July […]
Ghostbusters – Film Review by Fran Winston Director: Paul Feig Writers: Katie Dippold, Paul Feig Stars: Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon In cinemas July 11th This remake of the classic 1984 […]
This is another big week with Longitude in Marlay park. The Sunday line-up is quite divine, with the National headlining the day. There’s also Palfest – “Arts festival demonstrating solidarity with the […]
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