Black Mass – Film Review by Emily Elphinstone Director: Scott Cooper Writers: Mark Mallouk (screenplay), Jez Butterworth (screenplay) Stars: Johnny Depp, Benedict Cumberbatch, Dakota Johnson Based on the true story of James […]
VFX Summit – Sunday 22-11-15 – Review by Conor MacNamara Housed in Google’s very own venue, The Foundry seems a suitable backdrop for the third annual Irish Visual Effects and Animation Summit; […]
Hand Gestures (Il Gesto Delle Mani) – Film Review by David Turpin Directed by Francesco Clerici Francesco Clerici’s debut feature, Hand Gestures, observes – from start to finish – the making of […]
Being AP – FIlm Review by Frank L. Director: Anthony Wonke Stars: Tony McCoy AP McCoy is unique. He won the British National Hunt Jockey Championship for twenty consecutive years from 1995/96 […]
They’ve finally found someplace big enough for Bono’s ego, so he’s spending most of the week in the 3 Arena! He should just about squeeze in there. Otherwise there’s the Lord of […]
VFX Summit – Dublin – Gordon House, Barrow Street – 21-11-15 The VFX summit returned to Dublin to a new venue of Google (Gordon House, Barrow street). An interesting venue in itself […]
The Perfect Guy – Film Review by Shane Larkin Director: David M. Rosenthal Writers: Alan B. McElroy (story), Tyger Williams (screenplay) Stars: Sanaa Lathan, Michael Ealy, Morris Chestnut You probably know how […]
Steve McQueen: The Man and Le Mans – Film Review by Frank L. Directors: Gabriel Clarke, John McKenna Stars: Steve McQueen, Chad McQueen, Neile Adams Steve McQueen was at the height of […]
Love – Film Review by Frank L. Directed by Gaspar Noé Writer: Gaspar Noé Stars: Aomi Muyock, Karl Glusman, Klara Kristin The centre piece of this film is the portrayal of actual […]
Coriolanus – NT Live Encore, Thursday 12th November – Review by LAW Coriolanus is one of Shakespeare’s lesser performed plays. It tells the story of Caius Marcius, the arrogant soldier who loathes […]
Steve Jobs – Film Review by Frances Winston Directed by: Danny Boyle Starring Michael Fassbender, Kate Winslet, Seth Rogen, Jeff Daniels In cinemas 13th November With a screenplay from the acclaimed award […]
Some good gigs this week with Keith Jarrett, In Dreams – David Lynch Revisisted, Paul Weller, Ducktails, Mercury Rev and Titus Andronicus. There’s also the Strut festival at the Peacock. There’s also […]
The Lady in the Van – Film Review V2.0 by Frances Winston Directed by: Nicholas Hynter Starring: Maggie Smith, Alex Jennings, Jim Broadbent, Frances De La Tour In cinemas November 13th From […]
Tangerine – Film Review by David Turpin Directed by Sean Baker Starring Kitana Kiki Rodriguez, Mya Taylor, Karren Karagulian, Mickey O’Hagan, James Ransome. Sean Baker follows up his tart but tender-hearted off-Hollywood […]
Fathers and Daughters – Film Review by Frank L. Director: Gabriele Muccino Writer: Brad Desch (screenplay) Stars: Amanda Seyfried, Aaron Paul, Ryan Eggold Jake Davis (Russell Crowe) is a Pulitzer prize-winning novelist. […]
The Hallow – Film Review by Stephen McDermott Director: Corin Hardy Writers: Corin Hardy (screenplay), Felipe Marino (screenplay) (as Olga Barreneche) Stars: Joseph Mawle, Bojana Novakovic, Michael McElhatton The west of Ireland […]
Kill Your Friends – Film Review by Pierce McDonough Directed by Owen Harris Written by John Niven Stars: Nicholas Hoult, Tom Riley, James Corden Nicholos Hoult plays the amoral A&R man, Stelfox, […]
The Lady in the Van – Film Review by Frank L. Directed by Nicholas Hytner Writer: Alan Bennett Stars: Dominic Cooper, Maggie Smith, James Corden Alan Bennett has been an intimate and […]
We survived Metropolis, but there are even more festivals this week, with the Dublin Book Festival kicking off. There’s also a mass of new plays with the Forgotten, Beowulf, The Unlucky Cabin […]
Brooklyn – Film Review – by Emily Elphinstone Director: John Crowley Writers: Nick Hornby (screenplay) Stars: Saoirse Ronan, Emory Cohen, Domhnall Gleeson Both heartbreaking, and hilarious; Brooklyn reveals the emotional wrenches that […]
Scout’s Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse – Film Review by Stephen McDermott Director: Christopher Landon Writers: Carrie Lee Wilson (screenplay) (as Carrie Evans) , Emi Mochizuki (screenplay) Stars: Tye Sheridan, Logan Miller, […]
He Named Me Malala – Film Review by Frank L Directed by Davis Guggenheim Stars: Malala Yousafzai, Ziauddin Yousafzai, Toor Pekai Yousafzai In the colonial struggles of Afghanistan in the nineteenth century […]
Kill your Friends – Film Review by Emily Elphinstone Director: Owen Harris Writer: John Niven (novel) Stars: Nicholas Hoult, Tom Riley, Rosanna Arquette In ‘Kill Your Friends’, based on the novel by […]
Brooklyn – Film Review by Frances Winston Directed by: John Crowley Starring: Saoirse Ronan, Emory Cohen, Domhnall Gleeson, Jim Broadbent, Julie Walters In cinemas November 6th Based on the novel by Colm […]
A New Festival hits Dublin in the form of Metropolis, with Chic, Hot Chip and lots more. It really is quite exciting, looking forward to seeing what they come up with. There’s […]
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution – Film Review by Pierce McDonough Directed by Stanley Nelson Jr. The recent images depicting police brutality towards civil rights protesters in Ferguson are disturbingly […]
The Last Witch Hunter – Film Review V2.0 by C.K. MacNamara Directed by: Breck Eisner Starring: Vin Diesel, Rose Leslie, Elijah Wood, Michael Caine Dumping everything from Game of Thrones to Chronicles […]
Sharknado Interview There is no formula for how certain films capture people’s imaginations and establish a devout following. The Sharknado film trilogy has steadily grown into its cult status since its first […]
Taxi Tehran – Film Review by Frank L. Directed by Jafar Panahi Jafar Panahi has been forbidden from making movies since 2010 following a period of imprisonment because of his views which […]
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