No Escape – Film Review by Frances Winston Director: John Erick Dowdle Writers: John Erick Dowdle, Drew Dowdle Stars: Lake Bell, Pierce Brosnan, Owen Wilson Owen Wilson has made so many fluffy […]
No Escape – Film Review V2.0
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl – Film Review V2.0
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl – Film Review by Frances Winston. Director: Alfonso Gomez-Rejon Writers: Jesse Andrews (novel), Jesse Andrews (screenplay) Stars: Thomas Mann, RJ Cyler, Olivia Cooke Based on […]
Dope – Film Review
Dope – Film Review by Frank L. Directed by Rick Famuyiwa Stars: Shameik Moore, Tony Revolori, Kiersey Clemons, Forest Whitaker At the start three dictionary definitions of the word “Dope” appear across the […]
Ricki and the Flash – Film Review
Ricki and the Flash – Film Review by Frank L. Director: Jonathan Demme Writer: Diablo Cody Stars: Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Mamie Gummer It is rude to refer to a lady’s age […]
Cartel Land – Film Review
Cartel Land – Film Review by Frank L. Director: Matthew Heineman Stars: Robert Hetrick It is well known that Mexico has a collection of ruthless drug cartels that are extraordinarily powerful and […]
No Escape – Film Review
No Escape – Film Review by Emily Elphinstone Director: John Erick Dowdle Writers: John Erick Dowdle, Drew Dowdle Stars: Lake Bell, Pierce Brosnan, Owen Wilson From a brief glance; No Escape looks […]
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl – Film Review
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl – Film Review by Emily Elphinstone Director: Alfonso Gomez-Rejon Writers: Jesse Andrews (novel), Jesse Andrews (screenplay) Stars: Thomas Mann, RJ Cyler, Olivia Cooke In an […]
Hitman: Agent 47 – Film Review V2.0
Hitman: Agent 47 – Film Review V2.0 by C.K. MacNamara Director: Aleksander Bach Writers: Skip Woods, Michael Finch Starring: Rupert Friensd, Hannah Ware, Zachary Quinto Dull, sterile and unable to measure up […]
Closed Curtain – Film Review
Closed Curtain – Film Review by Frank L. Directed by Jafar Panahi and Kambuzia Partovi Stars: Kambuzia Partovi, Maryam Moqadam, Jafar Panahi On 10th December 2010, Jafar Panahi was sentenced in Iran […]
Things To Do In Dublin (31-08-15 – 06-09-15)
It’s starting to get a bit Fringey around here! Yes, the Tiger returns, with the first events of the Tiger Dublin Fringe starting on the 5th of Sept. There’s It Folds, Grounded, […]
Hitman: Agent 47 – Film Review
Hitman: Agent 47 – Film Review by Frances Winston Directed by: Aleksander Bach Starring: Rupert Friend, Hannah Ware, Zachary Quinto, Ciarán Hinds, Thomas Kretschmann In cinemas 27th August The 2007 video game […]
Erased Tapes – Free Compilations
Erased Tapes are one of our favourite labels, with artists such as Peter Broderick, A Winged Victory for the Sullen, Olafur Arnalds and Nils Farhm. They have a series of free sampler […]
Miss Julie – Film Review
Miss Julie – Film Review by Emily Elphinstone Director: Liv Ullmann Writers: August Strindberg (play), Liv Ullmann (screenplay) Stars: Colin Farrell, Jessica Chastain, Samantha Morton Based on the play by August Strindberg, […]
Straight Outta Compton – Film Review
Straight Outta Compton – Film Review by Emily Elphinstone Director: F. Gary Gray Writers: Jonathan Herman (screenplay), Andrea Berloff (screenplay) Stars: O’Shea Jackson Jr., Corey Hawkins, Jason Mitchell Straight Outta Compton documents […]
45 Years – Film Review
45 Years – Reviewed by David Turpin Directed by Andrew Haigh Starring Charlotte Rampling, Tom Courtenay, Geraldine James After a dalliance in television as showrunner for HBO soap opera Looking, Andrew Haigh […]
Things To Do In Dublin (24-08-15 – 30-08-15)
Sufjan is in town for two nights at the Helix, which is the main point of interest in these parts. He’s not alone though, there’s John Prine and Tyler the Creator also […]
Theeb – Film Review
Theeb – Film Review by Frank L. Director: Naji Abu Nowar Writers: Naji Abu Nowar, Bassel Ghandour Stars: Jacir Eid Al-Hwietat, Hussein Salameh Al-Sweilhiyeen, Hassan Mutlag Al-Maraiyeh In 1916, the first World […]
The Great Wall – Film Review
The Great Wall – Film Review by Frank L. Directed by Tadgh O’Sullivan Tadgh O’Sullivan was inspired to create this film by a short story of Franz Kafka “Beim Baum der Chinesischen […]
The Wolfpack – Film Review
The Wolfpack – Film Review by C.K. MacNamara Directed by: Crystal Moselle Starring: Visnu Angulo, Susanne Angulo, Oscar Angulo, Krsna Angulo The Wolfpack is a thought experiment come to life: what would […]
The Treatment – Film Review
The Treatment – Film Review by C.K. MacNamara Director: Hans Herbots Writer: Mo Hayder (novel), Carl Joos Starring: Geert van Rampelberg, Ina Geerts, Johan van Assche. To say The Treatment is a […]
Things To Do In Dublin (17-08-15 – 23-08-15)
In Music, Deerhoof in Whelans, the Jungle Brothers in the Sugar Club and other than that… not much to be honest. I guess we’re all gearing up for Electric Picnic then? The […]
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. – Film Review
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. – Film Review by C.K. MacNamara Director: Guy Ritchie Writer: Guy Ritchie, Lionel Wigram Starring: Henry Cavill, Armie Hammer, Alicia Vikander The auteur days of Snatch and Lock, […]
Trainwreck – Film Review
Trainwreck – Film Review by Emily Elphinstone Director: Judd Apatow Writer: Amy Schumer Stars: Amy Schumer, Bill Hader, Brie Larson Amy Schumer has enjoyed a meteoric rise to fame in the last […]
Mistress America – Film Review
Mistress America – Film Review by C.K. MacNamara Director: Noah Baumbach Writer: Noah Baumbach, Greta Gerwig Starring: Greta Gerwig, Lola Kirke, Heather Lind. Beginning with what seems like a schlocky ‘growing up […]
The Seven Five – Film Review
The Seven Five – Film Review by Frank L. Directed by Tiller Russell Stars: Michael Dowd, Ken Eurell, Walter Yurkiw It is the early nineteen eighties and young Michael Dowd is a […]
Things To Do In Dublin (10-08-15 – 16-08-15)
In the world of theatre, the Samuel Beckett Summer School runs this week with a number of public events. There’s also the previews of By the bog of cats in the Abbey […]
Max – Film Review
Max – Film Review by Emily Elphinstone Director: Boaz Yakin Writers: Boaz Yakin, Sheldon Lettich Stars: Thomas Haden Church, Josh Wiggins, Luke Kleintank The story of a military dog with Post-Traumatic Stress […]
Mangelhorn – Film Review V2.0
Mangelhorn – Film Review by C.K. MacNamara Director: David Gordon Green Writer: Paul Logan Starring: Al Pacino, Holly Hunter, Harmony Korine The coupling of Al Pacino and Holly Hunter in a slow […]
The Diary of a Teenage Girl – Film Review
The Diary of a Teenage Girl – Film Review by Frank L. Directed by Marielle Heller Stars: Bel Powley, Alexander Skarsgård, Kristen Wiig Minnie (Bel Powley) is the fifteen year old daughter […]
No More Workhorse 