Out of the Furnace – Review Emily Elphinstone After some of the far more flashy films that have been nominated during awards season, ‘Out of the Furnace’ is a breath of fresh […]
Out of the Furnace – Movie Review
Things to do in Dublin this week (27-1-14 – 2-2-14)
Bill Callahan is in Dublin, yes, that Bill Callahan, of Smog fame, and even (Smog) fame, if you want to get precious about it. It’s hard to compete with that for your […]
New Movie Releases – 24-01-14
We’re approaching the end of Oscar season, and there’s a few new releases, but strangely they’re the ones that didn’t get too many nominations. How does that work? Does anyone care to […]
August: Osage County – Movie Review
Film Review – August :Osage County By Niall Curran Another year, another Oscar nomination for Meryl Streep in her first dramatic role since her oscar-winning role in The Iron Lady in 2011. […]
Teenage – Movie Review
Dir: Matt Wolf Running time: 78 mins. Release Date: January 24th Review by Sean Kingston The “teenager”, as we accept the definition today, is a demographic generally accepted as having been born […]
Winter Season – Last Days of Peter Bergmann – Freemasons Lodge – Jan 30th
This is another event from the Happenings and Le Cool folk, and sounds an interesting one. There’s a screen of various shorts, and also a screening of ‘The Last days of Peter […]
JDIFF Events, Workshops and Talks
Tickets went on sale for the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival this morning, and already a few of the bigger events have sold out! Still, there’s lots of work shops, free events, […]
JDIFF 2014 Preview – Movies to see
The programme for the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival 2014 has just been released and there’s more than a few gems in there. The festival runs from February 13th to 23rd in […]
Things to do in Dublin this week (20-1-14 – 26-1-14)
Well, here wer are, back at this weeks ‘Things to do’ post, it’s like nothing ever happen, nothing happens at all, the needle returns to the start of the song and we […]
New Movie Releases – 17-01-13
This is another week with one big hitter and then very, very little else. Are they scared? I guess so, but you’d think there would be more movies from another genre, art […]
Bite Size Movie Review – The Wolf of Wall Street
If you don’t already know, and I serious doubt you don’t, The Wolf Of Wall Street is the new Martin Scorsese film – based on Jordan Belfort’s memoir of the same name […]
Sex, Drugs and Rock & Roll at the IFI
What better way to start the year with some of my favourite things in the one place! This is a festival that will run for the next few months at the IFI, […]
Richard Dreyfuss & Terry Gilliam for JDIFF 2014
JDIFF have just announced the star names coming this year, and it’s another very impressive couple of Hollywood A-listers, with Richard Dreyfuss and Terry Gilliam arriving on our shores. Dreyfuss starred in […]
Things to do in Dublin this week (13-1-14 – 19-1-14)
We bid fond farewell to the first festival of the year, First Fortnight Festival will be back next year, with some luck. So what of this week? What’s in store for us […]
New Movie Releases – 10-01-14
A relatively quiet week at the cinema, but I guess it’s early in the year, and you’d want to be brave to go up against one of the main Oscar contenders in […]
If You Only See One Movie this year…. Preview of 2014
by Sean Kingston If You Only See One…. A selection of some of the most exciting and critically anticipated films from the first half of the year. The Wolf of Wall Street […]
Twin Peaks to Return?
‘She’s dead, wrapped in plasitc’ Update: This is looking like it’s not going to happen, sadly! The Guardian has a quote from Mark Frost (Co-creator) calling it a “another strange baseless rumor”. […]
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty – Movie Review
Some movies just shouldn’t work. ‘The Secret Life of Walter Mitty’ is an absolute classic as the James Thurber 1939 short story and a test case on how to do a movie […]
Podcasts: (5 of the) Best of 2013
It’s officially award season and the one great advantage to this is to find a few gems that you might have missed along the way. Stitcher is an app that I’ve written […]
Things to do in Dublin this week (6-1-14 – 12-1-14)
So, things are settling down a little bit, right? Life is returning to normal after a brief spell of madness over the holidays. All the emigrants have returned to their adopted homes, […]
New Movie Releases – 03-01-2014
It’s the first lot of movies released this year, and there’s a few good ones in there. It’ll be busy for the next few weeks, what with Oscar Season kicking off. American […]
Best Movies of 2013 # 10-1
10. Enough Said – It’s a simple enough story, a divorced woman finds a new love interest in her life, but then finds out that she is friends with her new man’s […]
Best Movies of 2013 – # 20-11
20. Django Unchained – Quentin Tarantino’s latest effort is a bit silly, over uses the ‘n’ word, is a bit too long, but otherwise, it’s a lot of fun. Just turn your […]
Things to do in Dublin this week (30-12-14 – 5-1-14)
‘What’s another year’ a wise man once said, and here at the workhorse we share Johnny’s emotion as it’s out with the old and in with the new! 2013 was always an […]
New Movie Releases – 27-12-13
So here it is, our last movie slot of the year. Sigh, it’s been a good year, all in all. We’ll be looking back at the year in movies over the next […]
American Hustle – Movie Review
This film is loosely based on an FBI sting operation in the 1970’s to expose corruption. The operation used con artists to help ensnare politicians with bribes by fake Arab sheiks. A […]
Top 10 Christmas Movies
Ok, an old post but a good one. More repeats at Christmas! Some of the very Christmas movies that almost made the list are: Crash (Paul Haggis not David Cronenberg), Home Alone, […]
Things to do in Dublin this week (23-12-13 – 29-12-13)
Well, honest to God, most things are closed this week. Again, blame Santa! It’s all the jolly guys fault. There still are some good gigs around the city and a few other […]
New Movie Releases – 20-12-13
Who would dare go up against Santa? Who would battle such a mighty adversity to try and get the attention of the masses? Well, basically no one! The only big release this […]
No More Workhorse 