The Dublin Writers Festival starts today! We did a preview a while back, which will give you our thoughts on what not to miss! It’s a week where the IQ of Dublin […]
Things to Do in Dublin – 20th – 26th May 2013
Movies – 17-05-13 The Great Gatsby, Simon Killer, Fast & Furious 6!
The critics got their mojo back this week, and started to hate once more! After the debacle of reviews for Iron Man 3 and Star Trek being not only positive but glowing, […]
Things to Do in Dublin – 13th – 19th May 2013
Dance, dance, dance…shake that booty, dominate the dance floor! Yes, it’s the dance festival in Dublin this week, and it’s hard to sit still. It runs from the 14-26th of May, and […]
Movies – 10-05-13 – Mud, Star Trek…
There’s a movie out today about space guff, but we’ll get to that later on. There are other movies released today! Honest, sigh. “My name is Mud. Not to be confused with […]
Things to Do in Dublin – 6th – 12th May 2013
Oh man, everything hurts! I can’t point at a body part that is working within normal parameters! Yes, we’re recovering form the Meteor Camden Crawl Dublin and three solid days of music! […]
Movies – 03/05/13 – The Gatekeepers, I’m so Excited etc.
Another week at the movies, and it could possibly be described as a slow one, but maybe we’re all just recovering form the hype of Iron Man last week! The big release […]
Pacific Rim – Trailer
Ok, I know the trailers for Blockbusters always look amazing, but are actually generally better than the movies themselves, but this one is going to be different, right? Right? Pacific Rim is […]
Things to Do in Dublin – 29th April – 5th May 2013
This is a big week around the streets of Dublin, as it’s the May bank holiday weekend, with a variety of festivals and other junk to see and do. Meteor Dublin Camden […]
Movies – 26-04-13 – Iron Man 3, Bernie etc
The Critics were all in good form this week, and seemed to like most of the new releases, and there’s even a few surprises along the way! Iron Man 3 was meant […]
Things to Do in Dublin – 22nd – 28th April 2013
In terms of odd ball festivals, the Dublin Bay Prawn festival must rank pretty highly! It runs in Bray from the 25th – 28th of April. To find the full series of […]
Movies – 19-04-13 – Evil Dead, Olympus Has Fallen, King of the Travellers etc.
A few new releases this week, and one that I’ve been worried about/ looking forward to for a while in ‘Evil Dead’. So let’s get on with it and see what might […]
Movies – 12-04-13
So Tom Cruise was in town last week, and the real face off was between himself and Ryan Tubridy on last week’s Late Late! By all accounts Tom did very well (no […]
World War Z – Max Brooks – Audiobook Review
World War Z is an account of “The Zombie War” that nearly caused the extinction of the human race. As the narrator describes it, this war was “The greatest conflict in human […]
Things to Do in Dublin – 8th – 14th April 2013
‘The World is a Vampire’ said the great sage Billy Corgan, and this week, I couldn’t agree more! Ok, I don’t know what it means either, but I just wanted to say […]
Movies – 5-04-13
No movies demanding your attention this week, but a couple of ones worth a look, if you’re so inclined. It’s hard to believe that Spring Breakers is a good movie, as it […]
In the House – Movie Review
Germain (Ernst Umhauer) is a secondary school English teacher who has just started teaching class 4C. They are the usual bunch of students and what he describes as ‘the worst yet’. There […]
Things to Do in Dublin – 1st – 7th April 2013
The feast of chocolate is at an end, and we mourn it’s passing! I hope you didn’t eat too many Easter eggs. Today, we are proud to announce that Tom Cruise is […]
Movie Previews – 29-03-13
Is Holy week a good time to release your new movie? I guess you have the kids off school, and people with free time. The number of new movies seems lower than […]
Things to Do in Dublin – 25th – 31st March 2013
Easter is in the air, with everything coming up chocolatey! We only have another week left of the cruel abstinence of Lent! Almost there… Art – Analysing Cubism – IMMA Kilmainham – […]
Movies – 21-03-13
Two big releases this week with The Croods and Jack the Giant Slayer both released. One good, one bad according to those nasty pencil pushing critics who live to shatter the hopes […]
Arbitrage – Movie Review
Robert Miller (Richard Gere) has it all, a hugely success business man with a wife and perfect family, and beautiful artist girlfriend on the side, but pick at the surface and you’ll […]
Things to Do in Dublin – 18th – 24th March 2013
The madness of Paddy’s day has departed for another year, and we have scared the snakes out of Ireland for another year, with life returning to normal! So, what has survived the […]
Movies – 15-03-13
Not a vintage week for the movies, as far as I can see. Still, it’s our lot and we’ll have to see what we can do with it… ‘4 Months, 3 Weeks, […]
Side Effects – Movie Review
This is Steven Sodebergh’s last ever movie. He’s giving up the day job and going off to become an artist. Seriously! I guess it’s some type of mid-life crisis, and hopefully his […]
Things to Do in Dublin – 11th – 17th March 2013
Yes, it’s St. Patrick’s day. A day where all good Irish people block up their doors and windows and prepare for the celebration of the patron saint of heavy drinking! It’s gonna […]
Stoker – Movie Review
Stoker is the new movie by director Chan-wook Park, who previously made such movies as Oldboy (soon to have a Hollywood remake by Spike Lee!) and Sympathy for Lady Vengeance, among others. […]
Movies – 08-03-13
Lots of movies this week, and even a few good ones thrown in there, which is always welcome! Side Effects is supposedly Steven Sodebergh’s last ever movie. He’s announced it and no […]
Movies – 01/03/2013
So, what’s new in the picture houses this week then? Well, the answers to this and many other important questions are below. Richard Gere is growing old gracefully! There, I’ve said it. […]
Things to Do in Dublin – 25th Feb – 3rd March 2013
This week, there’s three events on Saturday that I’d love to be at (don’t you just hate it when that happens?). Linnea Olsson, A Winged Victory and the Unthanks! There’s a lot […]
No More Workhorse 