Writer/ Director Ricky Gervais The Office became an iconic sit-com, possibly due to its short run. If the programme had run on for five or six series, it might have grown stale […]
General rants about muck on tv, and what’s worth watching.
Writer/ Director Ricky Gervais The Office became an iconic sit-com, possibly due to its short run. If the programme had run on for five or six series, it might have grown stale […]
The Little Prince – Film Review By Charlotte Reid Director: Mark Osborne Writer: Irena Brignull (Screenplay) Bob Persichetti (Screenplay) Stars (Voices): Jeff Bridges, Rachel McAdams, Paul Rudd Based on The Little Prince, the […]
Dublin Comic Con 2016 – Review by Fran Winston Convention Centre Dublin 6&7 August You could be forgiven for thinking that some great evil had been unleashed on Dublin, given the amount […]
Stranger Things – TV Review By Charlotte Reid (No Spoilers!) If you’ve had any contact with the outside world within the last two weeks, chances are you will have heard people raving […]
Director: Jodie Foster – By Emily Elphinstone Few people can say they’ve had a career in film spanning over 50 years; and even fewer can make this claim while still in their […]
Eipic – TG4 – Preview A new Irish drama that features music like… LCD Sound System, Santigold, Brian Eno, Talking Heads, Future Islands, Horselips, Girls Names, Django Django? Sounds interesting and no […]
UFC Finds a Kingdom on TV – Words by Ronán Brennan. You like Conor McGregor and UFC, sitting on the couch and watching TV (rhyme intended). But what to do between fights […]
A date for Netflix’s new version of Daredevil has been announced, with the series premièring on the 10th April. Daredevil is possibly my favourite of the Marvel superheroes, with the long series […]
Political Satires Know Funny: Introducing, Alpha House – Words by Ronán Brennan. Thirty-seconds into the opening episode of Alpha House, the Amazon Studios produced political satire series created by Pulitzer Prize – […]
Showrunners: the art of running a TV Show – Review by Frank L. Written and Directed by Des Doyle Increasingly “shows” are what people watch. The excitement leading up to the final […]
The Strain – Preview by Mary Donnelly Stars: Corey Stoll, David Bradley, Mía Maestro Tonight marks the premiere of the Strain on UK/Irish television – that is, tv for those who have […]
The Emmys always seem like one of those ‘everyone wins a medal’ days they have in school, where no one can be left out! If you don’t win in this category, they’ll […]
So, it’s time to say goodbye to two very different series this week. With True Blood, (Fox, Monday 9pm) it is merely the beginning of the end. This final season is […]
The Hounourable Woman (BBC2, Thursday, 9pm) looks to be the saviour of terrible summer TV scheduling- unless of course you are a massive sports fan in which case you must be in […]
After the sudden death of Rik Mayall during the week, tonight BBC2 are showing a classic episode of Bottom “Gas” at 10.30pm in which Richie and Eddie are stealing gas from their […]
Do you remember the false alarm a few months ago, where a casting agent put out a advert for someone to play a waitress in a Twin Peaks Promo? It had us […]
I’ve been trying to catch up with some tv after my fortnight hiatus due to study – yeah the leaving cert really blows….I imagine the highlight for a lot of people this […]
Orange is the New Black – Season Two – Review by Frances Winston Spoiler Free Review This acclaimed show has truly proved to be ahead of it’s time as orange really was […]
Mahagonny – Review By Frank L. sky.com/Mahagonny On Twitter – #OnlyInMahagonny Sky Ireland launched a ground-breaking digital project and an on air programming which accompanies the production by Rough Magic and Opera […]
This weeks TV guide is all about TV programs with names in the title. Hannibal is back on Tuesday night on Sky Living (10pm) as we find poor old empathetic Will Graham […]
This week I have been watching a lot of programs about pawn. And programs about buying wedding dresses, or buying storage containers, but mainly pawn. There are a lot of programs about […]
I only found myself in a cinema a handful of times over the last 12 months, but a movie I saw and enjoyed was Behind the Candelabra. Sky Arts 2 are showing […]
This week I’m taking a look at what television has to offer us this year by previewing some of the new releases in the States. Not sure if all of these are […]
The Walking Dead – Season 4 review (spoilers within) – Review by Mary Donnelly So, that’s it, sixteen episodes on and with more action than all previous seasons combined, season 4 of […]
Not only are the clocks springing forward tonight but it’s also earth hour at 8pm, so rest assured you are only going to miss The Voice, Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway […]
Some great documentaries on this week starting on Sunday night with the return of Louis Theroux to our screens with LA Stories (BBC2, 9pm). This three part series is set in LA […]
A long time ago…I used to watch a TV program about a teen sleuth. I can’t remember what channel it used to be on (I’m thinking something like Nickelodeon) and I didn’t […]
Spoiler Free Zone – This is a pretty typical cop buddy TV show, the main difference is the quality of the acting and the production in general. This does not look like […]
The TV is back and much rejoicing has been going on since Thursday. The catch-up facility is nowhere to be seen however, but for good measure I got the movies for a […]