St. Boxfriend – Scene + Heard Festival – Smock Alley Theatre – Saturday 20th & Sunday 21st February at 6:30pm in The Boys School Terese spends her days in a back room […]
St. Boxfriend – Scene + Heard Festival – Smock Alley – Review
Baio – Workman’s Club – 22-02-16 – Live Review
Baio – Workman’s Club – 22nd Feb 2016 – Live Review It has been three years since the last Vampire Weekend album ‘Modern Vampires of the City’ and while there is talk […]
The Propaganda Game – Film Review
The Propaganda Game – Film Review by Conor MacNamara Director: Álvaro Longoria Writer: Álvaro Longoria Alvaro Longoria’s inside look at the North Korean propaganda apparatus feels like an impossible task: trying to […]
Exposure by Helen Dunmore – Audible Book Review
Exposure by Helen Dunmore – Audible Book Review by Pat V. Reading like a version of The Railway Children for adults, Helen Dunmore’s latest novel Exposure, tells the story of three children […]
Triple 9 – Film Review V2.0
Triple 9 – Film Review – by Fran Winston Directed by: John Hillcoat Starring: Casey Affleck, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Anthony Mackie, Aaron Paul, Clifton Collins, Jr., Norman Reedus, Teresa Palmer, Michael K. Williams, […]
Dublin Event Guide (22-2-16 – 28-2-16)
The Audi Dublin International Film Festival is in full swing and runs until 28th of Feb, with a huge amount of events on around the city. There’s a massive amount of New […]
New Music – Frightened Rabbit – Death Dream
This is an early offering from the new album by Frightened Rabbit, and if this is anything to go by… it could be quite promising! I’ll leave you with the words of […]
This Lime Tree Bower – Project Arts Centre – Review
This Lime Tree Bower – Project Arts Centre – Review 16 February 2016-27 February 2016 8.15pm Tickets €10 – €18 This is a tale of three young men who live in a […]
How to be Single – Film Review
How to be Single – Film Review by Fran Winston Directed by: Christian Ditter Starring: Dakota Johnson, Rebel Wilson, Alison Brie, Leslie Mann In cionemas February 19th In a season of extremely […]
Triple 9 – Film Review
Triple 9 – Film Review by David Turpin Directed by John Hillcoat Starring: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Casey Affleck, Anthony Mackie, Kate Winslet After stumbling with 2012’s misjudged bootlegging chronicle, Lawless, Australian director John […]
Concussion – Film Review V2.0
Concussion – Film Review by Fran Winston Directed by: Peter Landesman Starring: Will Smith, Alec Baldwin, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Arliss Howard, Paul Reiser, Luke Wilson, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, David Morse, Albert Brooks Given the […]
Interview with PhiIip Connaughton – WHACK!! – Project Arts Centre
We had the chance to interview PhiIip Connaughton ahead of the new WHACK!! which is touring the country from Feb 20th. You can see the results below, along with tour dates and […]
Bone Tomahawk – Film Review
Bone Tomahawk – Film Review by C.K. MacNamara Director: S. Craig Zahler Writer: S. Craig Zahler Stars: Kurt Russell, Patrick Wilson, Mathew Fox, Richard Jenkins The lovechild of The Hills Have Eyes […]
Zoolander 2 – Film Review V2.0
Zoolander 2 – Film Review V2.0 – by Fran Winston Directed by: Ben Stiller Starring: Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Will Ferrell, Penélope Cruz.Kristen Wiig In all the years I have been writing […]
Deadpool – Film Review V2.0
Deadpool – Film Review by Fran Winston Directed by: Tim Miller Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Morena Baccarin, Ed Skrein, T. J. Miller, Gina Carano, Brianna Hildebrand, Stefan Kapičić Superhero movies are currently big […]
Taboo Review – New Theatre – Review
Taboo Review – New Theatre – Review by Emily Elphinstone It may seem unoriginal to present a show about a dating just after Valentines Day, but dark comedy Taboo is by no […]
Freeheld – Movie Review
Freeheld – Movie Review by Pat V. Director: Peter Sollett Writer: Ron Nyswaner (screenplay) Stars: Julianne Moore, Ellen Page, Steve Carell In the euphoria that accompanied the passing of the Marriage Equality […]
Interview with Director Sarah Baxter – Taboo – New Theatre
Taboo – Interview with Director Sarah Baxter – by Emily Elphhinstone As we count down to the world premiere of ‘Taboo’, which runs in the New Theatre from February 15th – 27th, […]
Suede – Olympia – Live Review – 11-02-16
Suede – Olympia, Dublin – Live Review by Killian Laher – Photos by M Quinn Passing the Olympia over an hour before the gig there was an old-fashioned queue waiting to see […]
Made in China – Viking Theatre – Review
Made in China by Mark O’Rowe at Viking Theatre – The Sheds Clontarf – Review by Paddy McGovern Seldom does one come away from a theatre with such a feeling of such […]
All That Fall – Abbey Theatre – Review
All That Fall – Abbey Theatre – Review by Shane Larkin 11th – 20th Feb Out of the dark and into our minds, old Maddy Rooney emerges. Wheezing and dragging her feet […]
Interview Sharon Mannion – The Curse of the Button Accordion – Smock Alley
We had the chance to interview Sharon Mannion – Writer and Performer of ‘The Curse of the Button Accordion’ which runs at Smock Alley as part of the ‘Scene and Heard Festival’. […]
The Widow by Fiona Barton – Audible Book Review
The Widow by Fiona Barton – Audible Book Review by Pat V. The Widow has been heralded as the stand-out psychological thriller for 2016 in the same vein as Gone Girl and […]
Dublin Event Guide (15-2-16 – 21-2-16)
The big event in town this week is the Audi Dublin International Film Festival. Yes, that name will take some getting used to, but it’s the same show, with movies, interviews and […]
Buensuceso – Inner Winter – Album Review
Buensuceso – Inner Winter – Album Review by Killian Laher Originally released in 2014, this relatively short album by Spanish rockers Buensuceso is getting another push. After the atmospheric opening track, Luckily […]
Interview with Peter Daly – This Lime Tree Bower – Project Arts Centre
We had the chance to interview Peter Daly ahead of the opening of ‘This Lime Tree Bower’ in the Project Arts Centre on Feb 16th. You can see the results below. Project […]
The Survivalist – Film Review
The Survivalist – Film Review by Pierce McDonough Written and Directed by Stephen Fingleton Starring Martin McCann, Mia Goth, Olwen Fouéré The Survivalist makes its nihilistic intentions clear from the outset as […]
Deadpool – Film Review
Deadpool – Film Review by Emily Elphinstone Director: Tim Miller Writers: Rob Liefeld (character), Fabian Nicieza (character) Stars: Ryan Reynolds, Morena Baccarin, T.J. Miller From the opening titles crediting ‘British Villain’, ‘Gratuitous […]
Jem and the Holograms – Film Review
Jem and the Holograms – Film Review by Emily Elphinstone Director: Jon M. Chu Writer: Ryan Landels Stars: Aubrey Peeples, Stefanie Scott, Aurora Perrineau Based very loosely on the 1980s cartoon of […]
No More Workhorse 