Details of this years Youbloom Festival have just arrived and there’s plenty for everyone, as you would expect. The music seminar that will run in the Royal College of Surgeons is one […]
Youbloom Festival – June 13th – 15th
Gig Guide – 02-04-2014 – Paul Weller, Glasser, Wye Oak
Paul Weller the Godfather of something or other will return to these shores one more time, to play Kilmainham in June. There’s also a few good smaller gigs such as Glasser and […]
Deaf Joe – From The Heights Of A Dream – Album Review
Some movements can be too sudden. The type that catch you off guard and leave the ground feeling less than solid beneath your feet. There has been an alteration to the sound […]
The Double – Movie Review
The Double – Review by Frances Winston Directed by: Richard Ayoade Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Mia Wasikowska, Wallace Shawn, Noah Taylor, Yasmin Paige, James Fox In cinemas April 4th at selected cinemas including […]
The Bridge Below the Town – Civic Theatre – Review
The Bridge below the town tells a story of small town life somewhere near the border in Ireland during the 1950’s. Golly Murray is an average house wife struggling to get by, […]
The Walking Dead – Season 4 – Review
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 […]
Divergent – Movie Review
Divergent – Movie Review by Frances Winston Directed by: Neil Burger Starring: Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Ashley Judd, Jai Courtney, Ray Stevenson, Zoë Kravitz, Miles Teller, Tony Goldwyn, Maggie Q, Kate Winslet […]
New Irish Music – The Late David Turpin – Bear of a Star
We’ve featured the Late David Turpin many times on the site, and this is his latest single called “Bear of a Star”. According to David, ‘it’s about Inuits being reincarnated as bears’, […]
JKF’s Last Hundred Days – Thurston Clarke – Book Review
JKF’s Last Hundred Days by Thurston Clarke – Review by Cormac Donnelly When President Obama shook the hand of Raul Castro at the funeral of Nelson Mandela in December 2013, international media […]
Pondling – Smock Alley – Review
‘Pondling’ is running in Smock Alley Theatre from March 31st – April 5th, and Axis Theatre 24th – 25th April. Pondling tells the story of a strange little girl in love with an […]
Tom at the Farm – Movie Review
Tom at the Farm – Movie Review by Frank L. Directed by Xavier Dolan Running Time: 105 mins The title is an accurate description of the mise en scene. The opening shots […]
New Irish Music – Glomar – Moves
We’ve featured CFIT a few times on the site previously and this is an off shot, with Noel from CFIt and David Cantan. See what you think below. Having contributed to each […]
Things to do in Dublin (31-03-14 – 06-04-14)
The clocks have done their springing forward and it’s starting to feel an awful lot like Summer! Yes, we’re hoping for a good one, and it should draw people out of hibernation […]
Desire – New Theatre – Review
Desire – New Theatre – Review by Frances Winston Based on Leo Tolstoy’s short story The Devil, this adaptation by Peter Reid who also directs, tells the story of Eugene who inherits […]
TV: The Woman in Black, Orphan, Girls, Our Gay Wedding, Hercules the Human Bear, New Worlds
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 […]
Jaki Liebezeit and Burnt Friedman – Grand Social – 28-03-14 – Review
An unusual crowd gathered in the Grand Social last night to see a drum legend. There were people of all generations, but a lot of 50 somethings dressed in black. These were […]
Slippers – Theatre Upstairs – Review
Slippers – Theatre Upstairs – Review by Helen O’Leary “Compulsive hoarding; excessive acquisition of and inability to discard large quantities of objects that cause significant distress” is inscribed on the label of […]
Phantom’s Replacement – TXFM Schedule Announced
There were a variety of articles written about the sad demise of Phantom, ourselves included, but it seems the creature that they’re replacing it with won’t actually be all that bad! Over […]
New Movie Releases – 28-03-14
Two big hitters this week, it’s Kermit versus Captain A. My money’s on the small green one… The Muppets Most Wanted – Unleash your innner 10 year old! Why fight it, you […]
The Past – Movie Review
The Past – Review by Sean Kingston Dir: Asghar Farhadi Running time: 130 mins. Release Date: March 28th The Past, Director Asghar Farhadi’s follow-up to his 2011 Oscar-winning A Separation, is a […]
The Muppets Most Wanted – Movie Review
The Muppets Most Wanted – Review by Frances Winston Directed by: James Bobbin Starring: Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Fozzy Bear, the Great Gonzo, Animal, Ricky Gervais, Tina Fey, Ty Burrell, Ray […]
Gig Guide – 27-03-2014 – Dum Dum Girls, Lloyd Cole and more…
It’s always nice to have Lloyd Cole in Dublin, but it’s an unusual choice of venue this time, as he’s playing the Pavilion, Dun Laoghaire on August 30th. There’s also the Dum […]
20 Feet From Stardom – Movie Review
20 Feet From Stardom – Review by Niall Curran Directed by Morgan Neville Running time: 91 mins Released at the IFI and selected cinemas from March 28th 2014 Winner of best documentary […]
Pondling – Smock Alley – Interview with Genevieve Hulme-Beaman
Pondling Interview by Emily Elphinstone. Genevieve Hulme-Beaman is an Actor, Playwright, and (if her writing is anything to go by) a bit of a creep. Since graduating from the Gaiety School of […]
New Muisc – Koen Holtkamp – Between Visible Things
Did you see the match last night? Seven minutes of almost football highlights, and more accurately electronic bliss from Koen Holtkamp, one half of the band Mountains. You can see our review […]
Little Thing, Big Thing – Civic Theatre – Review
An unlikely couple face the challenge of getting to Dublin with a roll of film. A Nun who has recently returned from Nigeria and a ex-con recently released from Mountjoy are thrown […]
Captain America: The Winter Soldier – Movie Review
Captain America: The Winter Soldier – Review by Frances Winston Directed by: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo Starring: Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan, Anthony Mackie, Cobie Smulders, Frank Grillo, Emily VanCamp, Hayley […]
A Talent For Lying – Chancery Lane – Review
A Talent For Lying – Review by Emily Elphinstone A Talent for Lying is the tale of a (sort of) love story between Aidan and Lucy. Like many other romances in fiction, […]
Adventures In Failure – Smock Alley – Review
Adventures In Failure – Review by Frances Winston I’ve never worked in a shop but a straw poll of a few of my friends who have reveals that they did on occasion […]
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