The people who pick the movies at the Lighthouse cinema are honest enough to say that there’s basically no reason at all for this season, no anniversary, no new releases, no nothing! […]
Brando Season at the Lighthouse
Movie Review – Frances Ha
Frances and Sophie have a very intense relationship, which Frances describes as like a lesbian couple that don’t have sex. They’re ‘the same person with different hair’ according to Frances, but when […]
Wanna Fight? – Season at the IFI – Movies that Inspired Nicholas Winding Refn
Nicholas Winding Refn is best known for Drive, which starred Ryan Gosling and told the tale of a Hollywood Stunt driver who worked as a get away driver by night. His latest […]
Youth Lagoon – Whelans – 31-10-13
Trevor Powers aka Youth Lagoon will be arriving in Dublin on all Hallows’ Eve, bringing his blend of synth pop to Whelans, with tickets at €24. Trevor was born in San Diego […]
Free Converse Live Mixtape – From San Francisco Gig Series
Free stuff will always have a special place in our hearts here at the horse, so we thought we’d pass on the good will, with a free mixtape of live music courtesy […]
Things to do in Dublin this week (29-07-13 to 04-08-13)
This week we’re hitting the August Bank Holiday weekend, with Oxygen 2013 among other events. Oxygen has a heavy emphasis on dance music this year, with names such as David Guetta and […]
Ennio Morricone – IMMA Kilmainham – 29-07-13 – Review
As the crowds made their way to the Royal Hospital in Kilmainham, there was fear in the eyes of all, as the heavy rain continued. It had been an odd day in […]
Fear of Flying – Animated Short
A lovely animated short by…. ah. Lovely Productions. Enjoy. “A small bird with a fear of flying tries to avoid heading South for the winter.”
Run – Channel 4 – TV Review
‘Run’, a four-part drama recently broadcast on Channel 4, was at various stages, moving, gripping, frightening, depressing, and mostly, compelling. The four stories have inter-connected characters and themes and all centre on […]
Ken Camden – Space Mirror (Kranky) – Album Review
Ken Camden is a member of Chicago based post-rock quartet ‘Implodes‘ who have two albums with Kranky, including the recently released Recurring Dream. This is his second solo release and comes after […]
Movies – 26-07-13 – Wolverine, Frances Ha
The wall to wall coverage for the Wolverine movie really doesn’t seem to have created the hype they expected. There was a time in my life where the thought of a movie […]
Movie Review – Only God Forgives
Only God Forgives sees director Nicolas Winding Refn and actor Ryan Gosling pair up again for this Bangkok-based thriller. Gosling plays a drug-smuggler named Julian whose psycho brother is killed under unusual, […]
Festival of Curiosity – Dublin – 25th – 28th July
The wonderfully named ‘Festival of Curiosity‘ kicks off today in Dublin, with events all round the city, featuring some well known names such as Dara O’Briain and Jocelyn Bell Burnell and a […]
Feck Off Crows – New Theatre – Review
This play is set during the war of independence in Ireland, where a young and naive girl arrives in a nunnery to study to become a nun in a small, rural community […]
Shush – Civic Theatre – Review
Sarah Gilmartin reviews opening night of Shush at the Civic Theatre, Tallaght. With all her problems, Breda is in no mood to celebrate her birthday but has little choice when her sister […]
New Music: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – Little Moments
One of the finest gigs I was at, in the sadly departed Tripod was the Clap your hands show in February of 2007, where the whole venue bounced under their perfect indie […]
A Streetcar Named Desire – Gate Theatre – Review
When Blanche DuBois descends on the tiny residence of her sister Stella and her husband Stan Kowalski, she is initially shocked . It is very far removed from the world they grew […]
Dublin Gig Guide – 23-07-13
Some gems of new gigs on the horizon, so get booking. Sam Amidon returns after playing the Iveagh Gardens last week (as support). There’s also two chances to see Dan and Scroobius […]
Maxine Peake: Performance, Protest And Peterloo (BBC2) – TV Review
Peake Performance – ‘Review of The Culture Show – Maxine Peake: Performance, Protest And Peterloo’ (BBC2) Maxine Peake is one of the more intelligent actors around – she thinks and speaks a […]
Longitude Review – Sunday – 21-07-13
Yes, it’s the last day and everything is starting to hurt! The end line is in sight, so it’s time to ignore those aching legs and give it all you got, because […]
Things to do in Dublin this week (22-07-13 to 28-07-13)
Festival season continues, and is pretty unrelenting, when you think about it! Longitude has only just left Marlay Park, and we’re back with all things funny in the Iveagh Gardens, with the […]
Longitude Festival – Day 2 – 20-07-13 – Review
Sporadic beer rain as people launch the dregs of their pints into the air? Check. Long chains of girls trailing through the crowd with linked hands like strange segmented insects? Check. 30 […]
Auditions Zoe’s Auditions – Irish Tour
Irish actor and comedian Suzanna Geraghty is taking her one woman show around Ireland, after a successful run in New York. She’ll be in Dublin in the Mill Theatre in Dublin on […]
Longitude Festival – Friday Review – 19-07-13
Friday was never going to be my day, and I knew that on the way in the door! The reason the festival pulled me in was the lure of the Villagers and […]
Best Man – Project Arts Centre – Review
This is an unusual work from Carmel Winters, who previously wrote ‘B is for Baby’ which won the Irish Times best new play award in 2010. It tells the tale of the […]
Withnail and I – Fitzwilliam Square – 20-07-13
Those ‘Happening‘ people are back again, with another classic movie in the wonderful confines of Fitzwilliam Square, in Dublin, and all for €5. This time out, it’s the 1989 indie film and […]
Movies – 19-07-13 – Frozen Ground, Life’s a Breeze…
A week without a major, major release, it’s almost a relief after the last couple, with wall to wall advertisements for movies such as Pacific Rim. Possibly the biggest release of the […]
Suits – TV – Review
Imagine the ‘Pitch’ – ‘Ok think L.A. Law set in New York – Good-Looking Young Lawyers, Older Warhorse, Younger Buck, Hotty Young Lady Lawyers, this will just ooze s*x and money’. And, […]
New Music: Flying Ibex – Two
Flying Ibex are a three piece from London who offer up yet more indie pop. Their music feels right for the summer months, with their rich guitar/ bass lines and quirky percussion. […]
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