Sing Street – what did this movie do to me? I’m writing this at 3:20 on a Sunday morning because I’ve been left stunned by its impact: the energy, emotion, and optimism that it brings, packaged with an inspired soundtrack. In a year that has seen so many critically recognised films with sensitive topics and…
So I went and asked the fine people of the UCC Express about the movies that left them in actual tears. Here’s a couple of our staff: Edward Scissorhands – Sophie McKenzie (Fiction Editor) When I was young, I was the tough nut of my family. E.T., Titanic, even the notoriously child-traumatizing parent deaths of…
The Cork Film Festival is in its 61st year, and by the time you’re reading this it’ll be about halfway through its 2016 run (the fortnightly publishing schedule for the Express isn’t fun sometimes). For the most part, the film Festival is held in Cork City locations: so Triskel, the Gate, the Everyman, and St…
The last season of Sherlock came out two years ago: I was enjoying my time off from 5th Year over Christmas, and come 8PM New Year’s day I was sitting down in front of the TV waiting for the answer that was on all Sherlock fans’ lips (spoilers) – “what’s the story with Sherlock not…
2016, on paper, is a renaissance of sorts for video game movies, with Ratchet & Clank, Warcraft and Assassin’s Creed all releasing this year. Yet video game movies have rarely come to life successfully on the big screen. If studios fail again, someone will have to say enough is enough – stop ruining my nostalgic…
Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, also known as Daft Punk, are some of the biggest recluses in all of music, with their last music release being in 2013 with ‘Random Access Memories,’ receiving five Grammy Awards. Daft Punk’s legacy can sometimes seem underwhelming in comparison to the esteem they are held in, yet their…
Irish Film is arguably at the strongest point it has ever been. With Room (directed by Lenny Abrahamson) taking Oscars and Golden Globes, and Sing Street receiving very high universal acclaim, Irish film comes at a high standard nowadays, and Conor MacNeill doesn’t stray from this standard. MacNeill is a 28 year old actor from…