By Cormac McCarthy IMDB has a famous list of the top 100 films ever made, as voted for by the users of the site. At number one is The Shawshank Redemption, at number two is The Godfather: Part One and at number three is The Godfather: Part Two. While IMDB should never be a metric…
By Cormac McCarthy The Oscars are due to be held on Sunday the 27th of March. The ceremony selects the best that the medium of film has to offer and gives them little gold men to celebrate. Although, admittedly, it’s quite hard to understand the prestige attached to the Academy Awards. On one hand, It…
By Cormac McCarthy For a long while there, it seemed that Ireland’s international reputation for comedy would lie in the hands of just Father Ted, Mrs Brown’s Boys and Pat Short. All institutions unto themselves, however, it is nigh time for some fresh blood to be thrown into the mix. And from this dearth in…
By Cormac McCarthy Next month will mark the 1000th week in a row that the soundtrack to Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction has rested in the top 100 soundtrack album charts. An incredible feat of an estimated 8 million units sold, it speaks to the enduring quality not just of the songs themselves but also to…
By Cormac McCarthy As we settle into the new semester, here are 20 titles on Netflix that are: 13th – Ava Duvernay’s gripping documentary won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. The powerful film chronicles the history of America after the 13th Amendment to America’s constitution abolishing slavery. Black Books –…
The British. What are they like? The mad cats. After years of the desire to return to the empire of the past, they only go and destroy the very thing that kept any glimpse of their empire in the cultural mindset throughout the 20th century. The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). The concept of culture for…
If you include all theatrically released films, television films, short films and direct-to-video films, the number of films about Christmas that have been made comes to a grand total of 540. That’s more than 530 but alas, less than 550. But what constitutes a Christmas film? The definition being used here is a film that…
By Cormac McCarthy Picture the scene. You’re at a party and everyone’s chatting about the hot new tv shows that they’re all addicted to. A woman, let’s call her Lisa, turns around and asks if you have seen the new show “Succession”. You politely say that you have not. It’s at that moment where everyone…
This week on Poet’s corner I have decided to share a poem by Cormac McCarthy, our Express Film & TV Editor. The poem is about delicatessens and will definitely make you hungry. I strolled through the city, Craving something with girth. Till I came to shop, And I laughed with such mirth. My stomach…
By Cormac McCarthy In the press tour, director Denis Villeneuve highlighted how important it is for audiences to view his new film Dune on the big screen. He was quoted as saying that “to watch Dune on a television, the best way I can compare it is to drive a speedboat in your bathtub.” So,…