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Category: Film & TV

A Retrospective View of Our Strange Year in Film and Television

By Kyran Leahy   Posted in Byline Film & TV
Posted on December 9, 2020

Finally, we have gotten to the homestretch of the year like no other. Congratulations to all of  you that have managed to remain somewhat sane. There are no ifs or buts about it, this year  has been the most unusual year of our time. The whole world was at a standstill as businesses  were forced…

The Sheer Horror that is Irish Reality Television

By Kyran Leahy   Posted in Byline Film & TV
Posted on November 26, 2020

It is that time of the year again. The time where an abundance of reality TV shows come back onto our televisions during these harsh Winter months to provide us with some stellar, albeit mindless, entertainment. Families from across the country pinpoint these shows as creating the one time of the year where everyone sits…

Toy Story turns 25: The Story of Pixar Going Beyond Infinity

By Kyran Leahy   Posted in Byline Film & TV
Posted on November 26, 2020

Time to acknowledge the obvious here before we start. I am a big Pixar fan. I, like many others, was raised on the stories that the film company showed through the art of 3D animation. I remember having nearly all of them on VHS when people still knew what a VHS was. The non stop…

How The Sopranos changed how we view Male Mental Health

By Contributor   Posted in Byline Film & TV
Posted on November 12, 2020November 12, 2020

Writes Beth Doyle Renowned writer David Chase initially conceived The Sopranos as a feature film about “a mobster in therapy having problems with his mother”. After some deliberation, Chase decided to turn it into a television series drawing heavily from his personal life, specifically his relationship with his mother and his experience growing up in…

Borat’s Back! How Satirical Comedy and Politics go Hand in Hand

By Kyran Leahy   Posted in Byline Film & TV
Posted on November 11, 2020November 11, 2020

He returned when the world needed him most. Borat Sagdiyev, a Kazakhstani journalist brought to life by the mind of comedian Sacha Baron Cohen, has made his comeback after a fourteen-year-long exile in the Kazakhstan gulags with his latest documentary Borat: Subsequent Moviefilm (the actual title would take up a lot of the word count…

Thirty Years of The Simpsons’ Treehouse of Horror: A Spooky Season Tradition.

By Kyran Leahy   Posted in Byline Film & TV
Posted on October 29, 2020October 29, 2020

The Simpsons might be hanging on to dear life by the fingertips nowadays. I do not know a single person who tunes in week in, week out to watch a brand-new episode of The Simpsons, which recently came back for the thirty-second season. I stopped watching The Simpsons weekly a long, long time ago, certainly…

Cork International Film Festival: A New Online Chapter for the Historic Festival

By Julie Landers   Posted in Byline Film & TV
Posted on October 29, 2020October 29, 2020

Cork International Film Festival has a rich and impressive history. Founded in 1956, it is Ireland’s oldest and largest film festival. Its reach has extended far beyond that of the city, and as of 2020, it is the only Irish film festival to have three awards with Oscar accreditation. In any other year, the festival…

My Ideal Film Industry

By Contributor   Posted in Byline Film & TV
Posted on October 16, 2020October 16, 2020

Writes Ronan Watters My ideal film industry is a bit different from what other people might say. It is more of a personal issue. If I asked someone what their ideal film industry would be, I would normally hear a call for better representation of women or races, or greater exposure for independent films. I asked my friend…

The Rise, Fall and Resurrection of The Walking Dead

By Kyran Leahy   Posted in Byline Film & TV
Posted on October 16, 2020October 16, 2020

Ten (yes, ten) years ago, a brand-new television show arrived on our screens that is still airing today. To put that in perspective: ten years ago, Brian Cowen was still Taoiseach, David Cameron became Prime Minister of the UK, Fred was the king of YouTube, and Jedward were not political figures yet. The show, based off one…

The Decline of the American Sitcom: Goodbye Sitcom Season

By Kyran Leahy   Posted in Byline Film & TV
Posted on October 2, 2020October 2, 2020

Let us have a look at the most popular TV sitcoms that everyone was watching ten years ago: You had the standard series like Friends; The Office; How I Met Your Mother and shows like Modern Family and The Big Bang Theory that were growing ever more popular day by day. These shows are cemented…

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