By Mairéad McCarthy New Year’s Day saw a total of 5.5 million people tune into BBC One to watch the first episode of The Serpent. This eight-episode mini-series racked up a total of 31 million views across TV and the BBC iPlayer, making it the most streamed show across all genres since our very own…
By Kyran Leahy, Film & TV Editor TV shows come and go. When one is gone, another replaces it. It is just the way the television world works. The sad thing about most television shows is that they do not even reach their natural ending, being cancelled before they can wrap up their run. The…
By Kyran Leahy, Film & TV Editor Music biopics have always been around. Some of the most acclaimed movies of recent times have been about the careers of musicians, from Barbara Streisand’s portrayal of Fanny Brice in 1968’s Funny Girl to Jamie Foxx’s Academy Award winning performance as Ray Charles in 2003. They were released…
By Kyran Leahy, Film & TV Editor As we hopefully approach the tail end of what has felt like an eternal lockdown, we have once again reached the end of another show that has been on most people’s screen the last few weeks. The show that forced people to log off from social media as…
By Keith Strain The connection between the film and the video game industry has been established since 1993 when Super Mario Bros. jumped its way onto the big screen, but whether the relationship has been mutually beneficial for the two is up for debate. One would think translating an already established story and formula into…
By Kyran Leahy – Film & TV Editor The 1970’s brought us some major figures that lit up the world during the decade and have remained in the spotlight in modern times. From the actors that have remained ever present on the screens like Robert DeNiro and Al Pacino to the music of Fleetwood Mac,…
By Mia Tobin Power 2021 should be a great year for films, what with the backlog from 2020, as well as a slate of new films, made both during the pandemic and before it. There are quite a few major films to look forward to – such as the James Bond film No Time to…
By Kyran Leahy – Film & TV Editor Without any sugar-coating, it is fair to say that January 2021 was a month of complete chaos. We tried to leave the sour taste of 2020 behind us, but it only seemed to have accelerated. While we have been stuck at home because of Lockdown 3.0, which…
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…
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…