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…
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…
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…
Just like a lot of you probably have, I spent the majority of the past few months watching Disney+. Ever since it arrived at our house on March 24th, I have been making sure that I got my mother’s money’s worth. I have watched all the Disney Channel classics, the golden age of The Simpsons…
Disney Plus has finally arrived in Ireland and it could not come at a better time. While we all may stuck inside for the next 14 years with the poxy Corona Virus outbreak, at least we have a whole streaming service full of nostalgia to keep us going. Unless of course you preferred Nickelodeon as…
by Eoghan Creedon Despite popular belief, RTÉ is not just a network for people over the age of 65. Sure, RTÉ One’s success is highly reliant on shows like The Late Late Show, Fair City, Nationwide, both the Six One and Nine O’ Clock News and perhaps the most culchie sounding TV show of…
by Eoghan Creedon Friends is back!!!!!!!! Not really. Series star Matthew Perry who played Chandler Bing on the show for 10 seasons single handily broke the internet on the 21st of February by posting an image of the cast to his Instagram account with a simple two-word caption “It’s Happening”. Fans across the globe went…
By Holly Buckley Greta Gerwig’s adaptation of the classic novel Little Women may be one of the freshest and wholesome films of the year. To this day, there has been countless adaptations of Louisa May Alcott’s well-known novel, but Gerwig’s unique interpretation stands out by a mile. She excels in creating a seamless balance between…
by Eoghan Creedon The adaption of famous stage musicals to the big screen has had a mixed history. For every success like Mamma Mia, you have a failure like Les Misérables. The latest culprit to try its hand at it is Cats. The famous Andrew Lloyd Webber musical has recently been adapted into a film,…
I’m a Celebrity… Get me out of Here returned to our screens once again on the 17th of November. The long running, reality show has been running since 2002. In that time, we have seen countless D-List celebrities, who no one ever really knows who most of them are, slump it in the Australian jungle…