Tracy Nyhan takes a look at some Irish movies that put the very success of the Cork Film Festival into context. Last week saw the Corona Cork Film Festival showcase the best that Ireland has to offer, with regards to film. Corona Cork Film Festival brings the finest of cinema to Cork City every November….
Sean Bent considers the moral and philosophical implications of The Walking Dead’s zombie apocalypse. We’re several weeks into the third season of The Walking Dead, and anyone frustrated with the snail’s pace of the second series will be pleased with the explosive allegro of the new addition. Thankfully, this step up in gory goodness coincides…
Aaron Noonan mourns the ‘beautiful, sweary poetry’ of The Thick of It. On the 27th of October BBC2 broadcasted the final episode of what is surely one of the greatest comedies ever to come out of Great Britain, The Thick of It. The brain-child of Armando Iannucci, the political satire has steadily grown in viewership…
Úna Hennessy brings you the latest in silver screen news. Will Ferrell, Liam Neeson on for Lego Movie. The somewhat strange combination of Will Ferrell and Liam Neeson has been announced to join the voice-acting ranks of the upcoming Lego movie. The already confirmed cast includes the dulcet-toned Morgan Freeman, Elizabeth Banks, Chris Pratt,…
Argo, Ben Affleck’s latest offering to the silver screen, is a thrilling, captivating dramatization of the 1980 joint CIA-Canadian secret operation to extract six Americans out of Iran. The film manages to merge political thriller with Hollywood satire in a way that’s both subtly comedic and tense at the same time. It is a fast…
Sam Mendes’ Skyfall was one of my favourite Bond films to-date. The series has always had its highs and lows (Thunderball to Die Another Day, Casino Royale to Diamonds are Forever) but it is safe to say that Mendes’ film is very much on the high end of the scale and in terms of development…
It’s that old question isn’t it? The one that always comes up at parties from well-meaning new acquaintances when your love of film is revealed: “what’s your favourite film?” – I hate it, mostly because I know it’s a question to which I can never honestly provide an answer, even to myself. We are living…
Schwarzenegger Back for New Conan Movie: Conan is confirmed to come back for one final hurrah! Arnold Schwarzenegger is set to reclaim the role that originally brought him to fame 30 years ago. The new film, to be entitled The Legend of Conan, will drag Arnie out of retirement from politics and relaunch…
2012 marks the 50th anniversary of the James Bond franchise and with this came some serious pressure for the newest installment. Coupled with this was the further goal to improve upon 2008’s Quantum of Solace which caused a fair deal of dissapointment upon its realease. In many ways, Skyfall was always going to…
There’s something about Louis Theroux, that’s for sure. The man should really consider police work, counselling – becoming a member of the clergy – based purely on his ability to elicit even the most odious of confessions from his documentary subjects. Having starred as an extra in a gay porn movie, attended a swingers’ party,…