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,…
This image created in anticipation of a Maloney exit. Hope springs eternal, eh? Truncated recap this week, as I have things that are much more important than the X-Factor to occupy my time for once, like watching paint dry, counting the blades of grass in a field, and listening to the collected works of Christopher…
I recently read an article relating to the box-office hit The Hunger Games which went something along the lines of: first there were witches and wizards, then came the age of the vampires, and now we have the humans (I paraphrase); what struck me, however, was that the article didn’t once mention the goblins. Goblins:…