In 1978, a young B-movie director named John Carpenter set out to make a ruthless, shocking thrill-ride of a film. He succeeded. The resulting film, originally titled The Babysitter Murders was Halloween, the most successful indie production of its time. Launching lead actress Jamie Lee Curtis to stardom, Halloween changed the face of horror forever….
Is the acquisition of Lucasfilm by Disney a random progression in the world of entertainment? Not really, argues Tracy Nyhan, Entertainment editor. Disney is buying Lucasfilm, the company behind the Star Wars franchise, for $4.05 billion which is marginally more than what they spent on Marvel ($4 billion). Considering the success of The Avengers…
It’s time! To smash the meaning of the term “club classic” into irrelevant meaninglessness! This week’s Dermot dance involves a stand-in busting a move with some impressive back flips and stuff before the real Dermot takes his place for the cameras. Careful Dermot, first they replace you for the dance-in, the next thing you…
The case for terrible movies in which Cathal Dennehy advocates watching Saving Private Ryan and Battle: Los Angeles back to back. This month sees the release of Taken 2, the sequel to the ridiculious B-movie Taken, which has become a staple of so-bad-it’s-good movies in recent years. Unsurprisingly, the sequel is also terrible, but…
Susan O’Sullivan on the delicate charm of The Perks of Being a Wallflower is a highly anticipated adaptation of the cult novel by Stephen Chbosky. Many of you have possibly read it, many more of you are aware of it because it is Emma Watson’s first film venture after Harry Potter. The film’s…
Úna Hennessy keeps you updated on all the latest Hollywood news. Stallone Holds a Grudge in New Boxing Movie: It appears that Hollywood just can’t get enough of the boxing movie, as Warner Bros announces that Sylvester Stallone is confirmed to join Grudge Match, alongside veteran film actor Robert DeNiro. The story plays out…
Aisling Murphy takes issue with the depiction – or lack thereof – of brainy, unstable women on TV. As I read Chris Redmond’s article “The God of TV”, something struck me – in the three award-winning, celebrated television programmes he was discussing, the protagonists were male, extremely intelligent and, perhaps most importantly, they all…
Looper is one of 2012’s more enjoyable sci-fi larks, writes Cathal Dennehy Christopher Nolan, the man behind the Dark Knight Trilogy, has played a major role in changing the way many people look at blockbusters today. 2010’s Inception proved to everybody that a blockbuster didn’t have to be mindless, bland, explosion-filled trash, but rather…
Aaron Noonan reviews your filmic choices, White House style – just in time for the coming US election… The War Room (1993): The War Room is a documentary depicting the activities of the campaign to elect Bill Clinton to presidency in 1992. It follows George Stephanopoulos and James Carville, respectively Clinton’s Communications Director and…
Chris Redmond exposes the empiricist roots of House, Dexter and Breaking Bad. Last month, an article in The Huffington Post documented the decline of religion and the rise of atheism in America. Since 2005, the number of Americans who claimed to be religious has declined from 73% to 60%, while the number of people…