Aisling Murphy switches off her brain – much like the cast of Made in Chelsea, actually… The word I associate most with E4’s so-called reality show Made in Chelsea is ‘ridiculous’. Arguably the stupidest programme on our screens, MIC focuses on the lives and loves of the wealthy young inhabitants of London’s Chelsea district. The…
In anticipation of Spielberg’s Lincoln, Bryan Lynch considers depictions of the Southern cause in the American Civil War. When I went to see Ang Lee’s Life of Pi, I was able to catch a new trailer for Steven Spielberg’s upcoming Lincoln and I am able to say that I think it looks great. The American…
Still more noise from Sean Quinn’s Mountjoy Fan Club: In a recent interview with the BBC, Sean Quinn outlined his personal conducted opinion poll of Mountjoy prison, announcing to the world that “One hundred per cent of inmates felt he should not be there.” Perhaps Quinn’s findings were as a result of a small…
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…