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:…
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…