As 2018 draws gently to a close and ‘Best of 2018’ lists are published across the country, we at the University Express thought that we would get in on the action. We asked our editors, contributors, and photographers and our friends at Motley Magazine to give us their own personal highlights of the year that…
Cloverfield is an ominous franchise. When 10 Cloverfield Lane came in 2016 it was a massive surprise – from its short advertising campaign, the fact that it was an 8-year-old sequel, and the overall quality of the film led it to be one of the highlights of the year. If anyone is an NFL fan…
As another Netflix original comes rolling around in the form of American Vandal, it left me wondering – are any of these “Netflix Originals” actually generating enough subscribers to actually justify the cost of pumping out show after show at a furious rate? The answer is that Netflix is in more than $20 billion in…
Sing Street – what did this movie do to me? I’m writing this at 3:20 on a Sunday morning because I’ve been left stunned by its impact: the energy, emotion, and optimism that it brings, packaged with an inspired soundtrack. In a year that has seen so many critically recognised films with sensitive topics and…
So I went and asked the fine people of the UCC Express about the movies that left them in actual tears. Here’s a couple of our staff: Edward Scissorhands – Sophie McKenzie (Fiction Editor) When I was young, I was the tough nut of my family. E.T., Titanic, even the notoriously child-traumatizing parent deaths of…
The Cork Film Festival is in its 61st year, and by the time you’re reading this it’ll be about halfway through its 2016 run (the fortnightly publishing schedule for the Express isn’t fun sometimes). For the most part, the film Festival is held in Cork City locations: so Triskel, the Gate, the Everyman, and St…
24’s Keifer Sutherland returns to the television screen with a new ABC Political Thriller, “Designated Survivor”. He Plays Tom Kirkland, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, who finds himself thrust into the Presidency of the United States following a devastating attack on the Capitol Building. This attack, striking during the State of Union address, wipes…
Irish Film is arguably at the strongest point it has ever been. With Room (directed by Lenny Abrahamson) taking Oscars and Golden Globes, and Sing Street receiving very high universal acclaim, Irish film comes at a high standard nowadays, and Conor MacNeill doesn’t stray from this standard. MacNeill is a 28 year old actor from…
This movie review is limited to the first 15 minutes of the film and referred to in general throughout. The Last Heist is a action film written by Guy Stevenson, writer for MadTV and a single episode of Mike Tyson Mysteries, and directed by Mike Mendez of Mega Spider and Midgets vs Mascots fame. The…
In its simple essence, Tangerine is a buddy chase film with a lot of laughs and a lot of heart. And a fair share of violence and drug use. And prostitutes. Transgender prostitutes. On Christmas Eve. One of the most pronounced and talked about elements of Tangerine is its use of iPhones instead of traditional…