Film in Review: Atomic Blonde
Dir: David Leitch Cast: Charlize Theron, James McAvoy, John Goodman, Til Schweiger, Eddie Marson, Sofia Boutella & Toby Jones Cert: 16 Runtime: 115 min…
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Once Bitten, Twice Shamed
Abortion is possibly the most volatile word in Irish society. Even a simple insinuation can elicit intense responses both sides. Ireland is sandwiched between…
Confessions of a First Time Filmmaker
Richard Wagner, renowned German composer and theatre director, once wrote that ‘the ancient splendour and beauty of Prague, a city beyond compare, left an…
Watching the Detectives: True Crime Streaming On the Rise
Car crash TV – a show so bad that you wish you hadn’t looked. But now you can’t look away away. The second-hand embarrassment…
The Princess and the Pitchforks: Emma Watson and Feminist Politics
A tale as old as time – that of an unnecessary Hollywood remake, a brigade of misinformation, and a feminist being made to prove…
Film in Review: ‘Get Out’
Jordan Peele is best known as one half of the popular comedic duo Key and Peele. Who, after igniting an infectious chemistry together over…
Films in Review: Moonlight, Lion, The Great Wall
Moonlight CT Rating: 5 stars out of 5 Barry Jenkins’ sophomore feature is worthy of every word of the praise it is getting. A…
Hindiwood: Hollywood and its influence on the Hindi Film Industry
Film & TV Writer Paurush Kumar takes another look at the shifting landscape of Hindi cinema, this time examining the impact of Hollywood…
Artist or Abuser? The Controversy Surrounding Casey Affleck
Should the sexual harassment allegations against Casey Affleck stop him from winning an Academy Award? Is it right to separate art from the artist…
Film in Review: The Lego Batman Movie
Emerging from the ashes of last year’s lukewarmly received Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice, in what may be the largest tonal shift witnessed…
Film In Review: John Wick, Chapter Two
The original ‘John Wick’ arrived in early 2015 and, on paper at least, its eponymous protagonist appeared to be merely the latest in…
Interview: Chris Patterson, Producer of ‘Hostage to the Devil’
You may or may not know the name Father Malachi Martin. Martin is a Listowel-born priest who, after getting a secondary education in Dublin…