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Review: IT

September 27, 2017

It is uncommon that a horror movie lives up to the hype that surrounds it and can provide something more than a few jump scares and a story you won’t remember the next morning. The Read more…

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Review: 13 Reasons Why

April 19, 2017

[dropcap]T[/dropcap]hese days high school drama shows are not hard to find, but they are hard to like. They are usually the same old over-romanticised, over-materialised, over the top crap. However, 13 Reasons Why is different. Read more…

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Review: Between Land and Sea

April 19, 2017

[dropcap]R[/dropcap]oaring waves crash against the ragged cliffs. Seagulls sail on wild Atlantic gusts. Tiny black specks paddle across the white foam on their surf boards, only to be heaved over the lip of a towering Read more…

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Is the blockbuster killing film studios?

March 22, 2017

The smell of heated popcorn kernels fills the nasal cavities as you slowly make your way down a carpeted hall, scanning the doors for a number corresponding with your ticket label. Inside, a flight of Read more…

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Review – Logan

March 22, 2017

After seventeen years of playing his career defining character, Hugh Jackman returns as Logan in this grounded, raw and violent new take on Wolverine in his last adventure.

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Review: T2 Trainspotting

February 22, 2017

[dropcap]Choose[/dropcap] regret, denial and rekindling old friendships. Twenty years later, Mark Renton (Ewan Mcgregor) returns to Edinburgh following the death of his mother; Sick Boy (Jonny Lee Miller), Begbie (Robert Carlyle) and Spud (Ewen Bremner) Read more…

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Sussed: The Oscars’ best pictures

February 22, 2017

After last year’s #OscarsSoWhite controversy sparked outrage on Twitter as well as from the actors themselves, the academy have made an explicit effort to recognise diversity in this year’s films. This can be seen in Read more…

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Review: La La Land

February 8, 2017

Every year, there’s a film that is soaked in nothing but hype. 2016 saw Suicide Squad, which critics loved to hate and 2015 gave all its Oscars to The Revenant. Admittedly, sometimes the hype is Read more…

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Review: Crash and Burn

November 30, 2016

Tommy Byrne could have been the biggest name in Formula 1. There was no doubting his talent and speed as he climbed through the ranks of Irish and British racing in the early 1980’s. The Read more…

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Film Review: My Name is Emily

April 20, 2016

  If you were to describe My Name is Emily in one word, it would be special. From its conception, this movie has been different from most. Irish director Simon Fitzmaurice was diagnosed with Motor Read more…

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REVIEW: Zoolander 2

February 24, 2016

Zoolander 2 is an almost irredeemably bad movie. It feels like both a lazy retread of the original and a tonally jarring rip off of a Dan Brown novel. Worst of all, it commits the Read more…

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REVIEW: Deadpool

February 24, 2016

Daniel Troy reviews the latest Marvel Superhero to hit the big screen, Deadpool. Does it live up to its legendary marketing campaign? Read more…

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A Beginner’s Guide to Robert Zemeckis

October 28, 2015

Robert Zemeckis is one of Hollywood’s most visionary directors, never afraid to innovate or debut new state-of-the-art technology. You may not recognise his name, but you will certainly know of his work. While he saw Read more…

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REVIEW: ‘Legend’

October 14, 2015

The latest offering from writer/director Brian Helgeland, Legend is a crime thriller set in 1960s London starring Tom Hardy as both of the infamous gangster twins, Reggie and Ronald Kray. Based on a true story, Read more…