The news we were all waiting for – Harold Ramis has confirmed that there will be a second sequel to Ghostbusters with the original cast! If you grew up with the comic, ghost-slaying antics of these guys you are SO in for a treat! Can you imagine these guys donning their proton packs and […]
Starring: Will Smith, Alice Braga, Salli Richardson, Willow Smith Director: Francis Lawrence Genre: Sci-Fi Cert: 15 Released: 2007 I try not to feel intimidated by films with big casts, budgets and reputations. “I Am Legend” is one such film – a $150m budget with a $585m box-office gross and starring Hollywood’s most bankable […]
Starring: Robin Williams, Christopher Walken, Laura Linney, Jeff Goldblum Director: Barry Levinson Genre: Drama Cert: 12 Released: 2006 Sometimes things just don’t work. Here in Ireland, for example, we bought and abandoned millions of Euros worth of electronic voting machines because they were found to be unreliable and could be interfered with so as to […]
As Irish political party the Progressive Democrats collapse in to nothingness, former leader Ciaran Cannon today confirmed he is defecting to the main Irish opposition party, Fine Gael. Part of his motivation for joining Fine Gael was that he felt the ruling party, Fianna Fáil, “lacked leadership and failed to inspire people”. Ladies and gentlemen, […]
I love nosing around other people’s lives on Facebook, sticking my nose in to every nook and granny. I suspect I’m not alone in this pastime – I’m sure many of you also click on friend’s friends to see who they are and what they look like. It is of course a great endeavour for […]
Starring: Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Ralph Fiennes Director: Martin McDonagh Genre: Thriller Cert: 18 Released: 2008 Ken (Brendan Gleeson) and Ray (Colin Farrell) are two very different people. They both kill people for a living – working for Harry Waters (Ralph Fiennes) – but have little else in common. Ken is older, has been […]
To the universe I don’t mean a thing Whether it’s posting messages of support online for troubled celebrities we’ve never met or putting up posters of missing children in a local rural post office thousands of miles from the abduction, people have a genetic disposition to belong, to be identified with something. I guess that’s […]
Starring: Sean Bean, Bob Hoskins, Danny Dyer Director: Nick Love Genre: Drama Cert: 18 Released: 2007 Nick Love follows up his violent football drama “The Football Factory” with “Outlaw”, a further look at society’s moral decay and the reaction it provokes from seemingly up-standing citizens. The film separately follows several different characters subjected to […]
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