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 […]
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 […]
Starring: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Hank Azaria, Harry Shearer Director: David Silverman Genre: Comedy Cert: 12 Released: 2007 It must be hard writing a movie-length version of an iconic 22 minute satirical cartoon that has fired out 420 episodes over 19 years. But Matt Groening and his team, who long had […]
Starring: Danny Aiello, Anthony LaPaglia, Lainie Kazan Director: George Gallo Genre: Comedy Cert: 15 Released: 1991 “29th Street” is the semi-autobiographical account of the life of Frank Pesce (who stars in the role of his own brother in the movie), a directionless, young Italian-American who hits it lucky when he is entered in the first […]
Starring: Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Will Ferrell, Christine Taylor, Jerry Stiller, Milla Jovovich, Jon Voight, David Duchovny Director: Ben Stiller Genre: Comedy Cert: 12 Released: 2001 Maybe watching “Zoolander” in 2005 is an exercise in futility. Ben Stiller had set the bar quite high with “Meet the Parents” and “There’s Something About Mary” in the […]
Starring: Billy Bob Thornton, John Ritter, Tony Cox, Brett Kelly, Lauren Graham, Bernie Mac Director: Terry Zwigoff Genre: Comedy Cert: 15 Released: 2003 Willie (Thornton) is a pretty bad Santa. He swears, he drinks, he pisses himself and he hates Christmas and kids. But he’s not a mall Santa for the good of his health […]
Starring: William H Macy, Alec Baldwin, Maria Bello, Daniel J Nascarella, Ron Livingston Director: Wayne Kramer Genre: Drama Cert: 18 Released: 2003 Did they ever exist? Is the concept of “coolers” a clever invention of Hollywood? Are coolers about as real as Godzilla, the Blair Witch or a good Kevin Costner movie? Well if so, […]
Starring: Kenneth Brannagh, Robin Wright Penn, David Krumholtz, Lynn Redgrave Director: Michael Kalesniko Genre: Comedy Cert: 15 Released: 2000 I almost always expect Kenneth Brannagh to be donning a dodgy middle-ages moustache or flowery blouse whenever I see him on screen. His fascination with Shakespeare has been the bedrock of his career with successful productions […]
Starring: George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Andy Garcia, Matt Damon, Julia Roberts Director: Steven Soderbergh Genre: Thriller Cert: 12 Released: 2001 We love throwing out the phrase “ensemble cast”. It gives you this great feeling of value for money if you go and see a movie with an ensemble cast. It normally means that you will […]
Starring: Billy Crystal, David Paymer, Helen Hunt, Mary Mara, Julie Warner, Ron Silver Director: Billy Crystal Genre: Drama Cert: 15 Released: 1992 Billy Crystal might be somewhat of an acquired taste for people. While enjoying his acting is one challenge on it’s own, enjoying a movie he not only stars in but also wrote and […]
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