Gone Girl
October 6th, 2014 | by Conor Smyth
Who knew extreme marital dysfunction could be such a riot? Adapted by Gillian Flynn from her best-selling novel, Gone Girl is a …
Film / Theatre Reviews
20000 Days on Earth
September 22nd, 2014 | by Will Murphy
It’s important to understand that we all have our own biases. So before I discuss the new documentary 20000 Days …
Pride
September 22nd, 2014 | by Conor Smyth
Pride works – and it really works – because it finds a way to perfectly be the kind of film you …
Noble
September 19th, 2014 | by Conor Smyth
Noble, the biopic of Irish humanitarian Christina Noble starring comedian Deidre O’Kane, feels a lot like a TV movie. First there’s …
Not I, Footfalls & Rockaby @ The Mac
September 10th, 2014 | by Ian Patterson
In theatrical terms, Lisa Dwan’s trilogy of playwright Samuel Beckett’s celebrated short plays at The MAC represented a significant first, …
The Guest
September 8th, 2014 | by Steven Rainey
Interrupting the end-of-summer plainness like an ice bucket over the head is The Guest, a fun, nasty little slice of …
What If
September 2nd, 2014 | by Conor Smyth
Hogwarts expatriate Daniel Radcliffe is the headliner here, but you might also recognise Zoe Kazan, one half of the meet-cute …
All This Mayhem
August 28th, 2014 | by Conor Smyth
Nineties America saw a wider embrace of skateboarding by mainstream culture and exciting innovations in vertical ramp (‘vert’) skating technique, …
Lucy
August 27th, 2014 | by Conor Smyth
After honey-voiced hardware in Her, a blank-faced alien stalker in Under Her Skin and a lycra-skinned super spy in Captain America: Winter Soldier, Scarlett …
The Congress
August 25th, 2014 | by Conor Smyth
As cut-throat a business as Hollywood may be, it’s inevitably a comedown from the horrible intensities of life in a …