Sometimes when I’m watching old films at home with the folks I feel it’s out of a sense of duty. Who else from my generation for example would watch Tom Selleck without a moustache or Brian Dennehy being sinister if not me? These are made for TV movies however. The likes of Ike & ToContinue reading “Film of the week: Breakdown”
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FILM OF THE WEEK: OFFICE SPACE
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FILM OF THE WEEK: OFFICE SPACE
It’s funny how some films pass you by. It’s much more difficult to miss things these days with media coming at you from multiple angles. Or maybe that’s the problem. Office Space will be familiar to a generation of meme enthusiasts, perhaps more so than the film itself. Its chief protagonist in these images isContinue reading “FILM OF THE WEEK: OFFICE SPACE”
Beyond Caravaggio
There is a lot to be said for going to an art museum. Especially on weekdays if you manage it. Unfortunately, times being as they are, there will be a strategically placed gift shop for you to negotiate. Once you have either ignored or surrendered to all those Da Vinci fridge magnet’s however, you’re intoContinue reading “Beyond Caravaggio”
Film of the week: Get Out
I have no great affection for the horror genre overall. That is to say if I hear a film is good and it happens to be a horror, I’ll go and watch that bad boy. Though I wouldn’t actively seek such films out over, say a crime drama. I often think I might be missingContinue reading “Film of the week: Get Out”
Book of the month: The Legendary Lugs Branigan by Kevin C Kearns
I decided on a change of pace this month. Something true, something Irish. A story to take me back to the rare old times, when men were perennially drunk and the local lawman was uncompromising and fearless. Lugs Branigan is an interesting character no matter what your perspective. Born in the south inner city ofContinue reading “Book of the month: The Legendary Lugs Branigan by Kevin C Kearns”
Film of the week: Wild Tales
I am regularly disappointed by the output of Film Four’s TV channel. So often it just seems to be endless repeats of the X Men films and Vin Diesel led rubbish. So when something different comes along these days, it really is a pleasant surprise. Relatos Salvajes (aka Wild Tales, Argentina 2014) is just that.Continue reading “Film of the week: Wild Tales”
ADIFF 2017
One of the most notable events in the Irish film calendar has become the Dublin International Film Festival. It has been around in its current guise since around the turn of the millennium. I think my first one was about ’04 or ’05. It was a more innocent time. A world without Facebook,Continue reading “ADIFF 2017”
book of the month: Weirdo by Cathi Unsworth
I don’t envy anybody who has to pick out a novel in the crime & thriller section these days. There seems to be an endless amount of options from various parts of the world and as well as a bottomless pit of writers, old and new vying for a reader’s attention. What got me toContinue reading “book of the month: Weirdo by Cathi Unsworth”
It’s all so Absurdia!
There’s nothing I dislike more than the water cooler synopsis of a film or tv show. For one thing, it’s very hard to give a full and detailed opinion of something when you’re rushing off to do something else. The boss has his eye on you both and the doubts begin to creep in.Continue reading “It’s all so Absurdia!”
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