You Are Not My Mother – Review
You Are Not My Mother is written and directed by Kate Dolan and stars Hazel Doupe (Float Like a Butterfly, Calm with Horses), Carolyn Bracken (Dublin Murders), Paul Reid (Vikings, Ritual), Ingrid Craigie (Blood, Seven Days in Entebbe) and Jordanne Jones (Metal Heart, I Used To Live Here)….
The Phantom of the Open – Review
The Phantom of the Open stars Mark Rylance, Sally Hawkins and Rhys Ifans. It’s based on a book of the same name written by Simon Farnaby and Scott Murray. The film is directed by Craig Robert. It’s based on the real life story of Maurice…
Here Before – Review
Written and Directed by Stacey Gregg and starring Andrea Riseborough (Shadow Dancer, Birdman), Jonjo O’Neill (The Fall), Eileen O’Higgins (Brooklyn), Martin McCann (Wildfire) and Niamh Dornan, Here Before is set in Northern Ireland and centres around a woman called Laura and her family. When a…
Spencer – Review
Directed by Pablo Larraín (Jackie) and starring Kristen Stewart in the lead role, Spencer is an imagined account of what happened over the three days during Christmas in 1991 when divorce rumours were rife between Diana and Charles. Set in the Queens residence of Sandringham…
Deadly Cuts – Review
Written and directed by Rachel Carey and starring Angeline Ball (The Commitments), Erika Roe (Herself, Dublin Murders) Shauna Higgins (Dating Amber, Red Rock) and Lauren Larkin (Love/Hate) in the central roles. Set in Piglinstown, a fictional working-class suburb of Dublin, Deadly Cuts centres on four…
Copshop – Film Review
I didn’t fully know what to expect going in to see Copshop. Judging by the trailer I thought it was going to be a cop comedy, but I was wrong. The film is directed by Joe Carnahan and stars Gerard Butler, Frank Grillo and Alexis…
The Last Letter From Your Lover – Review
Directed by Augustine Frizzell (Never Goin’ Back) and based on the book of the same name by Jojo Moyes, The Last Letter From Your Lover tells the story of two interconnecting love stories, one in the present and one in the past. The film opens…
The Boys from County Hell – Review
Set in the fictional Irish village of Six Mile Hill, The Boys from County Hell is a vampire comedy horror directed by Chris Baugh and written by Chris Baugh and Brendan Mullen. It stars Jack Rowen (Peaky Blinders, Knots + Crosses), Louisa Hyland (Derry Girls)…