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…
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 Last Right Review – A Charming Irish Road Movie
Written and directed by Aoife Crehan and starring Michiel Huisman (Game of Thrones, The Haunting of Hill House), Niamh Algar (The Drummer and the Keeper, The Virtues) and Samuel Bottomley (Jericho, Tyranossaur) with supporting cast from Colm Meaney and Brian Cox The Last Right deals…
Booksmart Review
Normally at the end of these press screenings, I emerge from the cinema, blinking at multiple scraps of paper, upon which I have scrawled various notes for myself, illegibly, in the dark. A beautiful scene I don’t want to forget in my review, a poignant…
Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards 2018
For the 12th year in a row, the circle has selected their favorite works for the year. this year’s nominees and winners for the Dublin Film Critics Circle (DFCC) awards have been announced and for the most part we don’t have a lot of surprises….
Good Favour Movie Review
“Good Favour” is a brilliantly told parable in a modern day setting that showcases how miracles can bring hope to a community that has lost all hope of it. “Good Favour” was released in 2017 and directed by Rebecca Daly. It’s a drama that entails…
The Commitments Movie Review
When The Commitments came out back in 1991, let’s just say I was a pretty young man. In fact, it wasn’t until a few years later that I watched the movie on VHS tape. Yep, I watched some small Irish indie film on my VCR,…
Damo & Ivor The Movie Review
“Let’s heat up the street!” “Let’s burn some rubber, and find our brother!” If you can handle hackneyed cliches such as these, and unapologetic stereotyping, then you may well enjoy “Damo and Ivor”. On the positive side, it’s an Irish feature, and a comedy which…
