Katie – A Documentary by Ross Whitaker
Katie, directed by Ross Whitaker is a documentary following Irish boxer Katie Taylor as she attempts to make the transition from amateur boxing to the professional level. The film deservingly won the Best Irish Feature Documentary award at the Galway Film Fleadh earlier this year….
Burt Reynolds Top 10 Movie Performances
Born February 11th, 1936, Burton Leon Reynolds Jr. lived a long and amazing life. Starting his acting career in 1958 and working up until the very end dying at the age of 82 the legendary Burt Reynolds acted, directed, produced, and was such a 70s…
“The Happytime Murders” Review
Usually reviews have a certain structure to them. As the reviewer I might lead you into a false sense of security, setting up a review with the potential of having a positive outcome. It could be a vague introduction that tries to (or feigns to)…
Incoming Film Review
The International Space Station is now a prison – the ultimate black site. The international space station (looks nothing like the actual ISS) has been turned into a floating prison where a handful of terrorists are being held and the Geneva Convention does not apply….
Black 47 Movie Review
A man comes home to find nothing but death during the Irish famine in this tale as old as Ireland – a story of revenge. Black 47 is an Irish take on the classic American revenge western, the events happening with the backdrop of the “the…
Damnation Alley (1977) Review
In a post-apocalyptic world, George Peppard and the guy from Airwolf must team up in a bitchin all-terrain vehicle to drive from California to New York. Based on the book of the same name, Damnation Alley starts off just before a nuclear war at a…
The Children Act Review
“Deftly directed, beautifully shot, Emma Thompson turns out a stellar performance in a film that falls just short of greatness” I didn’t expect to like The Children Act. It has Oscar bate written all over it. It is the type of film that respectable…
The Education of Shelby Knox – Review
In my constant attempt to kill time while I should be working, I recently watched an old documentary called The Education of Shelby Knox. The movie was made it 2005 and takes a look at a young girls attempt to promote sex education in a…
