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The rise of Youtube has led to the rise of the Youtube personality. Many Youtube personalities have tried their hand at making a film based on their characters, including Stuart Ashen, AKA Ashens who has made his second film. Stuart Ashen is a collector of tat and obscure yet worthless technology. Ashens’ business partner, Benny […]
Horizon Line is a survival thriller about two ordinary people caught in an extraordinary and scary situation. It’s a film that can be described as everything that can go wrong will go wrong. Sara (Allison Williams) is a young woman who goes to Mauritius to attend a friend’s wedding. This is the first time she […]
In recent years there has been a renaissance in adapting Stephen King’s work. 2019 seeing three cinematic adaptations of King novels. Doctor Sleep completed the year and it was a film that had to honour King’s work and Stanley Kubrick’s adaptation of The Shining. After the events at the Overlook Hotel Dan Torrance (Ewan McGregor) has become […]
Election fever is upon and Sacha Baron Cohen has used the political climate to make a sequel to Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan. Since the events of the first film Borat has sentenced to a life time of hard labour for bringing Kazakhstan into disrepute. Borat gets a […]
“Nothing beats the original!” A common belief held among many film buffs. While the saying holds true in most instances, there are always exceptions to the rule. Some of the greatest horror movies ever made have been remakes. However, remakes are very difficult to pull off, especially when the original has a large fanbase. Filmmakers […]
The COVID pandemic continues to have an impact on the film industry. The latest piece of news that has broken was as reports that MGM explored the possibility of selling No Time to Die to either Apple TV+ or Netflix. This was shocking news because a major studio would consider selling one of their biggest tentpoles […]
Since starring in Taken in 2008, Liam Neeson has mostly focused on action roles. Honest Thief is the latest action-thriller for the Irishman to star in despite saying he was retiring from action roles in 2017. Tom Carter (Neeson) is the elusive “In-and-Out Bandit,” a bank robber who stolen $9 million over his criminal career. […]
Kieran Freemantle and Jean Henegan discuss the impact of the COVID pandemic on art and sports.
Pixie is an Irish set comedy caper with a twist by centring on a young woman involved with the criminal world. On the West Coast of Ireland two men rob a group of priests doing a drug deal. However, the drugs end up in the hands of two 20-something men who end up in over […]
I’m an avid theatergoer. As in, I see at least 50 or so theatrical productions every year. The week before the world stopped back in March, I had the great fortune of seeing the Chicago tour stop of Heidi Schreck’s sensational play What the Constitution Means to Me. It was the last live, in-person theatrical […]