Taste for excess sadly turned serious talent into a joke figureANALYSIS: Russell’s outrageous extravagance was on a par with visionary peers Pasolini and FelliniTue Nov 29 2011 - 00:00
Are you an Ordinary Joe? Do you want to live in the White House?A CONSENSUS has been building that Barack Obama is beatable in next year’s US presidential election.Sat Nov 26 2011 - 00:00
Hailee on wrong side of the tracksREEL NEWS: More fun with political correctnessFri Nov 25 2011 - 00:00
ResistanceWE DON’T have nearly enough contra-factual thrillers set in a universe where the Axis powers won the second World WarFri Nov 25 2011 - 00:00
Welcome to the RileysMORE THAN a decade after the potty Plunkett & Macleane , Jake Scott, son of Ridley, returns with a film that plays like an…Fri Nov 25 2011 - 00:00
MoneyballGOOD LUCK flogging this nicely made, somewhat overlong film to the good people of EuropeFri Nov 25 2011 - 00:00
Third time for Sunrise trio?REEL NEWS: Hooray! It looks as if the team behind Before Sunrise and Before Sunset may be reuniting for a third film.Fri Nov 25 2011 - 00:00
Oscar omissions: they coulda been contendersREEL NEWS: Another year, another series of awards controversiesFri Nov 25 2011 - 00:00
Irish directors honour their ownREEL NEWS: Veteran Irish documentary film-maker Louis Marcus has been awarded the Screen Directors Guild of Ireland and Foras…Fri Nov 25 2011 - 00:00
Awards galore at Cork festivalREEL NEWS: The 56th Corona Cork Film Festival wound down last weekend by handing out gongs to a host of talented short film-…Fri Nov 18 2011 - 00:00
Viewers shrug over Ayn gaffREEL NEWS: Any opportunity to wallop Atlas Shrugged – either Ayn Rand’s ghastly novel or the already notorious 2011 film adaptation…Fri Nov 18 2011 - 00:00
Film Fleadh on Oscar shortlistREEL NEWS: Ever wonder how the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences sorts its way though the hundreds of thousands of…Fri Nov 18 2011 - 00:00
Sisters doing it for themselvesREEL NEWS: Okay, now this is getting out of handFri Nov 18 2011 - 00:00
Why are we still discussing the 'gay gene'?Confirmation that sexual preference is genetic should not make any differenceSat Nov 12 2011 - 00:00
Chastain up for part of DiREEL NEWS: It was only a matter of time before somebody threatened to make a film about Princess Diana.Fri Nov 11 2011 - 00:00
Spain’s safety prioritiesREEL NEWS: You wouldn’t have thought that Spain, a country that still kills animals for popular entertainment, would be at home…Fri Nov 11 2011 - 00:00
Arthur ChristmasTHE FACT THAT this film is arriving a full month and a half before Christmas is sure to scare up a degree of ill feeling from…Fri Nov 11 2011 - 00:00
The AwakeningFORGET YOUR low-budget viscera. This is a scary film of the old school. Echoing corridors hide shadowy secretsFri Nov 11 2011 - 00:00
Melancholia tops Euro film awardsREEL NEWS: You can’t keep old Lars von Trier downFri Nov 11 2011 - 00:00
Universal gone down the toilet?REEL NEWS: Movie blogs are buzzing with reaction to the comments made by Universal chief executive Ron Meyer concerning the …Fri Nov 11 2011 - 00:00
Ratner walks the plank after talking trashREEL NEWS: The Oscars have been thrown into an unprecedented state of confusion following the resignation of Brett Ratner, the…Fri Nov 11 2011 - 00:00
Mendes in action man modeREEL NEWS: Sam Mendes, director of Skyfall , the next James Bond film, has been working hard to dispel gossip that the picture…Fri Nov 11 2011 - 00:00
‘The Quiet Man’ revisitedSé Merry Doyle’s Dreaming The Quiet Man , a documentary on John Ford’s great Irish fantasy, has been selected by the American…Fri Nov 04 2011 - 00:00
Machine Gun PreacherWITH A title like that you were, perhaps, hoping for a gung-ho slab of exploitation in the fashion of Hobo with a ShotgunFri Nov 04 2011 - 00:00
Age-old debate for IMDbLike most sensible people, we viewed the recent story about an actor suing the Internet Movie Database for publishing her real…Fri Nov 04 2011 - 00:00
SensationTHE SECOND feature from Tom Hall begins with one of the most startling sequences in recent Irish cinemaFri Nov 04 2011 - 00:00
NC-17 cert a ‘badge of honour’Steve McQueen’s Shame , a tale of sexual addiction starring Michael Fassbender, has been handed an NC-17 certificate in the US…Fri Nov 04 2011 - 00:00
The FutureTO SAY THE films of Miranda July stimulate furious controversy is to overstate the performance artist’s significanceFri Nov 04 2011 - 00:00
Like mother . . . and sister and grandadThat Redgrave dynasty (nearly) in fullSat Oct 29 2011 - 01:00
Film festival fit for a KingdomREEL NEWS: More festival news. The Kerry Film Festival kicks off tomorrow at various venues throughout the KingdomFri Oct 28 2011 - 01:00
56th festival promises to be another CorkerREEL NEWS : One of the great events in the Irish cinema calendar begins on Sunday, November 6th.Fri Oct 28 2011 - 01:00
The Ides of MarchEVERYONE LIKES George Clooney. He’s a decent guy. He’s a proper movie starFri Oct 28 2011 - 01:00
Dublin makes the sceneREEL NEWS: Some non-festival news. Keep your eyes open for an excellent new book in the series World Film Locations.Fri Oct 28 2011 - 01:00
Accessing Japanese filmsREEL NEWS: Among the presentations at the Cork Film Festival you will discover the first outing for Access Cinema’s travelling…Fri Oct 28 2011 - 01:00
Demons Never DieIN THE unlikely event that you spend Saturday evenings berating Tulisa Contostavlos for the crime of not being Danii Minogue, …Fri Oct 28 2011 - 01:00
Miss BalaIT IS forgivable to feel a certain unease when viewing movies about drug wars in less wealthy parts of the planetFri Oct 28 2011 - 01:00
Calling a spade a spade is fine if that's what it wants to be calledRICKY GERVAIS is currently suffering – or, more likely, enjoying – a spell of internet notorietySat Oct 22 2011 - 01:00
Judy Moody and the Not Bummer SummerIN RECENT years, distributors, after failing to launch franchises based on juvenile novel sequences, have received sad reminders…Fri Oct 21 2011 - 01:00
Clones fest won’t be duplicatedREEL NEWS: The hard-working people at the Clones film festival are about to celebrate 10 years of that fine event.Fri Oct 21 2011 - 01:00
The Yellow Sea/HwanghaeWHILE WATCHING the opening 30 minutes of Na Hong-jin’s gargantuan South Korean picture, the viewer could be forgiven for wondering…Fri Oct 21 2011 - 01:00
Allen film has Rome boppingREEL NEWS: It must be an interesting time to be Woody AllenFri Oct 21 2011 - 01:00
Liberal luvvies on the attackREEL NEWS: Hollywood liberals have really been letting rip over the past few days.Fri Oct 21 2011 - 01:00
Ultimate tribute to Irish animatorsREEL NEWS: The recent stirling work by Irish animators – think all those Oscar nominations – has been recognised by the prestigious…Fri Oct 21 2011 - 01:00
Rentaghost gets Brand for BenREEL NEWS: Do you remember that story about Russell Brand appearing in a big-screen US version of the creaky British kids’ show…Fri Oct 21 2011 - 01:00
McGuinness detractors guilty of underestimating 'sod you' factorEXPERTS INFORM me that Martin McGuinness has little chance of victory in the upcoming election.Sat Oct 15 2011 - 01:00
