American TeenIF THIS film didn’t come with the word “documentary” stamped on its base, then you could be forgiven for thinking it the most…Fri Mar 06 2009 - 00:00
SurveillanceIF SOME unconnected young tyro had directed this wretched thriller, then David Lynch might have sued for unacknowledged appropriation…Fri Mar 06 2009 - 00:00
The Secret of KellsHMM? CARTOON Saloon, an animation house based in Kilkenny, has put together a feature based around the creation of The Book of…Fri Mar 06 2009 - 00:00
The UnbornHERE’S ALL you need to know about this extravagantly atrocious contribution to the scary child genre of horror filmFri Feb 27 2009 - 00:00
FranklynWITHIN minutes of this rather beautiful film kicking off, you come to suspect that Gerald McMorrow, a debut director, has walked…Fri Feb 27 2009 - 00:00
Confessions of a ShopaholicONE SMALL compensation for the recent economic downturn comes with the knowledge that the sort of people referenced in Sophie…Fri Feb 20 2009 - 00:00
Set a tiger loose in the theatreOSCAR NIGHT – like New Year’s Eve and every wedding you’ve ever been to – offers endless evidence of the human animal’s ability…Fri Feb 20 2009 - 00:00
Cadillac RecordsTHE LAST time we encountered a Hollywood biopic of a record label – Dreamgirls ’ oblique glide past the Motown legend – poisonous…Fri Feb 20 2009 - 00:00
Being Biggie's MotherAngela Bassett on playing Voletta Wallace, mother of the Notorious BIG, in a movie of the rapper's lifeFri Feb 13 2009 - 00:00
Oscar-nominated 'Doubt' opens Dublin Film FestivalTHE SEVENTH Jameson Dublin International Film Festival kicked off last night at the Savoy Cinema with a gala screening of the…Fri Feb 13 2009 - 00:00
Hotel for DogsLIKE THE recent, similarly themed Beverly Hills Chihuahua , this lumbering family film makes promises in its promotional material…Fri Feb 13 2009 - 00:00
Friday the 13thWHAT WAS it Anton Chekhov said about “the woodchipper over the fireplace”? If you see a woodchipper in act one then, before the…Fri Feb 13 2009 - 00:00
The Pink Panther 2EVER wonder what drove Steve Martin to have that preposterous plastic surgery? Here’s a suggestionFri Feb 13 2009 - 00:00
'Slumdog' lives it up with seven awardsIN A result that surprised absolutely nobody, Slumdog Millionaire , Danny Boyle's transposition of Oliver Twist to the slums …Mon Feb 09 2009 - 00:00
Irish notables in frame for BaftasTHE MOVIE awards season moves one step closer to the Oscars tomorrow night when The Orange British Academy of Film and Television…Sat Feb 07 2009 - 00:00
The Good, The Bad and The WeirdYES, THAT’S right. Some bright spark has had the idea of taking Sergio Leone’s best bits and restaging them in a surprising location…Fri Feb 06 2009 - 00:00
The Secret of MoonacreTWO YEARS ago, Gabor Csupo took Katherine Paterson’s Bridge to Terabithia , a book in which a child encountered magic realms …Fri Feb 06 2009 - 00:00
Mr Hitchcock makes our dayIt’s such as shame that when theatre types turn films into stage musicals they always pick sensitive films for sensitive people…Fri Feb 06 2009 - 00:00
Pat Shortt, D’Unbelievable BritonIs there a more conspicuously Irish actor than Pat Shortt? Nobody is, you’ll agree, likely to mistake D’Unbelievable actor for…Fri Feb 06 2009 - 00:00
Plight of the PhoenixHave you been keeping up with the “Joaquin Phoenix Goes Bonkers, Grows Beard” story? It goes something like thisFri Feb 06 2009 - 00:00
Irish films go internationalBy coincidence, two Irish films made against the clock are to receive international outings over the next weekFri Feb 06 2009 - 00:00
Wall-E pipped by PandaOkay, there is a slim chance that The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (I feel soooo sleepy) will beat Slumdog Millionaire at …Fri Feb 06 2009 - 00:00
Punisher: War ZoneTHE THIRD attempt to make something cinematic from the adventures of Marvel Comics’ least empathetic, most emotionally frigid…Fri Feb 06 2009 - 00:00
BoltWHEN JOHN Lasseter, founder of Pixar, took control of Disney’s animation department, he was faced with a challenging dilemma…Fri Feb 06 2009 - 00:00
Tokyo SonataTHE LATEST sober film from sometime horror director Kiyoshi Kurosawa (no relation to Akira) begins with a decent attempt to breathe…Fri Jan 30 2009 - 00:00
The BrokenSOME OF THE early reviews of this British horror film have compared it to the much-remade Invasion of the Body SnatchersFri Jan 30 2009 - 00:00
Dublin film festival to screen 130 moviesTWO OF the nation’s most admired actors helped launch the programme for the seventh Jameson Dublin International Film Festival…Tue Jan 27 2009 - 00:00
ValkyrieBRYAN SINGER’S treatment of the July 20th plot to assassinate Hitler has been shuffled round the schedules more often than that…Fri Jan 23 2009 - 00:00
Seven PoundsTHIS STRANGE, unintentionally disturbing picture looks like the result of a rigorous attempt to test a hitherto persuasive thesis…Fri Jan 16 2009 - 00:00
A Christmas Tale / Un Conte De NoëlTHE DISTRIBUTORs of Arnaud Desplechin’s extraordinary new film have issued a carefully worded statement to explain why it is …Fri Jan 16 2009 - 00:00
Beverly Hills ChihuahuaBEFORE GOING through the tiresome but unavoidable ritual of reviewing Beverly Hills Chihuahua , let’s play a game called Blindingly…Fri Jan 16 2009 - 00:00
Brideshead Revisited'OH MY D- D- DEAR!" Anthony Blanche, the camp aesthete in Evelyn Waugh's most delightfully barmy novel, might very well stutter…Fri Jan 09 2009 - 00:00
Love and Honour / Bushi No IchibunYOJI YAMADA brings his trilogy of pictures based on stories by Shuhei Fujisawa to a successful conclusion with this engrossing…Fri Jan 09 2009 - 00:00
Sex DriveIT SAYS HERE that this latest teen-sex, coming-of-age, gross-out, potty-mouthed road movie is based on a novel.Fri Jan 09 2009 - 00:00
'Hunger' receives eight nominations for Ifta awards, including best filmAWARDS SEASON came to Dublin yesterday with the announcement of the nominations in 37 categories for the sixth annual Irish Film…Fri Jan 09 2009 - 00:00
The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants 2IT IS ONLY fair to acknowledge that the four Sisters of the Travelling Pants do set a genuinely good example to teenage girls…Fri Jan 02 2009 - 00:00
The ponderous side of PattiPATTI SMITH: DREAM OF LIFE: Directed by Steven Sebring PG cert, limited release, 109 min **Tue Dec 23 2008 - 00:00
GONZO: THE LIFE AND WORK OF HUNTER S THOMPSONALEX GIBNEY'S latest documentary is decadent and depravedFri Dec 19 2008 - 00:00
Garden of equalsIF YOU were feeling mean- spirited, you might dismiss the latest film from Jean Becker, a veteran of many genres, as an archetypal…Fri Dec 12 2008 - 00:00
Fear of heightsCLIMBERS ARE notoriously pernickety about films based on their perilous sportFri Dec 12 2008 - 00:00
Rooted to the spotIF YOU CAN duck your head beneath the huge, jagged metaphor that hurtles through this Israeli production, then you should find…Fri Dec 12 2008 - 00:00
