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
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
'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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Madagascar: Escape 2 AfricaTHE TIME may finally have come to utter the following contentious words: Toy Story has a lot to answer for.Fri Dec 05 2008 - 00:00
Año UñaI SUPPOSE you would have to describe this charming little picture from Jonás Cuarón - the 29-year- old son of Alfonso - as an…Fri Dec 05 2008 - 00:00
Transporter 3IN A WEEK of interesting failures and partial triumphs, it's gratifying to welcome a film that succeeds so completely on its …Fri Dec 05 2008 - 00:00
The ChildrenCONSIDERING how often film- makers have used children in horror - The Shining , The Exorcist , The Innocents and on and on - …Fri Dec 05 2008 - 00:00
ChocolateFive years ago Prachya Pinkaew, a rising force in Thai cinema, forced new energy into the martial arts film with his clamorous…Fri Nov 28 2008 - 00:00
Four ChristmasesIT'S NEARLY Christmas. It's time to make room round your hearth for a jolly fat manFri Nov 28 2008 - 00:00
Niko the Way to the StarsMAGMA Pictures, an ambitious Galway-based outfit, has sold this animated Danish children's film to exhibitors all over the world…Fri Nov 28 2008 - 00:00
The weekly movie quizQuestions: 1. Which country gives its title to an upcoming epic starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman?Fri Nov 28 2008 - 00:00
The Nightmare before Christmas 3-DTIM Burton's 1993 stop-motion fantasy gets a third dimension in what seems to be becoming a holiday perennial.Fri Nov 28 2008 - 00:00
Max PayneFILM CRITICS tend to be a tad stuffy about adaptations of video gamesFri Nov 14 2008 - 00:00
