10 Things Dublin Can Learn From Radical Science
Bricking over the Liffey, banning all televisions in town and just straight-up seceding are amongst the ideas Radical Science can contribute to Dublin life.
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Comic-book Fatigue: Is Man of Steel One Adaptation Too Far?
The excitement surrounding the imminent release of Man of Steel shows that the wave of comic-book movies is still cresting, but can audience interest survive beyond this current saturation point? Within the online community of comic-book and movie fan sites, excitement is building about Man of Steel, Warner Bros’ latest read more…
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DVD/Digital Reviews
Demons Never Die
There’s plenty of gore, and the final scene unmercifully rips off The Blair Witch Project. Horrendous.
Footloose
The film is entirely lacking in the sensibility of Ross’ original; fans of the original may need to satisfy their nostalgic yearnings elsewhere.
We Need To Talk About Kevin
This splintered narrative is saturated with sensuous images which lend a visceral quality that is both beautiful and chilling.
True Grit
Despite having all the makings of a modern classic and, indeed, promotion from every corner of the film industry: critical, commercial or otherwise, the Coens’ True Grit feels strangely under-wrought. It is a competent re-imagining of the 1969 John Wayne vehicle of the same name (an extremely well-regarded Western in read more…
The Road
You know, life is a bit like a road, yeah? Growing up and shit. Where does the road end? Where does it begin? Fucking QUESTIONS, man. This is an astoundingly insincere film. The basic premise: in a quasi-post-apocalyptic America, Viggo Mortensen and his stupid son have to journey south in read more…
The Hurt Locker
A sobering indictment of war’s futility, The Hurt Locker follows the perilous activities of a bomb squad as they de-activate devices on the streets of Baghdad. When a well-respected bomb technician is tragically lost his replacement’s unnerving fearlessness causes tensions to mount and threatens to compromise the safety of their read more…
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Gran Torino
True, Clint Eastwood’s virility now seethes through thinning flesh, brittle bones and puckered cheeks but its impact is still almighty. The aged Dirty Harry star’s impending octogenarian status does nothing to diminish Clint Eastwood as the all-time American action hero. On the contrary, his latest film, Gran Torino, proves that read more…
Slumdog Millionaire
How does anybody come to acquire the knowledge that brings them to the turning point in their life? This is the question put to 18-year-old Jamal Malik, played by Dev Patel (who some might recognise from cult teenage-angst series, Skins) in Danny Boyle’s latest victory, Slumdog Millionaire. Set in Mumbai, read more…
High School Musical 3
As seniors in high school, Troy (Zac Efron) and Gabriella (Vanessa Hudgens), still in love, are struggling with the idea of being separated from one another as college approaches. Joined by the rest of the Wildcats, they stage an elaborate spring musical addressing these hopes and fears about the future. read more…
Changeling
In Eastwood’s ‘Changeling,’ Christine Collins (Jolie) lives in 1928 Los Angeles. After coming home from work and discovering her son is gone, police spend five months looking for her son Walter. When her son is finally returned, Christine realizes that the nine-year-old boy returned to her is not Walter. She read more…
Twilight
The film adaptation of Stephanie Myers book, Twilight, is a modern-day love story with an unorthodox twist. It tells of the hybrid romance between vampire and mortal in this Lost Boys meets Romeo & Juliet movie. When Bella Swan (Stewart) moves to the dreary town of Forks, Washington to live read more…
Quantum of Solace
Picking up immediately after the explosive conclusion to Casino Royale, Quantum of Solace opens with Bond in the midst of a spectacular car chase and shoot out, as he transports Mr. White to an interrogation. Plot twists lead to Bond going rogue and seeking vengeance, following the trail of evil read more…