When Bob Marley died from cancer in May 1981, it was the death of an icon. In his relatively short life he helped bring Rastafari culture and Marley, has been years in the making and for a time Martin Scorsese was attached to the project. Unfortunately he had to drop out due to scheduling conflicts, […]
moreIf you’re looking for an Oscar prediction ballot form for 2013, I have one right over here – 2013 Oscar Ballot Form. With the Oscars 2012 only hours away I thought… uh oh. I still haven’t done my predictions post. It’s this damn Jameson Dublin International Film Festival, I haven’t had a chance to do […]
moreFinally, someone gave Neveldine & Taylor a real budget. Not that they need one, they seem to do a fine job with what they have. Crank and Crank: High Voltage are two of some of my favourite films of the last 10 years.
moreIt’s time to play the music, it’s time to light the lights… It certainly is, The Muppets are back!
moreThis year’s Jameson Dublin International Film Festival is going to be a little different for me. Usually I go along to the surprise film and a couple of other random films, usually Asian ones or any interesting looking documentaries that I think might not get a full cinema release. This year however, I am on […]
moreWild Bill is the directorial debut of actor Dexter Fletcher. You may remember him from such tv shows as Hotel Babylon and Band of Brothers. I don’t… because I’ve never watched those shows… but you might. In any case, Wild Bill is a British family driven drama. Not usually my kind of thing but there […]
moreThere was a plethora of new film releases this week, from a raft of genres, but on paper, this is the one I was most interested in.
moreAs you can imagine, I get a lot of e-mails about movies. I read them, but earlier today I got one that really caught my eye, the subject line was “Terry Gilliam needs your help!”. Does he? Well who am I to say no?! It turns out that he needs our help to distribute his […]
moreOr rather, they want you to serenade your loved ones… yes. That’s more accurate. I’m sure they’d sing to you if you asked them to though. Well, maybe. Anyway, obviously this is a little different from my usual posts. It’s a sponsored post but then I wouldn’t write about it if I thought it was […]
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