film review: Battleship (2012)

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Whether or not you’ll like Battleship will be very much predicated on your ability to ignore rubbish. Your tolerance for nonsense, if you will… … Because, my oh my, is there a lot of rubbish in Battleship. If you can get past that then it’s all smooth sailing. Or not, as the case may be.

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film review: Wild Bill (2012)

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Wild Bill is the directorial debut of actor Dexter Fletcher, you may know him from the likes of Band of Brothers. I didn’t but you might.

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film review: The Hunger Games (2012)

film review: The Hunger Games (2012)

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See here for clips and trailers of The Hunger Games. If you’ve read my clips and trailers post for The Hunger Games, then you’ll already know I was really looking forward to this film. If you didn’t then… I was really looking forward to this film.

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feature: Interview with Beau Willimon (Ides of March, 2011)

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This week sees the DVD and blu-ray release of the George Clooney / Ryan Gosling political thriller, The Ides of March. In this exclusive interview Beau Willimon, co-writer of Ides of March and author of the play it’s based on – Farragut North, talks George Clooney, Kevin Spacey, and what it’s like to find out […]

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film review: Bel Ami (2012)

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Bel Ami Or: The One Where Robert Pattinson Tries to Appeal to Women Over the Age of 30. Or at least I think that’s what he’s trying to doing, I’m not sure.

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film review: The Raid (2012) – JDIFF 2012

film review: The Raid (2012) – JDIFF 2012

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As part of the jury panel for the Dublin Film Critics Awards, I thought it only appropriate to start my reviews of the festival films with the winner of Best Film… The Raid.

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film review: This Means War (2012)

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It’s Spy vs. Spy when Chris Pine and Tom Hardy find themselves fighting for the affections of Reese Witherspoon… This Means War. Apparently.

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film review: Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (2012)

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Finally, 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.

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film review: The Muppets (2011)

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It’s time to play the music, it’s time to light the lights… It certainly is, The Muppets are back!

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film review: Chronicle (2012)

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There 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.

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