film review: Red State (2011)

Strange, strange, strange. I have to admit, I wasn’t expecting to like Red State. I liked the trailer but I’m not particularly a fan of Kevin Smith; I can still smell Cop Out from here… then again, I did really like Zack and Miri Make a Porno and I thought Chasing Amy was kind of [...]

film review: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (2011)

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy… Those of you who know me will know, I’m not exactly a reader… but even I’ve heard of John le Carré’s Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. I couldn’t tell you why though, just that – in my head – it’s an extremely famous and highly acclaimed spy novel. With a class title. [...]

clips and trailers: Red State (2011)

Anyone who’s been reading afr or following us on twitter will know that… I’m a big fan of horror films. I dunno why really, they aren’t my favourite films. It’s not the most consistent of genres and, oftentimes, it’s not the most taxing on the brain… but I guess I just feel like, you know [...]

clips and trailers: Source Code (2011)

Source Code is a sci-fi thriller from Duncan Jones, director of the critically acclaimed sci-fi drama, Moon. It stars Jake Gyllenhaal (Jarhead) as Captain Colter Stevens, Michelle Monaghan (Gone Baby Gone) and Vera Farmiga (The Departed). A soldier wakes up disorientated and suddenly finds himself seemingly in someone else’s body. His mission: To find the [...]

film review: The Reef (2010)

I’d heard about The Reef… vaguely. I’d heard it was a low budget Australian film about some people who get caught out at sea. It featured in the Horrorthon in the IFI in 2010. However, having not been a big fan of Open Water and being limited by funds, I skipped it… … Then I [...]

film review: Buried (2010)

So… if you know me personally, or “like” the facebook page, then you’ve probably seen me going on about Buried for a while now. Course if you don’t you may have read the short “Trailer of the week” feature I did on it here or the “releasing this week” post I did mentioning it. I [...]

feature: Buried (2010)

Buried opens officially in Ireland this Friday (1st Oct) and I absolutely urge you to go and see it. I’ll write a full review during the week when more people have had a chance to see it; this is definitely one that you don’t really want to know about going it. All you really need [...]

feature: Savage (2010)

On Monday night I had the good fortune to attend an advance screening of Savage courtesy of an Irish Film Board competition (thanks folks!) I’d heard very little about it… but I’d seen a trailer before some random movie I went to in the last couple of weeks and a friend said he’d heard it [...]

film review: Shutter Island (2010)

Like with many films that have their release dates moved around, I was skeptical of Shutter Island. As in I was expecting nothing. I was pleasantly surprised. I have to admit, I don’t really know much about Martin Scorsese… …I say things like that and people are all “What kind of a film buff are [...]

releasing this week: I Love You Philip Morris and Zonad

There’s a variety of films opening on Friday 19th March here in Ireland so hopefully something for everyone. 2 family films, 2 romantic comedies (to throw them under one umbrella), an Irish comedy and a drama/thriller. Well ok, there’s not quite something for everyone – there’s no big action film – but Green Zone is [...]

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