Back in 2008 a little comedy called Forgetting Sarah Marshall, from first time director Nicholas Stoller caused quite a stir. It was romantic comedy that actually delivered laughs. Many of those laughs came from Aldous Snow, the narcissistic English rock star played by Russell Brand)… So many in fact, that they decided to make a […]
moreIf you’re looking for an Oscar prediction ballot form for 2013, I have one right over here – 2013 Oscar Ballot Form. So the 82nd Academy Awards are less than a week away, they really crept up on me this year… It’s probably about time I did my predictions. For ease (mine, of course) I’m […]
moreWith the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival just a couple of days away, it occurs to me that I never wrote that Korean cinema @ JDIFF article I promised in my intro to JDIFF article. Whoops. I’d be lying if I watch a lot of Asian films at the moment, but I used to… When […]
moreIf you’re looking for an Oscar prediction ballot form for 2013, I have one right over here – 2013 Oscar Predictions Ballot Form. By now I’m sure you know… the Oscar nominations are out! There are many places out on the internet where you can see the nominations already. Oscars.com is the official site and […]
moreThursday night (28 Jan 10) saw the launch of the 8th Jameson Dublin International Film Festival (JDIFF). This year’s festival runs from 18th to 28th February 2010 and, like every year, is packed full of films that you’ll want to see. Of course, like every year, I’ll probably only end up seeing a handful of […]
moreAh the awards season, don’t you love it? I do, it gives me a list of new films I can watch and judge. Today’s list comes from the British Acadamy of Film and Television Arts. I’m gonna throw in a few comments as I go but I’m not a seasoned BAFTA Award watcher by any […]
moreThe other night, courtesy of Universal Pictures, I had the good fortune to watch the classic horror film, The Wolf Man (1941) in Denzille cinema, a cosy private cinema in Dublin 2. I had never seen it before but those of you who’ve read this blog before will know that I’m quite into horror films. […]
moreSo my friend Julian asked me to do a worst films of the decade post… I had thought about it before but since I was asked I decided I may as well get it together… I didn’t want to commit myself to picking 10 though because I don’t want to put in merely bad films […]
more10 years is a long time in cinema. I had a look at my IMDb.com vote history and I saw around 60+ films in 2009 – significantly down on previous years – but still, more films than I can remember off the top of my head…
moreI haven’t really seen any movies lately as I’ve been pretty busy with work and everything and I’ve trying to develop a quick rate graphic but it’s not going well… However, it’s been a while since I’ve posted so I thought I should write something, thanks to Auri for the suggestion! Without further ado and […]
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