Directors: John Musker & Ron Clements Starring: Auli’i Cravalho, Dwayne Johnson, Rachel House, Temuera Morrison, Jermaine Clement, Nicole Sherzinger, Alan Tudyk Running Time: 113 minutes From the release of Mulan in 1998 onwards, Disney animation has aimed for a more proactive set of Princesses, girls who take a more active role in their own story without having to be rescued…
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Sully Feels Unnecessary And Never Proves Otherwise
Directed by: Clint Eastwood Starring: Tom Hanks, Aaron Eckhart, Laura Linney, Anna Gunn Running Time: 96 mins There are a few questions hanging over Sully. Chief among them being, did this really need to be made into a film? Based on the true story of the “Miracle on the Hudson” – an event that happened less than…
25 years of Soul: Revisiting the Commitments
“Have you got Soul Brother”? It has been 25 years since Alan Parker’s The Commitments appeared on our cinema screens and charmed its way into our hearts. Comprised of unknown performers and set in working class Ireland, this adaptation of one of Roddy Doyle’s most famous works captured the brutal economic hardships of a post-recession…
Hollywood Babylon’s Purrfect Midnight Movie
Dublin’s top purrveyors (that’s the last one, promise) of ‘Midnight Movies’ – cinema best seen after dark with a few tall glasses of water – Hollywood Babylon have announced their selection for their Christmas Party showing. For anyone who’d like to see something other than Elf this Christmas, or something other than Elf five times…
Zest for Life in Margarita With A Straw
The theme for Feminist Film Festival Dublin 2016 was ‘Othered Voices’, exploring both literal and figurative female voices in film. Margarita With A Straw allows Laila, a zesty young woman who struggles with how others perceive her cerebral palsy, to find self-acceptance. The film was directed by Shonali Bose who based the story on both her…
Bad Santa 2 Ain’t So Gas – A True Christmas Turkey
Directed by: Mark Waters Starring: Billy Bob Thornton, Kathy Bates, Tony Cox, Christina Hendricks Running Time: 92mins Bad Santa 2 opens with our lead character sticking his head in an oven, attempting to kill himself by way of ‘inert gas asphyxiation’. Set thirteen years after the original film Bad Santa, Willie Soke (played by the ever-watchable Billy…
I Am Not A Serial Killer
Directed by: Billy O’Brien Starring: Max Records, Christopher Lloyd, Laura Fraser, Karl Geary, Lucy Lawton Running Time: 104 mins December 9 will see the release of I Am Not A Serial Killer, a screenplay adaptation of Dan Wells’s novel of the same name.
Women In Nollywood Rise In Amaka’s Kin
After tape traders in Nigeria decided to start shooting their own movies on (relatively cheap) videotape to keep their store shelves full, the output of the Nigerian film industry exploded. ‘Nollywood’ as it has been called is now second only to India in the number of films it puts out every year, ahead of even…
Catch Your Festive Favourites at the Light House
It’s Christmaaaaaaaas! Almost. Before the man in the big red suit arrives, the Light House Cinema is giving us the chance to indulge our Naughty or Nice sides with a slew of festive favourites in the run up to Christmas through to New Year’s Eve.
Paul Weerasekera Puts Cinema On The Canvas
Sri Lankan-born artist Paul Weerasekera has been living in Ireland for 25 years and recently moved to Dublin having spent most of that time in Limerick. Trained as an architect, Weerasekera also studied art and design in the UK, before making his way over here, and the artist currently teaches in both Limerick and Dublin.…