Here Comes Trainspotting Again With The Liquor And The Drugs And The Ennui

Director: Danny Boyle Starring: Ewan McGregor, Johnny Lee Miller, Robert Carlyle, Ewen Bremner, Anjela Nedyalkova Running Time: 117 minutes For a good chunk of the people involved, Trainspotting was a launching pad for success, providing steady careers for the likes of Johnny Lee Miller, Robert Carlysle or Kelly MacDonald and Oscars, OBEs and stardom for lead…

Denial is a Just the Facts Legal Drama

Director: Mick Jackson Starring: Rachel Weisz, Timothy Spall, Tom Wilkinson, Andrew Scott Running Time: 110 minutes The atmosphere of Western politics in the last 12 months has quickly turned ‘timely’ into one of the most overused phrases in film criticism, with any film past or present that’s even remotely similar to current events now given the label. However with Denial…

Cinemagic Offers Chance For Young Film Fans To Be On Jury Panel

Since 1989, the award-winning Cinemagic film festival has used film, television and digital technology to educate, motivate and inspire young people from all over Ireland. With the latest festival coming to Dublin in March, Cinemagic are now offering young film fans the chance to be on ths Cinemagic Dublin Jury Panel, allowing them to watch,…

The Dublin Sci-Fi Film Festival is taking submissions

Dublin’s latest film festival arrives later this year and it promises to “explore the outer limits of the imagination and bringing you close encounters of the celluloid kind.” The first Dublin Sci-Fi Film Festival has been announced and they’re taking submissions from filmmakers now. Aspiring creators of fantast and sci-fi should take note, as this…

Films You May Have Missed in 2016

2016 was a weird year for cinema goers. With action-packed blockbusters crashing at the box office and long-awaited sequels falling seriously flat with both critics and fans alike, it seemed as if the smaller, more indie and low-key pieces of cinema would finally get the public acknowledgement they deserved. This did, for the most part, come true…

xXx: Return Of Xander Cage Is Vin Diesel In His Purest Form

Director: DJ Caruso Starring: Vin Diesel, Donnie Yen, Tony Jaa, Ruby Rose, Nina Dobrev, Toni Collette, Sam Jackson Running Time: 107 minutes You would be forgiven for looking at a title like xXx: Return Of Xander Cage, a straight sequel to a film released fifteen years ago, and wondering why the mysterious Xander Cage is returning now.…