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Film review: Emily Watson and Paul Mescal excel in God's Creatures
Film review: Emily Watson and Paul Mescal excel in God's Creatures
"...suggests that Irish mothers are far more complicated than the clichés allow..."

Fri, 24 Mar, 2023

Film review: Pearl is a disturbing psychological horror that works well thanks to star Mia Goth
Film review: Pearl is a disturbing psychological horror that works well thanks to star Mia Goth
Pearl is no ordinary ingenue with dreams of glory: she’s a young woman in whom ‘a malevolence is festering’

Fri, 17 Mar, 2023

Film review: Creed III keeps the new-generation Rocky on his toes
Film review: Creed III keeps the new-generation Rocky on his toes
"something of a retread of the classic boxing yarn, but there’s still plenty to enjoy here, and especially Jonathan Majors’ performance — as the humble ex-con who seizes his opportunity with a brutal interpretation of the sweet science"

Fri, 03 Mar, 2023

Film review: Marcel the Shell with Shoes On is pure joy from start to finish
Film review: Marcel the Shell with Shoes On is pure joy from start to finish
You never know what you might find if you peer too closely into the corners of an Airbnb, but it’s unlikely to be anything as delightful as Marcel, the tiny hero of Marcel the Shell with Shoes On 

Fri, 17 Feb, 2023

Film review: Unwelcome is a horror that isn’t remotely scary, with a plot full of clichés 
Film review: Unwelcome is a horror that isn’t remotely scary, with a plot full of clichés 
Those offended by Oirish stereotypes will find much to be exercised about here, although there’s no point in taking it personally: every character, whether Irish or English, or mythical creature, is a crudely drawn caricature.

Fri, 27 Jan, 2023

Film Review: Empire of Light is something of a love letter to cinema
Film Review: Empire of Light is something of a love letter to cinema
That said, the film can feel jarringly simplistic at times on the complex subject of mental health

Fri, 13 Jan, 2023

Film review: Alcarràs is at its best when it explores the human cost of capitalism
Film review: Alcarràs is at its best when it explores the human cost of capitalism
Written by Arnau Vilaró and Carla Simón, with Simón directing, Alcarràs is a universal tale — there are elements here of Ireland’s The Field, for example, or France’s Jean de Florette, in its elegy for the traditional devotion to the ‘solid ground, beloved land’

Fri, 06 Jan, 2023

Film Review: The Silent Twins succeeds a little too well in recreating a self-contained world
Film Review: The Silent Twins succeeds a little too well in recreating a self-contained world
It’s an imaginative and occasionally disturbing account of a passive refusal to play the game of life according to the established rules of engagement

Fri, 09 Dec, 2022

Film Review: How to Tell a Secret sets aside the stigma around HIV
Film Review: How to Tell a Secret sets aside the stigma around HIV
'...a powerful account of the liberating experience of sloughing off the stigma and refusing to be ‘silenced by society’ any longer...'

Fri, 02 Dec, 2022

Film Review: The Wonder places faith against a post-Famine Ireland backdrop
Film Review: The Wonder places faith against a post-Famine Ireland backdrop
"The chemistry between Florence Pugh and Kíla Lord Cassidy is crucial here, and both deliver excellent performances"

Sat, 05 Nov, 2022

Film Review: Mrs Harris Goes to Paris upends fashion and fairytales
Film Review: Mrs Harris Goes to Paris upends fashion and fairytales
"A socialist revolutionary Cinderella who beguiles the Marquis de Chassagne with her homespun wisdom, Ada has the potential to be a delightfully satiric character..."

Sat, 01 Oct, 2022

Film review: Saoirse Ronan heads up an effective Agatha Christie homage in See How They Run
Film review: Saoirse Ronan heads up an effective Agatha Christie homage in See How They Run
"Ronan yet again demonstrates a deceptively light touch when it comes to deadpan humour"

Fri, 09 Sep, 2022

Film Review: Fisherman's Friends sequel is no difficult second album
Film Review: Fisherman's Friends sequel is no difficult second album
"There are more cliches than barnacles on a boat and one too many hurdles to overcome, but this charming wee film is well-acted..."

Fri, 26 Aug, 2022

Film Review: The Railway Children Return brings the nostalgia - but falls short
Film Review: The Railway Children Return brings the nostalgia - but falls short
"while the storyline is agreeably abrasive in the context of the nostalgia-fest, it all feels a little contrived"

Fri, 15 Jul, 2022

Film Review: Minions: The Rise of Gru finds the mascots running out of road
Film Review: Minions: The Rise of Gru finds the mascots running out of road
"...the story settles down to a predictable yarn occasionally enlivened by an outbreak of Minion-inspired mayhem"

Fri, 01 Jul, 2022

Film Review: Baz Luhrmann's Elvis is a tragedy of ambition and greed
Film Review: Baz Luhrmann's Elvis is a tragedy of ambition and greed
Luhrmann is scrupulous in acknowledging Elvis’s debt to Big Mama Thornton, BB King and Arthur ‘Big Boy’ Crudup, among many others

Fri, 24 Jun, 2022

Film review: Political thriller Leave No Traces is a multi-layered affair
Film review: Political thriller Leave No Traces is a multi-layered affair
The film explores the killing of Grzegorz Przemyk from a number of angles

Fri, 10 Jun, 2022

HOLLYWOOD STARGIRL
Film review: Hollywood Stargirl is a sweet-natured coming-of-age fairytale
Grace VanderWaal shines as a young woman who is unapologetically determined to live her life according to her own lights

Fri, 03 Jun, 2022

Film Review: Between Two Worlds looks at a woman worn out by life - but refusing to be beaten down
Film Review: Between Two Worlds looks at a woman worn out by life - but refusing to be beaten down
"The performances are strong too, with Juliette Binoche subtly torn between her real and fake lives..."

Fri, 27 May, 2022

Downton Abbey review: hot jazz, mysterious aristocrats — and disapproval from Mr Carson
Downton Abbey review: hot jazz, mysterious aristocrats — and disapproval from Mr Carson
Fans craving the latest instalment in this most lavish of soap operas are in for a treat

Thu, 28 Apr, 2022

Film review: The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent is funny, poignant and self-aware
Film review: The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent is funny, poignant and self-aware
It may well prove one of the high points of Nic Cage’s long and varied career

Fri, 22 Apr, 2022

Film Review: The Northman is full of blood and thunder
Film Review: The Northman is full of blood and thunder
"Alexander Skarsgård is superbly cast as the avenging Amleth, a great, hulking savage — ‘a beast clad in man-flesh’ — who is never happier than when he is ankle-deep in his enemy’s intestines"

Fri, 15 Apr, 2022

Film review: Newt and his creatures are a sub-plot in Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
Film review: Newt and his creatures are a sub-plot in Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
The gothic glory of Hogwarts back on the big screen in an ambitiously sprawling film

Fri, 08 Apr, 2022

Film Review: action, adventure and slapstick in Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Film Review: action, adventure and slapstick in Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Sega's blue blur goes fast, with Jim Carrey and Idris Elba in glorious pursuit - but an ill-advised subplot costs this family comedy some gold rings

Fri, 01 Apr, 2022

Film review: Survival thriller The Ledge scarcely pauses to draw breath
Film review: Survival thriller The Ledge scarcely pauses to draw breath
Written by Tom Boyle and directed by Howard J Ford, The Ledge is an adrenaline-charged survival thriller

Fri, 25 Mar, 2022

Film review: Red Rocket a blackly comic account of one man's career as a porn star
Film review: Red Rocket a blackly comic account of one man's career as a porn star
Mikey has all the morals of a honey badger but it is very difficult to dislike him

Fri, 11 Mar, 2022

Film Review: Colin Farrell is unrecognisable as The Penguin in The Batman movie — along with Barry Keoghan
Film Review: Colin Farrell is unrecognisable as The  Penguin in The Batman movie
"...then there’s Robert Pattinson, putting the goth into Gotham with his brooding presence, tousled hair, stubborn defiance and pragmatic understanding of his limitations..."

Thu, 03 Mar, 2022

Movie review: Death on the Nile is stylish but more melodramatic than expected
Movie review: Death on the Nile is stylish but more melodramatic than expected
Two hours isn’t an overly long running time for a feature-length film about Poirot, but the issue here is how Kenneth Branagh chooses to spend that time

Fri, 11 Feb, 2022

Film review: The handsomest robot ever; and Ryan Reynolds up to his usual tricks
Film review: The handsomest robot ever; and Ryan Reynolds up to his usual tricks
Free Guy's Ryan Reynolds is a handsome, goofball master of widescreen self-deprecation

Fri, 13 Aug, 2021

Movie Reviews: Cruella — an enjoyable, psychologically sophisticated story
Movie Reviews: Cruella — an enjoyable, psychologically sophisticated story
And The 8th documentary is an emotional rollercoaster in its latter stages

Fri, 28 May, 2021

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