The Boys are Back
The Boys Are Back is the first film director Scott Hicks has made in Australia since his critically acclaimed Shine. Taking on another true story (of sorts), he attempts to
Ninja Assassin
From the director from V for Vendetta (James McTeigue), Ninja Assassin packs shock and gore into this very violent B-Movie. Trained since childhood to be a lethal killer, Raizo has
Starry Eyed
After being named Sound of 2010, the much-touted singer Ellie Goulding may indeed be starry-eyed herself. With debut album Lights on its way, ‘Starry Eyed’ is Goulding’s first major release
Asian Dub Foundation
Bhangra-Punk innovators and Britain’s most politically conscious band Asian Dub Foundation return to Dublin this month to try out some unrecorded material from their new album on an Irish audience.
RJD2 – Let There Be Horns
The first glimpse of new material on RJD2’s RJ’s Electrical Connections imprint hints that the hugely talented label boss could be back to what he knows best. After his poorly
Laura Marling – Devil
Ever precocious singer-songwriter Laura Marling has reached the ripe old age of 19 and to show her added maturity has stripped off the peroxide and will be releasing not one
Lindstrom & Christabelle – Baby Can’t Stop
Apart from his unquestionably bizarre Christmas single two years ago, Lindstrom has rarely strayed from the down-tempo disco edits on which he’s made his name. His latest collaboration with Norwegian
Last Things First: Interview with Eric Pulido of Midlake
Hello Eric Pulido, the guitarist of highly regarded psyched-out folk rock band Midlake. You’re probably sick of being asked questions about how you sound like Radiohead and how your new,
Elaine Murphy’s Little Gem Returns
Rounding up The Abbey’s By Popular Demand season, which saw the welcome (Terminus) and not so welcome (The Sea Farer) return to the Abbey and Peacock Stages of some of
Up in the Air
Up In the Air sees Juno director Jason Reitman catering to the grown-ups, a film that could only have been made in a climate of financial disillusionment, of lay-offs and
The Book of Eli
30 years after war has devastated the planet one man traverses the dangerous wasteland that was once America. Eli is a lone warrior and the guardian of an ancient document
44 Inch Chest
Penned as a companion piece to the phenomenal Sexy Beast by its writers Louis Melles and David Scinto, Malcolm Venville’s Reservoir Dogs inspired tale is as testosterone fuelled as its
The Bacchae – Interview with Director Andy Hinds
As the Panto season lets out a last gasp and makes a scaldy grab for your spondulicks those who prefer their theatre minus the arse end of a TV3 presenter’s
Post-Grad
One of the first coming-of-age college flicks of the New Year, Post Grad circles on the rather pedestrian life of Ryden Malby, played by former Gilmore Girls leading lady Alexis
Treeless Mountain
When a mother goes searching for her estranged husband, she leaves her two young daughters, 6 and 3, in the care of their alcoholic aunt. Making the journey from Seoul
The Hurt Locker
A sobering indictment of war’s futility, The Hurt Locker follows the perilous activities of a bomb squad as they de-activate devices on the streets of Baghdad. When a well-respected bomb
Sherlock Holmes
It’s elementary, my dear readers. You take one washed-up Mockney film director, one irrepressibly charming actor and a story that’s been told so many times it’s in the Guinness Book
Nine
‘Your films are so stylish’, fawns Kate Hudson at one point during Nine, trying to get its hero, director Guido Contini, into bed. ‘You care as much about the suit