Sex Returns To The City
Where to begin? I just arrived home from watching Sex and the City 2 with my mother in our local cinema. It was a unique experience. This isn’t, of course,
The Happiest Girl in the World
When 18 year old Delia wins a new car in a competition, her parents are thrilled, planning to sell the car in order to open up a family business. However,
[Rec]2
Following on from the 2008 original 2 sees the infected building on lockdown with a government scientist and a 4-man SWAT team sent in to see what’s what. Instructed to
The Tooth Fairy
Even considering the almost universally hollow intellectual aspirations of films aimed directly at children and the mentally challenged, sniffing paint thinner for an hour and a half would be an
The Losers
Following on his recent foray into comic book movies, Jeffrey Dean Morgan swaps the Comedian’s badge for Clay’s trademark black, tie-less suit in the adaptation of Vertigo Comic’s lesser known,
The Importance of Being Earnest: interview with director Lynne Parker
We’ve got the city’s most successful company, Rough Magic, presenting The Importance of Being Ernest, what is arguably the nation’s favorite play by the lauded Oscar Wilde, at The Gaiety,
The Early Bird
In a nation that can be positively acidic towards new talent, is it any wonder that those not in-like-Flynn often skedaddle across the pond in search of love and affection?
The 39 Steps
There are many in the theatre world who spend the majority of time up their own arseholes, forever looking down upon commercial theatre. Our faces curdle like sour milk at
Werner Herzog: A History
This week sees the release of Werner Herzog’s much-anticipated Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans. A remake of Abel Ferrera’s Bad Lieutenant (1992), a film which Herzog admits he
Prince of Persia
This is, supposedly, the new Pirates of the Caribbean: an adventure franchise to appeal to both adults and children (and, bafflingly, critics). If you’re thinking that the world doesn’t need
The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call – New Orleans
What superlatives are there remaining to describe this work of transcendent, transgressive, stupefying work of genius? Werner Herzog has delivered his masterpiece (again), helmed appropriately by the greatest actor of
Russell Crowe’s Best Roles
With the impending release of the latest Robin Hood mash up, it seems about time to take a look at the current portrayer of the character and his career. Born
The Road
You know, life is a bit like a road, yeah? Growing up and shit. Where does the road end? Where does it begin? Fucking QUESTIONS, man. This is an astoundingly
Robin Hood
A loose adaptation of the classic tale, this newest Robin Hood adap sees Russell Crowe reuniting with Gladiator buddy Ridley Scott for some more enleashing of hell.A loose adaptation of
Lebanon
In the first few hours of the First Lebanon war in 1982, four young recruits are thrust into a tank and left to fend for themselves. Taking the wrong route,
Eyes Wide Open
Looking every bit like a Jewish ‘Brokeback Mountain’, Eyes Wide Open tells the story of butcher Aaron who, after his father dies, hires a young student to help run the
Vincere
A contestant for Canne’s prestigious Palme d’Or award, and laced with archival footage, a booming opera soundtrack and some excellent performances, the first half of Vincere gives an audience a
Dublin Gay Theatre Festival 2010
What applies to Dublin’s busses applies to Dublin’s gays it would appear. You wait around to see a gay on the Irish stage and three festivals full of them come