William Oldroyd and Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly are, respectively, the director and lead producer of Lady Macbeth. Based on a Russian novella of the same name, the film premiered at the London Film Festival in 2016 and was nominated for Best … Continue reading Interview: Making ‘Lady Macbeth’
As George Santayana once wrote, those who don’t learn from the past are doomed to repeat it. In the recently published American Maelstrom: The 1968 Election and the Politics of Division, Michael A. Cohen argues convincingly that the 1968 presidential … Continue reading Stranger than Fiction: American Maelstrom
●●●●○ We’ve all seen those remakes where one staggers out of the cinema wondering why in the world any film company worth its salt approved it. I felt that Peter Jackson’s 2006 monster beat-down King Kong was doomed to be … Continue reading Kong: Skull Island- review
●●●●○ One could not be blamed for approaching Watch Dogs 2 with a touch of trepidation. The original Watch Dogs, released for both console generations in 2014, was hailed as a sort of Assassin’s Creed set in the modern day. … Continue reading Watch Dogs 2 – review
We got a Games Editor and a Film Editor to review the new Assassin’s Creed movie, with emphasis on the film as a game adaptation, and as a piece of cinema, respectively. Spoiler: they both thought it was bad. A … Continue reading Assassin’s Creed: Head to Head reviews
The Glass Shore Various Authors, Ed. Sinéad Gleeson The Glass Shore is undoubtedly one of the finest books published this year. A collection of short stories by women writers from Northern Ireland, expertly edited by Sinead Gleeson, … Continue reading Books that Made Waves in 2016
The 1940s were a decade of huge social upheaval in the United States. Against the backdrop of WWII, the final echoes of the Great Depression were cast off and the economy boomed at a spectacular rate. However, this newfound prosperity … Continue reading Defining the Decade: 1940s – Mildred Pierce
On November 15th, Ubisoft will release the long-awaited Watch Dogs 2. They will also release a remastered edition of Assassin’s Creed 2, Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood, and Assassin’s Creed Revelations along with some special features for current generation consoles. Much like … Continue reading Nerdy News: The Ezio Collection
Our favourites for Christmas Dermot – Battlefield 1: The Battlefield franchise has had mixed success as of late. Though Battlefield 4 was well loved by gamers despite technical glitches, Battlefield: Hardline failed to truly break the mold established by its … Continue reading Jumble: Games and Tech- Christmas Favourites
●●●●○ The bombastic opening sequence of 2K’s Mafia III depicts landmarks from New Bordeaux, the game’s fictionalised version of New Orleans, to a backtrack of crackly sixties music. The resulting video shows us glimpses of the Ku Klux Klan besides … Continue reading Mafia III- review