From the twenty-eighth through to the thirtieth of September, Netflix released four shorts by Wes Anderson, adapting writer Roald Dahl’s short stories for the screen. This event was highly unusual, as Anderson is mostly known for his feature films. I, … Continue reading Roald Dahl, through Wes Anderson’s Eyes A short review of Wes Anderson’s new Netflix shorts.
Though The Mauritanian has all the usual bits and bobs of the post-9/11 American military propaganda film, looks can certainly be deceiving in the case of Kevin Macdonald’s riveting legal thriller. One of the big draws of this film would … Continue reading The Mauritanian // Review
●●●○○ With 2011’s Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (the fourth in the franchise) and 2012’s Dark Shadows (his eighth collaboration with Tim Burton), many fans had given up on Johnny Depp. The erstwhile heir to Pacino and DeNiro, … Continue reading Black Mass – review
Feeling overwhelmed by the sea of Comic-Con updates? We’ve compiled the best news, trailers and footage that premiered at this year’s four-day convention in a brief guide to the most important event in geek culture.
Continue reading Comic-Con 2014: The big takeaway
WORDS Eoin Mc Cague Tracy Lett’s 2008 Pulitzer Prize-winning play August: Osage County must be an actor’s dream. Mixing shades of Tennessee Williams, Samuel Beckett and Eugene O’Neill, I have no doubt that the interfamilial mix of melodrama and … Continue reading Review: August: Osage County
WORDS: Eoin McCague When the subject of your film publicly denounces it as “a serious propaganda attack” and a “lie built upon a lie,” one can assume that a few artistic licenses have been taken. The truth is that we don’t … Continue reading Review: The Fifth Estate