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The Movie Year in Preview – February

Part 2 of the 12 month preview of the movies to look out for in 2010 brings us to February. Traditionally a month short on days but high on quality as many of the awards season favourites make their way trans-Atlantic. With the Oscar nominations opening the month expect a lot of hype over certain [...]

The Movie Year in Preview – January

In the first of a 12 part series I take a look at what you can expect to see in Irish cinemas in the year ahead. 2010 promises to be another bumper year on the cinematic front, as new technologies and old favourites make their way on to the silver screen. I have tried to [...]

Men of a Certain Age

TNT has a new show premiering in the US on December 7th at 1opm titled ‘Men of a Certain Age’ starring Ray Romano, Scott Bakula and Andre Braugher.  Based on the sneak peek, it looks like it will be a good program.

www.tnt.tv/series/menofacertainage

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Glorious 39 review

“On the eve of World War II, while the formidable Keyes family tries to uphold their traditional way of life, their daughter Anne sees her life dramatically unravel when she stumbles upon secret recordings of the pro-appeasement.”

The story of Glorious 39 centres on Anne Keyes (played by Romola Garai), a young actress and daughter of [...]

Nativity! review

Nativity! is simply a lovely, beautiful and funny film. Mr. Maddens, a primary school teacher played by Martin Freeman, attempts to run a successful school nativity after the headmistress has thrust the duty upon him.
His protests of “the children are useless. I’m useless!” and “it was a disaster four years ago” are met with headstrong [...]

Breffny Puts His Foot Down – Grrrrr!

Check out the preview of this week’s Irish Apprentice, where Breffny is the Project Manager, ruling with an iron fist. Have a look at Brian Purcell’s face throughout. I think he’s a fan of the Breffmeister.

Well, Breffny’s made his bed and now he’ll have to lie in it. Join us on Monday at 8.45 for [...]

The Eighth Day

24 will return to our screens in the coming months and though many people scoff, I’ll still be watching. In Season 8, Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland) must come out of retirement to deal with assassination threats made during a peace conference between President Allison Taylor of the US and President Omar Hassan of the fictional [...]

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus will make Lily Cole a superstar

I’m just back from a press screening of The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus , Terry Gilliam ’s latest film due out on October 16.
I’ll leave the review to Niamh but I will say this. It will only help Lily Cole to superstardom. Heath Ledger notwithstanding, she’s the best thing about the film. Stunning is [...]

Army of Crime: review

Army of Crime is a French World War II film, featuring a variety of young men in occupied France trying to get their own back on the Nazis they are forced to live side by side with.
It was described to me by someone as the ‘real’ Inglourious Basterds .
The men, mostly immigrants to France in [...]

Movie trailer for Michael Jackson THIS IS IT

Last month I posted about the upcoming Michael Jackson movie ‘THIS IS IT’ due out on October 28th for two weeks only worldwide.

At the time I couldn’t find a trailer for it, but discovered this one today. It looks as shiny and sparkly and amazing as I thought it would!
I’m not sure how difficult [...]

The Hurt Locker

The Hurt Locker is another war movie, set in Iraq and following some American soldiers. Except for the most part it is about three men’s journey’s as they enter the last 39 days of their tour there.
The Hurt Locker is billed as a “riveting, suspenseful portrait of the courage under fire of the military’s unrecognized [...]

Mesrine:Killer Instinct ticket winners

The competition to win tickets to the Mesrine: Killer Instinct preview on Tuesday has now closed.
Thanks to the popularity of the competition we had an extra 4 pairs of tickets to give away, so 8 lucky winners in all

The winners are James Larkin, Angel Luis Gonzalez, Joanna Schaff, Cyril Moloney, Niamh Redmond, Aoife [...]

Review ‘Mesrine: Killer Instinct’

“To some he was a gangster,
To others a hero,
But to everyone,
He was a legend.”

Mesrine: Killer Instinct is the first of two films made about the life of notorious French criminal Jacques Mesrine. Unlike other sequels, you only need wait until 28 August to see part two
The film follows the life [...]

See preview of ‘Mesrine: Killer Instinct’ first!

“Nobody Kills Me Until I Say So.”
~Jacques Mesrine

MESRINE: KILLER INSTINCT (release date August 7th) introduces us to Jacques Mesrine (Vincent Cassel), a loyal son and dedicated soldier back home and living with his parents after serving in the Algerian War. Handsome and charming, he is soon seduced by the neon glamour of Sixties Paris and [...]

Bandslam preview screening: competition

In Movies@Dundrum on Sunday 26 July at 5pm there will be a preview screening of new movie Bandslam and here at Culch.ie we have 5 pairs of tickets to give away

When gifted singer songwriter Charlotte Banks asks new kid in town Will Burton to manage her fledging rock band, she appears to have [...]