Cadillac RecordsTHE LAST time we encountered a Hollywood biopic of a record label – Dreamgirls ’ oblique glide past the Motown legend – poisonous…Fri Feb 20 2009 - 00:00
Being Biggie's MotherAngela Bassett on playing Voletta Wallace, mother of the Notorious BIG, in a movie of the rapper's lifeFri Feb 13 2009 - 00:00
The Pink Panther 2EVER wonder what drove Steve Martin to have that preposterous plastic surgery? Here’s a suggestionFri Feb 13 2009 - 00:00
Oscar-nominated 'Doubt' opens Dublin Film FestivalTHE SEVENTH Jameson Dublin International Film Festival kicked off last night at the Savoy Cinema with a gala screening of the…Fri Feb 13 2009 - 00:00
Hotel for DogsLIKE THE recent, similarly themed Beverly Hills Chihuahua , this lumbering family film makes promises in its promotional material…Fri Feb 13 2009 - 00:00
Friday the 13thWHAT WAS it Anton Chekhov said about “the woodchipper over the fireplace”? If you see a woodchipper in act one then, before the…Fri Feb 13 2009 - 00:00
'Slumdog' lives it up with seven awardsIN A result that surprised absolutely nobody, Slumdog Millionaire , Danny Boyle's transposition of Oliver Twist to the slums …Mon Feb 9 2009 - 00:00
Irish notables in frame for BaftasTHE MOVIE awards season moves one step closer to the Oscars tomorrow night when The Orange British Academy of Film and Television…Sat Feb 7 2009 - 00:00
Mr Hitchcock makes our dayIt’s such as shame that when theatre types turn films into stage musicals they always pick sensitive films for sensitive people…Fri Feb 6 2009 - 00:00
Pat Shortt, D’Unbelievable BritonIs there a more conspicuously Irish actor than Pat Shortt? Nobody is, you’ll agree, likely to mistake D’Unbelievable actor for…Fri Feb 6 2009 - 00:00
The Good, The Bad and The WeirdYES, THAT’S right. Some bright spark has had the idea of taking Sergio Leone’s best bits and restaging them in a surprising location…Fri Feb 6 2009 - 00:00
The Secret of MoonacreTWO YEARS ago, Gabor Csupo took Katherine Paterson’s Bridge to Terabithia , a book in which a child encountered magic realms …Fri Feb 6 2009 - 00:00
Wall-E pipped by PandaOkay, there is a slim chance that The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (I feel soooo sleepy) will beat Slumdog Millionaire at …Fri Feb 6 2009 - 00:00
Punisher: War ZoneTHE THIRD attempt to make something cinematic from the adventures of Marvel Comics’ least empathetic, most emotionally frigid…Fri Feb 6 2009 - 00:00
BoltWHEN JOHN Lasseter, founder of Pixar, took control of Disney’s animation department, he was faced with a challenging dilemma…Fri Feb 6 2009 - 00:00
Irish films go internationalBy coincidence, two Irish films made against the clock are to receive international outings over the next weekFri Feb 6 2009 - 00:00
Plight of the PhoenixHave you been keeping up with the “Joaquin Phoenix Goes Bonkers, Grows Beard” story? It goes something like thisFri Feb 6 2009 - 00:00
Tokyo SonataTHE LATEST sober film from sometime horror director Kiyoshi Kurosawa (no relation to Akira) begins with a decent attempt to breathe…Fri Jan 30 2009 - 00:00
The BrokenSOME OF THE early reviews of this British horror film have compared it to the much-remade Invasion of the Body SnatchersFri Jan 30 2009 - 00:00
Dublin film festival to screen 130 moviesTWO OF the nation’s most admired actors helped launch the programme for the seventh Jameson Dublin International Film Festival…Tue Jan 27 2009 - 00:00
ValkyrieBRYAN SINGER’S treatment of the July 20th plot to assassinate Hitler has been shuffled round the schedules more often than that…Fri Jan 23 2009 - 00:00
Beverly Hills ChihuahuaBEFORE GOING through the tiresome but unavoidable ritual of reviewing Beverly Hills Chihuahua , let’s play a game called Blindingly…Fri Jan 16 2009 - 00:00
Seven PoundsTHIS STRANGE, unintentionally disturbing picture looks like the result of a rigorous attempt to test a hitherto persuasive thesis…Fri Jan 16 2009 - 00:00
A Christmas Tale / Un Conte De NoëlTHE DISTRIBUTORs of Arnaud Desplechin’s extraordinary new film have issued a carefully worded statement to explain why it is …Fri Jan 16 2009 - 00:00
Brideshead Revisited'OH MY D- D- DEAR!" Anthony Blanche, the camp aesthete in Evelyn Waugh's most delightfully barmy novel, might very well stutter…Fri Jan 9 2009 - 00:00
Sex DriveIT SAYS HERE that this latest teen-sex, coming-of-age, gross-out, potty-mouthed road movie is based on a novel.Fri Jan 9 2009 - 00:00
'Hunger' receives eight nominations for Ifta awards, including best filmAWARDS SEASON came to Dublin yesterday with the announcement of the nominations in 37 categories for the sixth annual Irish Film…Fri Jan 9 2009 - 00:00
Love and Honour / Bushi No IchibunYOJI YAMADA brings his trilogy of pictures based on stories by Shuhei Fujisawa to a successful conclusion with this engrossing…Fri Jan 9 2009 - 00:00
The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants 2IT IS ONLY fair to acknowledge that the four Sisters of the Travelling Pants do set a genuinely good example to teenage girls…Fri Jan 2 2009 - 00:00
The ponderous side of PattiPATTI SMITH: DREAM OF LIFE: Directed by Steven Sebring PG cert, limited release, 109 min **Tue Dec 23 2008 - 00:00
GONZO: THE LIFE AND WORK OF HUNTER S THOMPSONALEX GIBNEY'S latest documentary is decadent and depravedFri Dec 19 2008 - 00:00
Garden of equalsIF YOU were feeling mean- spirited, you might dismiss the latest film from Jean Becker, a veteran of many genres, as an archetypal…Fri Dec 12 2008 - 00:00
Fear of heightsCLIMBERS ARE notoriously pernickety about films based on their perilous sportFri Dec 12 2008 - 00:00
Rooted to the spotIF YOU CAN duck your head beneath the huge, jagged metaphor that hurtles through this Israeli production, then you should find…Fri Dec 12 2008 - 00:00
The ChildrenCONSIDERING how often film- makers have used children in horror - The Shining , The Exorcist , The Innocents and on and on - …Fri Dec 5 2008 - 00:00
Madagascar: Escape 2 AfricaTHE TIME may finally have come to utter the following contentious words: Toy Story has a lot to answer for.Fri Dec 5 2008 - 00:00
Año UñaI SUPPOSE you would have to describe this charming little picture from Jonás Cuarón - the 29-year- old son of Alfonso - as an…Fri Dec 5 2008 - 00:00
Transporter 3IN A WEEK of interesting failures and partial triumphs, it's gratifying to welcome a film that succeeds so completely on its …Fri Dec 5 2008 - 00:00
The Nightmare before Christmas 3-DTIM Burton's 1993 stop-motion fantasy gets a third dimension in what seems to be becoming a holiday perennial.Fri Nov 28 2008 - 00:00
The weekly movie quizQuestions: 1. Which country gives its title to an upcoming epic starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman?Fri Nov 28 2008 - 00:00