In the spirit of the plot of ‘Be Kind, Rewind’ (review coming soon hopefully) the producers are running a competition to make your own 2 minute movie, the best entry being screened on Channel 6 (which is seemingly a good thing) as well as prizes of premiere tickets, a showing at the Darklight Film Festival, […]

Neither Lyndsay Lohan or Eddie Murphy chose to turn up to accept the multiple awards they scored last night at The Golden Raspberry awards for starring in bad, bad movies. I could explain how Lohan managed to win Worst On Screen Couple but that would involve looking into the plot of her movie and that […]

Thank god for hype and expectation being delivered on every so often - the burgers, the music and atmosphere in Jo Burger in Rathmines village, Dublin 6 is everything I had been lead to believe. Closing in on a year here in Dublin, it is consistently the one place recommended to me for eating. […]

Was there ever any doubt? You can watch each of the Eurosong performances through Real Player on the RTE website here. As soon as some good quality clips emerge I will post them here on the blog. We’ve battled against the cringeworthiness of the Eurovision in recent years - beating them not really being a […]

Will Ferrell, Jack Black and John C. Reilly in some musical parodying of the awards show. Dam you Academy for not letting me embed it here. Venture over to You Tube briefly to enjoy - Clip 1, Clip 2.

I’m sure somebody at the Irish Times may frown upon this but only recently have we introduced a star review system for movie reviews here at DT - the very topic Donald Clarke discusses today in his sometimes well written column in ‘The Ticket’. I have copied and pasted the text below before our self […]

So Roaming Rebel has already posted on this article from the Guardian, one drawing on the distinct set of similarities between the current race for the White House and the final two seasons of ‘The West Wing’ and indeed the article points out how the TV shows scribes in fact modeled the character of Matt […]

I have written how ‘No Country for Old Men’ marked a return to form for the Coen Brothers and is a perfect partner to their debut and one of my favourite films ‘Blood Simple’. This excellent article from the New Yorker works its way through each of the brothers work, examining their style, influences and […]

What 3 words could possible elevate this day to wonderous blue hazed heights ? - yes indeed - The Smurfs Movie. Read here of the work undertaken so far, with the movie being set for a release next year and it bodes well so far with the talent behind Lemony Snicket associated with the project.

New York Times story revealing moves to keep an alleged romance between Mc Cain and a lobbyist under wraps.