CK Predicts…
‘Revolutionary Road’ for Best Picture
Leonardo DiCaprio for Best Actor in a Leading Role, ‘Revolutionary Road’
Kate Winslet for Best Actress in a Leading Role, ‘Revolutionary Road’
Its pretty much a dream team pairing of two of the Academys most favoured actors, direction by Winslets husband Sam Mendes (’American Beauty’, ‘Road to Perdition’) and of course the movie [...]
Trip to the Ploughing
It was a strange site to behold – standing in a catering area on an incline looking down over the ploughing championships grounds, my imagination seemed to be let loose. The fields of white tents, rows of flags and dusty haze created by the unseasonably unIrish dry weather created the sense of an army barracks [...]
Read moreDossing Times Comic
As you may have noticed. We now have a comic on the site. We hope this will now be a weekly feature that you the readers will enjoy. We are still learning about this so any tips or suggestions you have about them please added them. And drop us a comment.
Read moreSpeculation
From Mary Harney
‘‘The Ireland story was never about replacing crony capitalism with casino capitalism. Ireland’s 20-year-old story is not a speculative play,” she said.
Really considing the last few years was based on property speculating I have to wonder. Maybe over the course of the last 20 years it might not be alot but over the [...]
Any film makers out there?
Film Maker in Residence
Dublin City Council in association with the Arts Council, is pleased
to invite expressions of interest for Film Maker in Residence.
The Residency is open to all creative filmmakers with a recognised
qualification/ track record. The emphasis of the Residency will be on
supporting the Filmmaker to develop his or her own practice. However,
s/he will also [...]
Crazy Golf
Actor Paul Newman passes
Paul Newman, who appeared in about 60 movies, passed away on Friday following a prolonged battle with lung cancer at the age of 83. Newman first made his name portraying brooding characters in Cat On A Hot Tin Roof and Hud. But he enhanced his superstar status later by playing winking rogues and anti-heroes – [...]
Read moreTop 6 Friday: Greatest Movies of All Time*
*as per the November issue of ‘Empire’, compiling the 500 Greatest Movies of All Time
I’m just back from the Ploughing Chamionships, physically and mentally wrecked!, hence I’m borrowing from the new issue of Empire I picked up this morning. The issue will provide great reading from the looks of it. One glaring omission from the Top [...]