Today 4.45 and my ticket for the ‘Surprise Film’ at 5.30 is nowhere to be found. Proceeding to the Savoy at much haste, a woman who I never wanted to see again having begged her to sell me extra tickets to the Gala showings of ‘In Bruges’ and ‘There Will Be Blood’ calmly replaced my […]

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 […]

These opening months of 2008 have been the greatest for movies I can remember. Already the list of contenders for movie of the year is swelling. This is reflected in the calibre of movie nominated for Best Picture and so too the fact that there are a number of deserving works that have not made […]

Sitting listening to Daniel Day Lewis spew lyrically about acting and movie making at a Q&A session last night I turned to my company and remarked that the actor would be in Los Angeles this coming weekend accepting an Oscar. My company nodded in agreeement, we had both just been through the experience that is […]

When effectively rebooting the Bond series with Pierce Brosnan’s debut as the spy in ‘Goldeneye’ the tagline used as part of the marketing for the film was ‘You Know the Name, You Know the Number’. A well established character, brand or icon is afforded this luxury of familiarity as well as the fact that loyal […]

Heath Ledger is laid to rest this Saturday in Perth.
6. Words from Christopher Nolan, the last director to complete a film with Ledger. Some well chosen words:
“Heath was bursting with creativity. It was in his every gesture. He once told me that he liked to wait between jobs until he was creatively hungry. Until he […]

One thing was immediately apparent to me on leaving the cinema after seeing ‘Cloverfield’ yesterday. A huge marketing opportunity exists in a camera company claiming theirs was the model used by the characters in the film. It’s durability knows no ends, even when strewn amongst the rubble of a monster ravaged Manhattan island, its extra […]

So based on a comment of Nylers I have decided to introduce a star rating for any movies reviewed on the blog from here on in. Now I intend for these to just be a guide, concluding each review with its star rating and a brief concluding comment. It remains however that the content […]

That Tim Burton chooses interesting premises or sources of inspiration and then has fans baying for the release of his work and the uniquely gothic, macabre style he delivers is something undoubtedly mentioned in every review of his work. For the initiated or familiar this style never ages and expectations are consistently high. For someone wanting purely […]