Invasion Literature Becomes Invasion Cinema, Prefiguring Trump And Brexit
In many ways the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 to 1871 was one of the most influential political events in the lives of an entire generationContinue Reading
Category: Culture
Truly Miss Marple – The Curious Case of Margaret Rutherford
Of the many actresses who have played the role of Agatha Christie’s genteel fictional sleuth Miss Jane Marple in cinema andContinue Reading
ASF YouTube Suspension
Just to let readers know, An Sionnach Fionn is experiencing yet another wave of vexatious complaints against its presence onContinue Reading
Chapo Trap House On Paul Verhoeven’s Starship Troopers
It’s remarkable that the Dutch film-maker Paul Verhoeven, the director of such Hollywood dross as Basic Instinct and Showgirls inContinue Reading
Athbhliain Faoi Shéan Is Faoi Mhaise Daoibh
A happy and prosperous New Year to the readers of An Sionnach Fionn, with genuine thanks for all your supportContinue Reading
Syfy’s 12 Monkeys, The Witness, And The Shadow Of The Torturer
In an era of peak television drama and comedy, when it sometimes feels like there are almost too many goodContinue Reading
Two Sci-Fi Short Films: Stormtroopers, And, Odyssey: A Star Wars Story
For those of us who grew up in the era when practical special effects still dominated genre cinema and televisionContinue Reading
A Happy Christmas. And A Spooky Short Film
A very happy Christmas to the readers of An Sionnach Fionn. And for your delectation, a rather clever 2018 shortContinue Reading
Ronald Regan’s Ghostbusters. I Ain’t Afraid Of No EPA!
I love the movie Ghostbusters. Not the mediocre 2016 remake but the original 1984 release starring Bill Murray, Dan AckroydContinue Reading
Was JRR Tolkien, The Author Of The Lord Of The Rings, A Racist?
Was the British fantasy author JRR Tolkien a racist? That is the issue being debated in the wake of lastContinue Reading
RetroBlasting: Buck Rogers In The 25th Century
This is probably a shameful admission, but I have a bit of a sneaking regard for NBC’s unintentionally camp science-fictionContinue Reading
Silver Winner, Current Affairs And Politics, Blog Awards Ireland 2018
Just a quick post to note that An Sionnach Fionn won a Silver or second place award in the CurrentContinue Reading
Leonard Nimoy Reviews The Magnavox Magnavision DiscoVision Videodisc Player
A cringeworthy performance by the late Leonard Nimoy as he expresses mustachioed* wonder at the Magnavox Magnavision Model 8000 DiscoVisionContinue Reading
Joe Rogan Talks To Roseanne Barr
Watching this lengthy discussion with the YouTube host Joe Rogan, it’s hard not to feel some sympathy for the disgracedContinue Reading
The Story Of The Ark Before Noah, From Sumer To Babylonia To Israel
The Judeo-Christian myth of a small group of select men and women surviving a primordial deluge to repopulate the worldContinue Reading
Celtic Chess? Ficheall and Gwyddbwyll In Medieval Ireland And Wales
The modern Irish word for the game of chess is ficheall. However this term, literally “wood wisdom” or “wood sense”,Continue Reading
Red Letter Media On The Jean-Luc Picard Star Trek Revival
The promised revival of the character of Jean-Luc Picard from the science-fiction show, Star Trek: The Next Generation, has caused noContinue Reading
The EU Copyright Directive Will Stifle Online Free Speech And Creativity
The European Parliament has voted in support of the EU’s new Copyright Directive, with 438 MEPs favouring the controversial draftContinue Reading
JRR Tolkien And Arthur Conan Doyle: The Deaths Of Gandalf The Grey And Sherlock Holmes
A few weeks ago I received a rather beautiful blu-ray boxset from Japan of the 1984-94 adaptation of the SherlockContinue Reading
Fairweather Manor: Live Action Role-Playing Meets Downtown Abbey
Aside from a few minor quibbles about pacing, I really enjoyed the second season of Westworld, the HBO television dramaContinue Reading
From AMC’s Lodge 49 To The Imperial Mail Of The Holy Roman Empire
I have no idea why I have such an interest in the history of the Holy Roman Empire, the long-livedContinue Reading
Sorry To Bother You, Much More Than A Dark Comedy Film
I’m a huge fan of the long-running American musical collective, The Coup, and their brand of politically and socially awareContinue Reading
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