Ghost In The Shell, The Live Action Movie Trailer
While agreeing with the criticism expressed by many following the decision to cast Scarlett Johansson, a European-American actress, in theContinue Reading
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Paths To Freedom, A Comedy From The Infancy Of The Celtic Tiger
I was somewhat surprised to discover that nearly sixteen years have passed since RTÉ’s ground-breaking comedy-drama, “Paths To Freedom“, was first broadcast onContinue Reading
Mr. Plinkett’s Review Of Star Wars: The Force Awakens
He’s back! After far too long an absence Mr. Plinkett takes a critical strapon to the cinematic travesty that was 2015’s “Star Wars:Continue Reading
Mad Max: Fury Road, Crash And Smash Video With No CGI
Over the last decade I’ve almost given up on “genre” movies as each release seems more risible than the last. The needContinue Reading
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The Open Letter Attacking Warner Bros And Its “Mess” Of Recent Movies
When I published a short piece yesterday criticising the dramatic vacuousness of Hollywood’s big budget “superhero” movies I was unaware of an open letter publishedContinue Reading
Suicide Squad, An Empty Vessel Making The Most Noise
I’ve always been rather cool on the whole “superhero” genre of comics, graphic novels and movies, whether the characters were endowed with preternatural,Continue Reading
The Sci-Fi Typography Of Stranger Things And Blade Runner
Watching Netflix’s nostalgic science-fiction drama, “Stranger Things”, I was struck by the accuracy of the show’s 1980s setting. While quite reminiscentContinue Reading
Comic Book Girl 19 Ain’t Afraid Of No Ghosts
Unfortunately I’ve had no time to see the new Ghostbusters film, though the mass coverage in the media makes meContinue Reading
Darth By Darthwest
Somewhat overambitious but still fun.
Better Be Hanged At Home Than Die Like Dogs In Ireland
The literary historian, James Shapiro, has a fascinating article in the Irish Times on William Shakespeare’s aversion to Ireland and the Irish.Continue Reading
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Rowling’s History Of Magic In North America Is Not Magical To Native Peoples
Some of you may be aware of yesterday’s launch of “History of Magic in North America”, an expansion of theContinue Reading
The New Rockstars Need A Lesson In History And Geography
The pretentiously-named geek website, The New Rockstars (“What The Internet Cares About Right ****ing Now!”. By which they mean maleContinue Reading
Biggs Darklighter And Other Deleted Characters And Scenes From Star Wars
Most hardcore Star Wars’ fans will be aware of these deleted scenes from the original trilogy of movies, the eponymousContinue Reading
Trouble In Fantasy Fiction
The phrase, two bald men fighting over a comb, springs to mind when reading this Guardian report on the legalContinue Reading
A Captain Unafraid, A New Documentary
In a guest post, the film-maker and musician, Charlie O’Brien, discusses the inspiration for his new documentary, “A Captain Unafraid“, examining the lifeContinue Reading
Robert Mitchum In The 1970 Release, Ryan’s Daughter
I love this 1970 production still of the legendary actor, Robert Mitchum, from the set of director David Lean’s futureContinue Reading
Swimming To Cambodia
Many years ago, discouraged by the need to go to school the next day, and unable to read, let aloneContinue Reading
Masters Of The Force Awakens
A magnificent mash-up of 1987’s big-screen turkey, “Masters of the Universe”, and 2015’s winner of Most-Grating-British-Accent-Ever, “Star Wars: The ForceContinue Reading
Star Wars: The Force Awakens, VFX Before And After
Watch it while you can!
The 1978 Star Wars Holiday Special
With all the hype this week surrounding the release of J. J. Abrams’ new addition to the Star Wars franchise, “Star Wars: The ForceContinue Reading
The Glass Ceiling In The Star Wars Triology
Here’s something to annoy the Sad Puppies crowd, a super-cut of all the spoken dialogue from women other than Princess Leia inContinue Reading
ASF-TFIF Brings You Dancing Predators With Danny Glover
Following a purgatory week of meetings and teleconferences of questionable merit – slidey-widey PowerPoint presentations being a poor substitute for empirical evidence, no matterContinue Reading
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