Film

State Of Play

State Of Play

As one of the most critically acclaimed series of 2003, the BBC’s State Of Play went on to become a high point in television drama at a time when few other shows came close to its gritty portrayal of political intrigue, journalistic integrity and the reality of underhand dealings among big business and those...
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Waveriders

Waveriders

Waveriders is the untold story of Ireland’s unlikely influence in the origins of the worldwide surfing phenomenon and the development of big wave surfing along our West coast. The story unfolds through the inspirational and ultimately tragic history of the legendary Hawaiian surfer, George Freeth, considered by...
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The Boat That Rocked

The Boat That Rocked

Like most kids in who grew up in Ireland or the UK during the 1960s, filmmaker Richard Curtis got his first taste of rock music by listening to pirate radio. During a time when transmission schedules on Radio Eireann and the BBC were dominated mainly by politics, gardening, cricket and GAA matches, there were...
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Paul Blart: Mall Cop

Paul Blart: Mall Cop

Kevin James stars as the title character in this comedy, a divorced suburban Dad trying to make ends meet as a security officer in a New Jersey shopping mall. Though no one else takes his job seriously, Blart considers himself the last line of defence on the front lines of safety. When a robbery shuts down the...
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Covert Kisses

Covert Kisses

Julia Roberts and Clive Owen are reunited from their last outing in the relationship drama Closer to an easier feel good vehicle as a pair of spies-turned-corporate operatives trying to nab good retirement money from the corporate world while rekindling a clandestine love affair. CIA officer Claire Stenwick (Roberts)...
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Watchmen

Watchmen

Watchmen first appeared as a DC Comics series from 1986 to 1987, before being republished some time later as the mega-selling graphic novel which took the creations to a global audience. The blood-stained smiley icon on the cover, the image of a clock face advancing one minute closer to midnight, and the...
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Waltz with Bashir (16)

Waltz with Bashir (16)

Documentary filmmaker Ari Folman delves deeply into his own history as a soldier in the Lebanon War to produce this tremendously powerful  movie, presented in the form of an animated documentary.One night at a bar, an old friend tells Folman about a recurring nightmare in which he is chased by 26 vicious dogs. Every...
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The International

The International

“They control your money. They control your government. They control your life. And everybody pays.” No, it’s not a rushed film version of the Anglo Irish Bank affair, but still not a million miles from the headlines assaulting us every day. In The International, Interpol Agent Louis Salinger (Clive...
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Doubt

Doubt

From the opening moments of playwright-turned-screenwriter John Patrick Shanley‘s Doubt to its powerful conclusion, uncertainty clouds every frame, in which two nuns, a priest, and the mother of a young boy are forced to confront their core beliefs as they struggle with judgment, conviction and doubt. In the battle...
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Conversations With My Gardener

Conversations With My Gardener

A French garden, a bottle of red wine and a young nude model, the perfect Sunday night at the movies. Jean Beckers, ‘Conversations with My Gardener’ is a relaxed and quintessentially French film. Adapted from the book by the Painter Henri Cueco the film stars two of the most familiar faces in modern French...
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Push

Push

Telekinesis. Clairvoyance. Telepathy. For decades, governments around the globe have investigated the possibility of using paranormal abilities as covert weapons against their enemies – and even their friends. In 1945, the Nazis launched the first effort to develop psychic warriors. Soon after, the Soviets and...
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Cadillac Records

Cadillac Records

Chronicling the rise of Chess Records and its recording artists in Chicago of the 1950s and 60s, the film follows the early, turbulent lives of some of America’s greatest musical legends. How the blues gave birth to rock ‘n’ roll at a dingy bar on the rough South Side of Chicago in 1947 follows an...
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