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...
Author: John Daly
The Uninvited
The Uninvited
In this suspense thriller based on a 2003 Korean film written and directed by Kim Jee-woon, Anna (Emily Browning) returns home after spending time in a psychiatric facility following her mother’s tragic death only to discover that her mother’s former nurse, Rachel (Elizabeth Banks), has moved into their...
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...
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...
Young Bohs book final place
Young Bohs book final place
St Brendan’s (Tralee) 0 Bohemians 1 The Bohemians senior team may have lost their cup game in the FAI Junior Cup, but the Bohemians youth squad booked a final place in their competition by recording a brilliant victory in Co Kerry on Saturday last. Paul White scored the only goal of the game on 32 minutes and...
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...
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)...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...