As we reach the end of another year, it’s time to look back at NewsFour’s favourite movies of 2014. 10. The Grand Budapest Hotel Wes Anderson’s beautifully crafted films have always left us cold but with GBH he finally managed […]
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The holiday season wouldn’t be the same without It’s a Wonderful Life, returning to the big screen all week at the Irish Film Institute. Just like Wizard of Oz and Casablanca, the movie was poorly received on its initial release back in 1946,
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In case you hadn’t noticed, the Christmas season is now underway, and that means screenings of seasonal classics on the big screen. On Saturday afternoon the Lighthouse cinema starts the music and lights the lights the light with The Muppet Christmas Carol.
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Christmas. For some it’s a time to reflect on the birth of Jesus. For others, it’s about spending quality time with the family (or pretending to enjoy the company of your in-laws). But if you’re a movie lover, the holiday season is all about bingeing-out on your favourite festive flicks
Read more →With 2013 drawing to a close, NewsFour’s resident movie obsessive looks back on his ten favourite films of the year. 10. The Broken Circle Breakdown This Belgian drama about two musicians whose relationship falls apart following the death of their […]
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Legendary character actor Bruce Dern returned to our screens at the ripe age of 77 recently in the excellent bittersweet comedy Nebraska. His performance has been tipped for an Oscar by many and in celebration of his return, the Irish Film Institute are screening four
Read more →With the second instalment of the Hobbit trilogy opening next week, there’s a bumper crop of new releases hitting cinemas this weekend, the best of which is French drama Just a Sigh, starring our own Gabriel Byrne. Emmanuelle Devos stars […]
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Computer Chess, my pick for the best film of 2013 thus far, opens on Friday at the Irish Film Institute. It’s a wildly inventive tale, set over a weekend in a rundown cat infested hotel where some of America’s greatest […]
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By Noel Twamlet In 1912 Edgar Burroughs wrote the first Tarzan story, which makes Tarzan 100 years old. Little did Edgar realise his story would spawn hundreds of novels, comics, cartoons and 89 films. Many fine actors played Tarzan including […]
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At the end of their first meeting in this new incarnation of Bond, Ben Winshaw’s Q turns to Daniel Craig’s 007 and asks, “Were you expecting an exploding pen? We don’t go in for that anymore,” tells you quite a
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