Stella DaysYOU WAIT FOR ages for an old-school Irish heritage picture made with the assistance of a foreign benefactor, then two come along…Fri Mar 09 2012 - 00:00
Bel AmiDANGEROUS LIAISONS with Twilight ’s Edward? Sadly, Bel Ami is nothing like Dangerous Liaison s with Twilight ’s EdwardFri Mar 09 2012 - 00:00
ClearskinSEAN BEAN is Ewan Keane, a war veteran and secret service wonk who lost his wife in the London bombingsFri Mar 09 2012 - 00:00
KhodorkovskyMIKHAIL Khodorkovsky first came to prominence during the 1980s as part of an emerging class of Russian pro-marketeers.Fri Mar 02 2012 - 00:00
Blank City‘IT FELT LIKE our lives were movies,” says Debbie Harry of the early filthy days of No WaveFri Mar 02 2012 - 00:00
Safe HouseTHE BEST THING bout Safe House is that it’s a safe, popcorn option. Ditto the worst thing about Safe House.Fri Feb 24 2012 - 00:00
HadewijchHADEWIJCH (Julie Sokolowski) is a young 21st-century novice sister named for a 13th-century virgin mysticFri Feb 24 2012 - 00:00
The Best Exotic Marigold HotelNOT TOO far into The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, there’s a moment when retiring civil servants Bill Nighy and Penelope Wilton…Fri Feb 24 2012 - 00:00
Extremely Loud and Incredibly CloseLAST MONTH Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close became the worst- reviewed film in the history of aggregate critique shrines Rotten…Fri Feb 17 2012 - 00:00
The mad menVIGGO MORTENSEN stacks his case and suit protector neatly in the corner of the roomFri Feb 10 2012 - 00:00
The Woman in BlackIN THEORY, awards season is all about honouring craft. It’s notFri Feb 10 2012 - 00:00
Star Wars: Episode 1 - the Phantom Menace 3DWE MUST HAVE missed the relevant internet lobby but finally, Star Wars fans can rest easy: Jar Jar Binks is finally back on the…Fri Feb 10 2012 - 00:00
Rotten PotatoesITS ON. THE race to the bottom to determine this island’s most low-fallutin’ region is off to a big start for 2012.Fri Feb 10 2012 - 00:00
CarnageREGULAR readers of the more grown-up sections of this newspaper may recall Fintan O’Toole’s evaluation of God of Carnage (“among…Fri Feb 03 2012 - 00:00
IntrudersA FACELESS bogeyman called Hollow Face stalks small, impressionable children in a godawful horror from former hotshot Juan Carlos…Fri Jan 27 2012 - 00:00
L'AtalanteEVEN IF Jean Vigo had not bequeathed two of cinema’s least disputed masterpieces, his impossibly romantic biography would surely…Fri Jan 20 2012 - 00:00
HaywireILL-DEFINED freelance superspy operative Mallory Kane (mixed martial arts champ-turned-thesp Carano) is contracted by her ill…Fri Jan 20 2012 - 00:00
The SitterMOVIE WATCHERS were startled when David Gordon Green, once hailed as the next Terence Malick, began directing stoner comedies…Fri Jan 20 2012 - 00:00
War HorseTHERE’S A lull in the fighting when soldiers on both sides see the horse tangled in barbed wire out in No Man’s LandFri Jan 13 2012 - 00:00
The Darkest HourTHERE’S A moment in this so-so Moscow-set alien invasion flick that hints at what might have beenFri Jan 13 2012 - 00:00
Coming out of a screen near you . . .YOU LOVED Sequel 2: 3D – well, coming soon, from the makers of 2011’s record-breaking number of sequels and 3D films, it’s 2012…Wed Jan 11 2012 - 00:00
Mother and childKAREN (Annette Bening) was only 14 when she gave her daughter up for adoptionFri Jan 06 2012 - 00:00
Surviving Life / Prezít Svuj ZivotMIDDLE-AGED SALARYMAN Evzen finally meets the beautiful younger woman of his dreams. The catch? She’s in his dreams.Fri Jan 06 2012 - 00:00
World gears up for a season of repeatsOur favourites may differ but every country celebrating Christmas has its own traditional Christmas-themed TVFri Dec 23 2011 - 00:00
Meet me in St LouisIn the months before the 1904 St Louis World Fair, Esther Smith (Judy Garland) and her siblings sing and fumble their way through…Fri Dec 16 2011 - 00:00
Ballymun LullabyMERYL STREEP brings violins. Antonio Banderas brings ballroom dancingFri Dec 16 2011 - 00:00
Alvin and the Chipmunks: ChipwreckedUNLESS YOU’RE under the age of nine (in which case, welcome, this review is rated 12A), you have probably picked up this notice…Fri Dec 16 2011 - 00:00
Las AcaciasON THE BACK roads of Paraguay, grouchy middle-aged trucker Ruben picks up Jacinta, a young woman hoping to find work across the…Fri Dec 09 2011 - 00:00
Wings of Desire/Der Himmel Über BerlinPerched high about Berlin, the angels Damiel (Bruno Ganz) and Cassiel (Otto Sander) listen to all the sorrows and hopes of the…Fri Dec 09 2011 - 00:00
A Very Harold and Kumar 3D ChristmasHUH? WHAT’S this 18 cert doing here? Sure, A Very Harold and Kumar 3D Christmas features a baby doing cocaine and scampering …Fri Dec 09 2011 - 00:00
The ThingIT’S 1982 and right before Kurt Russell gets busy with a flame- thrower and learns to kick extra- terrestrial arse, an unfortunate…Fri Dec 02 2011 - 00:00
The Deep Blue SeaAS T HE Deep Blue Sea opens, Hester Page (Rachel Weisz), formerly Lady Collyer, knocks back more aspirin than they advise on …Fri Nov 25 2011 - 00:00
Dream HouseWILL ATENTON (Daniel Craig) quits his job at a swish New York publishing firm so that he might spend more time with his wife …Fri Nov 25 2011 - 00:00
My Week With MarilynIN THE SUMMER of 1956, a young toff called Colin Clark (brother of Alan, son of Sir Kenneth) landed a job as third assistant …Fri Nov 25 2011 - 00:00
SnowtownIN 2004, THREE men were convicted following the discovery of eight dismembered bodies in barrels at Snowtown in south Australia…Fri Nov 18 2011 - 00:00
The Silence/Das Letzie SchweigenTHIS GRIPPING and chilly German drama begins with the rape and murder of an 11-year-old girlFri Nov 11 2011 - 00:00
The Rum DiaryJOHNNY DEPP must look in the mirror every day and thank the Great Spirit for those Cherokee cheekbonesFri Nov 11 2011 - 00:00
WeekendTHE MOVIEVERSE is all a-flutter over Andrew Haigh’s remarkable debut featureFri Nov 11 2011 - 00:00
TrespassIF BOX-OFFICE tallies are to be believed, Nicole Kidman falls somewhere between pestilence and the financial sector in the popularity…Fri Nov 11 2011 - 00:00
In TimeIN RECENT years it’s become easier to list the films that haven’t been subjected to a frivolous it-was-my-idea lawsuit than the…Fri Nov 04 2011 - 00:00
InniAT A TIME when the concert film has become increasingly wed to 3D verisimilitude, Vincent Morriset’s Sigur Rós documentary strikes…Fri Nov 04 2011 - 00:00
Tower HeistTHE feature-length adaptation of the wildly popular trailer is finally upon us. And it’s a shockerFri Nov 04 2011 - 00:00
Jack Goes BoatingCONNIE (Ryan), a lonely, frigid mortician’s secretary, lies beside Jack (Hoffman), a lonely limousine driverFri Nov 04 2011 - 00:00
Diving for treasurePROFILE THE OCTONAUTS: THE REST of the country may be queuing up for a financial haircut, but life in Irish animation couldn…Sat Oct 29 2011 - 01:00
'To hell with it'WE’VE ALWAYS KNOWN Michael Biehn was cut out for barking ordersFri Oct 28 2011 - 01:00
