Cinema Review – World War Z
The zombie apocalypse has finally arrived, and Gerry (Brad Pitt) is drafted back in to his former job at the UN to try and find the cause, and a cure. In exchange, his family will be kept safe from...
View ArticleCinema Review – This is the End
Jay Baruchel, Seth Rogen, Jonah Hill, Danny McBride, Craig Robinson and James Franco find themselves holed up in the latter’s house after the apocalypse begins. The six must find out how to ration the...
View ArticleCinema Review – Despicable Me 2
Gru (Steve Carrell) has mended his ways for the better, and is devoting his life to the three little girls who found their way into his life in the first film. When a new villain arises, however, Gru...
View ArticleCinema Review – The Act of Killing
A documentary crew talks to Anwar Congo, one of the pivotal figures in the 1965 genocide of Communists in Indonesia. It immediately becomes clear that Congo and his supporters revel in the murders, so...
View ArticleCinema Review – The East
Sarah (Brit Marling), an operative for an exclusive private security firm, lands her first undercover job; infiltrating The East, a group of eco-warriors and anarchists whose targets are high profile...
View ArticleWhy So Serious? Movie Reviews – June 2013
Mr Rory Cashin and I return to talk about the best and worst films of June 2013. Expect a couple of plot twists and some bad maths. Many thanks to the lovely folk at Cineworld Parnell Street, Dublin...
View ArticleCinema Review – Now You See Me
J. Daniel Atlas (Jesse Eisenberg), Merrit McKinney (Woody Harrelson), Henley Reeves (Isla Fisher) and Jack Wilder (Dave Franco) are magicians operating with limited success in their chosen fields. A...
View ArticleCinema Review – The Internship
When the sales company they work for goes bust, Billy (Vince Vaughn) and Nick (Owen Wilson) fake college enrolment so they can take on a summer internship at Google. The trouble is that they know...
View ArticleCinema Review – A Field in England
During the 17th century British civil war, a group of soldiers and one self-professed coward leave the battle in search of an ale house. There is no ale house, however, instead they find O’Neil...
View ArticleCinema Review – The Bling Ring
In 2009, a group of teenagers were arrested in LA stealing more than $3 million in clothing and jewellery from celebrities including Paris Hilton, Orlando Bloom and Lindsay Lohan. They were nicknamed...
View ArticleCinema Review – Monsters University
Before Mike (Billy Crystal) and Sulley (John Goodman) were the at the top of Monsters, Incorporated, they had to earn their qualifications in Scaring at Monsters University… And one another’s respect....
View ArticleCinema Review – We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks
Filmmaker Alex Gibney takes on the story of Wikileaks, in particular, the story of founder Julian Assange, who is currently an asylum seeker at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London. The trouble with...
View ArticleWhy So Serious? Movie Reviews – Half Year Awards 2013
Rory Cashin and Brogen Hayes are back with the Half-Year Awards Special, including such categories as Most Disappointing Film, Film Everyone Loved But We Hated and the Taylor Kitsch-Having The Worst...
View ArticleCinema Review – Pacific Rim
In the not too distant future, aliens have invaded Earth through a portal hidden deep under the ocean. The human race has created huge robots – piloted by two people – in order to battle the Kaiju and...
View ArticleRetro Review – Shaun of the Dead
When the zombie apocalypse hits London, Shaun (Simon Pegg) and Ed (Nick Frost) decide to hole up in their favourite pub and wait for everything to blow over. The only trouble is that Shaun and his...
View ArticleRetro Review – Hot Fuzz
When exceptional London police officer Nicholas Angel (Simon Pegg) is transferred to a small country town – in the hopes that he’ll stop making other officers look bad – he is less than pleased at his...
View ArticleCinema Review – The World’s End
Gary King (Simon Pegg) reunites with his childhood friends Andy (Nick Frost), Oliver (Martin Freeman), Peter (Eddie Marsan) and Steven (Paddy Considine) in the hopes of finally finishing the epic pub...
View ArticleCinema Review – The Frozen Ground
When a young woman escapes from a man she believes was intent on killing her, and bodies begin to appear around the state, the Alaska State Troopers launch an investigation into Robert Hansen (John...
View ArticleCinema Review – The Wolverine
Logan (Hugh Jackman) is summoned to Japan by a man whose life he saved many years before. While there, he becomes embroiled in a family conflict that forces him to confront his past. We are all agreed...
View ArticleCinema Review – Red 2
Frank (Bruce Willis) is pulled out of retirement when a missing nuclear device threatens the world. Sarah (Mary-Louise Parker) is only too glad to join the crew as Marvin (John Malkovich) and Victoria...
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