September 2011

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  • 09.27.11
    Jurassic Park in cinemas & on Blu-Ray Blog Exclusives, Trade News | Comments Off
    Jurassic Park to be Re-Released in Cinemas from September 23rd, 2011 to Celebrate the Launch of this Ground-Breaking Trilogy on Blu-ray™ All Three Epic Adventures from Filmmaker Steven Spielberg Plus More Than Two Hours of All-New Bonus Features Available on Blu-ray™ For the First Time Ever On October 24, 2011 DUBLIN, September 6th, 2011 – Universal Pictures Ireland is pleased to announce that Jurassic Park, the first film from Steven Spielberg’s famous trilogy will be re-released on Friday, September 23rd, 2011 in Irish cinemas to celebrate the launch of all three films on Blu-ray™. One of the most anticipated motion-picture trilogies of ...
  • 09.27.11
    Stars Behind the Camera Season at the IFI Blog Exclusives, Trade News | Comments Off
    The IFI presents the first part of the Stars Behind the Camera Season October 1st– 30th (IFI Box Office 01 679 3477 www.ifi.ie) To coincide with three new releases directed by actors Woody Allen (Midnight In Paris), Paddy Considine (Tyrannosaur) and George Clooney (The Ides of March); the IFI is examining the rich history of stars behind the camera that stretches back to D.W. Griffith, Cecil B. DeMille and Charlie Chaplin. The motivations for taking the creative reigns of film production may vary but the result has often made for riveting cinema. An established actor often enters the craft of film direction ...
  • 09.27.11
    IRELAND’S FIRST EVER INTERNATIONAL DISABILITY FILM FESTIVAL ABÄRA COMMENCES THIS OCTOBER Blog Exclusives, Trade News, Trailers | (1)
    Abära, Ireland’s first ever International Disability Film Festival kicks off this October with a selection of stunning films from around the world. Aimed at celebrating the progress made by people with disabilities while increasing awareness and understanding of the many challenges still faced by people with disabilities across the globe, Abära opens on Thursday, October 20th and continues until October 23rd. This innovative Festival is organised by the Dóchas Disability and International Development (DID) working group, in conjunction with Arts & Disability Ireland and would not be possible without the invaluable financial contribution of the Department of Justice and Equality. Running ...
  • 09.26.11
    DRIVE Reviews, Trailers | (1)
    DRIVE Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn. Starring Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston, Ron Perlman, Albert Brooks. 100 mins Rating: Five/Five In cinemas September 23 EDGY, VICIOUS AND THRILLING B-MOVIE ACTION THRILLER In the phenomenal action thriller Drive, Ryan Gosling plays a stoic stunt driver known only as ‘The Kid.’ With his moral compass and personal relationships comfortably coasting in neutral, he moonlights as a getaway driver. His uncompromising philosophy is echoed by Drive’s director, Nicolas Winding Refn, who sets an incredible pace, knowing exactly when to sit quietly in the shadows before suddenly revving Drive into fifth gear, tyres screeching. As newly acquainted neighbours, Gosling ...
  • 09.26.11
    RED STATE Reviews, Trailers | Comments Off
    RED STATE Directed by Kevin Smith. Starring Michael Parks, John Goodman, Melissa Leo. 97 mins. Rating: Two and a Half/Five In cinemas September 30 KEVIN SMITH’S POLITICAL HORROR HAS A BRILLIANTLY CHILLING PREMISE, BUT QUICKLY LOSES ITS WAY Bringing his trademark black humour and edge to a politically tinged horror, Kevin Smith’s Red State sees three teenage boys become the victims of a Westbro Baptist Church-like cult. But with the police force experiencing an ethical crisis of its own, the church members aren’t the hostages’ only threat. Michael Perks plays Pastor Abin Cooper, a patriarch who revels in his congregation’s rapt adoration, and whose lengthy sermons ...
  • 09.26.11
    MELANCHOLIA Reviews, Trailers | Comments Off
    MELANCHOLIA Directed by Lars Von Trier. Starring Kristen Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Kiefer Sutherland, Rating: Three and a half/Five In cinemas Sepetmber 30 LARS VON TRIER’S PSYCHOLOGICAL DRAMA IS BEAUTIFUL, BUT SHOCKINGLY, LACKS BITE Partly due to Lars Von Trier’s last feature, the beautiful and disturbing Antichrist, and partly due to his last appearance at Cannes, the ugly and disturbing ‘Nazi-gate’, his new psychological disaster drama Melancholia feels surprisingly controversy-free. A sumptuous examination of the psychological state of two sisters, the film sees the depressive Justine (Kirsten Dunst) self-destruct at her fairytale wedding, while Claire’s (Charlotte Gainsbourg) fears have a more tangible source: a large ...
  • 09.26.11
    PAGE ONE: INSIDE THE NEW YORK TIMES Reviews, Trailers | Comments Off
    PAGE ONE: INSIDE THE NEW YORK TIMES Directed by Andrew Rossi. Starring David Carr, Carl Bernstein, Bruce Headlam, Bill Keller, Brian Stelter. 92 mins Rating: Four/Five In Cinemas September 23 DOCUMENTARY ABOUT NEW VS. OLD MEDIA ACTS AS A FASCINATING FRONT PAGE TO A VERY COMPLEX STORY As Twitter is used to share links to online articles whose headlines proclaim that print journalism is dead, Page One: Inside the New York Times offers a frank, funny and passion-filled examination of the changing landscape of print journalism. Giving an insight into the inner workings of life in The New York Times, Page One examines how the ...
  • 09.26.11
    SOUL SURFER Reviews, Trailers | Comments Off
    SOUL SURFER Directed by Sean McNamara. Starring Annasophia Robb, Dennis Quaid, Helen Hunt, Carrie Underwood. 106 mins Rating: One and a half/Five In cinemas September 23 INSPIRING TRUE STORY UNDERMINED BY A SANITIZED AND SICKLY SWEET RELIGIOUS THEME Jeebus wept. If this fortnight’s Red State takes religious fervour to terrifying extremes, Soul Surfer goes to the opposite end of the spectrum: pure sanitized tripe. This is the type of God-loving that depicts the Virgin Mary with blonde L’oreal locks, paints a crucified Jesus with abs Abercrombie and Fitch models would be proud of, and ruins a truly inspirational real life story by letting its sickly ...
  • 09.26.11
    YOU INSTEAD Reviews, Trailers | Comments Off
    YOU INSTEAD Directed by Starring Luke Treadaway, Natalia Tena, Mathew Baynton, Alastair Mackenzie, Ruta Gedmintas. 80 minutes. Rating: One and a half/Five In cinemas September 16 MISGUIDED FESTIVAL FLIRTATION FLICK IS A BADLY ACTED AND INEFFECTIVE AD FOR T IN THE PARK Hot on the heels of Electric Picnic, You Instead will undoubtedly speak to festival lovers. Well, the festival lovers whose weekend of great music was ruined by the unfortunate presence of narcissistic rockstar wannabes, drunken idiots, and that unfortunate hook-up that you can’t explain and you’d rather forget - much like your ensemble of denim hot-pants, Native American headdress and neon shutter ...
  • 09.26.11
    A LONELY PLACE TO DIE Reviews, Trailers | Comments Off
    A LONELY PLACE TO DIE Directed by Julian Gilbey. Starring Melissa George, Ed Speleers, Kate MacGowan. 99 mins. Rating: Two and a Half/Five In cinemas September 7 STRIKING AND VISCERAL SCOTLAND-BASED THRILLER LOSES FOCUS IN SECOND ACT Starting like a blend of 127 Hours and Buried, A Lonely Place to Die sees mountain climber Alison (Melissa George) and three friends stumble across a young Serbian girl buried in an underground enclosure high in the Scottish mountains. As they attempt to bring her to safety, they must survive not only the relentless chase of the girl’s kidnappers but the merciless terrain. Captured the Scottish highlands in all ...