Joyful, joyful. God bless Harvey Keitel. If he wasn’t such an intimidating and troublesome gangster in Sister Act, Deloris Van Cartier may never have found her true calling to become a nun. Well, an interim nun. Oh happy day, indeed. Well, with news that Whoopi Goldberg will be returning to play Sister Mary Clarence in a new Sister Act […]
The perfect Christmas binge for true crime addicts. While wholesome programming, end of year reviews and TV specials are usually the norm for most broadcasters at Christmas, Netflix always have a grisly treat in store. For example, Making A Murderer and The Innocent Man were both released in December and if you’re a true crime […]
The Nobel Prize-winner is one of Ireland’s greatest minds. His work at the time of The Troubles was incredible. The BBC have confirmed that they’ll be airing Seamus Heaney: The Music of What Happens on 30 November on BBC2. The film is a feature-length feature about the life and work of the beloved Nobel Prize-winner. […]
Could we be any more excited. During the history of Friends, we’ve learned that patience is a virtue. After all, Chandler proved his loyalty to Joey by staying in a box for a few hours, Ross was patient enough to wait almost a decade before telling Rachel how he felt about her, and Joey, well, […]
The fantastic comedy is back and here’s the first look. With 2019 coming to a close, it appears that various stations and streaming platforms have gone all out in the final quarter with new releases. Over the last few weeks, we’ve seen the likes of Watchmen and His Dark Materials being released; however, we reckon […]
Quack, quack, quack. Listen up, cake eater. We all know that ducks fly together and given the nostalgic appeal of the ’90s cult classic, you don’t need a sage talk from Gordon Bombay to know that Hollywood was always going to go back for another round of hockey. Well, after the original news emerged that […]
We’re getting even more ghosts too. Prepare to be terrified by The Haunting of Bly Manor. With a new film in cinemas and production reaching the halfway point on The Haunting of Bly Manor, Mike Flanagan probably isn’t getting an awful lot of sleep right now. Ironic because his new film Doctor Sleep, the follow-up to […]
Temperatures are set to drop. Given the severity of the rainfall that occurred this week in parts of the country, you would be forgiven for thinking that it might never stop lashing. Thankfully, the wet conditions have eased off somewhat but as is the norm at this time of year, the mercury is set to […]
Some interesting details here. As announced late on Wednesday night, RTÉ is planning on a large number of staff cuts in 2020 as well as a 15 percent pay reduction for their highest-earning presenters as the broadcaster attempts to reduce projected costs by €60 million over three years (2020-2023). The broadcaster said that 200 job cuts […]
Here’s hoping the scheme catches on… Vodafone Ireland will offer employees 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave as the company introduces a new policy designed to support families. From April 2020, any employee whose partner is having a baby, adopts a child or becomes a parent through surrogacy can take four months of paid […]
A nice boost for film fans in the city. While The Savoy, Cineworld, The IFI, and The Lighthouse are all within walking distance of Dublin’s city centre, quite a lot of film fans in the capital are still lamenting the loss of The Screen near College Green. Though not as big and opulent as the aforementioned […]
Christmas heaven for film fans. Grab your cinema pal. After reading the fantastic list of Christmas-themed films that are going to be playing in Dublin’s Lighthouse cinema, we’re instantly imagining some type of fictional mashup. How’s this for a plot? Buddy the Elf gets held hostage by Hans Gruber in a courtroom that’s currently debating […]