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30 SEP

Shark Night 3D

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Shark Night 3D

Director: David R. Ellis

Cast: Sara Paxton, Dustin Milligan, Chris Carmack

Running time: 91 minutes

Rating: III

By Robert O’ Reilly

Let’s face it, good shark movies are like scorching hot days in Ireland, few and far …

September 30, 2011Tagged: 3D, Dustin Milligan, Film, Film Review, Sara Paxton, SharksLeave a commentEditor September 30, 2011
30 SEP

Crazy, Stupid, Love.

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Crazy, Stupid, Love.

Directors: Glenn Ficarra, John Requa

Cast: Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Julianne Moore

Running Time: 118 minutes

Rating: 2:1

By Nicholas Bland

Hollywood comedies generally recommend themselves as films to avoid watching. North American prudery combined with overblown …

September 30, 2011Tagged: Comedy, Drama, Film, Film Review, Reviews, Ryan Gosling, Steve CarellLeave a commentEditor September 30, 2011
Features
21 JUL

Arrietty

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Director: Hiromasa Yonebayashi

Featuring the voices of: Amy Poehler, Will Arnett and Mirai Shida

Running time: 94 minutes (Japanese with English subtitles)

Rating: 2.2

By Robert O’ Reilly

Arrietty, the new film from Studio Ghibli (whose previous efforts …

July 21, 2011Tagged: Animation, Film, Film Review, Hiromasa Yonebayashi, Mary Norton, Studio Ghibli, The Borrowers57 CommentsEditor July 21, 2011
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19 JUL

Super 8

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Super 8

Director: J.J. Abrams

Cast: Joel Courtney, Elle Fanning, Kyle Chandler

Running time: 112 minutes

Rating: 2.1

By Robert O’ Reilly

J.J. Abrams follows up his 2009 hit Star Trek with this Steven Spielberg produced sci-fi nostalgia-fest, a sure-fire …

July 19, 2011Tagged: Amanda Michalka, Elle Fanning, Film, Film Review, J.J. Abrams, Mystery, Sci-FiLeave a commentEditor July 19, 2011
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18 JUL

The Big Picture

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Director: Eric Lartigau

Cast: Romain Duris, Marina Fois, Niels Arestrup

Running time: 114 minutes (French with English subtitles)

Rating: 2.2

By Robert O’ Reilly

Partner in a Parisian law firm and living in bourgeois luxury with his wife and two …

July 18, 2011Tagged: Drama, Eric Lartigau, Film, Film Review, Marina Foïs, Romain Duris, Thriller61 CommentsEditor July 18, 2011
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16 JUL

Cell 211

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Director: Daniel Monzón

Cast: Alberto Ammann, Luis Tosar, Marta Etura

Running time: 113 minutes (Spanish with English subtitles)

Rating: 2.2

By Robert O’ Reilly

The day before he starts his new job as a prison officer, Juan Oliver (Alberto Ammann) …

July 16, 2011Tagged: Alberto Ammann, Daniel Monzón, Film, Film Review, Luis Tosar, Prison Drama60 CommentsEditor July 16, 2011
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14 JUL

Bobby Fischer Against the World

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Bobby Fischer Against the World

Director: Liz Garbus

Running time: 90 minutes

Rating: 2:1

By Robert O’ Reilly

Originally made for the HBO television network, Liz Garbus’s documentary biopic about former world chess champion Bobby Fischer has proved so popular …

July 14, 2011Tagged: Bobby Fischer, Documentary, Film, Film Review, hbo101 CommentsEditor July 14, 2011
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14 JUL

The Tree of Life

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The Tree of Life

Director: Terence Malick

Cast: Brad Pitt, Jessica Chastain, Sean Penn

Running time: 139 minutes.

Rating: 2.2

By Robert O’Reilly

Often nicknamed cinema’s invisible man, Terence Malick is renowned for taking massive gaps between his output as …

July 14, 2011Tagged: Brad Pitt, Drama, Film, Film Review, Terence Malick121 CommentsEditor July 14, 2011
14 JUL

Transformers: Dark of the Moon

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Transformers: Dark of the Moon

Director: Michael Bay

Cast: Shia LaBoeuf, Josh Duhamel, John Turtorro, Frances McDormand, John Malkovich

Running time: 157 minutes

Rating: III

By Robert O’Reilly

You know it’s summertime again when mindless blockbusters start queuing up …

July 14, 2011Tagged: Action, Film, Film Review, Michael Bay, Shia LaBoeuf, TransformersLeave a commentEditor July 14, 2011
28 MAR

Cave of Forgotten Dreams 3D

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Cave Of Forgotten Dreams 3D

Director: Werner Herzog

2:1

by Gheorghe Russo

With my only precedent for Herzog being two of his non-documentary feature films and a handful of YouTube clips (most notably the brilliant Werner Herzog Reads Where’s Waldo), …

March 28, 2011Tagged: 3D, Cave Paintings, Documentary, Film, Film Review, Werner HerzogLeave a commentEditor March 28, 2011

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