Morvern Callar is an offbeat supermarket girl who takes a devastating event and spins it to her advantage. Its fairly original in style; quietly haunting and with little dialog. Random unimportant events come and go with the one big event...
I'm a big Shane Meadows fan. Even though he's only made six films and I've only seen four. I've mentioned him once or twice before. Once Upon a Time in the Midlands is doing the rounds on Film4 so I...
I found myself with a day off midweek that I didn't really need in the end, but I took it anyway. It just seemed too complicated to unbook it! So I got to potter around town. I can never decide...
Can't get this song out of my head recently. Any time I see that clip from Good Will Hunting or Anchorman I'm singing it for weeks. But now SkyRocket is being used as a project name in the office and...
Well I never. I've been shortlisted in the best newcomer category of the Irish blog Awards. Didn't expect that to happen. Oh christ, award cliches already. I'll be thanking God next. It's all awards awards awards recently isn't it? Here's...
Love this. Can you remember that childhood game you used to play where you'd fold a piece of paper in three, and one of you would draw the legs, then another the body, another the head? (Child hood game? Pretty...
There are some films that I just know I'm going to love the second I get a whiff of them. I saw the teaser-trailer for this ages ago and have been dying to see it since. And I wasn't disappointed....
Two of my favorite things share a common theme - bunnies! Donnie Darko and a book by Bill Drummond called 45. Ok, they're called Echo and the Bunnymen, so the link to Donnie Darko is pretty obvious. But another subtle...
There's not many actors who really stand out for me but I love Paddy Considine. First saw him in 24 Hour Party People and found his little character quirks and expressions very amusing. In America wasn't really cutting edge cinema...