Review: National Theatre Live: Peter Pan (2017)
115 years after J.M. Barrie created him, Peter Pan is still an icon of popular culture with a new film, television appearance or stage…
Film Review: The Butterfly Tree (2017)
For some reason a lot of Australian cinema has a problem with tone. We all love seeing a good Aussie film and watching our…
Film Review: Spacewalkers (2017)
Something everyone forgets about the Space Race is that the Soviets won almost every part of it, except the big one. The USA were…
Film Review: Uncle Vanya (1970)
One of the many things that seem indispensable to the Russian identity is its writers. As the adage goes Russia is the world’s most…
Film Review: Brad’s Status (2017)
After Obama’s election in 2009 there was an influx of films about slavery and race relations. Every film is affected by the period and…
Film Review: School Life (2016)
The only primary level boarding school in Ireland is Headfort. Students from all over the world travel to the emerald isle to be a…
Film Review: Jigsaw (2017)
Believe it or not, the last Saw film came out seven years ago. It seems like it was only recently that we’d get a…
Film Review: Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
Thor has always been the weird Avenger. Even in a team that includes smartarses in suits of armour, super soldiers, giant green rage monsters,…
Film Review: The Journey (2016)
October 2006. For forty years Northern Ireland had been engulfed in a proxy guerrilla war between the Ulster Loyalists and the Irish Republicans. In…
Review: National Theatre Live: Yerma (2017)
At only 33, Australian actor/director Simon Stone is a name that most diehard theatre lovers will know. If you haven’t, be prepared to hear…