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Moviestar.ie

Moviestar.ie DVD rental by post; Ireland’s answer to Netflix. It’s none of my business but, if everything is done through their website, then step 1 is to make a website that works.
Consider the amount of resources that Netflix have spent in developing their site to improve search and recommendations. Now consider Moviestar.ie, where [...]

Review of There Will Be Blood

There Will Be Blood

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A very unusual film, without the first word of dialogue spoken until 14 and a half minutes in. Not much of a plot, it is all about one thing: the character of Daniel Plainview (Day-Lewis) – an oil man who becomes consumed by his mean and greedy streak. “I have [...]

Rescue Dawn: The Truth

I saw Rescue Dawn last night, a movie starring Christian Bale about the German American navy pilot, Dieter Dengler, who crash landed in North Vietnam during the war and was held in a prison camp. Rescue Dawn had some good points, but it was not quite up to Bale’s high standards, and definitely not [...]

The Dark Knight Preview

Via Fence I found this preview for the new Batman movie: “The Dark Knight“. Looks really promising – very much a follow-up to Batman Begins as opposed to “a new Batman movie”. I was saying just yesterday how much I love the atmosphere in the films directed by Christopher Nolan, and how great [...]

Review of Beowulf

Beowulf

“If you go to see one movie this week: see American Gangster. If you go to see two movies: see Beowulf.“

I was a bit concerned about the animation… the characters looked straight out of The Elder Scrolls Oblivion. My doubts were silenced as soon as Grendel arrived on the scene. [...]

But Pappy, they's integrated!

No matter how many times I watch this scene it doesn’t get old. The way Pappy O’Daniel and Junior look in opposite directions… reminds me of The Big Lebowski!

No Country for Old Men Trailer

Apple has the trailer for the Coen Brothers’ upcoming release: No Country for Old Men. I have been looking forward to this for a long time. For what it’s worth, Ebert saw it and he says it’s perfect.

Best Irish Accent by a Foreigner

Sinéad Gleeson is back with a flurry of activity this week. A lot of new music I’ll have to check out, and a good question here:
Has anyone, who isn’t born and bred here, ever managed to pull off a decent Irish accent
A good few comments but I don’t think anyone has really hit the [...]

Review of This is England

This is England
Good stuff

I’ll admit that I was a little bit hesitant about this, another super low budget “slightly troubled young British boy falls in with wrong crowd” movie, but it was a nice surprise. [...]

His Dark Materials

Graham Linehan, on his Hompendium of Dorithies, has taken a quick look at the new His Dark Materials film. They have reuinted the Casino Royale leads Daniel Craig and Eva Green, and opted to cast Nicole Kidman as Mrs. Coulter. Choosing the child actor is always a gamble, so they played it safe [...]