The Magic Flute and King Lear Live on successive evenings at Movies @ Cinemas
Published on 12th September 2017 under Blog Topic - Reviews,
Mozart and Shakespeare (“The Two Great Dramatists” – Peter Hall) To have Shakespeare and Mozart live within twenty-four hours is something to joy in – and when these two monumental works are being shown, surely the joy is unconfined. It’s all the more to be treasured when they come from Covent Garden and London’s Globe […]
American Made Review
Published on 6th September 2017 under Blog Topic - Reviews,
American Made is a biographical crime film directed by Doug Liman, written by Gary Spinelli and starring Tom Cruise The Movie is set in the 1980’s and follows the exploits of Barry Seal, a former TWA pilot who became a drug smuggler at the time making more money than he knew what to do with. […]
Chekhov’s “The Seagull” from Stage Russia – Review by Jim Ryan
Published on 4th September 2017 under Blog Topic - Reviews,
Anton Chekhov is one of the world’s great playwrights, and his four major plays, of which “The Seagull” is one, are, in good productions, among the great joys of theatre – although a 2016 production of the play I saw in Dublin left me unmoved. Chekhov was born in Southern Russia in 1860, became a […]
Léirmheas Everything Everything
Published on 24th August 2017 under Blog Topic - Reviews,
Tá Maddie Whittier mar gach uile deagóir ar domhain ach tá rud amháin difriúil fúithi.. ní raibh sí taobh amuigh riamh. Tá fadhb sláinte aici darb ainm easpa imdhíonachta a chiallíonn nach féidir léi a bheith i dteagmhail le baictéír nóbeidh sí fíor-tinn. Níl saol úafásach aici; cónaíonn sí i dteach atá sainoiriúnaithe, is maith […]
Atomic Blonde Review
Published on 19th August 2017 under Blog Topic - Reviews,
This throwback to 1980’s cold war action thrillers Directed by David Leitch (John Wick), hits all the right notes with Charlize Theron perfectly cast in the titular role as Lorraine Broughton. She starts the movie in a bath tub of ice, battered and bruised and then heads to a debriefing of her mission, where the […]