Blog – The General movie-click here
Blog – The General movie-click here The General is an Irish crime drama written and directed by John Boorman. It revolves around the life of Dublin, Crime boss Martin Cahill who was responsible for several daring heists in the early 1980’s. In doing so he drew the attention of the Garda, the IRA and the UVF. The movie opens with Cahill as a boy, stealing from a local merchant and being sent to reform school - where he fights back against a Priest who tried to molest him. As an adult, he was a man who attracted enormous publicity even
Blog – Leap Year movie – click here
Blog – Leap Year movie – click here The movie ‘Leap Year’ is a 2010 romantic comedy that was filmed in and around many Irish Counties – Wicklow, Dublin, Mayo, Galway. The movie is about a young real estate worker who heads to meet her boyfriend on leap day, February 29th. Irish tradition holds that women may propose marriage to men on that day. Along the way to meet him she hires an Irish Innkeeper to take her to Dublin to surprise her boyfriend. As you can well imagine, obstacles are met along the way…how will she handle these obstacles
Blog – PS. I Love You movie-click here
Blog – PS. I Love You movie-click here On a country road in Ireland over ten years ago, it was love at first sight for Holly, a lost young tourist and Gerry, a charming local lad. Holly’s mother disapproved of the couple, concerned that her spirited daughter was too young for marriage. In the years since, the once fearless Holly has become unsure of her own identity. When Gerry dies with a brain tumor and leaves Holly a widow just before her thirtieth birthday, her family and best friends are concerned that she will never emerge from her depression. After
Blog – Ondine movie-click here
Blog – Ondine movie-click here Ondine is an Irish/Folklore/Romance kinda movie. Syracuse is a fisherman who catches a woman in his net. She later says that her name in Ondine and she does not remember her past. It is ‘revealed’ that Ondine is a selkie, a mythological creature who is part seal, but when it goes on land sheds it’s skin. Syracuse falls in love with Ondine who becomes close to his daughter Annie. Annie has bad kidneys and believes that Ondine can grant one wish. Later Ondine’s true identity is revealed. Will Annie get better, will Ondine stay…watch and
Blog – Belfast movie-click here
Blog – Belfast movie-click here It is written and directed by Kenneth Branagh and loosely based on his own childhood in Northern Ireland. The story take place in 1969, in Belfast as the political troubles began in Northern Ireland. We see this world through the eyes of an innocent nine year old, Buddy, who lives with his Ma, Pa, older brother, and grandparents. While not a strict autobiography, Belfast touches on Branagh's experience growing up in Northern Ireland, as well as the real history of the 1969 Riots and the resulting period known as the ‘Troubles’ – they were far from that
Blog – Made in Belfast movie-click here
Blog – Made in Belfast movie-click here A best-selling author returns to his home in Belfast as his father is gravely ill. In doing so he is forced to confront the damage he did to his friends, brother and girlfriend in the writing of his first book that exposed the private lives of all of them. Jack Kelly, the author, returns home to try to put right some of the wrongs that he did. It won’t be easy – will his friends ever forget or forgive. Starring – Kevin Keenan – Aristophanes Ciaran McMenamin – Jack Kelly Shauna Macdonald –
Blog – The Disappeared movie-click here
Blog – The Disappeared movie-click here The Disappeared is movie/documentary centered mainly around the tragic murder of Jean McConville. She was one of the people believed to have been abducted, murdered and secretly buried in Northern Ireland. The large majority of which occurred during what is called the troubles but was in essence a terror campaign mostly waged by the IRA Of the sixteen people investigated by the authorities who were called ‘the disappeared’, all were Catholics – Jean McConville was born a Protestant but converted when she married, all except Jean McConville were male, and all are believed to have been
Blog – Philomena movie-click here
Blog – Philomena movie-click here Philomena is a 2013 drama, directed by Stephen Frears. It is based on the 2009 book ‘The Lost Child Of Philomena Lee’ by journalist Martin Sixsmith. The movie (and book) tell the story of an older lady who has been searching for her son for 50 years and how Martin Sixsmith helped her. Although the story is true, there are, as always, a lot of facts that are embellished, changed or ignored. In 1951, Philomena became pregnant after having sex with a man she did not know at a county fair, and was sent by
Blog – Moone Boy TV show-click here
Blog – Moone Boy TV show-click here Moone boy is an Irish comedy series created, co-written by and co-starring Chris O’Dowd Based loosely on O’Dowds own childhood it focuses on a young boy’s life growing up in Boyle, County Roscommon which is in the West of Ireland. Show highlights Irish rural life in the 1980’s and early 1990’s. Sean Murphy is the imaginary friend of a 12 year-old boy, Paul Moone. Paul is the only boy in the family. Martin, aided by his imaginary friend shows a unique perspective on life. He has a great imagination that comes in to