Weekly Update
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by Oscar O’Sullivan Monday – Thunderball To describe this film in a word – wet. Filled with visually stunning underwater sequences that I can only assume were a nightmare to pull off, the results speak for themselves – be it the ethereal beauty of exploring a downed aircraft or the gonzo insanity of the final…
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by Oscar O’Sullivan Monday – Goldfinger The film where Bond becomes Bond. Much as I loved the first two instalments, this is the one where the formula truly takes shape and takes off – the Aston Martin, the megalomaniac villain, the array of kooky gadgets, the gimmick henchman, the awesome simplicity of “no, Mr Bond,…
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by Oscar O’Sullivan Before we get into the usual reviews, a little personal news – my masters documentary project My Shadow Calleth Me – The Making of Thus Spake Zarathustra will be playing on the big screen thanks to The People’s Picturehouse Cork, the monthly film showcase that highlights independent film and art from local…
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by Oscar O’Sullivan Monday – Dr. No The greatest character introduction in film history? Not the film itself per se, but the actual first scene where we meet James Bond. We’ve heard his name, know a message has been sent for him and he’s at a luxurious casino. At the table there’s one man whose…
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by Oscar O’Sullivan Monday – Wedding Crashers and Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds Much has been said about the death of the movie star in modern cinema – where are the names that can sell a film on their own merit, the stars who are more important than the characters they play? Much of the…
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by Oscar O’Sullivan Monday – North by Northwest Alfred Hitchcock’s classic thriller is good clean fun with a thin but obvious layer of underlying innuendo that gives the central romance some much-needed bite that the airy-fairy political plotline inevitably lacks. The vague Cold War reveals of what’s really going on don’t matter as much as…
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by Oscar O’Sullivan Almost done with college – at last. My documentary project will be available to view sometime soon, stay tuned, and for now enjoy the usual weekly reviews. Monday – Kneecap The trailer for this didn’t exactly fill me with confidence – an Irish rap group with a Republican gimmick getting a big…
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by Oscar O’Sullivan God almighty but doesn’t college take it out of you? Monday – The Royal Tenenbaums An all-time favourite of mine – Wes Anderson can do no wrong. Gene Hackman is so utterly compelling as Royal, maybe the greatest difficult dad in cinema history, a corrupt hustler who thinks it’s appropriate to shoot…
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by Oscar O’Sullivan It’s going to be a busy couple of weeks on my end with work, college projects and other general life obligations – I’ll still have time to watch plenty of movies, mind you, just less time to talk about them. This week’s reviews are all a little shorter than I’d normally write…
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by Oscar O’Sullivan Monday – Speed Racer Let it never be said that I don’t like fun. Speed Racer is a magnificent, joyous explosion of a film, a non-stop twirling headlong rush though a cartoon world of vibrant colours and bizarre characters treated with a genuine and heartfelt emotional honesty that just doesn’t seem to…
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