irish
-
by Oscar O’Sullivan Anyone who grew up in the early days of social media may remember the aura of fear and mystique that had many parents convinced the internet was a den of predators hiding behind each and every screen. We were told to never speak to online strangers, never give out our real names,…
-
by Oscar O’Sullivan It’s weeks like these that I begin to question this entire format. Ah well. Monday – All That Jazz and Anger Management Feverish and sweaty, the feature-length nightmare of a dying man who cannot stop even if he wants to. Sharply edited in a way that keeps the fragmented story understandable. So…
-
by Oscar O’Sullivan Monday – The Damned Now it can feel a little mean to make fun of someone’s first feature film, especially when it’s only playing in festivals and probably won’t be seen by any of the people who are reading this. Nevertheless. Tuesday – Withnail & I A classic ‘odd couple’ comedy with…
-
by Oscar O’Sullivan Look, you can make a movie where nothing happens – as long as there’s a good reason for nothing happening. The Damned is simply not the kind of film where nothing should be happening. Picture this – an Icelandic fishing outpost, utterly isolated in the dead of winter, ignores a foreign ship…
-
by Oscar O’Sullivan Bring Them Down The first of two new releases I watched in the Everyman last night, and certainly the better of the two. Bring Them Down is a rural Irish revenge parable that hits some dynamic highs but stumbles over a heavy-handed and half-hearted moral message. Michael (Christopher Abbot) is a tense,…
-
by Oscar O’Sullivan Ah, the post-Oscar film. When you’ve reached the very peak of your craft, where is there left to go? Down, inevitably, though often through no fault of the actors who have starred in disappointing post-Oscar films. After all, the lengthy production cycle of a feature film often means these follow-ups were usually…
-
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…
Oscar Talks Movies 