reviews
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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…
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by Oscar O’Sullivan Monday – The Man With The Golden Gun Fun fact if you weren’t already aware – not only was Christopher Lee the first choice of author Ian Fleming for the role of Bond, he was also Fleming’s cousin and one of the real-life inspirations for the character. Lee served as an intelligence…
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by Oscar O’Sullivan Monday – Live and Let Die A much more successful introduction to a new Bond – rather than drawing attention to the change of face, we simply pick up with Moore as if it’s just another adventure, his first appearance onscreen being him waking up in (where else) the arms of a…
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by Oscar O’Sullivan Monday – Diamonds Are Forever Lazenby gave it his best shot, but damn if it isn’t good to take one last ride with Connery. Less human but far more entertaining to follow, the unflappable professional whose borderline psychopathy becomes a part of the charm. There is a semi-serious attempt to establish continuity…
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by Oscar O’Sullivan Short ones this week. I don’t have to justify myself. But I will because I’m just so darn nice. I’ve been on the go lately, especially over the weekend, with election coverage. I was actually out in the count centre with Cork City Community Radio, where I do the Saturday news bulletins…
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by Oscar O’Sullivan Monday – You Only Live Twice Bond cuts straight to the chase this time, already loving up an exotic lady the instant he appears on screen. You Only Live Twice is very much playing the hits – a dangerous vacation to a stunning locale where Bond teams up with local intelligence, uncovers…
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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…
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by Oscar O’Sullivan Monday – I Did Not Watch A Movie I watched two episodes of Takeshi’s Castle and then went to the pub and had a pint with my brother and there was supposed to be a comedy show but it wasn’t on but that’s OK. Tuesday – Uh Oh, No Movie Again I…
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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,…
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by Oscar O’Sullivan Monday – Inland Empire Plotless by its very nature, Inland Empire began life as a series of digital camera tests that Lynch enjoyed so much he decided to string them together into a feature film. Ostensibly a story about an actress whose sense of reality begins to drift as she films a…
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