Recent newspaper articles in Ireland have highlighted our country’s part in the international sex trade – a business now with as many international tentacles as the drugs trade. In this low budget thriller arriving here a year after its release in most other territories, the storyline follows the kidnap...
Author: John Daly
Lakeview Terrace
Lakeview Terrace
We are often told that moving house if the third most stressful event after death and divorce – a premise that works well in Lakeview Terrace. When a young couple find their dream home, they also discover that the neighbourhood comes with some extra additives they hadn’t bargained on in the form of the...
Election fever mounting
Election fever mounting
Despite the volatile political atmosphere that pertains at present, there is no shortage of candidates seeking nominations to contest a place on the City Council at next year’s local elections which may well see the largest ever influx of independents aspiring to office. The Labour Party, Workers Party and Sinn...
Quarantine
Quarantine
On March 11, 2008, with no explanation, authorities sealed off an apartment complex in Los Angeles. The residents were never seen again. No details. No witnesses. No evidence. For a reality TV show about people who work while the rest of the world is asleep, reporter Angela Vidal (Jennifer Carpenter) and her...
Max Payne
Max Payne
Max Payne (Mark Wahlberg) is a maverick cop determined to track down those responsible for the brutal murders of his family and partner. Hell-bent on revenge, his obsessive investigation takes him on a journey into a dark underworld where he is forced to battle enemies beyond the natural world. As he investigates a...
W
W
A week after Barrack Obama ushered in a new era in world politics, this trawl through the varied life of George W Bush is timely. Director Oliver Stone believes that, regardless of the mixed opinions of Bush, how he got to be president is an notable story unto itself. At first, he squandered his privileged...
Pride And Glory
Pride And Glory
The sons of a New York City cop, director and screenwriter Gavin O’Connor and his twin brother, producer Gregory O’Connor, possess a special understanding of the family ties, both personal and professional, that bind police officers. In creating Pride and Glory, the brothers looked to tell a story about...
High School Musical 3
High School Musical 3
“If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” is an adage Hollywood often ignores. Equally, if it looks like a hit, why not repeat the formula over and over again? The enormous success of High School Musical and its sequel on Disney Channel made it inevitable that the studio would recycle the concept for...
Saw 5
Saw 5
“What the f*** is going on? Where am I?” Those words, uttered two minutes into 2004’s SAW, express the primal emotions – the hopeless confusion, the sense of powerlessness and sheer, panic-stricken terror – that lie at the heart of this hugely successful franchise that shows little sign...
Igor
Igor
In the Kingdom of Malaria, evil is good business. Each year the kingdom hosts an Evil Science Fair showcasing the diabolical inventions that Malaria’s thirteen evil scientists have spent the year creating. King Malbert, Malaria’s leader, then kindly informs the rest of the world that the winning Evil...
Ghost Town
Ghost Town
Here’s a secret about the Big Apple you probably don’t know – the place is packed with is crowded with ghosts. This is the central premise of Ghost Town – a story that begins when Dr. Bertram Pincus (Ricky Gervais), a man whose people skills leave much to be desired, died unexpectedly. When...
Righteous Kill
Righteous Kill
Academy Award winners and serious Hollywood aristocracy, Robert De Niro and Al Pacino, star as a pair of veteran New York City police detectives on the trail of a vigilante serial killer in this psychological thriller directed by Jon Avnet and written by Russell Gewirtz. The cast also features hip-hop superstar...