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Film Review: Pilgrim Hill

Posted on April 3, 2013
Author Conor Luke Barry, Otwo Editor

Title: Pilgrim Hill

Director: Gerard Barrett

Starring: Joe Mullins, Muiris Crowley, Keith Byrne

Release Date: April 12th Continue reading →

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Film Review: The Place Beyond the Pines

Posted on April 3, 2013
Author Caitriona OMalley

Title: The Place Beyond the Pines

Director: Derek Cianfrance

Starring: Ryan Gosling, Bradley Cooper, Eva Mendes Continue reading →

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Film Review: Spring Breakers

Posted on April 3, 2013
Author Edward Kearns

Title: Spring Breakers

Director: Harmony Korine

Starring: James Franco, Vanessa Hudgens, Selena Gomez, Ashley Benson, Rachel Korine Continue reading →

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There and Back Again: Sam Raimi’s Rise from the B-List

Posted on April 3, 2013
Author Casey Lehman, Film Editor

With the successful return of director Sam Raimi with his recent release Oz the Great and Powerful, Casey Lehman charts his career, considering how his origins in independent horror have influenced his output today Continue reading →

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Stereotype or Celebration: Irish People in American Film

Posted on March 20, 2013
Author Casey Lehman, Film Editor

With St. Patrick’s Day right around the corner, Casey Lehman gives an American perspective on how Irish people are portrayed in Hollywood cinema Continue reading →

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Fatal Fourway: The Best Will Smith Film

Posted on March 20, 2013
Author otwo

Aoife Valentine – The Pursuit of Happyness

No one expects that The Pursuit of Happyness won’t have a happy ending. It’s a Will Smith movie, starring his son Jaden, and no one makes a film about a man who’s struggling to get back on his feet, and then leaves him on the ground. Continue reading →

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Review: Warm Bodies

Posted on February 9, 2013
Author Kevin Beirne, Sports Editor

Title: Warm Bodies
Director: Jonathan Levine
Starring: Nicholas Hoult, Teresa Palmer, John Malkovich, Dave Franco, Rob Corddry, Analeigh Tipton Continue reading →

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Top 10: Box Office Failures

Posted on February 5, 2013
Author Andrew Carolan

Be it critical, commercial or both in its nature- these ten films have not done the business expected of them and have thus paid the consequences in another top ten list Continue reading →

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It Gets Better: Video game movies from the ’90s to now

Posted on February 5, 2013
Author Casey Lehman, Film Editor

Video game movies have traditionally been cheap, schlocky, poorly-written, poorly-acted messes that insult not only our intelligence as movie-goers, but the legacies of the often beloved gaming franchises they drag to the screen. Yet, they continue to get made, and few inexplicably make a profit. Continue reading →

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Review: Hitchcock

Posted on February 5, 2013
Author Niall Gosker

Title: Hitchcock

Director: Sacha Gervasi

Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren, Scarlett Johansson

Release Date: 8th February Continue reading →

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