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Title: Jonah Lomu Rugby Challenge
Developer: Sidhe
Publisher: Tru Blu Entertainment
Platforms: Playstation 3, Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows, Playstation Vita
Release Date: Out Now
Rating: 4/5
Expertly placed for a European release just as the Rugby World Cup furore has completely …
Co-founder of Frictional Games, Jens Nilsson, talks to Steven Balbirnie about the challenges of being an indie game developer and how to make the perfect horror game
Based in Helsingborg, Sweden, Frictional Games are the developers …
Dermot O’Rourke – House
The mark of any good medical drama, in my opinion, is that while you are watching it you think: “If I had a life-threatening disease I wish I was attended by those …
As the second series of Sherlock finishes on BBC One, Emer Sugrue takes a look at what movies you can use to fill that detective-shaped hole in your heart
10. Sam Spade – The Maltese Falcon …
Title: W.E.
Director: Madonna
Starring: Abbie Cornish, Andrea Riseborough, Oscar Isaac, Richard Coyle, James D’Arcy.
Release Date: January 20th
Perhaps the toughest barrier for any film involving Madonna is the unavoidable fact that it does indeed involve Madonna. Should …
Title: J. Edgar
Director: Clint Eastwood
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Armie Hammer, Naomi Watts, Judi Dench
Release Date: 20th January
Although J. Edgar is an interesting portrait of the titular controversial director of the FBI, it does seem that this …
Sharp. Clean. Minimalist. What better way to start off the New Year than embracing the sleek lines of Celine and Jill Sander’s shows and giving your wardrobe a new beginning? Enough with the festive jumpers …
Following the recent success of young Irish fashion designers at London Fashion Week, it’s time to re-evaluate our standing on the international fashion scene, writes Sophie Lioe
Forget knitted Aran jumpers and granny cardigans; Irish fashion …
Title: War Horse
Director: Steven Spielberg
Starring: Jeremy Irvine, Emily Watson and Peter Mullen
Release Date: January 13th
Artist: Alcest
Album: Les Voyages de l’Âme
Rating: A-
There is a strong case to be argued that Alcest should be one of the earth’s biggest metal acts. This isn’t down to their perfection of the genre, but …
Title: The Artist
Director: Michel Hazanavicius
Starring: Jean Dujardin, Berenice Bejo, John Goodman
Release Date: Out now
Michel Hazanavicius’ (mostly) silent feature is already awash with critical acclaim and Oscar buzz, but don’t let that colour your perceptions of …
Artist: Trailer Trash Tracys
Album: Ester
Rating: B-
London’s Trailer Trash Tracys, like many alternative bands of today, are helplessly in thrall of a particular brand of late 80s/early 90s rock and early Phil Spector productions that they dedicate themselves to …
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Director: David Fincher
Starring: Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara, and Christopher Plummer.
Is the hype surrounding the American cinematic treatment of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, first part of the literary sensation …
In our penultimate ‘A year in review’ feature, Aoife Valentine explains who the winners and losers of fashion were in 2011
If you didn’t make it to the cinema too often in 2011, fear not. Dermot O’Rourke shows us which releases of the year are worth picking up on DVD
10. X-Men: First Class – A remarkable …
As we say goodbye to the year just past, Aoife Valentine and George Morahan take us through the songs that may or may not feature on Reeling in the Years: 2011
Bright Eyes – ‘Ladder Song’
‘Ladder …
If you’re still not sure what music you should have been listening to over the past twelve months, Cormac Duffy is here to bring you up to speed before the year is out.
Want to know the best of what’s been on the box in 2011? Look no further than George Morahan’s almost-definitive TV pickings.
