by Donal Cumiskey on March 9, 2010
I had no idea what was in store when I arrived at “The Star Wars In Concert” at the O2, and apparently neither did anyone else. Speaking to people after the event, the general consensus was that they had been “blown away” and that it was “even better than expected”. And I must say that [...]
by Andy Mcfarlane on March 5, 2010
17th February will forever be remembered, I’d imagine, as the day the flame went out. Not just on Capel Street after the head shop’s fire was extinguished, but also for head shops getting away with selling the so-called legal highs in the first place. Since then, there was another fire at the ‘Happy Hippy’ head [...]
by Venntertainment on March 4, 2010
Just wanted to spread the word about a really great opportunity for artists of every discipline to submit proposals for the upcoming exhibition in the Science Gallery: BIORHYTHM. Proposals for gallery installations, experiments, events, workshops and performances are all very welcome.
I was lucky enough to be included in the recent launch and brainstorming session in [...]
by Venntertainment on March 2, 2010
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Another week, another podcast. Conor and I had loads to talk about this week:
JDIFF Catch-Up
Award Shows Clichés
Music -The future of distribution
Oxegen Line-Up
Our track-list was as follows:
Efterklang – Alike
Two Door Cinema Club – I Can Talk
Owen Pallet – Lewis Takes Action
Duckworth Lewis Method – The Age of Revolution
Xiu Xiu – Dear God I Hate Myself
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by Venntertainment on March 1, 2010
Everyone has read or been read the classic fairytale Hansel and Gretel. Everyone is familiar with that feeling of fear when we are told of the child devouring witch and her treacherous plan to entice children to her gingerbread house, where she can capture them and fatten them up to be eaten. This movie is [...]
by Venntertainment on March 1, 2010
One should view this movie cold. That’s what I did. I knew nothing about the movie other than it’s name before I sat down to watch it at JDIFF. In fact, I thought it was another Korean horror movie, such was my ignorance. You can imagine my surprise when it became apparent that what I [...]
by ConorB on March 1, 2010
As we’ve been discussing all over the blog of late the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival has offered film fans a chance to see classic films and hotly tipped new releases. Following our post on the joys of seeing cinema classic La Dolce Vita on the big screen here we put My Beautiful Laundrette in [...]
by Donal Cumiskey on February 23, 2010
Originally titled “Rusalka”, this is a beautiful but heartbreaking modern fairytale of the water-nymph who is doomed when she is jilted in love.
Mariya Shalaeva plays Alisa, a girl who is conceived in the sea and grows up in a small seaside town believing she can grant wishes. From the age of 6 she refuses to [...]
by Venntertainment on February 22, 2010
***COMPETITION CLOSED****
Thanks to 7UP Free, we’ve been given five sets of tickets to give-away for a great gig. Ash and Republic of Loose will be playing in a Dublin City location on the 20th of March to celebrate St.Patricks Day and the winners of the ‘Bring them back for the Craic’ competition. This is an [...]
by Venntertainment on February 22, 2010
When I was paging through the packed JDIFF programme for this year, it was hard to come up with just 4 or 5 films that I wanted to see. The first to jump out at me, though, was Mother. I’ll be honest, the main reason that I wanted to see it was because it was [...]