My musings on film, tv, music, tech, the web and anything in-between.
The Last Jedi. This is not going to go the way you think.
To quote C3PO, “Here we go again”. Our nervous but ever faithful droid quips this as he accompanies the Rebels off on another dangerous mission in Return of the Jedi. When I took my seat in the Dublin IMAX (as is tradition now) for The Last Jedi it was those words that rung in my ears. Because despite The Force Awakens quelling my fears two years ago, in fact going further and being truly great,…
min read
0
min read
0
Reviews
Arrival – “What is your purpose here on Earth?”
I grew up on Star Trek (of course) which depicted an idea that humanity will eventually come together for betterment of the planet. Their turning point was the arrival of aliens, their first contact as they called it. I always loved this idea, that we needed the shock to the system of the news we weren’t alone. That we could think beyond the petty differences and open our eyes and mind wider than ever before.…
min read
0
Reviews
“Look! Up in the sky!”
One of my all time favourite moments of film was watching Superman rescue Lois Lane for the first time in the 1978 Superman. I was about 4 years old I think, watching it then in 1989 at home. It was in this scene Superman finally reveals himself to the world “look up there!” the people of Metropolis shout up as he catches Lois mid fall and then the crashing helicopter. In mere minutes the world…
min read
0
Reviews
Star Wars. There has been an awakening
*I don’t reveal any plot points in this review so there shouldn’t be spoilers as far as I can see but I would still recommend watching it first. Just incase* This could quite possibly be the most difficult film for me to review. Mostly due to never even attempting to put into written words how much I adore the original trilogy. That would be like trying to review growing up, how those films stayed with me…
min read
0
Reviews
Steve Jobs. It was going to be “insanely great”
The journey to getting this Steve Jobs film made was a long and arduous one. With directors, actors, composers and even studios being swapped out the build up all seemed to be a rush to get the thing to print and release. While behind the scenes info tells us the director and actors had more than normal time to rehearse their scenes before a single camera rolled I couldn’t help but feel the whole idea of the film…
min read
0
Reviews
“Hey now it’s the sun” – The Polyphonic Spree – Belfast 01.09.15
I try not to throw around terms like “favourite bands”. My iTunes claims I have over 400 artists in it (wait… what?) so it seems a little unbelievable to say I have ultimate favourites. But in saying that The Polyphonic Spree are one of my all favourite bands.
min read
0
Reviews
The feels of Inside Out
Pixar in my opinion (and shared by many) have always been the masters of invoking true feelings from their films. Their stories are always quite simple, your toys are actually alive, a rat who wants to become a chef, a lonely robot who just wants love, a father searches for his lost son (and they’re fish). But in every story there’s always more to it than those plot lines. Pixar continually finds a way to…
min read
0
Reviews
A week with my Apple Watch
Yep I got one. I was able to hold out for about a week or so after the pre orders went live and my gadget addiction got the better of me. People usually tell how good a device is based on how much they use them, for example in the early weeks of having my iPhone and iPad they were hardly out of my hands. The uses for them compared to what came before were…
min read
0
Reviews
Whiplash. That time I nearly stood up and cheered in a cinema.
“So what’s Whiplash about?” – Oh it’s about a guy in a music school who wants to be a drummer… Yea that doesn’t sell it well at all and the reactions I mostly get are “Oh… doesn’t sound like it’s for me.” and that’s an understandable reaction. It’s hard to sell Whiplash to people with a brief plot synopsis, you pretty much have to just say that it is *astounding* and one of the must sees…
min read
0
Reviews
Avengers 2 Could Have Been The Empire Strikes Back
It’s a bit of a turn in direction to follow up my last review (Birdman) with a summer blockbuster comic book flick but I am comic movie fan through and through and in the case of Avengers 2 I needed to get some words down. *beware, there will be spoilers*
min read
0
Reviews
Birdman. Art imitating life.
I have often said TV is the new cinema (I might write that up) and I believe it to be true. The cinema has been letting me down as of late… until Birdman.
min read
0
Opinion
What’s in a Like?
Recently a friend sent me an article where a 19 year old gave their opinions on the social networks of today. It was an interesting read and there were claims that Facebook is already dead (we aren’t there yet) and Twitter is useless (that really depends). It reminded me of a thought I had a while back of which I vocalised as “a social network implosion coming”.