A family of idle Millennials has to decide how to respond to an outbreak of zombies. I've watched so many zombie movies now I'm rather hardened, and my first thought when a character in Follow The Dead was bitten on the ankle was "FGS just cut his leg off already!" Well technically I didn't think "already" as I'm Generation X and we would never say that. Follow The ... Follow The Dead Read More
film review
One True Loves 3 stars
Years after he "died" in a helicopter crash, Jesse returns to find his wife Emma about to marry her best friend Sam. I admit that after watching the trailer for ... One True Loves Read More
tv review
Why Didn’t They Ask Evans? (TV mini series) 4 stars
Childhood friends in a small Welsh village investigate the unexplained death of a man found at the bottom of a cliff. I started re-reading the novel when I heard ... Why Didn’t They Ask Evans? (TV mini series) Read More
interviews
INTERVIEW: “We have a very morbid sense of humour here in Ireland…” Adam William Cahill on his Millennial zomcom Follow The Dead
Zombies, lacking any profound intentionality, just create the environment to let us see the worst of ourselves come to the fore. Adam William Cahill Writer-director Adam William Cahill's first feature, the highly entertaining zomcom Follow The ... INTERVIEW: “We have a very morbid sense of humour here in Ireland…” Adam William Cahill on his Millennial zomcom Follow The Dead Read More
“We’re not building alone”: writer-director Stephen Nagel on new film Protégé, passion and persistence in filmmaking
I’m a huge proponent of finding the light in the dark; the hope that my characters hang on to, and often that light shines brighter when the world they’re in is dark. Stephen Nagel Stephen Nagel is an independent writer, director and producer based in Cape ... “We’re not building alone”: writer-director Stephen Nagel on new film Protégé, passion and persistence in filmmaking Read More
The Wonderful: Stories From The Space Station interview — astronaut Cady Coleman
If I could bring anyone, I would bring someone whose heart has been in this vision of exploration all along, but wasn't yet seen. Cady Coleman has been part of two space shuttle missions, and in 2011 lived and worked on the ISS for nearly six months. Now ... The Wonderful: Stories From The Space Station interview — astronaut Cady Coleman Read More
Writer-director Conor Boru on his murder mockumentary When The Screaming Starts
"Imagine Louis Theroux meets the Manson Family…" Conor Boru With so much blood it’s even gushier than a BAFTA ceremony full of luvvies, serial killer mockumentary When The Screaming Starts has a particularly British sensibility to it, what with its David ... Writer-director Conor Boru on his murder mockumentary When The Screaming Starts Read More
Director April Wright: “They always say, once a stuntwoman, always a stuntwoman and it’s absolutely true.”
"To know [women did these stunts] 100 and something years ago erases the question of 'can they do it now?' Well of course they can do it now. Look at what they did back then." April Wright Women have been jumping from moving motorbikes onto moving trains ... Director April Wright: “They always say, once a stuntwoman, always a stuntwoman and it’s absolutely true.” Read More
INTERVIEW: Stephen Koepfer, Sambo expert on John Wick: Parabellum
"The notion that Wick is a Sambo guy is super cool. Sambo players around the globe should be jazzed about that!" Stephen Koepfer The John Wick franchise is known for its creation of an underground world of assassins and fighters, an off-kilter ... INTERVIEW: Stephen Koepfer, Sambo expert on John Wick: Parabellum Read More
INTERVIEW: Oscar-winning costume director Michael O’Connor
"During the preparation of it I thought I'll never work again. This is never ever going to happen, this is never going to be ready..." Costume director Michael O'Connor on his Oscar-winning work for The Duchess. Hearing first-hand from award-winning ... INTERVIEW: Oscar-winning costume director Michael O’Connor Read More