Month: April 2011
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Round 3. Get me Andrew Carney
Round Three of RTE’s storyland opened today with new episodes from the remaining competitors. In a previous post I outlined the reasons why I was backing the Tuam based comedy-drama “Lucky Run” and indeed I urge you to vote for the lads again as every vote counts. The show is getting stronger all the time…
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Russell Crowe to direct Ellroy Screenplay
Totally robbed this from the guardian site but as an avid fan of James Ellroy I’m keen to see this happen. Obviously L.A. Confidential was an incredible film but i also quite liked ‘Cop’ from 1987 with James Woods being James Woods and Nicholas Cage crazy throughout. The black Dahlia was a total disaster, miscast…
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Happy Birthday
So this site is one year old today. I think its been quite successful, it has helped me get work and I think helped my work get seen. I’ve had to adapt to become comfortable with the self promotion side of things but overall this has been a really good experience. So here are some…
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Something to do in Dublin tonight
I think i know a thing or two about shameless plugs but even I blushed at this one. My friend Mark Keane is launching his new night upstairs in Anseo tonight from 9. Dublin’s scenester bible ‘le cool’ suggested it as one of the places to head to this weekend. The recommendation was written by…
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Mobs Cheanada preview from the Indo
UPDATE: Watch clips from the series here This is the text of an article that appeared in The Irish Independent two months ago now about the series “Mobs Cheanada” which was about to start at the time. They were the bank robbers, drug barons, gangsters and murderers whose crimes formed the dark side of the…
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A word from the brother…
Here is a piece my brother Ciaran wrote about Herzog’s latest film… Manchester City v Sunderland was available in 3D on Sky Sports yesterday. Even before I went to see Werner Herzog’s “Cave of Forgotten Dreams” in the IFI last night, this struck me as extraordinary. In the space of just a couple of years,…
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New doc on Frank O’Farrell
Saw this on iftn recently and it piqued my interest, would love to cut this if i’m honest. (UPDATE: I didn’t and the film screened in Xmas 2011) Zoogon is entering pre-production with a new historical documentary for RTÉ One entitled ‘Frank O’Farrell: the Shadow of Busby’. The feature doc will tell the story of…
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