Movie: Better Living Through Chemistry Directed by: Geoff Moore, David Posamentier Starring: Sam Rockwell, Olivia Wilde, Michelle Monaghan If you want a lesson in how to waste a fine cast, you could look further than Better Living Through Chemistry. A well-meaning but distinctly uninteresting attempt at humour combining the ensemble talents of Sam Rockwell, Olivia […]
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MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Better Living Through Chemistry’
March 14th, 2014 
Grace Duffy 
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MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Only Lovers Left Alive’
February 28th, 2014 Grace Duffy Movie: Only Lovers Left Alive Director: Jim Jarmusch Starring: Tilda Swinton, Tom Hiddleston, Anton Yelchin, Mia Wasikowska, John Hurt A veritable auteur of indie cinema, Jim Jarmusch has oft been described as a filmmaker ahead of his time. His latest picture however, the gorgeous Only Lovers Left Alive, feels more like a relic from a […]
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MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Run and Jump’
February 8th, 2014 Grace Duffy Film: Run and Jump Directed by: Steph Green Starring: Maxine Peake, Will Forte It’s a long way from Nebraska to Kerry. Will Forte is probably the last person you’d expect to see in the charming Run and Jump, an unexpectedly uplifting film about a family in rural Ireland struggling to deal with the aftermath of […]
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MOVIE REVIEW: ‘The Banshee Chapter’
January 27th, 2014 Grace Duffy Film: The Banshee Chapter Directed by: Blair Erickson Starring: Katia Winter, Michael McMillian, Ted Levine Like most of HP Lovecraft’s short stories, “From Beyond” tells the tale of a tortured, narcissistic type who foolishly creates something he can’t possibly control and ends up being torn to ribbons by it. This particular one revolves around a […]
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MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Cold Comes The Night’
January 22nd, 2014 Grace Duffy Film: Cold Comes The Night Directed By: Tze Chun Written By: Tze Chun, Oz Perkins, Nick Simon Starring: Alice Eve, Bryan Cranston Cold Comes the Night may as well be called Cold Comes the Nought for all that comes of it. This is an unrelentingly dull snoozefest, populated entirely by the kind of bleak, violent […]
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MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Besties’
January 11th, 2014 Grace Duffy Movie: Besties Director: Rebecca Cutter Starring: Olivia Crocicchia, Madison Riley Adolescent awkwardness is something that resonates with just about all of us. We were all impossibly young, eager, and impressionable once, looking to our peers and elders for inspiration on how to be accepted. To describe it as a difficult time is an understatement – […]
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MOVIE REVIEW: ‘The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug’
December 21st, 2013 Grace Duffy Film: The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Directed By: Peter Jackson Starring: Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage First of all, a word to the naysayers: “Desolation of Smaug” refers to the area around Erebor which has been smote by the dragon. It doesn’t, contrary to apparently popular belief, refer to his inevitable downfall, so […]
MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Army of the Damned’
December 17th, 2013 Grace Duffy The important thing to ask yourself before you see Army of the Damned is, what do you WANT from your horror movies? I will admit I’m not a horror aficionado myself, but there are fairly well-established running trends to the genre, including but not limited to blood, guts, gore, stupidity, inadvertent and intentional hilarity, occasional […]
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MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa’
December 10th, 2013 Grace Duffy Film: Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa Directed By: Declan Lowney Starring: Steve Coogan, Colm Meaney I should probably preface this by saying that I, like most on this side of the pond, am aware of the Alan Partridge phenomenon – however, unlike most on this side of the pond, I’ve never really been into it. It’s […]
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MOVIE REVIEW: ‘The Hunger Games: Catching Fire’
November 26th, 2013 Grace Duffy Film: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Directed by: Francis Lawrence Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson There’s something rather comforting about the level of anticipation with which Catching Fire has been greeted. Even in this year of tentpole blockbusters, this feels like a unique phenomenon in spite of its obvious Young Adult literary affiliations. For starters, […]
MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Parkland’
October 26th, 2013 Grace Duffy Film: Parkland Directed By: Peter Landesman Screenplay By: Peter Landesman Starring: James Badge Dale, Zac Efron, Jackie Earle Haley The assassination of John F. Kennedy was one of the most seismic events of the entire twentieth century. People the world over can tell you exactly where they were and what they were doing when they […]
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MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Gravity’
October 17th, 2013 Grace Duffy “It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth. I didn’t feel like a giant. I felt very, very small.” Of the many reflections by Neil Armstrong on the groundbreaking mission to the […]
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