An Irish famine revenge thriller with a star cast of character actors. Seems wholly relevant today. For, without such stories, how will we remember why the “Irish Border” remains a political issue.
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REFORM, UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE, EQUAL REPRESENTATION and LOVE were some of the banners carried by peaceful demonstrators into Manchester on August 16th, 1819. A panicked official unleashed mounted troops onto the crowd, killing 13 men, four women and a child, and seriously injuring nearly 700 others. The horrors of a suppressed democracy -and a timely, brutal…
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Sit down, strap in, hold on. This is next-level exciting; Justin Cronin’s trilogy, The Passage, coming to tv screens near you soon.
Read moreLearn Klingon with Duolingo
How was Lt. Uhuru’s accent? Now you don’t have to say “jIyajbe’”, you can find out for yourself, via the language learning app, Duolingo – now offering Klingon courses. I kind of love this quite a lot. Art meets life.
Read moreReady Player One
The marketing for Ready Player One is not exactly lighting up the airwaves. If there’s even an actual movie, with, like, an actual plot, to market. The marketing for the movie makes it appear a bit like a string of references without a plot, and people aren’t looking forward to that. It seems a bit…
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How much fun do you think they had making this movie? Also: with David Oyewolo and ons eie Charlize, demi-Zim Thandie Newton and Sharlto Copley, this is basically a 4 out of 6 stars for / from Africa. Rocking. Fun Fact though: David Oyelowo’s character in Gringo was originally “written for white.” As was his…
Read morePrometheus Set-Build Time Lapse
Here’s the thing. Since I started working in the economic development side of the movies, I can’t watch anything without wondering how many local suppliers were involved in the production. Just imagine the contract to provide hardware, wood & carpentry, steel products etc. for a project like this?
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