Daily Archives: May 22, 2009

Africa Day

  By Niamh | May 22, 2009 - 5:33 pm | Events, Gigs, Music, The Culch
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Last year I just missed out on the Africa Day festivities, discovering it a day too late in some obscure magazine or flyer. This year luckily, Africa Day has their own brochure which I have in front of me and the lovely Joerg Steegmueller also put a notice in the Dublin Event Guide about it too so I had no excuse to miss out this year On Sunday coming, 24th May, from 12pm til 8pm, Africa Day are having a FREE outdoor event in Iveagh Gardens in Dublin 2. There is a huge variety of entertainment on offer here for kids as well as adults. “Visitors to ‘Africa Day @ Iveagh Gardens’ will be met by a lively and colourful scene: street performers, food sellers, dancers and hair braiders. Children and adults alike can take part in fun and games, ranging from sports skills to extreme bungee trampoline, giant jigsaw … There’s more →

Those Scotties were hard work.

  By Raptureponies | May 22, 2009 - 3:41 pm | The Culch
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What happens when you walk into a cinema filled with peopel wearing sunglasses? It might be a sign that you’re going to see something different - or childish. Well Coraline is a bit of both. It’s a children’s film, really but it’s a kids film for grown ups. First of all, i have to get it out of the way - 12 euro per ticket for 3D films, and €1.50 supplement for unlimited customers. I’m outraged at that. Not enough that i’d tell people to stay away from Coraline. It’s a beautiful, colourful, funny film. It’s all about blue haired Coraline, who’s parents don’t have much time for her. They’ve just moved into the Pink palace apartments and are getting on with their gardening catalogue. Coraline starts to go exploring and finds a little door that leads into another world, where everything looks a little bit brighter, and tastier. Except … There’s more →

Darren’s Movie News 22/05/09

  By Darren Byrne | May 22, 2009 - 11:43 am | In The News, Movies & TV, The Culch
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Firstly…WANTSIES: It’s available from the BigBadToyStore.com from September and if anyone wants to buy it for me, I would not object. In sad news, the man who has voiced Mickey Mouse for the past 32 years, Wayne Allwine has passed away aged 62. Allwine took over the reigns from Jimmy McDonald in 1977, while Jimmy took over from Disney himself in 1947. It’s full steam ahead for Ghostbusters 3. Dan Aykroyd confirmed that the sequel will be ready to film this Winter, with all the original cast signed on to return, including Sigourney Weaver. There’s also talk of Eliza Dushku joining the gang. (read Dr. Manfattan’s article here) Now finished with Drag Me To Hell, Sam Raimi is ready to return to directing Tobey Maguire in Spiderman 4. The script should be completed in the next four weeks apparently. The comic-book legend Stan Lee’s story, Nick Ratchet, is a mystery-thriller … There’s more →

Night At The Synechdoche…

  By Rick | May 22, 2009 - 10:23 am | Movies & TV, The Culch
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Movie day and for once I’ve seen a couple! We’ve already covered Charlie Kaufman’s Synecdoche, New York last week. All I’ll add is that I came out of it having seen something totally unlike anything I’ve ever seen, and that’s always a good thing for me. Yes, it’s extremely leftfield, far more so than Being John Malkovich and Eternal Sunshine, but it’s excellently played by all concerned and asks a hundred different questions about life, love and the nature of everything that you’ll be debating the following day and rolling around in your head for the following week. Just suspend your disbelief at the premise, let it wash over you and revel in something truly, genuinely unique. You may come away wondering what it is you’ve just seen but how often can you say that about an American movie? Sublime -> ridiculous. Night At The Museum 2 is also worth … There’s more →