Daily Archives: November 8, 2009

Two Sheets to the Wind: Top Five John Cusack Movies

  By Darren & Lottie | November 8, 2009 - 11:01 pm | Featured Post, Movies & TV, The Culch
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Next weekend sees the release of John Cusack’s latest movie, the Roland Emmerich epic actioner 2012. I’ve already heard some bad things about it. And here lies the problem with this week’s top five. John Cusack is one of my favourite actors of all time. He’s quirky, personable and can carry great dramatic weight without being overly sentimental. And then he goes and makes the abysmal America’s Sweethearts, War, Inc. or Must Love Dogs. His choice of roles is very inconsistent. So, we’ve decided to dip into the mire to pull out the best of John Cusack. There’s a few films I’m going to leave out and with reason. Stand By Me is an incredible film, but it’s not a John Cusack movie. His role was supporting at best. The same goes for the excellent Broadcast News. Similarly, I hummed and hawed over leaving Con Air off my list. It’s … There’s more →

The Waters Of Mars, The Beginning of The End

  By Lottie | November 8, 2009 - 9:28 pm | Featured Post, The Culch, TV
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The new episode of Doctor Who, The Waters of Mars airs on BBC1 next Sunday, November 15th 2009. Time is running out for Tennant, this next episode being his final self-contained story as the current Doctor. The two-part Christmas episode which will follow in late December will begin the transition to the next series seeing Tennant’s final outing as the quirky enigmatic Time Lord before the next incarnation, played by Matt Smith takes over the role.

Sci-Fi Television update

  By Keleher | November 8, 2009 - 6:59 pm | The Culch, TV
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‘V’ ‘V‘ premiered Tuesday night in the US and I was quite impressed. I held off posting this until after the premiere showed in Ireland and Europe. I really liked the intro ’Where were you when JFK was assisinated?’ ‘Where were you on 9/11 ?’ ‘Where were you this morning ?’ ! The Visitors were quite open with their interests, they need some of our resources (water and food) in order to survive and in return, we for health and technological advances. Baccarin as Anna is a delightful combination of gorgeous and devious, that look of hers, see what I mean..

Is this the end of the Great Breffmeister?

  By Darren Byrne | November 8, 2009 - 1:30 pm | Apprentice, Apprentice, The Culch, TV
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This week’s Apprentice preview doesn’t look good for fan favourite Breffny. Here he is presenting this week’s task to SuperValu. He starts badly and it goes downhill from there… Don’t forget to join Culch.ie this Monday night for the Apprentice Liveblog. For more clips, check out TV3′s website.

Jameson Dublin International Film Festival Special Offer

  By Niamh | November 8, 2009 - 10:00 am | Events, Movies & TV, The Culch
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JDIFF, the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival 2010 have announced a special offer for the month of November. The festival will run from 18 February to 28 February 2010 in Dublin and they are currently offering a JDIFF Season Ticket for €195. The Season Ticket normally retails at €235 and the benefits to the holder are: - Entry to every film at JDIFF 2010 - A sneak preview of the 2010 programme. - Invitations to exclusive parties and events. - Priority Booking Having attended several of the screenings at the 2009 JDIFF, I can assure you that the line up will be an eclectic selection of new and interesting movies. This year I particularly enjoyed seeing one of the first Irish screenings of Gran Torino, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood in his last acting role and now tipped to be Oscar-nominated for 2010. Also the 3D screening of Coraline, … There’s more →