Play it again Sam at Screen Cinema

After an exhausting vote Screen Cinema, D’Olier St., Dublin 2 has finally unveiled the winner of its viewers choice poll ‘Play it again, Sam’, which allowed cinema-goers the chance to vote their favourite classic back onto the big screen. The choices ranged from cult classics like Troll 2, through proper old-school movies like The Great Dictator, Casablanca and Gone With the Wind, right up to modern greats like The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Two winners were selected, the beloved children’s classic Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, and Audrey Hepburn’s star turn as Holly Golightly in Blake Edwards’ classic comedy Breakfast at Tiffany’s. Willy Wonka will be shown in a special one off screening June 14th at 8.30pm, with Breakfast at Tiffany’s enjoying a week long run starting July 16th. Tickets will be available for Willy Wonka from June 7th, from the box-office at Screen Cinema. Team Screen plan … There’s more

Ad Nauseam: Boots, Bubbles and Butter

There’s a whole load of ads around at the moment which tap into the theme of female friendship. Let’s call it the Sex and the City effect. That TV series and movie franchise was an exploration of the close bonds between a group of girlfriends, with rather a large serving of consumerism on the side. A celebration of friendship and shopping in equal measure, one could say. And given that young, single, professional women have a lot of disposable income (relative to other groups anyway) it’s ripe territory for advertisers.