Recently, the world got its first look at the new Spider Man musical currently set for Broadway later this year. Yes that’s right, a Spider Man musical! Why should we care? Well for one, music is being provided by our very own Bono and The Edge. Secondly because Spider Man is, y’kno, pretty cool. And mercifully it won’t feature either Tobey Maguire or Kirsten Dunst. Yay! Check it out after the break and let us know what you think!
Fathers are meant to be easy to shop for. One look at RTE around fathers day and all you see is ads where children run to their dad, jump on his lap and give him a tub of ‘Just For Men’, while he basks in their love. Of course he knows that the children didn’t buy it, so it must of came from their mother who is now pretty much saying ‘Look younger or ill cheat with the Sky+ sales man’, but that is neither here nor there. My father however is not easy to buy for. He doesn’t wear ties, watch DVDs, play CDs and is perfectly at home with his snowy white hair. There was even a very awkward Fathers Day where he had to fake joy upon receiving a portable car battery re-starter. So when September crawled about it was met with the annual birthday task of … There’s more
If there’s one performance from this year’s Electric Picnic that really stood out for me, it was Villagers. I had expected them to be quite good but it was a stunning, soul piercing performance from a band growing in confidence daily. The debut album, Becoming A Jackal, has been universally acclaimed and was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize 2010. Conor and co aren’t standing still and have just announced the following tour dates nationwide: Mon 13th Dec: Waterford, The Forum Tues 14th Dec: Kilkenny, Set Theatre Wed 15th Dec: Cork, Savoy Theatre Fri 17th Dec: Limerick, St Johns Church Sat 18th Dec: Galway, Black Box Sun 19th Dec: Belfast, Limelight Tues 21st Dec: Dublin, Vicar Street We’ve got a pair of tickets for the non-Dublin gigs up for grabs. All you have to do is leave a comment below telling us which date you’d like to attend. We’ll pick … There’s more
If you have been asleep or in a coma or just had your fingers in your ears or your hands over your eyes for the past few months, you may have missed talk of a beautiful Irish documentary His & Hers. His & Hers has won the Audience Award at the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival, The Feature Award in the Galway Film Fleadh, an IFTA for Best Feature Documentary and the Cinematography Award at the Sundance Film Festival 2010 and deservedly so for all of them. You can read my review of the film here and Red Lemonade’s review here. Hooked? Ok - now the sad part - this is the last week that His & Hers will be shown in the Lighthouse Cinema in Smithfield, Dublin 7. So if you haven’t yet, check it out. The final screening will take place in the Lighthouse on Thursday 16th September … There’s more
