Daily Archives: December 1, 2010

Culchie Calling Cards - Gigs - November 29 - December 05 2010

  By Will | December 1, 2010 - 11:01 pm | Gigs, Music, The Culch
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This late gig guide is brought to you by the letters S and W and the repeated phrase, “No”. GIGS Ellie Goulding plays Tripod, Dublin on Tuesday November 30th. Ellie Goulding is something of a darling in the music press. She meets the wonderful people, and remixes of her songs are a delight. The thing, for me at least is, her collaborations sound better than the source material. Her lyrics (those that talk obliquely about sleeping around and and those that pin-point the love-hate relationship every leaver has about their home town) are poetry of emotion. Her tunes flip between dance-until-you-drop euphoria and mellow space-folk. What stops her being great is her instinct for production. When others produce her, its sublime, but her own (or her usual producer’s) instincts on how she should sound just aren’t there. And its these instincts that are most likely going to follow her on … There’s more →

Christmas Countdown: Top 25 Movies of 2010 – No.25

  By Niall | December 1, 2010 - 6:00 pm | Movies & TV, The Culch
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Okay folks it’s back and it’s bigger the same length as last year’s! 25 days till Christmas so it’s time to countdown the Top 25 Movies of 2010. The rules are the same too: The film must have been released in Ireland during the calendar year 2010; This list is entirely based on my own opinion therefore I must have seen the film; Films from December 2010 are exempt from inclusion as the list was finalised on November 30th; I reserve the right to include any film released in December in the listing after all 25 have been revealed. So kicking off this snowy festive season is…

Review - The Way Back

  By brogen | December 1, 2010 - 4:50 pm | Movies & TV, The Culch
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In 1940, seven prisoners escape a Siberian prison and begin the long walk to freedom with little food and even fewer supplies. Although they know that the journey across some of the world’s most challenging terrain will be fraught with danger, they would rather take the chance and die free men than as Stalin’s prisoners. The Way Back is based on Slavomir Rawicz’s memoir of the same name, and it is obvious that the film means a lot to director, Peter Weir. The film is painstakingly detailed, from the bark masks the men use to protect themselves from snow, down to the terrain and costumes. The problem is that Weir may be too close to the subject matter to make decisions to strengthen the movie. Yes, there are many scenes during which the audience may feel as though they are more than casual observers – the weather depicted in the … There’s more →

Cake Riot, Sunday 5th December

  By Éilish Burke | December 1, 2010 - 12:30 pm | Events, Food, The Culch
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Feeling a little shit after a month of relentless bad news? Fancy a bit of cheering up? Like cake? Well this is the perfect event for you.. Cake Riot was born out of the wish to spread a little bit of happiness in what has been a pretty grim year for many of us. Events are happening across various international cities this Sunday 5th December from 2.30pm. Some will be big, some will be small (apparently there will be a Cake Riot at the ATP music festival in England involving just one woman distributing baked goods at a Godspeed You Black Emperor gig). But all events will involve people gathering together and sharing cake. What Cake Riot is: Free Positive Non-political Unofficial Entirely up to yourself What Cake Riot is not: A baking contest. If you can’t bake or don’t have time to, shop-bought biscuits, buns or Mr Kipling will … There’s more →