Monthly Archives: June 2012

Review: The Amazing Spider-Man

  By Micheál Murphy | June 29, 2012 - 7:47 pm | Featured Post, Movies & TV, The Culch
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Perhaps the best way to start is to tell you to block the last decade of Spider-Man movies from your mind and treat The Amazing Spider-Man as it is, a complete revamp of the Spider-Man franchise. In 2005, Christopher Nolan started a new wave of films with Batman Begins, where the story is as important, if not more important, than the superhero and his trials. We get strong characterisation, drama and a full story and this theme has run into the reincarnation of Marvel’s most famous superhero, as directed by Marc Webb (And I can’t not say something about how awesomely apt his surname is!). If anyone has heard of Spider-Man, they know the story of his origins. Peter Parker, a high school student who lives with his aunt and uncle, gets bitten by radioactive spider and develops super powers. This awkward teenager gains the ability to crawl up walls, … There’s more →

Meh. Oh look, more subpar Tim Burton.

  By Darren Byrne | June 28, 2012 - 3:19 pm | Featured Post, Movies & TV
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I just watched the trailer for Tim Burton’s latest movie, continuing his never-ending pursuit to remake, rework, reimagine, rejuventate, revive, rejig and redo every movie ever made. At least this time he’s not tearing down the pillars of my youth (Alice in Wonderland, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory). Instead, this time he’s revisiting (just when I thought I’d run out of ‘re-’ words) one of his own stories. Frankenweenie is a black-and-white stop motion-animated remake of Burton’s 1984 short film of the same name, his take on Mary Shelley’s classic, Frankenstein. In the film, a boy named Victor loses his dog and uses the power of science to bring it back to life. As with all Burton movies in the last decade, it could be fun, it could be a waste of time. He’s just so hit and miss. In the last ten years, the only original tales Burton has … There’s more →

Interview: Nouvelle Vague, the awesomest covers band

  By Andy Gaffney | June 28, 2012 - 12:51 pm | Featured Post, Music, The Culch
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Nouvelle Vague are the effortlessly cool cover band who you wish could soundtrack every party you have ever had. Hailing from France, the new wave obsessed band have taken songs such as Ever Fallen in Love? and Blister in the Sun and made them their own. This Galway Arts Festival sees the band make a very welcome return to the city when play Chic Week, so using this an excuse to make myself look in any way cool I spoke to singer Liset Alea about Galway, recording their first original album, breakfasts and serving her cotton candy on stage. I can’t believe I get to start an interview by asking this but where are you right now, Paris or Miami? Because you live in both, right? I’m living in Paris right now, but I’m living out of my suitcase. Sometimes it gets opened to do laundry but then it goes … There’s more →

Euro 2012, The Grand Social, Dublin City Fm and The Scoop

  By Culch.ie | June 5, 2012 - 1:53 pm | Events
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Yeah blah, blaggedy, blerk it’s football. Well ? It’s a little more than that and I can legally get away with it because this post contains a pic of Eric Lalor, involves a radio station and a cracking music venue. Story Rory ? Dublin City fm have teamed up with The SCOOP foundation and The Grand Social venue on Liffey Street and for the duration of the Euro 2012 not only will they be showing ALL of the games live in the Grand Social from 4.30pm each day….. there’s also this going on: They’ll have live music in between games as well as competitions & prizes. How do you do The Scoop charity bit ? Easy, chalky, cheezy peezy - You can contribute to the SCOOP foundation by buying a burger and a pint for €5.00….. what a deal. Almost a whopper ! There will be special events on the … There’s more →