Coming Soon: Movie Fest

The gang behind the awesome Movies.ie are bringing a little bit of Comic Con to Dublin the form of the upcoming Movie Fest. If you’re a film buff, you should probably start getting excited right about now. If you’re everybody else, you should just be glad that people are still working to make cool new things happen despite our pervading national gloom. High five to the innovators. Happening at Cineworld next weekend (August 13th /14th) “The event will showcase, for the general public, exclusive footage from upcoming Hollywood blockbusters along with previews of Hollywood films not due for release until late 2011. Day tickets are available for purchase for the event, and each day will include two high-profile feature film previews along with presentations from all major Hollywood studios. These presentations will feature a huge selection of extensive never-before-seen footage and trailers from some of the most highly anticipated films … There’s more

Superb Superbowl Movie Spots

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The Superbowl, America’s answer to the Rose of Tralee, was on last night on last night and as usual it was a battle of the brave and the bold for supremacy of the Vince Lombardi trophy. Aside from the action on the field the Superbowl is an American advertisers dream, millions and millions all tuned in to a 4 hour long show with more ads than actual sport. Movie studios use this time wisely to peddle their upcoming releases and last night was no exception with 15 films going to post. The films that we caught a glimpse of include Captain America: The First Avenger, Transformers: Dark of The Moon, Cowboys & Aliens, Super 8, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Thor, Battle: Los Angeles, Priest, Limitless, Rio, Rango, Fast Five, The Adjustment Bureau, Drive Angry 3D, and Just Go With It. Below are the spots, with the synopsis … There’s more