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About Darren Byrne

Blogger, writer, movie buff, amateur dramatist and all round nice guy. When I'm not spouting about on Culch.ie, I can be found Tweeting inanities @DarrenByrne or @Culch_ie. I am the admin behind Culch.ie and if you want to contact me for anything, drop me a mail.

Movie News 16/03/09

  By Darren Byrne | March 16, 2009 - 10:10 am | Movies & TV, The Culch
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Start here and work down. Forrest Gump in 1 minute: MacGyver? The Movie? Hell yes!! Now we just pray they don’t recast it and make it a comedy with Will Ferrell. Richard Dean Anderson ftw. That guy from stuff, Ron Silver, passed away yesterday, aged 62. I know him mostly from his role in The West Wing, but he is probably best known for his role in Reversal of Fortune with Jeremy Irons. Matt Damon has confirmed they are going ahead with the fourth Bourne movie. Inevitable, but not bad news. JJ Abrahms, while discussing Star Trek recently, hinted that the Cloverfield sequel has a good idea behind it. He has always said a sequel would never be a business decision and would only go ahead if they could make a good movie. I’m not sure how he could follow up the brilliant Blair Witch/Godzilla mashup. We’ll see… I saw … There’s more →

Movie News 13/03/09

  By Darren Byrne | March 13, 2009 - 8:53 am | Movies & TV, The Culch
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Continuing my churn through the latest movie news, I have found yet another horror classic is to be rehashed remade. Stephen King’s It, the stuff of many a childhood nightmare will return to the big screen. Is there anyone creepier than Tim Curry who could play Pennywise? Kind of non-news this: Keira Knightley will not return for the next Pirates of the Caribbean movie. She’s had enough of the franchise. Haven’t we all? A bunch of release dates announced: Thor will be out in June 2011, Iron Man 2 in May 2010, Captain America will see the light of day in May 2010, as will Spiderman 4 and The Avengers movie won’t hit the screens until May 2012. It’s all so very far away… Speaking of Iron Man 2 (I was, honest), both Scarlett Johansson and Mickey Rourke have signed on. I. Cannot. Wait. (But I guess I’ll have to) … There’s more →

Movie News 12/03/09

  By Darren Byrne | March 12, 2009 - 10:31 am | Movies & TV, The Culch
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Does anyone else find it a little strange that Watchmen’s screenwriter is practically begging people to go see the movie again? David Hayter posted the following on HardcoreNerdity: If the film made you think. Or argue with your friends. If it inspired a debate about the nature of man, or vigilante justice, or the horror of Nixon abolishing term limits. If you laughed at Bowie hanging with Adrian at Studio 54, or the Silhouette kissing that nurse. Please go see the movie again next weekend. You have to understand, everyone is watching to see how the film will do in its second week. If you care about movies that have a brain, or balls, (and this film’s got both, literally), or true adaptations — And if you’re thinking of seeing it again anyway, please go back this weekend, Friday or Saturday night. Demonstrate the power of the fans, because it’ll … There’s more →