Movie Review: Haywire

It is an odd sight to see a woman bound across roof tops, having scaled up the stairs of Wynn’s Hotel on Lower Abbey Street, Dublin. Things become more surreal when her pursuers are heavily armed and in riot gear with the Garda logo emblazoned on the back. Our heroine soon finds her way to Dublin port and puts an eventful overnight trip to Ireland behind her. The previous night, she was escorted by a suited Michael Fassbender to Russborough House out in Wicklow, and on retiring to the Shelbourne Hotel their date turns sour and sets in train a tense morning and eventful departure from our shores. That a significant part of ‘Haywire’ was set, and more significantly shot, in Dublin was a surprise but a happy one for this reviewer. The city looks great, modern if a bit littered, European, cast in blue hues as is director Steven … There’s more

Shrek Forever After

Directed by Mike Mitchell; written by Josh Klausner and Darren Lemke, Shrek Forever After is the forth and final Shrek movie to be released. In an interview with Cameron Diaz, she summed it up nicely by saying “I think it’s great to have four films because they are like four different chapters of life. You know, you’ve got the meeting each other and falling in love, incorporating each other into each other’s lives, friends and family, starting your own family and then being comfortable with where you’re at in life.” I sometimes feel that at this stage of a franchise, films tends to get a bit sour and disappointing. I must admit that I wasn’t too fond of the third film and I’m really glad they pushed to end Shrek on the forth instead. This really wrapped the Shrek saga up and was a good send off. I do like … There’s more