Category Archives: Film Review

Daire Walsh Captain Phillips Having also shone as Walt Disney opposite Emma Thompson’s P.L. Travers in John Lee Hancock’s Saving Mr Banks, 2013 has been a memorable year for Hollywood A-lister Tom Hanks. However, when it comes to the awards season, … Continue reading →

Cinema Review: Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues Daire Walsh has many leather-bound books and his apartment smells of rich mahogany. DIR: Adam McKay • WRI: Adam McKay, Will Ferrell • PRO: Judd Apatow, Adam McKay, Will Ferrell • DOP: Oliver Wood • ED: Melissa Bretherton, Brent White • DES: Clayton … Continue reading →

Daire Walsh spins a web, any size, catches thieves just like flies, continuing our We Love…Superheroes series looking at Spider-Man.   Since appearing in Amazing Fantasy #15 (a Marvel Comics Anthology) in August 1962, Spider-Man and his alter ego of … Continue reading →

Cinema Review: Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa   Daire Walsh puts on his seige face.   DIR: Declan Lowney WRI: Steve Coogan, Armando Iannucci, Peter Baynham, Neil Gibbons, Rob Gibbons DOP: Ben Smithard ED: Mark Everson DES: Dick Lunn Cast: Steve … Continue reading →

Cinema Review: This Is The End   DIR: Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg • WRI: Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg • DOP: Brandon Trost • ED: Zene Baker •DES: Chris L Spellman • Cast: Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel, James Franco, Jonah Hill, Danny McBride, Michael Cera, … Continue reading →

Cinema Review: Iron Man 3   DIR: Shane Black • WRI: Shane Black, Drew Pearce • PRO: Kevin Feige • DOP: John Toll • ED: Peter S Elliot, Jeffrey Ford • DES: Bill Brzeski • Cast: Robert Downey Jr, Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Guy Pearce, Ben Kingsley, … Continue reading →

Cinema Review: West of Memphis   Daire Walsh on a gripping story of tragedy and injustice.   DIR: Amy Berg WRI: Amy Berg, Billy McMillin PRO: Amy Berg, Lorri Davis, Damien Wayne Echols, Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh DOP: Maryse Alberti, … Continue reading →

Cinema Review: Arbitrage   DIR/WRI: Nicholas Jarecki • PRO: Laura Bickford, Robert Salerno, Kevin Turen, Justin Nappi • DOP: Yorick Le Saux • ED: Douglas Crise • DES: Beth Mickle • Cast: Richard Gere, Susan Sarandon, Tim Roth, Brit Marling, Nate Parker, Bruce Altman As … Continue reading →

Cinema Review: Antiviral   DIR: Brandon Cronenberg WRI: Brandon Cronenberg PRO: Niv Fichman DOP: Karim Hussain ED: Matthew Hannam DES: Arvinder Grewal Cast: Caleb Landry Jones, Sarah Gadon, Joe Pingue, Malcolm McDowell At the best of times, following in the … Continue reading →

Cinema Review: I Give It a Year   DIR/WRI: Dan Mazer PRO: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Kris Thykier DOP: Ben Davis ED: Tony Cranstoun DES: Simon Elliott Cast: Rafe Spall, Rose Byrne, Anna Faris, Simon Baker, Jason Flemyng, Olivia Colman, … Continue reading →