. Dreamworks Animation has very kindly given us a brand-spanking new featurette for their upcoming animated [...]
Sony Pictures have sent us an Irish exclusive look at their upcoming comedy 30 Minutes or Less. This neat little clip shows just one of the many, many laugh-out-loud moments from the film and even includes an intro from the cast!
Sony Pictures has very kindly given Scannain an Irish exclusive clip from their new movie Friends With Benefits, the brand new comedy from Easy A director and co-writer Will Gluck.
After 3 successful films and a 5 year hiatus Mission: Impossible is back with a brand new director but the same old Tom Cruise. Can the worlds biggest movie-star turn [...]
Two years ago Ruben Fleischer burst into the modern movie making school of excellence with his accomplished debut comedy Zombieland. Now he returns with another Jesse Eisenberg starring comedy but [...]
Seth Gordon famously gave us King of Kong, before blundering spectacularly with the car-crash of a film that was Four Christmases. Now he returns with a brand new comedy in the guise [...]
The 84th Oscar nominations are here and surprisingly there’s no nomination for Michael Fassbender’s outstanding performance in Shame. There’s a number of other inexplicable descisions, including Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy missing out on a Best Picture nod despite 9 films being included in the short-list. Ireland does get 2 nominations [...]
Everyones favourite action hero, the one-man-army that is Jason Statham is back in explosive new thriller Safe. If you don’t believe me just check out the new poster for the film. He means business… The movie sees Statham as a former cop turned cage fighter, who happens to witness the attempted [...]
Sony Pictures has released the synopsis for their Colin Farrell starring reboot/remake/reimaging of Paul Verhoeven’s 1990 Arnie starring sci-fi actioner Total Recall. And despite claims to the contrary the plot sounds exactly like the original. Total Recall is an action thriller about reality and memory, inspired anew by the famous short [...]
Walt Disney Pictures Ireland has sent over a brand new international poster for their forthcoming sci-fi adventure John Carter. Like all of the marketing to date this one is another winner, with a great old-school feel. Based on Edgar Rice Burrough’s Barsoom series of novels, the movie sees Wolverine star Taylor [...]
Netflix, the US online streaming video service, launches today in Ireland and the UK, offering a vast library of online movies on demand. This is great news for all you movie aficionados out there. While our close neighbours in the UK have had the benefit of Amazon’s recently acquired LoveFilm to [...]
. Dreamworks Animation has very kindly given us a brand-spanking new featurette for their upcoming animated caper Puss in Boots. If this clip is anything to go by audiences the world over are going to be very happy with this feisty feline film. He’s quite a dancer! The film is a prequel to Shrek, and [...]
. Warner Bros. have released a ton of new images for their upcoming feature Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows, so I’ve decide to catalogue them all here for your viewing pleasure. The new film sees Robert Downey Jr.’s titular detective, and his trusty sidekick Watson (Jude Law) square up against arch nemesis [...]
With The Avengers coming out next summer Walt Disney Pictures has released character details for each of their super-hero dream team, along with one for big bad Loki.
Walt Disney Pictures has released a batch of new images for their forthcoming sci-fi adventure John Carter. Based on Edgar Rice Burrough’s Barsoom series of novels, the movie sees Wolverine star Taylor Kitsch in the title role as a Civil War soldier who wakes to find himself on Mars in the midst of another [...]
The Tom Cruise led fourth instalment of the Mission Impossible franchise, the stupidly monikered Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, has gotten itself a brand new TV spot. Despite the name, and the appalling posters the clips and trailer for this impossible mission actually look pretty damn good. Loosely following the plot from the original the new movie [...]
Director: Lee Hirsch
Writer: Cynthia Lowen
Synopsis:
Directed by Sundance and Emmy-award winning filmmaker, Lee Hirsch, The Bully Project is a beautifully cinematic, character-driven documentary. At its heart are those with huge stakes in this issue whose stories each represent a different facet of America’s bullying crisis. The Bully Project follows five kids and families over the course of a school year. Stories include two families who have lost children to suicide and a mother awaiting the fate of her 14-year-old daughter who has been incarcerated after bringing a gun on her school bus. With an intimate glimpse into homes, classrooms, cafeterias and principals’ offices, the film offers insight into the often cruel world of the lives of bullied children.
EXTREMELY LOUD AND INCREDIBLY CLOSE
Director: Stephen Daldry
Writers: Eric Roth
Stars: Thomas Horn, Tom Hanks and Sandra Bullock
Synopsis:
Oskar (Thomas Horn) is convinced that his father (Tom Hanks), who died in the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center, has left a final message for him hidden somewhere in the city. Feeling disconnected from his grieving mother (Sandra Bullock) and driven by a relentlessly active mind that refuses to believe in things that can’t be observed, Oskar begins searching New York City for the lock that fits a mysterious key he found in his father’s closet. His journey through the five boroughs takes him beyond his own loss to a greater understanding of the observable world around him.
Director: James Watkins
Writers: Jane Goldman
Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Janet McTeer and Ciarán Hinds
Synopsis:
The story follows a young lawyer, Arthur Kipps (Radcliffe), who is ordered to travel to a remote village and sort out a recently deceased client’s papers. As he works alone in the client’s isolated house, Kipps begins to uncover tragic secrets, his unease growing when he glimpses a mysterious woman dressed only in black. Receiving only silence from the locals, Kipps is forced to uncover the true identity of the Woman in Black on his own, leading to a desperate race against time when he discovers her true intent.
