Collateral brain damage

Collateral brain damage

What do you get when you couple an Oscar winning director with a mind bogglingly star-studded cast? Apparently a big steaming pile of horse manure. Director David Frankel recently directed best picture winner Spotlight and his new film Collateral Beauty has Will...
Children’s book comes to life

Children’s book comes to life

With the summer school holidays almost at an end families still have plenty of time to indulge in some performing culture at the State Theatre in the city for a live production of a popular illustrated children’s book. Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson and Axel...
Brace for impact!

Brace for impact!

The 2009 forced landing of an American Airlines flight in New York City was one of those ongoing media stories you just knew was eventually going to be made into a movie. The media at the time dubbed the incident ‘The miracle on the Hudson’ and those who followed the...
Magical Moana

Magical Moana

Even as an adult it’s easy to see why kids are so enamoured by Disney films and their most recent computer animated Pacific islands epic Moana continues the magic. The film follows Moana, voiced by up and coming 16 year old Auli’i Cravalho, who is the daughter...
Something to sing about

Something to sing about

As soon as 14-year-old Conor played by newcomer Ferdia Walsh-Peelo started singing a-Ha’s hit song Take on Me I knew I was in for treat. Set in 1980s Dublin, Sing Street is told through the eyes of Conor who takes to calling himself Cosmo. The movie tells an age-old...