Tuesday, 29 June 2010
Irish jam
Here's one the Film Board would never fund. An African-American wins a poetry contest and the prize is an Irish pub! Of course when he arrives he spits out the Guinness and antagonises the locals. The evil English(!) landlord wants to claim the pub while local lass Anna Friel falls for the American. However, it's all filmed in Britain and doesn't feel Irish at all. Those hairy cattle are seldom seen in Ireland and the village is a little too tidy to convince. Still, it's an enjoyable movie and fun to watch which makes it better than many homegrown efforts.
Master of the world
Dated movie from the 1960s with Vincent Price trying to stop wars around the world. He uses an airship to attack from the sky. A group of ...
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Another famous movie with an Irish theme. Set in Africa a TCD graduate heads off alone to find a diamond mine. His daughter gets an explore...
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Very well-made movie about the notorious boycott case back in the '50s. It's about a Catholic/Protestant marriage and the row over w...