Saturday, 19 June 2010
Last leprechaun
Here's one that will never appear on the Irish Film Board's promotional trailer! Made in South Africa(?) but set in Ireland it's the well-worn story of two kids staying with their future (evil) step mother. They meet a leprechaun who's is fleeing from foresters and they have an adventure. One of a small number of Irish movies with an environment theme (Taffin is another). The script is stronger than most homegrown efforts but the effects are terrible. The acting is more suited to pantomime and the story runs out of steam towards the end. Really for kids but it's an entertaining and interesting commercial effort.
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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Ah, maybe not the best decade for cinema but there were some decent Irish movies made back then. Some are forgotten, others didn't make ...
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Scanned (read) the issues from that year and here are some interesting points and quotes: 'Male, pale, and stale' - description o...