THE ICE ROAD is Neeson’s latest film, arriving this week on Netflix, and it continues his career’s somewhat improbable second act as an action hero. Neeson stars here as Mike McCann, a trucker who is one of several drivers recruited to transport three large, heavy drills to a remote northern Canada mine in order to free miners trapped in a collapse.
The feature documentary on the life and music of Phil Lynott is now in Irish cinemas. Directed by Emer Reynolds, PHIL LYNOTT: SONGS FOR WHILE I’M AWAY tells the story of how a young black boy from working class 1950s Dublin became Ireland’s greatest rock star.
Marvel has unveiled the first trailer for new flick ETERNALS starring Irish actor Barry Keoghan. The former Love/Hate star is joined by a star studded line-up including Angelina Jolie, Salma Hayek, Kit Harrington and Richard Madden in the new film from Oscar-winning Nomadland director Chloé Zhao.
A full-length, animated RIVERDANCE feature film with a truly star-studded cast will premiere on Sky Cinema and streaming service NOW later this month. The film tells the story of a young boy named Keegan (Sam Hardy) and a Spanish girl named Moya (Hannah Herman Cortes) as they journey into the mythical world of the legendary Megaloceros Giganteus, who teach them to appreciate Riverdance as a celebration of life – a lesson that will surely resonate any Irish person since 1994?
The most talked about Irish movie of the last 12 months (for all the wrong reasons) is now available to screen from home for Irish audiences. Irish social media went mad lambasting the star-studded film featuring Emily Blunt, Jamie Dornan, Christoper Walken, and Jon Hamm for the woeful Irish accents. Find out why via the link below.
Charming is the right word to use, mostly because it’s Irish; fans of Edgar Wright’s SHAUN OF THE DEAD will feel right at home. Here, though, BOYS FROM COUNTY HELL’s comedy mostly comes from deadpan realism—from vampire-zombies who emerge and go for the kill, and from living characters yelling expletives who spend most of the 90 minutes fleeing chaos and bickering.
A new documentary, which includes an expedition by a group of Irish explorers on a special research mission to Iceland, received it’s premiere on RTÉ One this past weekend. Filmed by filmmaker Tony Whelan, the film is about a group of Irish whales and dolphins traveling to Iceland in May 2018 on a unique research expedition.
One of the best and most significant Irish films ever made has just arrived on Netflix. IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER reunited director Jim Sheridan with star Daniel Day-Lewis in a powerful biopic that examines the Irishman Gerry Conlon, who was wrongfully sentenced to life in prison for an IRA terrorist attack that killed four people.
