Kissing Candice

An Irish film about a lassie whose epilepsy may or may not be giving her psychic visions, and a local gang of drooges who are responsible for the disappearance of a young boy. That being said, it feels like the film’s about nothing. I got bored very early in (although it felt long enough for…

The Cured

A zombie allegory for the release of political and paramilitary prisoners and their reintegration back into their community after the end of The Troubles. To hammer it home, the zombie virus is called the Maze virus (Maze Prison, Maze virus, gedit?) It’s one of those films where I actually would have preferred to read as…

Good Favour

It was good. No idea what it was about, but I liked it. A stranger is taken in by an isolated religious community and you spend the whole movie waiting for something terrible to happen and by the end you’re not sure if it has. Would love to hear others’ take on it.

In the Name of Peace: John Hume in America

John Hume was instrumental in utilising the American Irish diaspora to provide political influence to drive the peace process in Northern Ireland. You may remember him from news reports your dad put on when you wanted to watch Home And Away. This is not so much of a documentary as a eulogy. More time is…