moana
4.0Lots to love

Moana

MOANA (USA/PG/103mins) Directed by Ron Clements and John Musker. Starring Auli'i Cravalho, Dwayne Johnson, Rachel House, Jemaine Clement, Nicole Scherzinger THE PLOT: Moana (Auli'i Cravalho) has always been...
sully
4.0Economical & subtle

Sully

SULLY (USA/12A/96mins) Directed by Clint Eastwood. Starring Tom Hanks, Aaron Eckhart, Valerie Mahaffey, Mike O'Malley, Anna Gunn THE PLOT: Pilot Chelsey ‘Sully’ Sullenberger (Tom Hanks) makes an emergency la...
bleed-for-this
3.0Engaging if thin

Bleed for This

BLEED FOR THIS (USA/15A/117mins) Directed by Ben Younger. Starring Miles Teller, Aaron Eckhart, Katey Sagal, Ciarán Hinds, Ted Levine THE PLOT: In 1991, after being told to retire by his manager, boxer Vinny...
chi-raq
3.0Ambitious

Chi-Raq

CHI-RAQ (USA/TBC/127mins) Directed by Spike Lee. Starring Teyonah Parris, Angela Basset, Wesley Snipes, Samuel L. Jackson, Nick Cannon THE PLOT: Based on the play 'Lysistrata' by Aristophanes, 'Chi-Raq' take...
crash-and-burn
3.0Slightly superficial

Crash and Burn

CRASH AND BURN (Ireland/15A/86mins) Directed by Seán Ó Cualáin. THE PLOT: “If you don’t make it, no-one gives a s**t”, so says Drogheda man Tommy Byrne who, for a fleeting moment in the 1980s, was the faste...
jodiefoster

Jodie Foster Checks Into HOTEL ARTEMIS

Screenwriter Drew Pearce (‘Iron Man 3,’ ‘Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation,’ ‘Godzilla’) is to make his directorial debut with ‘Hotel Artemis,’ a near-future crime thriller that has Jodie Foster (‘Money Monster’...
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10 things you need to know about ‘Bleed for This’

The incredible true story of boxer Vinny Paz, ‘Bleed for This’ is released in Irish cinemas this week. The film, starring Miles Teller as Paz, follows the boxer who, in 1991, after being told to retire by his m...