Sci-Fi action-comedy Everything Everywhere All at Once, which uses the idea of multiverse (multiple parallel worlds), a current trend in the film industry, was a hit. It had a long …
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Almost 60 years old, yet Tom Cruise is still hot and fit himself. – “Top Gun: Maverick”
By: Izumi Hasegawa May 30, 2022
The 1986 movie “Top Gun” hit both box office and billboard charts for the theme song, and became a social phenomenon. Also, literally, Tom Cruise made his international A-list star …
Making sense of the casting for “The Batman” movie.
By: Izumi Hasegawa April 30, 2022
When I heard Robert Pattinson was cast as the title role of the new “Batman” film, I was sure I was not the only person who thought “This is a …
“To love your true self” is the key to growth – “Turning Red”
By: Izumi Hasegawa April 15, 2022
Everyone, especially women, experience adolescent body changes. But those changes won’t be as big as the changes the movie’s main character, Meilin, goes through. Born into a family where the …
“For Molly”: The inspired story of how one man uses film to surpass death and be a father to his child
By: Bernadette Fitzgibbons April 7, 2019
It takes courage to make a film about dying and even more to do this in 5 days on a very low budget. Yet this is precisely what director Cathal …
“School Life” is a captivating documentary about the magical Headfort School
By: Bernadette Fitzgibbons October 23, 2017
School Life has brought to life the potential magic of what the early childhood school experience can be, and elevates it to a new level. The real world Headfort School …
“Miss Hokusai” is a virtual painting with a fantastic plot
By: Julian Blythe November 27, 2016
Miss Hokusai is an animated adaptation of the Hinako Sugiura manga series. Rather than tell a traditional tale of a famous artist—in this case, Katsushika Hokusai, the legendary Japanese painter most well-known …
“Coming Home” is a must see documentary that uniquely captures the Irish emigrant experience.
By: Bernadette Fitzgibbons November 25, 2016
Ireland has a long and sad history of emigration whether for political, economic or religious reasons. Irish emigrants, whether first or fifth generation, have felt the call of home like …