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Irish Film Festival – Crock of Gold: A Few Rounds with Shane MacGowan

Director Julien Temple Starring Shane MacGowan, Johnny Depp & Siobhan MacGowan Rated M Score 6/6   A look at the life of Irish singer/songwriter and Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan. When watching multiple movies at a film festival you should always consider a movie about music and considering this is for the Irish Film Festival a…

Crock of Gold in cinemas from 17 December 2020

From the Award-winning filmmaker of The Filth and the Fury, Julien Temple takes us on a wild ride in his new documentary CROCK OF GOLD – A Few Rounds with Shane MacGowan. The cinematic exploration of Ireland’s most beloved punk poet releases in cinemas from 17 December 2020. To celebrate the release, opening night screenings…

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead men tell no tales

Director Joachim Rønning & Espen Sandberg Starring Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Javier Bardem Rated M Score 3/6 Captain Jack Sparrow searches for the trident of Poseidon while being pursued by an undead sea captain and his crew. Another one of the Pirates movies has been unleashed on the public after a chapter in the franchise…

Black Mass

Director Scott Cooper Starring Johnny Depp, Benedict Cumberbatch, Dakota Johnson Rated MA Score 5/6 The true story of Whitey Bulger, the brother of a state senator and the most infamous violent criminal in the history of South Boston, who became an FBI informant to take down a Mafia family invading his turf. Before we get…

Transcendence

Director Peter Pfister Starring Johnny Depp, Rebecca Hall, Morgan Freeman Rated M Score3/6 A scientist’s drive for artificial intelligence, takes on dangerous implications when his consciousness is uploaded into one such program. Like all good science-fiction Transcendence asks us to think about some of the important questions in life like, what it is to be…

The Lone Ranger

Director Gore Verbinski Staring Johnny Depp, Armie Hammer Rated M Score 4.5/6 Native American warrior Tonto recounts the untold tales that transformed John Reid, a man of the law, into a legend of justice. Okay, if you get over the fact that the role of Tonto went to Johnny Depp instead of any Native American,…

21 Jump Street

Directors Phil Lord & Chris Miller Staring Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum and Ice Cube Rating MA Score 1.5/6 A pair of underachieving cops are sent back to a local high school to blend in and bring down a synthetic drug ring. It is hardly ever a good sign when an action movie like 21 Jump…

Donie Brasco

Directed by Mike Newell Staring Al Pacino & Johnny Depp Rating MA Score 5/6 Donnie Brasco tells of FBI Agent Joseph D. Pistone’s to infiltrate a New York Mafia family. For his trouble the Mafia put a $500,000 contract on Pistone’s head forcing him and his family to live at an undisclosed location to this…

Dark Shadows

Directed by Tim Burton Staring Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer and Eva Green Rated M Score 3/6 This review was written By Tanteliz An imprisoned vampire, Barnabas Collins, is set free and returns to his ancestral home, where his dysfunctional descendants are in need of his protection. Dark Shadows was inspired by the 1960s soap opera…