Irish movies

The ‘heartwarming’ film has only just left UK cinemas. Abode, a heartwarming new Irish independent movie, has just been made available to rent at home. Written and directed by Liam O Mochain, who is also a part of its ensemble cast, the film is an 80-minute anthology featuring five different stories. The tales fluctuate between […]

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The 2017 movie has a 92% score on Rotten Tomatoes. Netflix is removing Bad Day for the Cut from its service this week, the brilliant 2017 Irish revenge thriller movie. The film centres around Donal (Nigel O’Neill), a mild-mannered farmer living a quiet existence on a farm with his elderly mother, Florence (Stella McCusker). That […]

10 months ago

The film made history upon its release and is truly a must-see. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Tuesday, 1 July) is The Quiet Girl (also known as An Cailín Ciúin), the brilliant 2022 Oscar-nominated Irish drama. Based on the story ‘Foster’ by Claire Keegan, the Irish-language film is set in rural Ireland in 1981. […]

1 year ago

‘Made with a lot of care and craft.’ The 2010s saw the release of the How to Train Your Dragon trilogy of animated adventure fantasy movies. Hits upon release at the box office and with critics, it was inevitable that they would get the live-action treatment at some point, which has come to pass 15 […]

1 year ago

It’s maybe the funniest Irish film ever. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Tuesday, 17 June) is The Guard, the feature directorial debut of John Michael McDonagh (Calvary, War on Everyone). The crime comedy film sees Brendan Gleeson play Sergeant Gerry Boyle, a crass and confrontational cop working in a sleepy town in Connemara in […]

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The comedy-drama was nominated for nine Academy Awards, making it the most Oscar-nominated Irish film ever. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Thursday, 12 June) is The Banshees of Inisherin, one of the best movies of the decade and one of the best Irish movies ever. The film is set in 1923, near the end […]

1 year ago