The Revenant (16)
Category: Film
Veering uneasily between feminism and farce
Joy (12A) A few short years ago, Jennifer Lawrence was just another ‘wannabe’. Today, she’s one of Hollywood’s most high-profile (and sought-after) stars. How has she essayed such a seismic shift so suddenly, going from jobbing actress to prestigious A-lister? She isn’t quite sure herself. “It’s a bit like a job promotion,” she says. “You…
Current and forthcoming releases in January
The poor, they say, we will always have with us. And it seems we’ll always have Rocky Balboa with us as well. How many incarnations has Sylvester Stallone’s ever-resilient pugilist had since his first appearance on our screens in 1976? In Creed he plays the mentor of a boxer called Apollo Creed whose father died…
Problems with an alienated dad returning to the fold
Daddy’s Home (12A)
Kudos & wooden spoons
Aubrey Malone reviews the year in film
Screening 1916
Aubrey Malone reviews some key portrayals of the Rising on the silver screen
Getting into the mood for the festive season
As one might expect for this time of year, many of the films currently on release have seasonal overtones, in particular A Christmas Star (G), a charming film which deals with a tranquil Irish village that comes under threat from an unscrupulous property developer. A young girl called Noelle, who was born under a Christmas…
Desperate efforts of a teacher to keep her house
The Lesson (15A)
Badfellas in crime-ridden Boston in the seventies
Black Mass (15A)
Steve McQueen and his impossible racing dream
The Man and Le Mans (12A)

Aubrey Malone