Aubrey MaloneCaptive (12A)
Category: Reviews
Drama, comedy and horror on your screens
Spare a thought for the recently deceased director Wes Craven. Almost single-handedly he pioneered the comedy/horror mini-genre. M. Night Shyamalan lends his talents to the hybrid in The Visit, a chilling tale of two children who go to on a trip to their psychologically-unhinged grandparents on a remote American farm. I would have been out of…
Video didn’t kill the television star
Courtney McGrailDespite the notoriety of video games for violence and foul language it did provide ‘riveting’ viewing this week, writes Brendan O’Regan
Recent books in brief
One Wide Expanse by Michael Longley (UCD Press, €20 / £17) These writings from the Ireland Chair of Poetry, which Ulster poet Michael Longley held between 2007 and 2010, consists of three essays. They are derived from the annual lectures which he was required to give, aside from his teaching, and deal with different aspects…
The Secrets of the Great Silence
When Silence Speaks. The Spiritual Way of the Carthusian Order by Tim Peeters (Darton, Longman and Todd, £12.99)
The family at the heart of human culture
Family and Civilization by Carle Zimmerman ed. and abridged by James Kurth (Intercollegiate Studies Institute, € 9.91).
The World of Books
The Books Editor How often do you over hear someone, in a book shop or over a stall at a parish fete, as often as not women, for women are greater readers than men, saying: “Oh, I have read that… I think”. Back the book goes on the shelf or the jumble sale stall. With…
When a man tries to play God and it all goes wrong
Irrational Man (15A)
Obvious pattern on abortion in the media
Brendan O’ReganLast weekend offered great debate on prominent moral issues, writes Brendan O’Regan
Constantine – the first Christian Emperor
Constantine The Emperor by David Potter (Oxford University Press, £14.99 pb)