Tag Archives: ireland

Series Review: “How to Get to Heaven from Belfast” takes Derry “Girls” to Dublin and Donegal along the Way

Posted on May 17, 2026 by Roger Moore

Here’s a delighftul weekend’s binge, a daft and darkly comic trip to the Emerald Isle that’s a lot cheaper than flying, with a lot more laughs than you’ll get from wrangling with DHS. “How to Get to Heaven from Belfast” … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Pierce, Helena and Gabriel ensure a Young Irish Couple Receives “Four Letters of Love”

Posted on November 25, 2025 by Roger Moore

Pierce Brosnan, Helena Bonham Carter and Gabriel Byrne appear on screen together for the first time in “Four Letters of Love,” a lovely, sentimental and ever-so-Irish romance about fate, faith and the power of words to woo, especially when folded … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: There’s no feud like an Irish feud over land, fermented guilt and sheep — “Bring Them Down”

Posted on February 10, 2025 by Roger Moore

Not going to sugar-coat this. “Bring Them Down” is rough, a movie of wrenching, insensate cruelty, much of it directed at animals. Writer-director Chris Andrews has made a debut feature that is as hard to watch as any recent film, … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Irish Hitman tries to retire in 1990s NYC — “The Mick and the Trick”

Posted on December 10, 2024 by Roger Moore

The accents are cartoonish, the performances broad, the situations silly and the blood and bullets are everywhere in “The Mick and the Trick,” a lunkheaded action comedy about a hitman’s “retirement plan.” Actor turned writer-director Tom DeNucci doesn’t shake his … Continue reading →

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