Trinity Film Review

04/04/2022

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01/03/2022

"The Batman is destined to become another flop in DC’s impressive legacy of them." Cat Earley reviews Matt Reeves' The Batman, in Irish cinemas from Friday! https://trinityfilmreview.com/2022/03/01/the-batman/

Review by Cat Earley When Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner: The Director’s Cut finally hit cinemas in 1992, audiences were relieved to see – among many other things – that the infamous…

18/02/2022

"The House offers an excellent example of the interplay between social alienation and psychological horror." Alexander Garrett reviews Netflix's three part series 'The House'.
https://trinityfilmreview.com/2022/02/18/the-house/

Review by Alexander Garrett Can you charge rent on the laughter of children? Pay interest on a home-cooked meal? Watching TV in the bedroom, cuddling on the couch. Stair-lifts, hide-and-seek, faded…

17/02/2022

"There is a novel joy in having a bass line from over 50 years ago rattling in your chest." Niamh Muldowney reviews Peter Jacksons' The Beatles: Get Back - The Rooftop Concert.

https://trinityfilmreview.com/2022/02/17/the-beatles-get-back-the-rooftop-concert/

Review by Niamh Muldowney Peter Jackson’s 2021 documentary series, The Beatles: Get Back was an astonishing piece of work, synthesising over sixty hours of footage and over a hundred and fifty hour…

10/02/2022

"With Branagh remaining in the director’s seat and Michael Green once again writing the screenplay, the setting and story may be different but much of the core ingredients are the same." James Mahon reviews the latest adaptation of 'Death on the Nile', in cinemas now!
https://trinityfilmreview.com/2022/02/10/death-on-the-nile/

Review by James Mahon Kenneth Branagh is back as Agatha Christies’ brilliant Belgian (not French) detective Hercules Poirot in Death on the Nile (Kenneth Branagh 2022), after the relative success o…

02/02/2022

"A flawed, but nonetheless incredibly genuine portrayal of the life and accomplishments of Tammy Faye Bakker, a controversial figure remembered by the public today primarily due to her career as one of America’s most popular televangelists in the 1980s." Cat Early reviews The Eyes of Tammy Faye, in Irish cinemas this Friday!

https://trinityfilmreview.com/2022/02/02/the-eyes-of-tammy-faye/

Review by Cat Early Upon the announcement and subsequent release of Michael Showalter’s new biopic The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021), it would have been an understatement to say that my initial reactio…

27/01/2022

The Television Issue is now live! You can read it here, or pickup a copy across campus at the Arts Block, Business builidng or Hamilton. Happy reading!

https://issuu.com/t_f_r_/docs/tv-issue_-_friday_draft_2

Trinity Film Review's first ever television issue, with writings on everything from BoJack Horseman to the The Leftovers, Community to The West Wing.

26/01/2022

"In many ways Memoria is ambient cinema. It is the first English language film by Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul, and it creates a world only completed by the audience’s entrance into it." Ciaran Drohan reviews 'Memoria'.
https://trinityfilmreview.com/2022/01/26/memoria/

Review by Ciaran Drohan In the mid-1970s, a friend visited Brian Eno while he was recovering in hospital after a car crash. Before leaving, she put on a record of classical harp music, however the …

19/01/2022

"Del Toro’s idiosyncratic grime-meets-gruesome-meets-camp style is ever present in Nightmare Alley. Baudy circus tents and ball rooms make for an excellent playground for the film’s star studded cast." Cathal Eustace reviews Guillermo Del Toro's new film, Nightmare Alley, in cinemas this Friday!

https://trinityfilmreview.com/2022/01/19/nightmare-alley/

Review by Cathal Eustace Nightmare Alley was fun, sexy and I liked it. However I only liked it– let me elaborate. This film will not be a classic but who can foretell the future– Regard…

14/12/2021

"You can roll your eyes at the big romantic numbers, and wince a little bit at some of the clunkier additional dialogue, but [West Side Story] is nothing short of a joy." Sophie Furlong Tighe reviews Spielberg's West Side Story adaptation, in cinemas now! https://trinityfilmreview.com/2021/12/14/west-side-story/

Review by Sophie Furlong Tighe Hollywood’s perverse obsession with remaking beloved films has claimed another victim, it seems— West Side Story. There’s much to roll one’s eyes at, before even…

09/12/2021

"Through the phenomenal acting of the young Woody Norman, the film sustains a vivid raw feeling of dealing with loving a little person with all your heart, but just wishing you could glue them to a chair sometimes." Eve Smith reviews Mike Mill's C'MON C'MON, in cinemas now!

https://trinityfilmreview.com/2021/12/09/cmon-cmon/

Review by Eve Smith Mike Mills’ C’mon, C’mon (2021), wants you to think about your inner child. One of the film’s most climactic scenes has stilted but loving middle-aged Johnny (Joaquin Phoenix) a…

18/11/2021

"A tender, clever and affecting picture of highly subjective beauty." Brí Joyce reviews Celine Sciamma's 'Petit Maman', in cinemas tomorrow!

https://trinityfilmreview.com/2021/11/18/petit-maman/

Review by Brí Joyce How does an eight year old navigate pain? Is time travel extraordinary; or is it a natural effect of a world that is built on inheritance and cycles of death and lineage? What i…

17/11/2021

"Although marketed as a sports biopic, this film plays out as a tense family drama, refusing to shy away from even the darkest moments and missteps of Richard’s life." Lila Funge reviews the new biopic 'King Richard', in Irish cinemas this Friday.

https://trinityfilmreview.com/2021/11/17/king-richard/

Review by Lila Funge I have to admit that I went into this film with my guard up. I did not necessarily want to enjoy it at all, however, indie director Reinaldo Marcus Green stepped up to the chal…

08/11/2021

"'Spencer' doesn’t care about Diana’s story - in fact, most of the script is fiction. Larraín isn’t interested in telling us what Diana did, he wants to show us who she was." Katie McKenna reviews Pablo Larraín's Spencer: https://trinityfilmreview.com/2021/11/08/spencer/

Review by Katie McKenna When I was a kid, my favourite book was a copy of Aesop’s Fables. As my father would read me stories about lions, grasshoppers and tortoises, I would sit transfixed. These m…

04/11/2021

"To Eternals’ credit, it succeeds as a form of escapism thanks to its many visually arresting scenes, faithfully capturing the unique psychedelic elements of the Jack Kirby comics." Liam Kelly reviews Chloé Zhao's The Eternals, in Irish cinemas this Friday!
https://trinityfilmreview.com/2021/11/04/the-eternals/

Review by Liam Kelly Fresh from her resounding success at the Academy Awards, auteur Chloé Zhao (Nomadland (2020)) ventures into the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). Out of all of the projects Marv…

26/10/2021

"The French Dispatch [is a] typically pastelled love letter to old school journalism and the gritty field work that conjured the amazing tales previously found on the printed page." Kane Geary O'Keeffe reviews Wes Anderson's latest film, in cinemas now!

https://trinityfilmreview.com/2021/10/26/the-french-dispatch/

Review by Kane Geary O’Keeffe The French Dispatch (Wes Anderson, 2021) acts as the auteur’s typically pastelled love letter to old school journalism and the gritty field work that conjured th…

21/10/2021

"Dune is worth the watch if you are prepared for the long haul." John Dugan reviews the long awaited 'Dune', in cinemas today!
https://trinityfilmreview.com/2021/10/21/dune/

Review by John Dugan The highly anticipated Dune (Denis Villevenue, 2021) follows the young Paul Atreides (Timotheé Chalamet) as his clan, House Atreides, inherits the planet of Arrakis. This deser…

13/10/2021

"The Last Duel manages to balance between grandiose historical drama and thoughtful reflection that makes for compelling viewing." Sadbh Boylan reviews Ridley Scott's The Last Duel, in Irish cinemas this Friday.
https://trinityfilmreview.com/2021/10/13/the-last-duel/

Review by Sadbh Boylan The Last Duel (Ridley Scott, 2021) sees writer-actor duo Matt Damon and Ben Affleck reunite almost twenty-five years after their first collaboration– Good Will Hunting …

08/10/2021

"While Deadly Cuts probably won’t be the next Heathers, it’s a fun film to watch nonetheless." John Dugan reviews Deadly Cuts (Rachel Carey, 2021), in Irish cinemas now! https://trinityfilmreview.com/2021/10/08/deadly-cuts/

Review by John Dugan When first watching the trailer for this film, I was worried that as an Irish film certain colloquialisms and phrases would be lost on me, an American viewer. I also think it’s…

05/10/2021

Rose Plays Julie (Christine Molloy, Joe Lawlor, 2021) "manages to incorporate both contemporary relevance and a sense of timeless, almost archetypal, drama." Róisín Ní Riain reviews the new Irish thriller, in cinemas now.
https://trinityfilmreview.com/2021/10/05/rose-plays-julie/

Review by Róisín Ní Riain Rose Plays Julie, the latest outing from writer-director duo Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor, aims to disconcert. It goes about this mission from every angle. We glide fro…

28/09/2021

"Gawain is set up as a classic anti-hero. He is someone who wants to be good but has something deeply rooted within him keeping him from being the person he wants to be." Katie McKenna reviews David Lowry's long-awaited "The Green Knight", in Irish Cinemas now.

https://trinityfilmreview.com/2021/09/28/the-green-knight/

Review by Katie McKenna I once heard a rule for watching films called ‘Shut Up It’s a Tuesday’, which tells you to ignore plot inconsistencies.  A lot of the best films have them. If the story…

22/09/2021

TFR's New Perspectives issue is finally live. Visually inspired by the work of Alex Colville and thematically concerned with the ever change face of cinema, Trinity Film Review's 'New Perspectives' is a feast for the eyes that serves up much more than food for thought. Read below or grab a copy at the Arts Block news stand. Happy reading!
https://issuu.com/t_f_r_/docs/final_-_summer_series_-_new_perspectives

Our contributors and editorial team came together during the Summer to continue the Summer series-- this year's theme was New Perspectives. Visually inspired by the work of Alex Colville and thematically concerned with the ever change face of cinema, Trinity Film Review's 'New Perspectives' is a fea...

21/09/2021

"The Many Saints of Newark" (Alan Taylor, 2021) the long-awaited prequel to the television phenomenon 'The Sopranos' is released in Irish Cinemas tomorrow-- James Mahon reviews the star-studded gangster flick below.

https://trinityfilmreview.com/2021/09/21/the-many-saints-of-newark/

Review by James Mahon Fourteen years after the end of The Sopranos – arguably one of the best television shows of our time – comes a cinematic prequel, The Many Saints of Newark (Alan T…

03/09/2021

"You haven’t seen a film like it, and you probably never will again – that’s an intimidating notion... But if you go in ready for a wild ride – and this film is so, so wild – then you’ll have a blast." Luke Bradley reviews Leos Carax's ANNETTE (2021), in cinemas today!

https://trinityfilmreview.com/2021/09/03/annette/

Review by Luke Bradley From minute one, thanks to an electrically-meta opening musical number (‘So May We Start?’) Annette (Leos Carax, 2021) has you hooked. Whether or not you’re along for the rid…

26/08/2021

"The Nest is a truly wonderful film with a kind of narrative lushness that harkens back to the days of yore. Partially a horror, partially a drama and largely an eagle eyed critique of classicism and misogyny in 80’s London, The Nest is one of those films where the less you know, the better." Mia Sherry reviews Sean Durkin's 'The Nest' which opens this Friday.

https://trinityfilmreview.com/2021/08/26/the-nest/

Review by Mia Sherry “You’re just a poor kid pretending to be rich.” So spits Carrie Coon’s icy matriarch Allison to her husband Rory (Jude Law). Sean Durkin’s The Nest is summed up in so many word…

17/08/2021

"The film is a welcome addition to the cannon of inventive horror movies that not only depict gory violence but examine why we watch it." James Mahon reviews Prano Bailey-Bond’s Censor, which is released in Irish cinemas this Friday. https://trinityfilmreview.com/2021/08/17/censor/

Review by James Mahon Embodying the chilling effects of Dario Argento’s horror subgenre ‘giallo’ thrillers and the voyeuristic sensibility of Michael Powell’s Peeping Tom (Michael Powell,…

05/08/2021

"Ultimately, The Boys from County Hell succeeds in its dual objectives of horror and comedy, with a revitalising element of ‘Irishness’." James Mahon reviews The Boys From County Hell. https://trinityfilmreview.com/2021/08/05/the-boys-from-county-hell/

By James Mahon Mixing horror with comedy has never been particularly well executed in the modern film industry. Although an appealing combination, most directors and writers don’t seem quite able t…

01/08/2021

"The Su***de Squad is absolved of many of its flaws through its refreshing abundance of energy and spirit." Cat Early reviews James Gunn's 'The Su***de Squad'
https://trinityfilmreview.com/2021/08/01/the-suicide-squad/

By Cat Early Seemingly striving to distance itself as much as possible from its commercially and critically failed predecessor, The Su***de Squad  (James Gunn, 2021) is a sequel that offers a …

30/07/2021

"Even for an adventure movie, Collet-Sera is trying to unify too many disparate pieces together, at such a frenetic pace, that there is no time for it to cohere and solidify into something substantive." James Mahon reviews 'Jungle Cruise'.
https://trinityfilmreview.com/2021/07/30/jungle-cruise/

By James Mahon Action and adventure movies set in far-flung jungles and with Dwyane ‘The Rock’ Johnson as a cornerstone character seem to be increasingly popular with multi-generations of film audi…

29/07/2021

"Will Space Jam 2 change the way you see cinema? No. Will it appeal to the cymbal crashing monkey we have between our ears? Yes." Cathal Eustace reviews 'Space Jam 2: A New Legacy https://trinityfilmreview.com/2021/07/29/space-jam-2-a-new-legacy/

Review by Cathal Eustace Space Jam: A New Legacy (Malcom D. Lee, 2021) is astonishing. Going into the film it’s important for the audience to know how to temper their expectations: Will Space Jam 2…