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 …