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Bank Holiday Blues

Post by CM Weather reports have been coming thick and fast in anticipation of the June Bank Holiday, and not one of them appears to be consistent. Highs of 20 degrees, thundery showers, mild and grey, cool and breezy – it’s anyone’s guess really. But isn’t it always, in this fair green island of ours? […]

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BHD

Post by CM If you’ve ever heard about the Bechdel Test, you’re probably going to be a tad put out that I have chosen to talk about the hair of the only female actress in The Usual Suspects, the film on show at the Jameson Cult Film Club in The Black Box, Galway last Tuesday.  It […]

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IFTAs 2014 Best Dressed

Post by T.M. So the Irish Film and TV awards – or the IFTAs as they’re (not so) fondly known – were held on Saturday night. Any Irish person reading knows that the general consensus is that it was a complete and utter shambles and everyone involved has a lot to answer for. That’s according to the […]

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Spring Awakening

Post by CM You’ve already seen them haven’t you? Some creeping out with trepidation, others shamelessly, nay proudly, stomping about the place. A pasty, hairy leg here, bra-strap-exposing string top there; the Over-Eagers have arrived along with the first rays of ever so slightly warm sunshine. They’re relatively easy to forget this rainy Thursday, grey […]

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