Tag archive for "Irish"
The Guard, which is probably going to be the most successful Irish film in the last couple of years, has been released in France under the title "L'irlandais".
It makes sense, as The Guard wouldn't mean a lot to French audiences.
Here's the poster:
L'Irlandais - The Guard French Poster
Action, Coming Soon, Science Fiction
Irish actor Liam Neeson in Star Wars The Phantom Menace
It looks like they've found yet another way to milk some more profits out of the Star Wars franchise.
We've had multiple cuts of the original films, a series of prequels that explained the origins of the myth to a new generation of viewers.
We've had bluray.. now we have 3D cinema re-releases.
The first one is out in February 2012
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Irish director Jim Sheridan is probably best known for films like My Left Foot or In The Name of the Father.
His most recent film, which got a very negative review in this weekend's Sunday Business Post is much more commercial and stars Daniel Craig and Rachel Wiesz.
Dream House is a horror - but with this film it's pretty clear that the horror refers not only to the film's genre but the film itself. According to the LA Times, Sheridan was so unhappy with the cut that the studio released that he wanted his name removed from it!
Even the trailer (below) was met with negative reception, as it gives away more of the film's plot and twists than many would be comfortable with
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The Irish home entertainment giant Xtravision appears to be having difficulties.
An interim examiner has been appointed to the chain, which has 1300 employees and over 180 outlets across the 32 counties of Ireland.
According to The Examiner, the company is suffering from cashflow issues due to the withdrawal of trade credit facilities combined with falling revenues.
Xtra-vision has been very vocal in recent months about copyright theft and has been pressing the Irish government to enact legislation to deal with illegal downloads of copyright content ie. films
However, in some respects these kind of problems are not that surprising.
In the US the mega-chain Blockbuster, which also had interests in several European markets, got into difficulties and was sold off.
So while video may have killed the radio star, has iTunes and the other streaming services, combined with Amazon, killed off the "traditional" home entertainment market?
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