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Review: ‘Say Nothing’ draws strength from telling a focused story about the Troubles

LA Times

From the late ’60s until 1998, when the Good Friday Agreement wound down hostilities between the Catholic nationalist Irish Republican Army and the U.K.-supported loyalist protestant militias, Northern Ireland was afflicted with the conflict known as the Troubles. “Say Nothing” re-creates only two, with IRA volunteer Dolours Price and commander Brendan Hughes, called “The Dark.” As such, it takes place …

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4 months ago

Kneecap review: A sweary, crude and brilliantly political Irish comedy

The Independent

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Get our The Life Cinematic email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Every word of Irish spoken is a bullet fired for Irish …

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8 months, 1 week ago

Blue Lights review: Forget the drugs, crime and death... Belfast policing's a piece of cake, writes CHRISTOPHER STEVENS

Daily Mail

Blue Lights Rating: Cops eat doughnuts. On the streets of Belfast, as the crime drama Blue Lights returned, PCs Stevie and Grace were bonding over a bake during a quiet moment on patrol. On the streets of Belfast, as the crime drama Blue Lights returned, PCs Stevie and Grace were bonding over a bake during a quiet moment on patrol …

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8 months, 1 week ago

Blue Lights review: Series two may be first rate, but there are still too many police dramas on TV

The Independent

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Get our The Life Cinematic email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. And Blue Lights, the BBC’s Belfast-set saga, knew that, taking viewers …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Series of legal challenges to Legacy Act to be mentioned at Belfast High Court

The Independent

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The Northern Ireland Troubles Act received royal assent on Monday despite widespread opposition from …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Northern Ireland threat level raised just one year after it was reduced

The Independent

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2 years, 6 months ago

Belfast movie review: Kenneth Branagh’s Oscar winner for Original Screenplay is a feel-good blend of wit and drama

Firstpost

Language: English The panoramic montage of modern Belfast right at the start strikes a fascinating contrast to the film that follows. History puritans, as well as those that suffered through the three decades, might feel let down at such a cinematic approach to craft feel-good vibes, but Branagh’s effort is engaging enough as coming-of-age drama to justify his Oscar win …

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2 years, 8 months ago

Academy launches formal review into Will Smith's slap of Chris Rock

Daily Mail

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences 'strongly considered' kicking Will Smith out of the Oscars ceremony after he slapped Chris Rock onstage, and revealed on Monday that it has launched a formal review into the incident. US actor Will Smith sits alongside US actress Jada Pinkett Smith with the award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for …

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2 years, 8 months ago

How Oscar nominee ‘Belfast’ explores Kenneth Branagh’s childhood

LA Times

Described in Times critic Justin Chang’s review as “Kenneth Branagh’s wobbly crowd-pleaser about his tumultuous early years in Northern Ireland,” “Belfast” earned seven Oscar nominations including best picture, directing, original song, original screenplay, sound and nods in the supporting actor categories for Ciarán Hinds and Judi Dench. Still, “Outlander” star Caitríona Balfe somehow missed out on a nomination for her …

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2 years, 11 months ago

Belfast film review: A film about the Troubles that isn’t about the Troubles at all

The Independent

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Get our The Life Cinematic email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The Troubles drive the central conflict of the film, as two …

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2 years, 11 months ago

Belfast, review: Jamie Dornan shines in Kenneth Branagh’s tale of growing up in the Troubles

The Telegraph

The young boy stares up at his father on the social club stage. This scene occurs around three quarters of the way through Kenneth Branagh’s Belfast, and is so tender and entrancing that it single-handedly justifies the whole film’s existence. But it also belatedly makes you realise how many tricks are missed throughout the rest of this autobiographically skewed period …

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3 years, 1 month ago

Review: Kenneth Branagh’s ‘Belfast’ is a personal but muted story of childhood’s end

LA Times

The Times is committed to reviewing theatrical film releases during the COVID-19 pandemic. More than once during “Belfast,” Kenneth Branagh’s wobbly crowd-pleaser about his tumultuous early years in Northern Ireland, the characters sit back in a crowded movie theater and find themselves enraptured. You may recall similarly formative moviegoing scenes from John Boorman’s “Hope and Glory” or Terence Davies’ “The …

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3 years, 1 month ago

Review: Childhood in a turbulent time in nostalgic ‘Belfast’

Associated Press

If you didn’t know Kenneth Branagh’s new film “ Belfast ” was based on his own childhood, you probably wouldn’t know it by the end either. In “Belfast,” set in 1969, Buddy is just a normal kid living in the Northern Island city with his ma, pa, brother and grandparents during “the Troubles.” It’s a child’s-eye perspective of a complex …

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3 years, 2 months ago

Turner Prize 2021, Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, Coventry, review: Art comes in second to the happy-clappy spirit of lockdown

The Independent

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4 years, 2 months ago

Belfast bar proudly shares two-star review branding it a 'medical exam' experience

Daily Mail

A Belfast bar has proudly shared a scathing review which labelled it a 'medical exam' experience after the customer complained about 'track and trace, temperature guns being used and having to wear a mask'. Voodoo, based in the city centre, revealed the negative response on its Facebook page, joking: 'A two star rating with a five star review.' Belfast bar …

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Review: ‘Say Nothing’ draws strength from telling a focused story about the Troubles

Kneecap review: A sweary, crude and brilliantly political Irish comedy

Blue Lights review: Forget the drugs, crime and death... Belfast policing's a piece of cake, writes CHRISTOPHER STEVENS

Blue Lights review: Series two may be first rate, but there are still too many police dramas on TV

Series of legal challenges to Legacy Act to be mentioned at Belfast High Court

Northern Ireland threat level raised just one year after it was reduced

Belfast movie review: Kenneth Branagh’s Oscar winner for Original Screenplay is a feel-good blend of wit and drama

Academy launches formal review into Will Smith's slap of Chris Rock

How Oscar nominee ‘Belfast’ explores Kenneth Branagh’s childhood

Belfast film review: A film about the Troubles that isn’t about the Troubles at all

Belfast, review: Jamie Dornan shines in Kenneth Branagh’s tale of growing up in the Troubles

Review: Kenneth Branagh’s ‘Belfast’ is a personal but muted story of childhood’s end

Review: Childhood in a turbulent time in nostalgic ‘Belfast’

Turner Prize 2021, Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, Coventry, review: Art comes in second to the happy-clappy spirit of lockdown

Belfast bar proudly shares two-star review branding it a 'medical exam' experience