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“Everything you are about to see is true… except for the parts Jonathan made up.”

Posted bytheirishdaveFebruary 3, 2022Posted inFilm, ReviewsTags:Alexandra Shipp, Andrew Garfield, Ben Levi Ross, Biography, Joshua Henry, Lin-Manuel Miranda, MJ Rodriquez, Musical, Musical Theatre, Netflix, Robin de Jesús, Stephen Sondheim, Vanessa Hudgens

It’s Time To Retire The Wilhelm Scream

You’ve definitely heard it before, but what is the Wilhelm Scream, and why does Dave hate it so much? Delve into the brief history of cinema’s most notorious sound effect.

Posted bytheirishdaveJanuary 27, 2022Posted inEssays, FilmTags:LucasFilm, Memes, Sound Effects, Star Wars, Tropes, Wilhelm Scream

Promising Young Woman

“Who needs brains? They never did a girl any good.”

Posted bytheirishdaveJanuary 26, 2022Posted inFilm, ReviewsTags:Adam Brody, Bo Burnham, Carey Mulligan, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Clancy Brown, Dark Comedy, Emerald Fennell, Jennifer Coolidge, Max Greenfield, Thriller, Vengeance

The Harder They Fall

“How long you been alive in this country? A rock and a hard place is what we call Monday.”

Posted bytheirishdaveJanuary 24, 2022Posted inFilm, ReviewsTags:Action, Danielle Deadwyler, Delroy Lindo, Deon Cole, Edi Gathegi, Idris Elba, Jeymes Samuel, Jonathan Majors, LaKeith Standfield, Netflix, Regina King, RJ Cyler, Western, Zazie Beetz

Death To 2021

“I forgot what cinemas were like, you can’t pause the film to go to the loo. So I had to go right there in the seat.”

Posted bytheirishdaveJanuary 20, 2022Posted inReviews, TelevisionTags:2021, Charlie Brooker, comedy, Cristin Miloti, Diane Morgan, Hugh Grant, Joe Keery, Laurence Fishburne, Lucy Liu, Netflix, Satire, Stockard Channing, Tracey Ulman, William Jackson Harper

Jungle Cruise

“If you’re lucky enough to have one person in this life to care about, then that’s world enough for me.”

Posted bytheirishdaveJanuary 16, 2022Posted inFilm, ReviewsTags:Adventure, DIsney, Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt, Fantasy, Jack Whitehall, Jesse Plemons, Paul Giamatti

Encanto

We’re not just protecting what we have, but all that could be and everything that should be.

Posted bytheirishdaveJanuary 12, 2022Posted inFilm, ReviewsTags:Adassa, Animation, comedy, Diane Guerrero, DIsney, Jessica Darrow, John Leguizamo, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Maria Cecilia Botero, Musical, Stephanie Beatriz

Spider-Man: No Way Home

You have a gift. You have power. And with great power… there must also come great responsibility.

Posted bytheirishdaveJanuary 6, 2022Posted inFilm, ReviewsTags:Alfred Molina, Benedict Cumberbatch, Chris McKenna, DIsney, Erik Sommers, Jacob Batalon, Jamie Foxx, Jon Favreau, Jon Watts, Marisa Tomei, Marvel, Michael Giacchino, Rhys Ifans, Sony, Spider-Man, Thomas Haden Church, Tom Holland, Willem Defoe, Zendaya

Last Night In Soho

“This is London. Someone has died in every room, in every building, and on every street corner in this city.”

Posted bytheirishdaveDecember 20, 2021December 20, 2021Posted inFilm, ReviewsTags:Anya Taylor-Joy, Diana Rigg, Edgar Wright, Horror, Matt Smith, Michael Ajao, Thomasin McKenzie

Sonic The Hedgehog

“I wouldn’t call it spying. We were all hanging out, and no-one knew I was there.”

Posted bytheirishdaveDecember 13, 2021March 5, 2026Posted inFilm, ReviewsTags:Ben Schwartz, James Marsden, Jim Carey, Lee Majdoub, Natasha Rothwell, Paramount, Sega, Sonic The Hedgehog, Tika Sumpter

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