Why you haven't run out of shows to watch on Netflix

Thu, Apr 09, 2020

A FRIEND emailed me over the weekend stating she had "finished Netflix". It is pretty early in this lockdown to have run out of things to watch so here is a list of TV shows she (and you) might not have seen that are worth watching.

Family movies to watch during the lockdown

Thu, Apr 02, 2020

THIS WEEK I am going to recommend some family movies to watch during the lockdown and coronavirus restrictions that, perhaps, you might not have considered.

The best box sets to watch on Netflix and Amazon

Thu, Mar 26, 2020

WHILE I do love watching movies, sometimes when the nights are particularly long, having a TV show to binge on can be an enormous comfort. We have all watched a lot of these shows, such as Breaking Bad or Mad Men, so here are a few which maybe you have not seen yet.

What to watch on Netflix and Amazon during the lockdown

Thu, Mar 19, 2020

WITH THE CINEMAS closed, and Ireland in lockdown generally, we need distractions, good things to do, and stuff that will raise spirits, and this is where Netflix and Amazon come in.

Galway Film Society Season postponed

Mon, Mar 16, 2020

THE GALWAY Film Society screenings at the Pálás Cinema have been postponed until further notice in the interest of customer safety.

Wilderland Film Festival makes Galway debut

Thu, Mar 12, 2020

THE WILDERLAND Film Festival is "special because it gives audiences unparalleled insight into some of the world’s most incredible wildlife”. So said Scottish wildlife filmmaker Gordon Buchanan, best known for The Polar Bear Family & Me.

Connemara premiere for new thriller Arracht

Thu, Mar 12, 2020

ARRACHT, the new Irish language feature film from Tom Sullivan, starring Dónall Ó Héalaí, Seán T Ó Meallaigh, and Pádraic Breathach, will receive a special pre-release screening in Indreabhán.

A night at the opera, at The Eye

Thu, Mar 12, 2020

TWO OPERAS - Der Fliegende Holländer, starring Bryn Terfel, and Fidelio, starring Jonas Kaufmann - will be broadcast live from New York and London, to The Eye Cinema, Wellpark.

Book club and Mother's Day at the Pálás

Thu, Mar 12, 2020

MOMMIE DEAREST by Christina Crawford, the adopted daughter of actress Joan Crawford, is the book and film for the next meeting of the Pálás Cinema's book club, on March 31.

Dark Waters; entertaining, rage inducing drama

Films Reviews Mon, Mar 09, 2020

As a fan of previous little guy versus behemoth law films such as Erin Brockovich or anger filling plots like In the Name of the Father, I just had to go and see Dark Waters in the cinema and I was not disappointed. Dark Waters tell us the story behind Cincinnati corporate lawyer Rob Bilott's (Mark Ruffalo) 20 year crusade against chemical company DuPont's unregulated misuse of a chemical compound known as 'C8' which causes illness, cancer, and death in creatures which consume it.

Calm With Horses - Galway shot film out next week

Thu, Mar 05, 2020

CALM WITH Horses, the new film from the BAFTA and Sundance Festival award nominee Nick Rowland, shot at numerous locations around Galway city and county, opens in cinemas on Friday March 13.

Portrait Of A Lady On Fire - an equal love story

Films Reviews Thu, Mar 05, 2020

THE LAST two months has seen an unprecedented run of unique and interesting films, from war movie 1917, to a new twist on the Agatha Christie 'whodunnit' in Knives Out, biting social commentary in Parasite, surreal Lovecraftian horror in The Lighthouse, and maybe my favourite of all - a tense thriller from, of all people, Adam Sandler in Uncut Gems.

Europe's largest film jury needs you

Thu, Mar 05, 2020

GALWAY FILM Fleadh, in association with Galway 2020 and the Pálás Cinema, is partnering with the European Film Academy to take part in the EFA’s Young Audience Award.

A film about what makes Galway 'Galway'

Thu, Feb 27, 2020

CUMAR: A Galway Rhapsody, Aodh Ó Coileáin's acclaimed and award winning documentary on Galway's artistic community, will be screened in the Pálás Cinema on Sunday March 1.

The Lighthouse - brilliant, difficult, funny, and unnerving

Films Reviews Thu, Feb 27, 2020

ROBERT PATTINSON is Ephraim Winslow, a new lighthouse keeper starting his first day of work on the coast of New England in the late 1880s. He is partnered with Thomas, played by Willem Defoe, a veteran wickie, as he calls himself.

Sensory screening of Emma at the Pálás

Thu, Feb 27, 2020

EMMA, THE latest screen adaptation of Jane Austin's 1815 novel, starring Anya Taylor-Joy, Johnny Flynn, and Bill Nighy, will have a sensory screening in the Pálás on Sunday March 1 at 10.30am.

Movie Buff Quiz Night at The Skeff

Thu, Feb 20, 2020

GALWEGIANS WHO consider themselves knowledgeable about all things film will have a chance to prove it at The Movie Buff Quiz Night at The Skeff Late Bar on Thursday February 27.

Birds of Prey: enjoyable chaos and mayhem

Films Reviews Mon, Feb 17, 2020

OK to start off, I am not a massive fan of DC movies or Marvel movies, or any kind of superhero movie, so it is safe to say I wasn't holding out for much when I rocked up to Omniplex Salthill to view Birds of Prey, Birds of Prey: The Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn, or Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey or whatever title DC has decided to place upon their newest release. However, I have to say it wasn't that bad and I rather enjoyed a huge chunks of the movie.

Parasite - horror and comedy combine in a Korean masterpiece

Films Reviews Thu, Feb 13, 2020

THIS IS the fifth year in a row the bookies favourite did not win best picture at the Oscars. This is not always a good thing, Green Book was one of the worst ever winners of the award.

Bad Boys For Life - does what it says on the tin

Films Reviews Mon, Feb 10, 2020

It has been 17 years since Mike Lowrey (Will Smith) and Marcus Burnett (Martin Lawrence) were last seen causing unmitigated chaos on the streets of Miami in the name of justice but the two decade wait for the third installment of the Bad Boys franchise has been worth it with plenty of jokes, explosions, and high speed chases.

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