The Kallys® – Best Films of 2025 – The Essential List
The Best Films of 2025 – The Kallys® for outstanding achievement in film (amidst a mass of mediocrity and CGI slop).
Tag: cinema
My Favourite Films: 2022
2022 offered up some brilliant films despite a torrent of mediocrity. Nicholas Cage’s bizarre brilliance, Batman’s noir charm, Top Gun’s thrilling nostalgia, Tony Hawk’s touching tale and George Carlin’s lasting legacy had me laughing, crying, and munching virtual popcorn all year.
Motion Picture Theatre
Cool old school cinema in Santa Cruz.
The Batman is a masterpiece
Had a rare night out at the cinema yesterday. Saw The Batman. I was bowled over by it. It is an atmospheric, arty, well-crafted piece of cinema. A film noir-ish, Blade Runner vibe with a gorgeous film score. Robert Pattinson, Colin Farrell (who is unrecognisable in his makeup) and Zoe Kravitz were the standouts in […]
Die Hard is a Christmas Movie
Die Hard is, in fact, the best Christmas movie ever. Tonight was a special night, as I brought my eldest son to see Die Hard for the first time. Great to see it on the big screen again. Yippee-kie-yay Motherf***er!
Mr. Splash starring Nicolas Cage and a bottle of ketchup
Nicolas Cage has been making increasingly erratic and poor movie choices for some time now. Back in the 90s, for the now defunct artlick.com project, myself and my friend Dave had this mad idea of creating marketing materials & collateral for a buddy road-trip movie, where Cage would star as himself opposite a bottle of ketchup. We […]
The Lonely Track – short film
One of my favourite Irish musicians is Pearse McGloughlin. His ear for melody is remarkable, and his ability to wind lyrical tapestries around them is a thing to marvel. A few years ago in advance of his second album “In Movement” being released, he commissioned a series of short 60-90 second films to accompany excerpts of songs from […]
