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The Light House Cinema Book Club: The Princess Bride

The Light House Cinema Book Club: The Princess Bride

by Padraic Coffey In the introduction to the 25th Anniversary edition of his novel The Princess Bride, William Goldman quotes advice given to him by George Roy Hill. “If you had gotten the script to work and cast it properly, then you had a chance for something of quality. But if you had not… you … Continue reading »

Oscar’s Last Christmas Movie Night at Wilde

Oscar’s Last Christmas Movie Night at Wilde

By Cora Quigley Like movies? Like Christmas? Like Christmas movies? Like watching Christmas movies in a jovial atmosphere alongside decadent surroundings not unlike that of ‘Wilde’ located on Wicklow Street, Dublin 2? Well, by golly you’re in for a treat! In the weeks coming up to Christmas, Oscar’s Movie Night is going to be Christmas … Continue reading »

Jameson Cult Film Club: Jaws

Jameson Cult Film Club: Jaws

by Padraic Coffey In Alex Stapleton’s excellent documentary Corman’s World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel, the release of Steven Spielberg’s Jaws in 1975 is seen as a pivotal moment in cinema. Jaws introduced to mass audiences a genre of film that would have previously been relegated to the drive-in theatre market, an area Stapleton’s subject, … Continue reading »

‘Bite House’ at the Light House Cinema

‘Bite House’ at the Light House Cinema

By Cora Quigley This weekend as part of ‘Bite House’ and, possibly in retaliation to the Twilight fever about to hit our humble shores, the Light House Cinema will be screening two classic vampire films – ‘From Dusk Till Dawn’ and ‘The Lost Boys’. Both films basically serve as the antithesis to the breed of … Continue reading »