DESPITE YOUR friends presuming you’re a millionaire because they heard your song once on local radio at 3am or saw your exhibit in a local GAA club hall, being an artist is far from a sure fire way to find yourself in a steady, problem free career. Are you currently cancelling the rescheduled gig that… Read more »
RESPONDING to even the slightest sniff of some paid work, the huge numbers of people on the dole and PUP have besieged county Wicklow where Disney are holding an open casting call for their sequel to the Amy Adams hit ‘Enchanted’. With Ireland’s youth unemployment at an effective rate of 56.8%, Disney, who were just… Read more »
WWN’s preeminent armchair film critic Trevor Nolan rages at what must be the most disappointing, crowd-pleasing, box-ticking set of Oscar nomination since the Rochus Gliese controversy of 1929. “This day will live in infamy as the day the Academy finally outdid itself and topped the farce that was the 1929 awards. Nominees from movies I’ve… Read more »
IT’S widely accepted that Die Hard is without question the greatest movie of all time. But we here at WWN Culture want to bring avid movie buffs a sample of the 5 greatest movies of all time that definitely aren’t just the John McTiernan directed masterpiece from 1988 listed 5 times. It’s time to give… Read more »
THE ENCHANTING tale, directed by Guillermo Del Toro, won several awards last night as Oscar voters connected to a story of how a woman totally has sex with a fish man. Filled to the gills with allusions to cross-species, fish-fucking, ‘Woman Has Sex With Fish Man’ beat out other contenders for Best Picture such as… Read more »
HERALDED as a watershed moment in the history of Hollywood and a huge boost to the cause of equality within the arts, Black Panther has made a lasting and informative impression on one local white man and film goer. Local film fan Jonathan Smyth has now attained an attuned understanding of the struggles of American… Read more »
GET Out, the surprise hit of 2017, is to receive a remake from a young Irish director who will use his take on the race-related thriller to bring the plight of Irish people from the country to mainstream audiences around the globe. Waterford director John O’Neill knew he wanted to remake the low budget smash… Read more »
REPORTS are emerging from Hollywood that the 2018 edition of the Academy Awards ceremony will feature a section dedicated to the actors, producers, directors and industry chiefs whose careers were ended by allegations of historical sex abuse in 2017. Taking place right after the ‘In Memoriam’ segment dedicated to dead members of the film industry,… Read more »
The sequel to the popular series has a working title of ‘Kevin’s Intervention’ and will see former child star Macauley Culkin return to acting after several years away from the profession. The wildly popular 90s franchise will see a shift in tone but will stay true to the original premise of the hero, Kevin McCallister,… Read more »
The awards have been handed out and the lights now long dimmed on the stage of the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, but movie buffs the world over are still dissecting the events of last night. Despite some differing views the film-loving community, on social media and beyond were in full agreement that the true winners… Read more »