Chicago – What truths are contained in the male ritual of the bachelor party? Alcohol/substance consumption sure, maybe discomfort at being yourself, or perhaps a bit of accidental emotion? All is realized in the Irish comedy “The Bachelor Weekend,” brought to life by six members of the pre-wedding team, off on a stag weekend.
Rating: 4.0/5.0
Fresh off its premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival last month, the film is co-written by director John Butler and one of the lead actors, Peter McDonald, and adopts a theme of “what has happened to men?” Practically forced to go on a camping trip by the bride, the six buddies eschew their ritualistic smartphone lives and rough it as fellow travelers, anchored by the loose cannon in the group, The Machine. This works as a bit of an Irish “Big Chill,” with similar emotional bonds and dramatic transitions occurring over one event-filled weekend. There...
Rating: 4.0/5.0
Fresh off its premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival last month, the film is co-written by director John Butler and one of the lead actors, Peter McDonald, and adopts a theme of “what has happened to men?” Practically forced to go on a camping trip by the bride, the six buddies eschew their ritualistic smartphone lives and rough it as fellow travelers, anchored by the loose cannon in the group, The Machine. This works as a bit of an Irish “Big Chill,” with similar emotional bonds and dramatic transitions occurring over one event-filled weekend. There...
- 5/6/2014
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
John Butler makes his feature debut with this likeable and amusing male-bonding comedy, co-written with cast member Peter McDonald (Moone Boy). Obsessing to the point of implosion about the details of his impending nuptials, meek set designer Fionan (Hugh O'Conor) isn’t interested in having a stag do.
But anxious bride-to-be Ruth (Threesome’s Amy Huberman) feels her fiancé could use some respite from table planning and place settings and so persuades best man Davin (Sherlock’s Andrew Scott) to cobble together a stag party.
Unfortunately, Ruth’s terrifyingly macho brother ‘The Machine’ (McDonald) won’t be stopped from attending and a planned quiet break in rural Ireland soon takes in lost bearings, lost clothes and hilarious clashes with electric fences. Will Fionan and co make it to the church on time?
Co-produced by the Irish Film Board and Arrow Films – who’ve carved a commendable niche with UK releases...
But anxious bride-to-be Ruth (Threesome’s Amy Huberman) feels her fiancé could use some respite from table planning and place settings and so persuades best man Davin (Sherlock’s Andrew Scott) to cobble together a stag party.
Unfortunately, Ruth’s terrifyingly macho brother ‘The Machine’ (McDonald) won’t be stopped from attending and a planned quiet break in rural Ireland soon takes in lost bearings, lost clothes and hilarious clashes with electric fences. Will Fionan and co make it to the church on time?
Co-produced by the Irish Film Board and Arrow Films – who’ve carved a commendable niche with UK releases...
- 3/5/2014
- Shadowlocked
Making its world debut at Tiff back in September, Irish comedy The Stag will be heading into cinemas on our shores in just a few months’ time, marking the feature directorial debut from novelist John Butler.
Arrow launched a new trailer just before Christmas, and to celebrate the coming New Year, we’ve got the quad poster to share as an exclusive, along with the film’s Irish and UK release dates.
No one makes a less likely candidate for a wild stag party than Fionnan (Hugh O’Conor), a set designer so comfortable in his masculinity that he feels no shame in micromanaging the decor for his forthcoming wedding. But his adoring fiancée, Ruth (Amy Huberman), feels that Fionnan really needs to cut loose in one last bachelor’s hurrah with his mates. She recruits Davin (Andrew Scott), Fionnan’s best friend — and her ex — to make the arrangements.
Arrow launched a new trailer just before Christmas, and to celebrate the coming New Year, we’ve got the quad poster to share as an exclusive, along with the film’s Irish and UK release dates.
No one makes a less likely candidate for a wild stag party than Fionnan (Hugh O’Conor), a set designer so comfortable in his masculinity that he feels no shame in micromanaging the decor for his forthcoming wedding. But his adoring fiancée, Ruth (Amy Huberman), feels that Fionnan really needs to cut loose in one last bachelor’s hurrah with his mates. She recruits Davin (Andrew Scott), Fionnan’s best friend — and her ex — to make the arrangements.
- 12/31/2013
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
There’s a whole lotta plot in the latest feature film from this year’s Oscar-winner Terry George. The Hotel Rwanda director is tackling lighter material with Whole Lotta Sole, an Irish mob hostage movie starring the ever-amiable Brendan Fraser. For such a simple conceit, subplots upon subplots abound to make this relatively well-paced and enjoyable lark strain in its third act.
Fraser plays Maguire, a U.S. resident looking to restart his life in Belfast, Ireland after his physically-abusive wife, who has Irish mob ties in Boston, might have set a hit out for him. While that plot seems like it could be a film all unto its own, it is covered within the first minute of the film. Back to Belfast, there’s a new father named Jimbo (The Pacific‘s Martin McCann), who owes crime boss Mad Dog Flynn (David O’Hara, not straying far from his...
Fraser plays Maguire, a U.S. resident looking to restart his life in Belfast, Ireland after his physically-abusive wife, who has Irish mob ties in Boston, might have set a hit out for him. While that plot seems like it could be a film all unto its own, it is covered within the first minute of the film. Back to Belfast, there’s a new father named Jimbo (The Pacific‘s Martin McCann), who owes crime boss Mad Dog Flynn (David O’Hara, not straying far from his...
- 4/23/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Chicago – With so much great science fiction on the tube now from masterpieces like “Being Human” and “Torchwood” to enjoyable diversions like “Warehouse 13,” it’s one of the best times to be a fan of the genre. And so when a piece with a brilliant premise, talented ensemble, and high production values like “Outcasts” comes along, it’s tempting to assume that it will deliver on its potential like so many of its colleagues. “Outcasts” is nothing but a string of rising disappointments.
Blu-Ray Rating: 2.0/5.0
Synopsis:
“We have another chance - but will the human race make the same mistakes again?
After Earth is hit by catastrophe, humans become refugees on their own planet, a place now fraught with extreme danger … until a group of courageous pioneers were given a unique opportunity: the chance to create a new and better future on a distant planet called Carpathia. The city they built,...
Blu-Ray Rating: 2.0/5.0
Synopsis:
“We have another chance - but will the human race make the same mistakes again?
After Earth is hit by catastrophe, humans become refugees on their own planet, a place now fraught with extreme danger … until a group of courageous pioneers were given a unique opportunity: the chance to create a new and better future on a distant planet called Carpathia. The city they built,...
- 8/22/2011
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
The BBC have a tendency to produce sci-fi that, as a result of low budgets and a desire to appeal to audiences who wouldn’t ordinarily watch the genre, are often confined to a present-day milieu. Even time/space-hopping Doctor Who tends to flit between Cardiff and London. There are few examples of UK TV shows that have the cash and courage to transport audiences to other worlds, but expeditionary sci-fi seems to be in vogue right now. Battlestar Galactica’s remake was the early-’00s vanguard, Avatar took it mainstream in 2009, Terra Nova aims to capitalize for Us TV this summer, and before then the BBC have their long-gestating Outcasts. The aforementioned stories all concern people leaving their home environment, often because of irreparable disasters, for the sanctuary of a foreign world. Are sci-fi ideas in constant rotation, or do they come into fashion because of an underlying mood writers capture in their fiction?...
- 2/8/2011
- by Dan Owen
- Obsessed with Film
Frank McCourt, whose bestselling novel "Angela’s Ashes" was made into a 1999 movie, died on Sunday of cancer. He had recently been treated for melanoma, the cause of his death.
The 78-year-old author and New York native achieved literary fame during his mid-60’s after a long career as a creative writing teacher. With the help of a friend, McCourt secured representation for "Angela’s Ashes," then an unfinished manuscript about his extremely poor Irish childhood.
Scribner published the book in 1996, and it became an instant favorite with readers and critics. Thanks to its popularity, a film version directed by Alan Parker and produced by David Brown was released three years later. It starred Emily Watson, Robert Carlyle and a trio of actors -- Joe Breen, Ciaran Owens, and Michael Legge -- who played the young, middle-aged, and older McCourt, respectively.
John Williams was nominated for an Academy Award for his Best Music,...
The 78-year-old author and New York native achieved literary fame during his mid-60’s after a long career as a creative writing teacher. With the help of a friend, McCourt secured representation for "Angela’s Ashes," then an unfinished manuscript about his extremely poor Irish childhood.
Scribner published the book in 1996, and it became an instant favorite with readers and critics. Thanks to its popularity, a film version directed by Alan Parker and produced by David Brown was released three years later. It starred Emily Watson, Robert Carlyle and a trio of actors -- Joe Breen, Ciaran Owens, and Michael Legge -- who played the young, middle-aged, and older McCourt, respectively.
John Williams was nominated for an Academy Award for his Best Music,...
- 7/21/2009
- CinemaSpy
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