Last week, we finally got some solid information about the new show, STAR TREK: DISCOVERY. From the moment that I heard about the series, I just assumed that the show would be taking place in the new universe from the recent movies, what I’ll refer to as the “Kelvin Timeline”. I didn’t come up with … More Warp and Talk.
A lot of people have asked me a lot of times how and why I started doing Republic of Cinema. And I give them a lot of different answers, depending usually on what mood I happen to be in at the time or how much I want to impress the person who asked me. Or how … More Fade To Black
Before the Screen Cinema on Townsend Street in Dublin closed its doors, it replaced its doors. When the rebranding from “The Screen” to “IMC” happened, the cinema got a bit of a makeover. The floors were changed from carpet to wood (or at least a good looking laminate), the décor was changed, and the sinuous … More A galactic adventure
Yesterday marked my third trip out to the newest Odeon in Charlestown. The main goal for the day was to see a screening of GHOSTBUSTERS in a relatively quiet auditorium. And one thing I do know about the Odeon in Charlestown is that it’s not a cinema that gets crazy busy. I saw THE FORCE … More The Big O.
Louth is the smallest County in the Republic of Ireland, but it’s a County where I’ve spent a lot of time for The Emerald Aisle Seat. Now don’t get me wrong, apart from the horrible few minutes spent in The Railway Tavern in Drogheda I’ve enjoyed every second of my time in Louth. But proportionate … More Louth and clear
Before I went to see STEVE JOBS in the Odeon in Charlestown a while back, I wrote about the reaction that people had to the final Who Wants To Be a Millionaire question in SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE. It baffled me then and it still baffles me now how so many people were surprised by the final … More Force of will
Over the course of time that I’ve been doing Emerald Aisle Seats, I’ve become very comfortable sitting in cinema screenings that are empty or pretty damn close to it. Spending time on my lonesome has never been a problem, and let’s face it, no matter how many people are with you, watching a movie is … More Stuff in the basement
I saw STAR WARS EPISODE 7: THE FORCE AWAKENS for the fourth time today. The first two times I saw the movie were on opening day in the Odeon in Charlestown near Finglas, once in 3D and once in 2D. The third time was in the Odeon in Blanchardstown during the yearly post-Christmas pilgrimage with … More In a Galactic far, far away.
Doing a practice run out to the Odeon cinema in Charlestown today turned out to be a very good idea. The No. 40 bus from the city centre is pleasantly frequent and runs almost right past the cinema before it turns in to its terminus in Finglas Village. Of course, I didn’t realise that today … More Sorkin Words
I’ve mentioned a few times already that I’ve booked my ticket for a screening of THE FORCE AWAKENS on the 17th of December at 11.30AM. I was planning for that to be my first trip out to the new Odeon cinema in Charlestown, but not only have I never been to Charlestown, I had never … More Boyle-ing point
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