We went to see the film Nativity on Tuesday night.My hopes weren’t high, half expecting something schmaltzy, seasonal Santa Claus The Movie. The first good sign was that Martin Freeman was starring, a step up from his small part in Love Actually (which featured the most colourful-looking Nativity play I’d ever seen). Unlucky in love in that film, he’d already lost Lucy in The Office, and would later lost Trillian in Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, and true to form was walked out on at the start of Nativity too.Set in Coventry* it’s a film about two amateur actors who end up teaching in two primary schools, in charge of rival nativity productions. Paul Maddens (played by Freeman) is working in the “failing” St Bernadette’s Roman Catholic primary; whereas Gordon Shakespeare... Similar posts

Another week has come and gone and we’re right back round to Friday. Today is an exceptionally good Friday as the Late Late Toy Show is on RTÉ 1 tonight, and for the first time in years I actually get to watch it. But I digress, today is meant to be all about the new movies out to help you wile away the cold winter days.We’ve a full slate this week with new thrillers, a Christmas comedy and record breaking supernatural horror that will guarantee that you’ll lock the bedroom door. First up is a movie that was released last Wednesday, so it’s had a chance to scare the bejeesus out of people for two days already. Paranormal Activity is a new supernatural horror movie that’s received the personal backing of Steven Spielberg. The plot centres on a young couple... Similar posts

NATIVITY MOVIE IN SGC DUNGARVAN OPENS ON 27th november This Christmas, primary school teacher Paul Maddens is charged with producing the school’s nativity play. Competing against the posh rival school for the honor of best reviewed show in town, the stakes are raised when Paul idly boasts that his ex-girlfriend Jennifer, a Hollywood Producer, is coming to see his show with a view to turning it into a film. The only trouble is – they haven’t spoken in years. With eccentric assistant Mr Poppy fuelling his ‘little white lie’, Maddens suddenly finds himself a local celebrity and at the center of quarreling parents and over-excited children desperate in their bid for fame and fortune. Maddens’ only hope is to get back in touch with Jennifer and lure... Similar posts

Opening 27th of November at S.G.C. DUNGARVAN. Synopsis: Mr Maddens is a “frustrated, under-achieving primary school teacher”. Every year Maddens’ school competes with a local private school to see who can produce the best nativity play, Maddens’ school always coming second to Gordon Shakespeare’s private school. Maddens lies to Shakespeare about how a Hollywood producer, his ex-girlfriend Jennifer Lore, will be turning his production into a Hollywood film starring his pupils. Starring: Ashley Jensen, Martin Freeman, John Sessions, Marc Wootton, Martha Howe-Douglas, Jason Watkins, Alan Carr, Llewella Gideon, Rhydian Jones, Amelia Tyler Director: Debbie Isitt - John David... Similar posts