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Quintin Tarantino’s 2009 hit Inglorious Bastards is truly one of his best efforts. Featuring a critically acclaimed performance from the always excellent Christoph Waltz as well as Brad Pitt, Melanie Laurent and Daniel Bruhl, this really is a modern masterpiece. It’s hardly surprising that a Tarantino film set during World War 2 contains multiple scenesContinue reading “Review: Inglorious Basterds”

Brad Pitt and Tommy Lee Jones star in this 2019 science fiction drama. Pitt plays Roy McBride, a commander in US Space Command. Early on in the film (and this is not a spoiler) McBride finds out his father, who was presumed dead after a failed space expedition,is in fact still alive. The shuttle whichContinue reading “Film Review: Ad Astra”

Alan Kiernan looked around at his ultra luxurious home. The heated swimming pool,the top of the range kitchen, the gigantic television, even his garden shed towered over some people’s entire homes. He had lived a very fortunate life. His parents had supported him career wise since a very early age. They gave him the bestContinue reading “The Old and the New”

My name is Peter. I am 22 years old. I have one sister and no brothers. I  live in a room with a big TV next door to Billy. Billy sits in a wheelcahir and cannot speak. Sometimes I go to his room to play playstation. I don’t like people toucing me and I don’tContinue reading “My name is Peter”

The sound of silence was one of the things Joseph Gormley most appreciated since he moved to the country. No sirens, no horns, not even the distant sounds of overhead planes. He sat and read ‘L‘Etranger‘ by Albert Camus while sipping expensive Ethiopian coffee he had bought in a small artisan café the day before.Continue reading “The Best Fucking Chipper in Ireland”

‘m sorry Peter. It’s happened far too often now. It’s over, get your stuff and leave.’ Well, that was it. 10 years in this godforsaken job and that’s how they treat me. Well you know what? Screw them. It was me that stopped that armed robbery back in ‘98. Yes, I know it was aContinue reading “Vengeance”

My cheap store brand coffee burned my hand as I bent down to pick up the post. Bank Note, wedding invitation from that annoying couple, another bank note and then an envelope addressed to me. Probably some cheesy postcard from Maire’s parents in Tunisia. They were always trying to rub their wealth in my faceContinue reading “The Button”