Yep, who would have thought it, Lara Croft in Ireland. (more…)

Feshti’s back and this time he’s counting down the top 10 movie opening scenes of all time. (more…)

Is American opinion and culture crowding out all others? (more…)

I just saw Snakes on a Plane (IMDB.) I’m used to being constantly dissapointed by films so I never ever get excited about new releases anymore, but posting all this Snakes on a Plane stuff for the last year had me in high hopes that we were going to get something special. (more…)

Since I’m not a movie critic, I don’t have to write a proper review (for proper reviews of An Inconvenient Truth, read imdb or The New York Times). So, to begin, here’s a plot spoiler: We are causing global warming at an unprecedented rate and, unless we do something about it, we are screwed. I don’t put it as eloquently or with the same touch of humour as Al Gore does, but that’s the gist of it. (more…)

While recently celebrating a friend’s birthday in a Norwich pub, I got accosted with this question again and again by an angry mature student in a waistcoat (he was probably about he same age as me, doing an MA in Film Studies and quite pissed). Sloshing around on his stool he kept at me: but HOW do you get away with it? When people find out I’m doing a PhD on Superhero movies they react with either enthusiasm, envy or in this case anger. (more…)

The top 10 movie fight scenes of all time. (more…)

There’s a saying, common amongst “older” people that youth is wasted on the young. I think this is not quite an accurate reflection of reality, myself. (more…)

Irish TV has a long and storied history of being shite. (more…)

Digital Rights Ireland launched on the 6th December last year. Find out more about the group and its activities.

I was at the launch and have helped out the organisers of the group a bit, so I was delighted when TCAL asked me to write a feature on what it is for and why it might be of interest to their readers. (more…)

Roses are red, violets are blue, if you’re a plant, was Valentine’s Day a few weeks back a concern for you? Genetic exploration, climate change and the Irish economy are all happening, fast and with worrying implications. But where’s the fire? (more…)

Find out all about the Fon revolution. (more…)

As the saying goes, life is a game. But in a country of winners, it’s important to remember it’s not whether you win or lose, but how you play that matters. (more…)

Sit back and let TCAL take you through the must see movies of 2006… (more…)

TCAL exclusive content: The video for Jennifer, the hit single from Gary Dunne’s album Twenty Twenty Fiction. Turn up those speakers! (more…)

What I like about our new original content is that I can gurantee that none of you have any idea what’s coming next. Take this feature for example. Up until now you all thought TCAL was starting to throw out the same kind of stuff other sites have been doing for ages… a few opinions and reviews. (more…)

Thoughts on what it means to be Irish in the run up to Christmas. (more…)

A quick look back at the top moments from mainstream cinema released in Ireland over the last 12 months. Contains mild spoilers for Sideways, Batman Begins, The Descent, War of the Worlds and Downfall. (more…)