Primarily through 20-something women obsessed with bicycle baskets, Saturday flea-markets, bake-sales and the music of Joanna Newsom, I am very much aware of the cultural and pop-culture impact of Lewis Carroll’s creation from the 1800s. Read more...

The fish out of water TV format has become so ubiquitous of late that it’s hard to remember where it all began, although it was probably down to Wife Swap. Read more...

An elegant but foreboding ‘I will teach you the fear of the lord…’ quote from the bible opens Legion. So far, so ominous. Read more...

When you find a place that serves decent calamari, you’ve found a restaurant you’ll find yourself eventually haunting. Read more...

From the director of Nanny McPhee, comes a new adven-. No, wait! Don’t do it, you’ve so much to live for! Read more...

As with many things in Ireland these days it seems, the Choice Music Prize has become the target for many simply by whit of sticking its head of the pulpit and trying, gasp, to do something positive. Read more...

I have on many occasions been accused of having a soft spot for Rom-Coms. Well I do, when they’re good. Read more...

So here we have it, the second film from John Travolta's new goatee beard. However, even with a very modern Topshop scarf working in harmony with JT's edgy face-fuzz, director Read more...

For any new band to venture forth into the world of alternative guitar music these days is a bold move. Read more...

‘Crazy’ sometimes sounds fun. As in ‘Wow, that was a crazy night, what am I doing in Kinnegad?’ or ‘…and then, he just popped his eyeball right back in his head, it was crazy!’ Read more...

Northerner Duke Special recently played three gigs to celebrate the release of his new three CD box set The Stage, A Book and the Silver Screen. Three discs, I hear you say, perhaps a bit excessive? Read more...

One look at the poster for Micmacs and you might hear a familiar pop-culture adage ring in your ear. Director of Amelie? Check. Read more...

The Science Gallery’s reputation for exhibitions that fuse visitor interaction with some genuinely interesting science and art has grown steadily since its 2008 opening. Read more...

Time to crimp your hair and root out your floral off the shoulder number if you want to groove to Read more...

After dealing with giant gorillas, oliphants, dwarfs, orcs, T-Rexes and Adrien Brody's enormo-nose, Peter Jackson finds himself now tackling a 14-year-old girl. A dead one, to be precise. Read more...

'My tombstone will have my name on it, until then I'll just have to stay 'Bad'...' That's all we're going to get out of Bad Blake (Jeff Bridges) when queried about the real name that hides beneath his macho moniker. Read more...

Marina And The Diamonds. It’s been a hard name to escape over the past six months, with the buzz surrounding her (and this very much a solo escapade, despite the name) building and building to crescendo this January, Read more...

Nick Jonas, one third of the Jonas Brothers trio is going it alone. Yes girls, get ready to scream Read more...

Fixing a movie to a specific time of year is a risky venture. The ever lengthening Christmas period has given yuletide movies a slightly longer shelf life but during the rest of the year it’s a case of blink and you’ve missed it. Valentine’s Day takes a bigger risk than most, Read more...

After receiving a link to a ‘too good to believe’ coupon, giving two mains for €15 at any Milano, a visit to the Dún Laoghaire branch was swiftly arranged. Read more...

The world’s only school to boast two Nobel prize winners among their alumni was chronicled in a documentary film written and directed by Tom Collins, screened on RTE 1 on Tuesday night. Read more...