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DOWNTON ABBEY: A NEW ERA

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THE BUBBLE

MORBIUS

CYRANO

HALLOWEEN KILLS

F9: THE FAST SAGA

THE LAST BLACK MAN IN SAN FRANCISCO

IT CHAPTER 2

CREED II

THE GIRL IN THE SPIDER’S WEB

FANTASTIC BEASTS 2

SUSPIRIA (2018)

WIDOWS

HALLOWEEN (2018)

BAD TIMES AT THE EL ROYALE

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – FALLOUT

HOTEL ARTEMIS

OCEAN’S 8

SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY

HOW TO TALK TO GIRLS AT PARTIES

READY PLAYER ONE

JOURNEYMAN

RED SPARROW

I, TONYA

THE SHAPE OF WATER

THE POST

THE COMMUTER

STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI

THE DISASTER ARTIST

PADDINGTON 2

MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS

THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER

BLADE RUNNER 2049

MOTHER!

IT

LOGAN LUCKY

SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING

BABY DRIVER

WONDER WOMAN

PIRATES 5: SALAZAR’S REVENGE

KING ARTHUR

MINDHORN

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY 2

GHOST IN THE SHELL

KONG: SKULL ISLAND

T2 TRAINSPOTTING

HACKSAW RIDGE

SPLIT

SING

MANCHESTER BY THE SEA

LIVE BY NIGHT

ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY

MOANA

SULLY

ALLIED

BAD SANTA 2

FANTASTIC BEASTS

ARRIVAL

LAND OF THE ENLIGHTENED

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THE ACCOUNTANT

DOCTOR STRANGE

I, DANIEL BLAKE

JACK REACHER: NEVER GO BACK

INFERNO

AMERICAN HONEY

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WAR ON EVERYONE

BRIDGET JONES’S BABY

THE INFILTRATOR

HELL OR HIGH WATER

ANTHROPOID

KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS

A DATE FOR MAD MARY

CAFÉ SOCIETY

MORGAN

VIVA

DAVID BRENT: LIFE ON THE ROAD

SWALLOWS AND AMAZONS

THE SHALLOWS

STRANGER THINGS

FINDING DORY

JASON BOURNE

STAR TREK BEYOND

THE BFG

THE LEGEND OF TARZAN

MAGGIE’S PLAN

ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS: THE MOVIE

INDEPENDENCE DAY: RESURGENCE

THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS

ELVIS & NIXON

THE NICE GUYS

WARCRAFT

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES 2

MONEY MONSTER

X-MEN: APOCALYPSE

GREEN ROOM

EVERYBODY WANTS SOME!!

I SAW THE LIGHT

CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR

MILES AHEAD

THE JUNGLE BOOK

MIDNIGHT SPECIAL

BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE

SING STREET

HAIL, CAESAR!

TRUTH

SECRET IN THEIR EYES

THE TRUTH COMMISSIONER

POINT BREAK (2016)

THE FINEST HOURS

TRIPLE 9

ZOOLANDER 2

DEADPOOL

A BIGGER SPLASH

CONCUSSION

STRANGERLAND

DAD’S ARMY

13 HOURS

THE 5TH WAVE

THE BIG SHORT

OUR BRAND IS CRISIS

ROOM

CREED

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JOY

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IN THE HEART OF THE SEA

SPOTLIGHT

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BY THE SEA

KRAMPUS

VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN

THE NIGHT BEFORE

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CAROL

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BLACK MASS

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FATHERS AND DAUGHTERS

BROOKLYN

HE NAMED ME MALALA

KILL YOUR FRIENDS

SCOUTS GUIDE TO THE ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE

SPECTRE

THE QUEEN OF IRELAND

MISSISSIPPI GRIND

THE LAST WITCH HUNTER

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PAN

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RED ARMY

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MACBETH

THE WALK

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MISS YOU ALREADY

EVEREST

A WALK IN THE WOODS

THE D TRAIN

IRRATIONAL MAN

LEGEND

THE VISIT

MAZE RUNNER: THE SCORCH TRIALS

ME AND EARL AND THE DYING GIRL

DOPE

THE TRANSPORTER REFUELLED

RICKI AND THE FLASH

MINIONS

ENTOURAGE

LES COMBATTANTS (LOVE AT FIRST FIGHT)

JURASSIC WORLD

SPY

AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON

INHERENT VICE

WHIPLASH

AMERICAN SNIPER

BIRDMAN

THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING

BIG EYES

THE IMITATION GAME

INTERSTELLAR

FURY

MAGIC IN THE MOONLIGHT

OBVIOUS CHILD

LET’S BE COPS

TWO DAYS ONE NIGHT

LUCY

ALL THIS MAYHEM

DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES

GOLTZIUS AND THE PELICAN COMPANY

PUDSEY THE DOG THE MOVIE

HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2

COLD IN JULY

22 JUMP STREET

BENNY AND JOLENE

VENUS IN FUR

MALEFICENT

THE PUNK SINGER

FADING GIGOLO

X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST

GODZILLA (2014)

THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2

THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL

MONUMENTS MEN

TEENAGE

DEVIL’S DUE

12 YEARS A SLAVE

AMERICAN HUSTLE

KELLY + VICTOR

THE WAY WAY BACK

LOVELACE

WHAT MAISIE KNEW

THE LONE RANGER (2013)

BEHIND THE CANDELABRA

MOONRISE KINGDOM

IN FOCUS

DEEP ACADEMIC SHIT

THE QUIET MAN

March 16, 2023
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IRISH ASSIMILATION AND THE QUIET INFLUENCE OF MICHALEEN OGE FLYNN On the surface, it would appear that Barry Fitzgerald’s portrayal of …

NEOREALISM, ITALIAN STYLE

November 20, 2017
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WHATEVER HAPPENED TO MY NARRATIVE RESOLUTION?MICHELANGELO ANTONIONI, L’AVVENTURA, AND THE LEGACY OF ITALIAN NEOREALISM by Mark Ryall When Terence Malick’s The …

EARLY SOVIET AND WEIMAR CINEMA

September 25, 2017
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PAINTING WITH LIGHT THE UNEASY ALLIANCE OF ART, POLITICS AND ECONOMICS IN EARLY SOVIET AND WEIMAR CINEMA by Mark Ryall It …

HATERS GONNA HATE IN DEFENCE OF INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL Crystal Skull is Spielberg’s unloved, deformed …

2D OR NOT 2D?THAT IS THE QUESTION Not now James, we’re busy The format halves the cinema’s capacity for exhibition of …

TRAUMA, REPETITION AND BLANK CHARACTERISATION IN WES WORLD Throughout a career spanning almost two decades, Wes Anderson has cultivated a reputation …

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Welcome to ScreenTime.ie – a proudly independent critical resource for Film and TV. Screentime.ie has been online since 2013.

Between 2018 and 2022, I was the resident film critic for Newstalk’s weekly film and TV show. I have also worked for RTÉ Radio and many other online outlets, and am the author of “Why Bother? Cautionary Tales from the Coalface of Cinema“. Unavailable at all good bookshops.

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Mark Ryall

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