Harry Guerin

Multimedia Journalist

Does Ethan Hunt survive? As Tom Cruise, ever the bottom-line showman, laughed to Empire, "You gotta see the movie"

Tom Cruise hunts the Mission pieces in Final Reckoning

Picking up where 2023's Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning - Part One left off, the on-the-pulse plot sees agent-errant Ethan Hunt (Cruise) and his team trying to stop "parasitic AI" The Entity as it seeks to end the world as we know it.

Movie Review • 21 May 25

Director Lorcan Finnegan says Nicolas Cage is "like an encyclopedia of cinema"

An Irish director gets the best out of Nicolas Cage

Irish director Lorcan Finnegan and Oscar winner Nicolas Cage prove to be a formidable team in the ego-under-the-Sun psychodrama The Surfer, a movie that ranks with Cage's best work of recent years.

Movies • 16 May 25

Masked and majestic, Sleep Token juxtapose crushing riffage with moments of what-just-happened? beauty Photo: Andy Ford

Wide awake in Arcadia as Sleep Token rouse jaded ears

How big are Sleep Token going to become? That's the question that arises with every listen to Even in Arcadia, the most-anticipated stadium-sized metal album of 2025.

Album Review • 09 May 25

With The Surfer, Irish director Lorcan Finnegan has delivered one of the best Nicolas Cage films of recent years

Ego Under the Sun. Nicolas Cage is swell as The Surfer

In Irish director Lorcan Finnegan (Vivarium), screen legend Nicolas Cage has found another filmmaker who brings out the best in him.

Movie Review • 08 May 25

Mark O'Connor's Amongst the Wolves (L-R Daniel Fee and Luke McQuillan) is in cinemas now

Amongst the Wolves director picks his crime classics

"There's been a lot of films that have had an influence on me," says director Mark O'Connor by way of understatement as he sees his latest, Amongst the Wolves, arrive in cinemas.

Movies • 06 May 25

With its man-comes-back-to-town storyline, Amongst the Wolves keeps one eye on the door and another on Ireland's ills as it drives towards its bloody conclusion

Dublin gets a western showdown in Amongst the Wolves

Made for €16,000 and filmed in 15 days, Amongst the Wolves is a good mix of established talents and up-and-comers.

Movie Review • 07 May 25

Mixing memoir and travelogue, director Sarah Share joins John Murry as he goes back to his native Mississippi

Singer-songwriter John Murry makes big screen his own

John Murry proves to be as beguiling on camera as he is on both vinyl and stage.

Movie Review • 02 May 25

Naomi Watts with her co-star Bing - Having brought out the best in each other, they deserve to bring out the best in you

Comfort movie The Friend is a must for dog lovers

One of the finest double acts of the year has received little fanfare, and, with all due respect, the pairing of Naomi Watts and a Great Dane wasn't top of anyone's dream combo wish list. But here we are with a smart, grown-up movie.

Movie Review • 25 Apr 25

Warfare feels more like a docudrama, and the reconstruction of events is noisy, unpredictable, and visceral Photo: Murray Close

Warfare is one of the standout films of the year

Two must-sees in 12 months - it's been a remarkable 2024-25 for writer-director Alex Garland. First came a warning from the near future in the searing road movie Civil War, and now we have a harrowing depiction of America's recent past in Warfare.

Movie Review • 21 Apr 25

A Fran for all seasons - Darragh Humphreys (centre) is excellent in the lead role

Fran the Man needed more LOL for everyone who loves LOI

Movie Review • 11 Apr 25