Heading to the cinema this weekend and wondering what to see or what's worth the price of a ticket? Grab some popcorn and check our round-up of reviews and what's on release at the moment.
A Date for Mad Mary ¦ Cert: 15A
Starring: Seána Kerslake, Denise McCormack, Tara Lee, Charleigh Bailey
Darren Thornton’s refreshingly affecting yet sparklingly funny debut feature showcases exactly why Irish film-making and talent is stronger than ever.
Rising star Seána Kerslake leads the way as 'Mad’ Mary who returns to Drogheda after a short spell in Mountjoy. With three weeks before her long-time friend walks down the aisle, Mary becomes determined to bring a plus one. A Date for Mad Mary is a beautifully crafted coming-of-age-tale that flickers with the excitement and fear that comes with the notoriously-perilous journey through late adolescence. Well worth a look.
To read our full review click here.
Sausage Party ¦ Cert: 16
Starring: Seth Rogen, Kristen Wiig, Jonah Hill, Bill Hader, Michael Cera, James Franco
Yep it's officially the first stoner-adult-animated movie. Part-satire, part-bawdy comedy, Sausage Party (everything you need to know is in the title) follows a group of supermarket foods, led by Seth Rogen's Frank, who long for life outside the shelves unaware of the fate that awaits them.
Expect x-rated humour and load of racial stereotypes including an Oirish Sweary McSpud singing "Da pipes, da pipes are calling" as he meets his end. Pixar this ain't - under no circumstances bring the kids to this!
Cafe Society ¦ Cert: 12A
Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Blake Lively, Steve Carell
Having delivered the performance equivalent of nails on a blackboard in Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice, Jesse Eisenberg is back on good form in Café Society. His second film with Woody Allen and third with Kristen Stewart is a Sunday afternoon chill out movie if ever there was one and sees him play archetypal wound-up Allen protagonist Bobby, the jeweller's son who swaps 1930s New York for Hollywood.
The performances and energy are great, but the movie wraps up sooner than it needs to and Allen leaves things unfinished
Read our full review here.
Morgan ¦ Cert: 15A
Starring: Kate Mara, Anya Taylor-Joy, Rose Leslie, Toby Jones, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Paul Giamatti
On paper, Morgan sounds like it could be the next cult sci-fi movie; there's an artificially intelligent creation 'Morgan' (Taylor-Joy) with human emotions going rogue, and a specialist (Mara) sent in to clean up the mess who butts heads with the scientists that created her, it sounds like it has all of the raw ingredients required. But sadly, the end product doesn't reflect this at all.
It should have been a claustrophobic psychological thriller, but its many flaws have left it an un-enthralling mess that should've had its plug pulled before release.
Read our full review here.
The 9th Life Of Louis Drax ¦ Cert: 15A
Starring: Jamie Dornan, Sarah Gadon, Aaron Paul, Oliver Platt
There are lots of neo-Hitchcockian touches in Jamie Dornan's new eerie thriller - the first of two releases to feature him over this month (Anthropoid goes on release next week). Told in flashbacks, the movie looks at the relationship between the titular Louis, an eleven year old boy who ends up in a coma and a neurologist played by Dornan, who's obsessed with saving him.
Leaving the cinema, you may find yourself wondering (a) did you quite get everything that was going on in the high melodrama of it all? Or (b) What was that all about?.
Check out our full review here.
Also still showing are Bad Moms starring Mila Kunia, Pedro Almodovar's Julieta, the Oscar shortlisted Irish/Cuban drama Viva and Aofie Kelleher's new documentary about the Knock apparitions, Strange Occurences in a Small Irish Village.
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