Entertainment

With cinemas being closed for the next few months and people confined to their homes, TV has played a major role in helping people get through the coronavirus crisis. Thankfully, there's been many great new shows and seasons to binge. Here,…

Claustrophobia has long been a staple of the horror genre since Ridley Scott's Alien or John Carpenter's The Thing. For many decades, Hollywood has become obsessed with recreating the same type of atmosphere as those movies on a bigger…

Penji is the self-titled, debut EP from Galway musician Aengus Hackett, working under the moniker Penji. It's a fusion of jazz, instrumental hip-hop, psychedelia, chill hop and downtempo. Maybe it's because I love jazz and produce music…

"I think it is very important that films make people look at what they've forgotten," Spike Lee In recent days, the embedded attitudes of a nation have been held up for the world to judge. The realistic view is apparent and the questions…

Gamers have been stereotyped for years when it comes to being lazy, uneducated, and unhealthy. With the obesity rate in America tipping over 42%, gamers might have to defend themselves more than ever against those stereotypes.…

If someone in the near future asks me ‘What was your main memory of Covid-19?’ I’ll know exactly what to say. ‘An ingrown toenail.’ Ok, not exactly a near-death experience in this truly unprecedented time, but developing an ingrown toenail,…

Friends is the latest release from Licehead, a.k.a. Paul O’Connor of That Snaake notoriety. The four-track EP follows last year's album Music For Normal People and serves as a precursor to upcoming album, Perfect Death Forever. If or when…

2020 has been a strange year for movies. Its first three months were heaven for Irish cinephiles, with many heavily anticipated Oscar players and acclaimed films that first premiered at festivals in 2019 finally getting their release in the…

In the context of modern technology, the games of old don’t really hold up to contemporary scrutiny. But what does that matter? Our memories of past favourites are timeless. Join me as I make a nostalgic account of the games that shaped my…

The game of Spider-Man 2 gets plenty of attention, and rightly so. With its physics and environments, as well as the ability to explore a digital recreation of New York City, it was highly impressive for its time and holds up today - but…