Entertainment

California quintet West of House have released their debut album Crescendo of Silence and we’ve taken a listen. You should too. West of House creates music that will connect people worldwide, crossing genre lines while provoking real…

Dear Athlone Swingers Association Member, A lot’s changed since our last bi-annual newsletter. Kevin and Maureen have finally packed their bags and headed off to start a new chapter in Belfast, and we wish them all the best with their new…

Have you ever met someone you immediately connected with and felt entirely yourself around? Did it all seem too good to be true that you began to question everything around you and before you knew it, your future with this person was…

Garret “Jacknife” Lee is best known as the hotshot producer of U2, Snow Patrol, R.E.M. and many more. The Jacknife Lee, however, is a showcase for the studio mastermind as an artist. Buzzing with kinetic energy, it skilfully mixes many…

On March the 11th 2020, I was forcibly expelled into adulthood. I stepped out of my Company Law exam feeling frazzled, defeated, and disappointed (the norm). My phone rang to the tune of 50 Cent's Candy Shop, as I walked out of the Law…

The Rashomon effect is a term used to highlight the condemning unreliability of eyewitness accounts. With the Rashomon effect, the eyewitness account is subject to truth, lies and everything that lingers in between. It is a filmmaking…

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is five years old and I'm still blown away by its sunsets. They are, hands down, the most beautiful and underrated part of one of the best RPGs ever made. From dawn's first grey touches to the glaring white of the…

I only watched Bring It On for the first time earlier this year after watching some compelling video criticism arguing that the film was the first time that the trope of the cheerleader is built upon in any meaningful way in popular…

There is no moment in Ladj Ly's feature-length directorial debut where a character breaks out into song. Yet, the film shares many themes with the iconic musical of the same name adapted from Victor Hugo's 1862 novel. Like Ly’s debut,…

Inspector Gadget was a cartoon that ran from 1983 to 1986 and spawned a film as well as various other TV series, most of which are now more well-known than the original. That said, the first animated series deserves credit for paving the…