On April 23rd the Irish premiere for one of the summer’s most anticipated films, Marvel’s Avengers Assemble, was screened at the Savoy cinema Dublin. The build up to Avenger’s Assemble has been phenomenal. It has been a film that comic book geeks and film fans alike have waited with anticipation for, for a very long time. Huge expectations were placed on the astounding cast, and writer and director Joss Whedon of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Firefly fame. Thankfully, it doesn’t disappoint. Comic book favourites, Thor (Chris Hemsworth), Iron Man [...]
About Jen Gore
Wonder aficionado and founding member of the vampire-Batman-Hunting team. After a short stint at Colaiste Dhulaigh where I acquired a diploma in Journalism, I set up a glorious film site called Film Jam.
Book hunting with BookCrossing.com
March 1st marked World Book Day and countries everywhere participated by reading their favorite books, sharing their favorite stories and celebrating the wonderful world of literature and all it has brought to us. Roald Dahl was just named as Ireland’s favorite children’s author and I think we can all agree with that after Mr.Dahl brought us Willy Wonka, Matilda, The Witches and countless other much loved characters and tales. BookCrossing.com is a fantastic website for book lovers looking for a way to share their favorite books and promote reading. Simply [...]
‘Shamrock’, the Marvel superhero from Dunshaughlin
Marvel has given us superheroes like Spider-man, The Hulk, Iron Man and collectively The Avengers, so where does an Irish female Marvel superhero called ‘Shamrock’ from Dunshaughlin fit into all this? She’s real, she’s green, and she’s extremely lucky. Molly Fitzgerald’s superpower is luck, obviously. Her father was a militant Irish nationalist who brought his son up to the Northern Ireland mountainside to ask the gods to grant his son the power to defeat his enemies. This ‘power’ seemingly decided it would be better off in the hands of a [...]
“Have a Heart” March: LGBT NOISE to congregate at Leinster House
LGBT NOISE and third level students around Dublin will congregate outside Leinster House at 1pm today to remind members of the Oireachtas that the LGBT community is not to be forgotten, and that it is still fighting for equality. LGBT Noise literature and sweets will be handed out to passers-by and Oireachtas members in a bid to make the government have a heart and give everyone the equality they deserve. Today, they will also announce the date for this year’s March For Marriage. The event has until now been held [...]
Florence Green, last WWI veteran, dies aged 110
Florence Green, the last surviving WWI veteran, passed away last Saturday, peacefully in her sleep at her Norfolk home.It was just two weeks before she turned an astonishing 111 years old. She was born February 9, 1901 at Edmonton in London,England. Florence joined the Women’s Royal Air Force (WRAF) as an officer’s mess steward, on September 17,1918 where she made breakfast, lunch and dinner for the officers. In her time at the Narborough Airfield and RAF Marham, Norfolk she made many friends and pilots who she admired and went on [...]
Super Bowl parties in Dublin 2012
Super Bowl Sunday is almost upon us and our fair city is joining in on all the madness by showing the Super Bowl in various pubs across the city. The New England Patriots face off against The New York Giants in the 46th Super Bowl in the Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis. You can party it up with our American cousins and their “Irish roots” while pretending to know anything about American football. There’s sure to be plenty of good humored banter as well as the usual American vs. Irish drinking [...]
10 reasons why life would be better without the internet
It’s hard to remember what life was like before the internet. Childhood memories of water fights in the street and playing games like kick-the-can are foggy in the minds of the technological generation. Although spending your weekends refreshing social network pages may be the highlight of your week, life would take a massive up turn without the internet. 1.Less creeps to creep on you whenever they want Let us consider for a moment the thousands of people who can creep on your face at any given moment. For all you [...]
Sex and the City prequel on the way
Today it was announced the CW, responsible for The Vampire Diaries and Gossip Girl, want a pilot based on ‘The Carrie Diaries’, a prequel to Sex and the City. Rumours of a prequel to popular TV show, Sex and the City, have been rampant over the past few years but until now none have been confirmed. Amy Harris has penned the pilot episode. She was on the same team that worked on Sex and the City originally. The Hollywood Reporter have shed some light on what we can expect of the plotline: ‘The first book in Bushnell’s origin [...]
The Hunger Games sequel gets writer and release date
Today it has been confirmed that Simon Beaufoy will write the screenplay for the highly anticipated Hunger Games sequel, Catching Fire. Beaufoy, who penned the award winning Slumdog Millionaire and 127 hours, is already working hard on the screenplay according to Lionsgate films. Gary Ross, who directed and co-wrote the first film, will return as director. You just know a film is going to be huge when the release date for it’s sequel is out before the first film has even arrived. The Hunger Games fandom is huge right now. Capitol Colours are bringing out a [...]
Golden Globes: And the winners are…
Last night Ricky Gervais hosted his third and final Golden Globe Awards ceremonies and he finished his run with an even more impressive and funnier performance than previous years. Ranging from slightly awkward to terribly funny the comedian kept the A-listers on their toes throughout the night with his usual tirade of “love it or hate it” comedy. A sample of the entertainment on show included his colourful introduction of Academy Award winner, Colin Firth: “What you don’t know is that he’s very racist. Very. And I mean, really nasty [...]
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