Weekend Warrior

Weekend Warrior: Part 16

Weekend Warrior: Part 16

WILL & GRACE SEASON 9     Available on RTE2, Monday nights at 9pm and catch-up on RTE Player. We were sad to see them go after season 8 finished in 2006, but, following the internet’s happy-dance at their reunion in a 10-minute election day […]

WEEKEND WARRIOR: PART 15

WEEKEND WARRIOR: PART 15

LADY BIRD In the run up to her graduation from high school, Christine McPherson – or “Lady Bird” (Saoirse Ronan), as she has christened herself – struggles with life as a teenager, attempting to work out the uncertain future ahead of her and her turbulent, […]

WEEKEND WARRIOR: PART 13

WEEKEND WARRIOR: PART 13

Look Back in Anger at the Gate Theatre   This play, by John Osborne, was groundbreaking in the 50’s.  The story examines issues like sex, politics  and religion, while following the life and struggles of Jimmy Porter, an intelligent young man with a rebellious nature, and […]

WEEKEND WARRIOR: Part 12

WEEKEND WARRIOR: Part 12

Grayson Perry: ‘The Vanity of Small Differences’ at the RHA Gallery     Now on display in Gallery I and Gallery II at the RHA Gallery, Grayson Perry’s ‘The Vanity of Small Differences’ takes a look at the artist’s obsession with class mobility, social groupings […]

WEEKEND WARRIOR: PART 11

WEEKEND WARRIOR: PART 11

Feud: Bette and Joan    Following the bitter clash between Hollywood screen legends Bette Davis and Joan Crawford, this eighth-part series depicts the events that transpired in the lives of these actresses whilst they filmed ‘Whatever Happened to Baby Jane’ (1962). Both Davis’ and Crawford’s […]

WEEKEND WARRIOR: PART 9

WEEKEND WARRIOR: PART 9

DARKEST HOUR   Gary Oldman – who just bagged himself a Golden Globe for Best Actor (Drama) for the performance – stars as Winston Churchill, newly appointed to British Prime Minister in the early days of World War II, weighing the decision to fight or […]

Weekend Warrior: Part 8

Weekend Warrior: Part 8

When it comes to deciding what’s worth watching this week, I have it covered!     E.T. PRESENTED BY THE RTÉ NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA     The RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra presents Steven Spielberg’s cinematic masterpiece E.T. at the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre this Saturday, 9 December 2017. […]

Weekend Warrior: Part 7

Weekend Warrior: Part 7

What’s worth watching this weekend, you ask? THE MAN WHO INVENTED CHRISTMAS   Out today (Dec 1st), this biopic drama tells the story of how  iconic author Charles Dickens  came to write the seminal yuletide novella ‘A Christmas Carol’ (1843) in only six weeks. Set […]

Weekend Warrior: Part 6

Weekend Warrior: Part 6

Things are starting to get festive around here! I have two more dazzling recommendations for your upcoming weekend (and weekdays). One for home-viewing and the other for a phenomenal evening out! THE LATE LATE TOY SHOW UNWRAPPED     The Late Late Toy Show Unwrapped […]

WEEKEND WARRIOR: PART 5

WEEKEND WARRIOR: PART 5

What are you up to this weekend? Because here’s what you should be doing…   INGRID GOES WEST (2017)     Ingrid (played marvellously by Parks & Recreation’s Aubrey Plaza) clings to social media in order to side-step her lonely life and fill the gaps […]