Category Archives: Film

by Martin Mulrooney | 24/04/2009 · 11:33 pm

The Final Page of Alternative Magazine

By Marty Mulrooney

I have finally, after 3 hours of photoshopping and trial and error, finished the final page of my magazine for my degree. I am very proud of the final result, and also the fact that it is now all so very close to being printed! Special thanks go out to my Lecturer Paddy Hoey who has been an excellent mentor this year, as well as my online colleagues Igor Hardy (who I did my first online article for) and Philip Jong (my Editor-in-chief at adventureclassicgaming.com, who has always encouraged me and has given me great experience working as a writer for his site.) And of course my girlfriend Kathryn for checking over everything I do! Good job on the quality control! I hope Alternative will continue to grow and that my writing continues to entertain. Thank you all.

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by Martin Mulrooney | 23/04/2009 · 7:05 pm

Cranky Thoughts

By Marty Mulrooney crank-2-high-voltage-1024-2

At the beginning of this week I went to see Crank 2 with a good friend of mine. Afterwards, I decided a film review was completely pointless. This is for several different reasons, as I will now try to explain:

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FEATURE ARTICLE – Scarface and Popular Culture

By Marty Mulrooney

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Scarface, Brian De Palma’s 1983 crime saga, is still a huge part of popular culture within society in the present day. Upon its release, it was simultaneously applauded and condemned by critics and audiences, causing controversy due to its content and nature. However, by its very nature, controversy often helps a film rather than hinders it; the notoriety of the violence, profanity and drug taking that would now seem commonplace in an R rated film, certainly helped seal it within pop culture in many ways.

The pairing of an accomplished director, with a screenplay penned by another famous director, Oliver Stone, should have indicated a runaway success. Again however, the nature of the film both hurt its success, and ensured it would endure to entertain audiences today, over 20 years later.

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by Martin Mulrooney | 02/04/2009 · 9:33 pm

FILM ARCHIVE – Blade Runner: The Final Cut (2007)

By Marty Mulrooney

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Twenty-five years in its arrival and as many feet high, it stared at me through the darkness, a large, unblinking eye. Reflected in its depths was a whole cityscape; a futuristic Los Angeles, terrifying in its bleakness, plumes of fire rising from stacks up towards the heavens.

So there I was, with the biggest grin on my face, watching this eye. I wasn’t afraid; I had seen it before. But never so clear, or so…BIG. Admittedly, to catch the film Blade Runner during its first big screen run in 1982, I would have to build a time machine: I hadn’t been born yet. Seeing it here now, looking brand new, felt like a revelation.

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