Thank God for people on the internet with far too much time on their hands. Put together by Matthijs Vlot, this video stitches together a variety of clips from various movies to recreate Adele’s latest belter ‘Hello’.  Among the movies used are Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas, Star Wars, Shaun Of The Dead, The Flintstones and many more. Have a […]

10 years ago

Remember when you thought that being an adult meant being able to eat cereal for dinner? Well, it turns out that a whole lot of conditions that come with those kinda perks…  Here are 18 painfully accurate tweets about the strug of being a fully fledged adult in 2015. 1. The greatest nightmare about weekly food […]

10 years ago

All this month we’re giving away prizes as part of our Advent Calendar Competition, and today’s prize has been generously donated by The Church Café Bar, Restaurant & Club. Whether you are looking for a sophisticated meal, relaxed bar food, drinks or a night out, The Church has what you are looking for. The […]

10 years ago

Whether you’re all loved up today, or celebrating your singledom it’s a day to treat yo’self and others around you. So make some microwave popcorn and throw on whichever of the following films are best suited to your love life at the moment…  1. Knocked Up If you or your loved one have got a bun in the oven. 2. My Best […]

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Looking for some ways to kill time this weekend that don’t involve being cold? Well then, you’ve come to the right place. Here are just a few of our suggestions. 1. Go for an absolutely savage brunch Look, this wouldn’t be Lovin feckin’ Dublin if we didn’t tell you to go for brunch every two seconds, […]

10 years ago

Ah, balls. Netflix have just announced that they are going to ban any web extensions which allow users to access other country’s shows and movies. This will come as a devastating blow to anyone using Hola to rewatch all seven seasons of Gilmore Girls (read: me).  Some members use proxies or “unblockers” to access titles available outside […]

10 years ago

After Paddy’s Day, a gentle weekend may be in order. If that’s your plan, we recommend you head to the cinema to see a little movie called Sing Street. Set in Dublin during the economically miserable 1980s, ‘Cosmo’ is forced to leave his fancy school to attend the Christian Brothers on Synge Street due to his parents’ money woes. […]

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Looking for non-alcoholic social activities this month? If so, this short list might be of interest to you. Dublin’s cinemas screen some excellent older movies on occasion, so we’ve had a look around to see the best ones that are coming up in the next few weeks. Here are our cinematic offerings offer… 1. Michael Collins Where: The IFI When: 1.30pm, Saturday, March 19 Plot: The […]

10 years ago

Ireland, unsurprisingly, was a very different place back in 1916. And while there’s been no shortage of movies, documentaries, mini-series, books and websites to showcase this shift in society, very few have access to the same breadth of information as the Central Statistics Office. The newly unveiled section on their website, Life in 1916 Ireland: Stories […]

10 years ago

You’ve got a long weekend on your hands and you want to make the most of it. And by make the most of it, I mean eat embarrassing amounts of chocolate and be as lazy as physically possible. But hey, we ain’t judgin’. Now we can’t bring you food (although we can suggest some great takeaways and give […]

10 years ago

Have you ever found yourself on a long journey, only wishing you could crack into some Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, but you can’t, because you’ve no internet connection.  There’s no download option, so there’s no way to watch its stuff when you’re offline. But that might change. Netflix’s CEO, Reed Hastings, isn’t promising anything, but he is flirting […]

10 years ago

A nation of oddities. That is all we can describe ourselves of – and every week, we see more and more evidence of this.  So for those of you who DO find the beauty in the what seems like the ordinary, we feel you’ll enjoy these. 1. This headline from Donegal Now Photo cred: www.donegalnow.com 2. […]

10 years ago