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Return of the Potty-Mouthed Princesses

Back in October, FCKH8.com released this video: With a view to addressing the systemic mistreatment of women, FCKH8 dressed up a series of youngsters and armed them with a rhyming script. The tactics are simple and effective. Many regard swearing as “bad language” is viewed. It is especially unbecoming for children to swear. So with […]

Exhibition On Screen – Art Via Cinema

Starting this month, cinemas across the UK will be housing art of a different kind. The undertaking are thus far decided into five screenings each with different focuses. – From the 10th of November, Matisse: featuring pieces from the Tate Modern and Museum of Modern Art – From the 08th of December, Rembrandt: filmed at […]

Style Saturday – Ice ice… Climbers?

A while back I did a Style Saturday based on Marceline and Finn from Adventure Time, practical fashion that kept the chill of Autumn out without cramping your style! Well forget that right now! It’s cold out there, it’s really frickin’ cold out there and preliminary forecasts are already reporting that the country is headed […]

Rewind Review: Vera Drake

The project of a life time, writer-director Mike Leigh’s Mr Turner opened to much acclaim. The project of a life-time, the reflecting on past works seems worthwhile. Secrets and Lies (1996) would be the obvious choice: much-loved work also featuring Timothy Spall (the titular J.M.W). However, in this Rewind here I want to focus on […]

Youtube Digest: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

This line by famed vaudevillian and humorist Will Rogers “Everything is changing. People are taking their comedians seriously and the politicians as a joke.” has gone on living after him. That is perhaps not so remarkable; after all, writers’ words survive them so long those words have people to recall them. However, as increasing numbers turn […]

The Arcade Awards '14 – Nominations

Forget the Oscars! What’s a Tony? Emmys are so last season! The Arcade Awards make their triumphant return and we’re kicking things off as always with the nominations. It’s important to us here at TheArcade.ie that you the reader have your say and we’re keeping it that way – you can nominate three candidates per […]

The Arcade Awards ’14 – Nominations

Forget the Oscars! What’s a Tony? Emmys are so last season! The Arcade Awards make their triumphant return and we’re kicking things off as always with the nominations. It’s important to us here at TheArcade.ie that you the reader have your say and we’re keeping it that way – you can nominate three candidates per […]
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