Donald Clarke

• Hell
• December 26, 2010, 22:47

Over the last few days, you have probably read a few appalling reviews of the latest Meet the Parents film. Take heed. You may think you have some idea how ghastly Little Fockers is. You are, perhaps, holding thoughts of …

• Golden Globes Hell Oscars
• December 19, 2010, 21:58

A few posts ago, using my most facetious tone, I somehow found time to address the Golden Globes nominations. Some mild controversy ensued. Well, in the following days, a greater than usual amount of outraged muttering has burbled around this …

• Hell
• November 28, 2010, 22:58

First a confession. A few years back, I was asked to interview Marianne Faithfull after a screening of Irina Palm, the old trooper’s latest film, at the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival. I was happy to oblige. Ms Faithfull, though …

• Hell Politics Way off topic
• November 23, 2010, 22:23

Well, the worst thing about the economic landslide is the fact that thousands of people will lose their jobs, fail to make their house payments, feel the need to emigrate and generally experience all kinds of ordinary and extraordinary misery. …

• Hell Television
• November 16, 2010, 17:55

The November chill dissipated a little with the news that Prince William of England, balding son to the FA Cup-eared Windsor dauphin, and Kate Middleton, heiress to a liquid manure dynasty (I think), have finally announced that they are to …

• Hell Trailerspotting
• November 13, 2010, 17:39

A fracas has grown up around Uwe Boll‘s decision to make a movie concerning the Holocaust. It’s a tricky one this. On first hearing the news, one has some sympathy for the director. After all, many respectable film-makers have tackled …

• 3-D Hell
• October 9, 2010, 17:36

In what must be regarded as a hugely embarrassing move, Warner Brothers has, with just a month to go before release, announced that the studio will not, as previously promised, be delivering Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I …

• Hell Moaning Way off topic
• October 8, 2010, 21:29

Okay, let’s get the preliminaries out of the way first. I delight in the changes that immigration has brought to Irish society.  Ireland of the 1980s looks ever more like a monocultural backwater when set beside the diverse country it …