Peter Berg

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‘Who are you calling a bipolar f***?’ Mark Wahlberg in ‘Mile 22’
Mile 22: Mark Wahlberg in an underwhelming glob of generic pulp

When I came to look at my scrawled notes for the latest collaboration between Mark Wahlberg and director Peter Berg – following serviceable shared act(...)

Chris Whalley and Alex Murphy play, respectively, the lanky Jock and the compact Conor as the most amiable sorts of idiot. Photograph: Miki Barlok
The Young Offenders: Breaking into the English Market

It is early September and we are stationed on a windy patch of grass in the northern suburbs of Cork city. I doubt film crews often turn up in this pa(...)

No, we’re not hardy enough to do it year round, but we’re nearly ready to dip our (shivering) toes in the water
What’s hot and what’s not this week?

What’s hot Swatch shades Loving the mix and match sunglasses from the watch company Rihanna documentary We hope Peter Berg is making a popstar do(...)

Leitrim Tourism and Leitrim County Council recently launched the opening of an International standard rowing facility in Lough Rynn, Co. Leitrim. Photo: David Maher/Sportsfile
Ireland trials set to defy the weather

The Ireland trials set for this weekend at the National Rowing Centre in Cork will go ahead in a restricted format because the weather forecast is po(...)

The Lego Movie: the biggest February opening since Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ
Building a blockbuster brick by brick

January is rarely a bumper month for the retail sector. But in the movieverse it invariably makes for an interesting spike in footfall and trade. T(...)

Peter Berg: “I was interested in trying to capture that fight as it was written in the book. Reading it, it almost felt like a piece of orchestral music to me”
Lone Survivor Peter Berg talks grunts and gunfights

Harken, fans of movie miscellany and listology. Pop quiz. Is the shoot-’em-up between Taliban fighters and a four-man Navy Seal reconnaissance team at(...)

Lone Survivor 2:30
Lone Survivor

Well, the title makes no concessions to the spoiler police. Adapted from a memoir by Marcus Luttrell, Lone Survivor tells the story of an ill-fated at(...)

How To Train Your Dragon 2: Coming July 4th
All eyes on film: the Big Movie Preview 2014

Welcome to our bumper guide to another year of sequels, remakes and leftfield experiments. The most comprehensive preview available is, f(...)