Posts by James Traynor


Clementine Lane – A Local Author with a Funny Story to Tell

Clementine Lane – A Local Author with a Funny Story to Tell – Jimmy Traynor Reviews Eoghan Brunkard’s new novel  Clementine Lane is ambitious.  Its very ambitious.  Its world is bigger than just the lane that gives the book it’s title, or maybe the lane has more detail than... 

The Week in News with Jimmy Traynor

The Week in News with Jimmy Traynor We are delighted to announce that James T. Traynor is joining our editiorial team. Eagle-eyed readers will surely recall Jimmy as a previous, hard-copy contributor who’s ground-breaking reporting, quite literally, revolutionised the zeitgesit of our local community... 

Film Review – In Time

In Time (2011) Directed by Andrew Niccol Starring: Cillian Murphy, Justin Timberlake and Amanda Seyfried In Tme is a Sci-Fi with a social conscience or perhaps it’s a cynical attempt to exploit the growing discontent between the ‘haves’ and ‘have nots’ either way it’s entertaining. The premise... 

Pub Review – The Market Bar

As a connoisseur of the Dublin’s night life scene (only to provide you with the best facts of course) there is no bar in Dublin quite like the Market Bar. Located on the unfortunately now infamous Fade Street, the Market Bar resembles a train station of the 1940s, with its tall cavernous ceiling and... 

Film Review – Limitless

LIMITLESS Staring: Bradley Cooper, Robert De Niro & Abbie Cornish Director: Neil Burger Rising star Bradley Cooper’s latest offering is an exciting fast paced thriller. The story starts with a deadbeat writer’s chance meeting with an old acquaintance, a former brother in law who now deals in... 

Pub Review – The Cobblestone

The Cobblestone pub is located at the top of Smithfield square on King St. A quaint and unassuming front greets the visitor that suggests a different experience than the one waiting inside. The Cobblestone is one of those funny little pubs that resides in the city centre yet has all the musty-ness,... 

Film Review – Black Swan

Staring: Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis and Vincent Cassel Director: Darren Aronofsky This year’s first big movie, Black Swan is directed by Aronofsky of The Wrestler fame and it shares many similarities with its predecessor. Despite its fantastical qualities, it too is shot from the perspective of the... 

Film Review – Let Me In

Staring: Kodi Smith-McPhee, Chloe Moretz, Richard Jenkins, Elias Koteas. Director: Matt Reeves Although it could be said that this remake was a little premature (the original Swedish film “Let the right one in” having premiered just two years previously), it must also be said that this is... 
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