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Jameson Cult Film Club Screening of Fight Club!

Posted on June 10, 2014 by Darren

The Jameson Cult Film Club screenings are always a highlight of the Irish cinematic calendar. A loving celebration of beloved films, the nights bring cinematic classics to life – organising screenings in unconventional locations featuring interactive and vibrant elements.

The screening of David Fincher’s Fight Club was no exception, a wonderful evening celebrating one of David Fincher’s most iconic and enduring films. Atmospherically staged in Dublin’s Tivoli theatre, the evening was a delight for cinephiles. As ever, a fantastic evening from all inPhotos from the evening and the post-event release are below. Enjoy!

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Non-Review Review: Fight Club

Posted on June 4, 2014 by Darren

Fight Club was released in 1999, and seems to perfectly capture a brief moment in the history of disemfranchised American masculinity.

Situated between the end of the Cold War and the start of the War on Terror, Fight Club is the story of disenfranchised middle-class masculinity, a cultural group gripped by sense of impotence and despair and lost amid an era of financial prosperity and material success. “We’re the middle children of history, man,” Tyler Durden informs his followers. “No purpose or place. We have no Great War… no Great Depression.” It’s a line that gets more bitterly ironic with each re-watch.

A film frequently misunderstood by a significant portion of its fans and its critics, Fight Club is perhaps the quintessential cult film of the nineties. A clever hook that encourages further viewings, a mean subversive streak and a bleak irreverence that is impossible to look away from, Fight Club manages to perfectly encapsulate a moment of shared cultural consciousness and insecurity.

Seeking a friend at the end of the world…

Note: This review contains spoilers for Fight Club. Consider yourself warned.

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Non-Review Review: 22 Jump Street

Posted on June 3, 2014 by Darren

Comedy sequels can be a tough beast.

After all, a joke isn’t as funny the second time around and – if it is – there’s always the DVD. Comedy sequels often find themselves trapped between a rock and a hard place. They have to pay homage and due respect to what came before, but they can’t simply tread out the same old jokes. It isn’t a case of simply doing the same thing but bigger, as with most sequels. Comedy sequels are a tough nut to crack.

The genius of 22 Jump Street is the way that it accepts this and turns it into the biggest joke of the film.

Jumping back into their roles…

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Watch! Jameson Cult Film Club Fight Club Prank!

Posted on May 30, 2014 by Darren

The guys over at the Jameson Cult Film Club sent on this video of a prank pulled by several people on their friend. While not quite Project: Mayhem, it’s still worth a look. The video is included below, but just a reminder that you can still enter our draw for a set of tickets, or pop over to the Jameson Cult Film Club website and register there for the screenings next week.

To launch the Jameson Cult Film Club screening of Fight Club on the 4th and 5th of June in Dublin, Jameson helped fans prank a friend. All they had to do was invited them out…for a Jameson.

The Jameson Cult Film Club is a unique consumer experience, bringing cult films to life. The experiences are held in locations high relevant to the film’s theme, genre, set or storyline, in order to transport the audience into the world of the characters and script in a playful, edgy &contemporary way. The experience is brought to life via live theatre and staging.

Subscribe to the channel, Find us on Facebook www.facebook.com/JamesonIreland or go to the website www.jamesoncultfilmclub.ie to register for free tickets.

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Non-Review Review: The Edge of Tomorrow

Posted on May 28, 2014 by Darren

As with Oblivion, the last “Tom Cruise in the future” blockbuster, The Edge of Tomorrow feels like a gigantic big-budget episode of The Outer Limits. It’s low on character and high in concept. The film moves fast enough to gloss over the assorted problems that come with a typical time travel narrative. The script is witty enough to keep the audience engaged, and Tom Cruise is solid enough leading man to hold it all together.

The Edge of Tomorrow is wonderfully enjoyable high-concept thrill ride, and one of the stronger offerings of the summer so far.

It’s not the end of the world…

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Non-Review Review: Maleficent

Posted on May 28, 2014 by Darren

As portrayed in the classic 1959 version of Sleeping Beauty, Maleficent is an absolutely fascinating character. Like so much in that film, she is woefully under-developed, but brilliant character design by Marc Davis and sterling voice work from Eleanor Audley helped to fashion an iconic characters. In spite (or perhaps because) of the fact that Sleeping Beauty establishes so little about her, Maleficent endures one of the most recognisable and memorable characters in the Disney animated canon.

So, if a live-action villain-centric feature film was going to tackle one of the classic villains from the studio’s rich history, it makes sense that Maleficent would be chosen. Angelina Jolie seems almost born to play the role, carrying herself with a regal grace, an icy detachment, an impeccable sense of comic timing and spot-on vocal impersonation of Eleanor Audley. The production design on Maleficent is absolutely stunning, with the movie occasionally seeming like an animated classic brought to life.

If only the same amount of enthusiasm had been invested in the script.

All fired up…

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Win! Tickets to the Jameson Cult Film Club Screening of Fight Club!

Posted on May 27, 2014 by Darren

Due to popular demand, the Jameson Cult Film Club returns to Dublin for one of the biggest double screenings to-date. Continuing on from the successful Jameson Cult Film Club screenings of The Usual Suspects, Jaws, Predator and Intermission, organisers will be challenged with transporting the audience right into the world of 1999 cult classic FIGHT CLUB, which will be screened at a secret location on Wednesday 4th and Thursday 5th June 2014.

These free events are much more than just your typical screening as attendees are treated to live theatre and special effects timed perfectly with on-screen action creating an electric atmosphere throughout. The secret venue is only revealed to ticket holders and will be completely transformed into a series of sets from the movie. Lucky ticket holders can expect to see an insomniac office worker and a devil-may-care soap maker get the Jameson Cult Film Club treatment on the night.

The first rule of Jameson Cult Film Club is to register for free tickets. Join the fight on www.jamesoncultfilmclub.ie.

If you would like to get your hands on TWO TICKETS to the Thursday 5th the below question:

This competition is now closed. The winner will be contact

Please note that the information provided will only be used to contact the winner of the competition.

All entrants must be over 18. Enjoy Jameson Sensibly. Visit DrinkAware.ie.

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Jameson Cult Film Club Screenings of Fight Club, June 4th and 5th 2014!

Posted on May 24, 2014 by Darren

The Jameson Cult Film Club is a wonderful excuse to celebrate cinematic classics. The group organise screenings throughout the year inviting audiences to immerse themselves in a much-loved cinematic classic – for example, Silence of the Lambs, Predator, or even The Blues Brothers. Taking a familiar Dublin location and turning it into something like a set from the film, the Jameson Cult Film Club works as a celebration of these iconic films.

This summer, the team are doing a double screening of David Fincher’s classic Fight Club on the 4th and 5th of June at a top secret location in Dublin. I’m violating the first and seconds rules of Fight Club by telling you this, but I’m sure it’ll work out okay at the end. One of the better things about the Jameson Cult Film Club is that the screening are absolutely free – tickets are raffled to film fans who apply via the Jameson Cult Film Club website.

Whether you’ve seen Fight Club, or whether you haven’t, it’s a wonderful excuse to appreciate one of David Fincher’s defining cinematic works, and one of the films that solidified him as a talent to watch, only a few months before the release of Gone Girl, his latest effort and adaptation of Gillian Flynn’s best-selling thriller.

I’ve included the fill press release below, but you can head over to the Jameson Cult Film Club website and apply for tickets. (By the way, I love the poster design.)

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3epkano Performing Live Accompaniment to Metropolis, National Concert Hall, 17th July 2014!

Posted on May 24, 2014 by Darren

Irish post-rock band 3epkano are ten years old this year. To celebrate their tenth anniversary, the band performing a live musical accompaniment to Fritz Lang’s iconic 1927 science-fiction classic Metropolis. A movie that helped to shape an entire genre, Metropolis will be screened in its original format, set to an original score composed and performed by 3epkano. It’s a staggeringly ambitious concert, and a fantastic way to celebrate ten years of music-making.

A classic of German expressionist cinema, a triumph of silent movie-making and a reminder of just how iconic and influential Fritz Lang was, Metropolis is an epic that really deserves to be seen on a large screen. It looks to be one of the cinematic highlights of the summer, and well worth checking out for anybody with even a passing interest in the history of cinema.

The concert will take place in the National Concert Hall at 8pm on Thursday, 17th July 2014. It’s a wonderful excuse to see a classic through fresh eyes, with Lang’s work on Metropolis looking as impressive today as it did almost ninety years ago. Tickets are available via the National Concert Hall website.

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