

Eleanor & Park: an exercise in suppressing your gag reflex
⭐️⭐️ "Set over the course of one school year, this is the story of two star-crossed sixteen-year-olds—smart enough to know that first...


Ads of the Day: Bizarre Celebrity Endorsement Edition
Apple Music have produced a follow up to their “Distractingly good” campaign video “Taylor Swift vs. Treadmill” with “Drake vs. Bench...


Achievement Unlocked, Level Up!
I can now proudly call myself a Master of Science having graduated today from Dublin Institute of Technology with a 2.1 Masters degree in...


Ads of the Day: Santa Forgets and Cup Noodle
Another Christmas ad today, but this one is a lot bleaker and comes with a heap of humility. Definitely not a story that any child, or...


Arrival - 2001 for 2016
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ One of my aspirations for this blog is to get back to my first love in writing - film criticism. It’s been a while, not only in...


Ads of the day: Irish Rugby and Honest Finding Dory
I have to say I was very impressed with Ireland’s video bid to host the 2023 Rugby World Cup, released yesterday. The copy is evocative,...


Ads of the day: Nutella and Waitrose
Don’t get me wrong, I am all for content marketing; I love the idea of creating and consistently putting out relevant messages that aim...
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