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Vikings Following a success of series one of Vikings another 10 episodes of the series will be shortly going into production at Ashford studios, Wicklow.

Last year hundreds of people turned up for auditions for the series in Wicklow and Temple Bar.

Open castings will take place for the second series  at the Grand Hotel, Abbey Street in Wicklow Town, from 11am – 6pm on Wednesday 5th June

This will be will followed by 2 days of casting at Filmbase, Curved Street in Temple Bar on Thursday 6th June, 11am – 6pm, and Friday 7th June, 9:30am – 5pm.

Those attending the auditions need only be legally permitted to work in Ireland and further enquiries can be directed to 0404 78758. Email enquiries (but not photos or CVs) can be sent to: vikingextras@gmail.com

The series was written by Michael Hirst of ‘The Tudors’ and ‘Camelot’ whois also an…

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Miss Julie – the complex nature of film finance.

Ken Loach to film Jimmy Hall in Sligo/Leitrim area this summer.

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Act of Contrition | Pray Catholic.

Children nowsdays in Ireland refer to this the “Act of sorrow”

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Someones obsessive Compulsive Guide to the 2014 TCM Classic Film Festival 🙂

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tcm-2014-2 Last updated 4/11 /14 11 AM (PT). Updated info in italics (including print info)

Here’s my favorite thing about the TCM Classic Film Festival, which kicks off on Thursday in Hollywood: there’s no right or wrong way to pick the movies you see. Hold the pickle, hold the lettuce – like Burger King in the ‘70s, the only right way is your way. 

This will be my fifth trip to the classic film conclave, which packs more than 100 screenings and events into 82 (mostly sleepless) hours in Hollywood. I’m just as excited as ever, but this year the typically torturous process of choosing my personal schedule was easier than in the past.

I used to lament the wealth of competing choices, secretly wishing we could go back to Year One in 2010 when the crowds were small and the options were few. Now I understand that the staggering…

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Just as they did with Jaws and Snatch, the Jameson Cult Film Club are taking their screening of The Usual Suspects on the road. There’ll be screenings happening in Cork and Galway towards the end of the month, and – if you’re in the area – they come highly recommended as a celebration of classic film. (That goes double if you haven’t yet seen The Usual Suspects, which is one of the greatest modern noir films and probably director Bryan Singer’s greatest work.)

Indeed, the Irish chapter of the Jameson Cult Film Club launched with a screening of The Usual Suspects in 2011, making this something of a celebratory screening for the club. And a well-deserved one at that.

The full copy of the press release is below, but it is worth stressing that tickets to the event are completely free. They are assigned via a raffle, and…

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