ALL POSTS BY: Mike Finnerty

Galwayman studying Journalism in UL.
Film school dropout, perhaps the only person in Ireland who still gets excited for DVD releases.

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How Pop-Punk endured

Have you listened to the radio or the top 40 on Spotify recently? There’s nary a guitar or drum to be found on a track. Yet the biggest cause of concert FOMO this summer appears to be the cancellation of My Chemical Romance’s headlining gig in Dublin, along with the …

Anatomy of a dad movie

The “dad movie” is a concept that is at once abstract (you can’t find a “dad movie aisle in your local shop, nor does the Oscars give out awards for them), yet people know what you’re talking about when you mention a “dad movie.” They usually star Tom Hanks or …

Artemis Fowl review: Why?

With a movie titled Artemis Fowl being as bad as it is, one would expect the headline to be a play on the word “fowl,” but by the end of the 95-minute runtime, the only word you can think of is “why?” Unceremoniously dumped onto Disney+ last Friday, Disney might …

The best summer movies of the 2010s

With any hopes of a traditional summer blockbuster season becoming more unlikely by the day, Oxygen is in a wistful mood, thinking about the best summer blockbusters from years past. Here’s our picks for the best summer blockbusters from the last 10 years. Inception (2010) On paper, Inception shouldn’t have …