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Ireland’s Wars: The Civil War In Northern Ireland

Posted on Oct 26, 2021 by NFB

It has long been the case that the north of Ireland received a disproportionately little amount of attention in terms of historical study of the Irish revolutionary period. This seems especially strange in the context of the War of Independence, … Continue reading →

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Review: No Time To Die

Posted on Oct 22, 2021 by NFB

No Time To Die Trailer Five years after being seemingly betrayed by his paramour Madeline (Lea Seydoux), James Bond (Daniel Craig) lives quietly until approached by old friend Felix Leiter (Jeffrey Wright) with the temptation of another mission. A kidnapped … Continue reading →

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Ireland’s Wars: Spring 1922 In Belfast

Posted on Jan 12, 2021 by NFB

We have looked at the situation in Northern Ireland from a slightly more general perspective in the early months of 1922, with the new state struggling to define its relationship to the provisional government, and violence being a frequent result. … Continue reading →

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Ireland’s Wars: Collins’ Northern Policy And The Clones Shootout

Posted on Jan 5, 2021 by NFB

We have spent a good few entries recently discussing the larger geo-political/military situation in Ireland, between the furor around the Anglo-Irish Treaty and the growing split in the nationalist movement. While all of that was going on, the situation in … Continue reading →

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Ireland’s Wars: Ulster In 1921

Posted on Sep 8, 2020 by NFB

It has almost become a tired cliche on this site, but I will say it at least one more time: the Irish War of Independence in Ulster is an under-researched and under-noticed thing. In many of the history books and … Continue reading →

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Review: Knives Out

Posted on Dec 13, 2019 by NFB

Knives Out Trailer It seems somewhat strange to me that it has only been a few years since Rian Johnson went from being a moderately well-known director still in the relatively early part of his career, to being one of … Continue reading →

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Ireland’s Wars: Home Rule And Volunteers

Posted on Jun 13, 2017 by NFB

We are now truly entering an era of Irish history commonly identified with the Easter Rising, the War of Independence and the Civil War. The events we will be discussing were the final steps on the road to those conflicts, … Continue reading →

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Review: Spectre

Posted on Oct 30, 2015 by NFB

Spectre Trailer Notwithstanding Dublin’s Savoy Cinema’s unfortunate decision to lose their digital copy print and have to delay the start of the film by an hour, it was with great expectation and not a small bit of excitement that I … Continue reading →

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Review: The Last Man On The Moon

Posted on Apr 20, 2015 by NFB

The Last Man On The Moon Trailer More documentaries at JDIFF! This one was my own personal choice, calling back to a distant time in my life when astronomy was a passion and legends of astronauts were my bag (before … Continue reading →

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James Bond Franchise Review

Posted on Nov 29, 2012 by NFB

It was after reviewing Skyfall the other week that I got to thinking. I quite like the James Bond movies, but there was a whole bunch of them I hadn’t seen, or at least hadn’t seen in full. I decided … Continue reading →

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