Pixie Is a Fun but Average Crime-Comedy Caper Directed by Barnaby Thompson
Starring Olivia Cooke, Alec Baldwin, Ben Hardy, Daryl McCormack, Colm Meaney
Published Mar 05, 2021
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Once upon a time in the west of Ireland, two men dawning pig and panda masks burst into a church to rob shotgun-wielding priests of their drugs. But these priests weren t simply defending themselves they were deadly gangster priests and there were a whole group of them.
That s how
Wayne s World producer Barnaby Thompson opens his third feature film,
Pixie. With his son Preston penning the script, this crime-comedy caper has a Western flavour in both style and score. It boasts an entertaining ensemble cast but never reaches the heights of other films of its ilk.
Movie Reviews: Deadly gangster priests and a boatload of MDMA Pixie stars Colm Meaney; plus Wolfwalkers, The Racer; and Kajillionaire
Wolfwalkers is another triumph for Cartoon Saloon
Sat, 12 Dec, 2020 - 08:00
Declan Burke
Set in 15th century Ireland, Wolfwalkers (PG) opens in the English garrison of Kilkenny, where young Robyn Goodfellowe (voiced by Honor Kneafsey) has ambitions of following in the footsteps of her father, Bill (Sean Bean), to become a wolf-killer in the service of the Lord Protector (Simon McBurney). When Robyn sneaks out into the surrounding forest, however, she meets the feral Mebh Óg (Eva Whittaker), a young girl with the magical power of transforming herself into a wolf. This latest offering from Cartoon Saloon (Song of the Sea, The Secret of Kells), Wolfwalkers is another epic animation steeped in Irish history that employs a blend of angular, hand-drawn animation and a more impressionistic style akin to the mystical elements of the original Wa