Bren Murphy

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Bren Murphy

Multimedia marketing creative, writer and podcaster

Bren Murphy is a Dublin-based multimedia marketing creative for RTÉ television. In his spare time, he chats about horror films on the Under Your Bed horror podcast.

Treasure

Lena Dunham and Stephen Fry lack sparkle in Treasure

A father and daughter get to grips with intergenerational trauma in this long and meandering tale

Movies • 14 Jun

Pierce Brosnan features in Quintessentially Irish

Movie Review: Quintessentially Irish

"We're great at congratulating ourselves" states Derry Girls' Siobhán McSweeney in Frank Mannion's latest documentary which is definitely not the exception.

Movie Review • 27 Apr

Fans of Call My Agent! will not be surprised to see Laure Calamy continue to impress in the lead role

The Origin of Evil is a deliciously sordid tale

There's skulduggery afoot in this fun and twist-filled French psychodrama.

Movie Review • 28 Mar

Emma Stone as Bella Baxter in Poor Things

Movie Review: Poor Things

Provocative, hilarious and truly bonkers - one of the best films of 2023 is already here.

Movie Review • 15 Jan

Strange Boy in Ó Bhéal

Ó Bhéal draws you into a warm and wonderful world

Bren Murphy enjoys Ciara Nic Chormaic's documentary about hip hop as Gaeilge. As he says: "It's miles away from Peig Sayers."

Movie • 13 Nov 23

All the performances are excellent, but The Royal Hotel ultimately falls flat due to an anticlimactic, spotty third act full of questionable decisions

Outback thriller The Royal Hotel is a three-star stay

This slow-burning thriller starts off strong but ultimately snuffs itself out.

Movie Review • 03 Nov 23

Agnes O'Casey stars in Lies We Tell

Lies We Tell is 'a gripping Irish thriller'

Don't be fooled by the stuffy period setting, this is a gripping Irish thriller.

Movie Review • 13 Oct 23

Alden Ehrenreich and Phoebe Dynevor star in Fair Play

Fair Play is a 'somewhat intriguing' tale on Netflix

A somewhat intriguing tale of sex, power and toxic masculinity.

Movie Review • 07 Oct 23

Ben Whishaw, Adèle Exarchopoulos and Fran Rogoswki star in Passages

Passages: an unpredictable, fascinating film

A beautifully intimate portrayal of sex, love and heartbreak in the 2020s.

Movie Review • 03 Sep 23

If you enjoy the ultraviolence of a Tarantino flick, the furious action of a John Wick movie and are willing to suspend your disbelief, this is the film that will have you cackling away with giddy abandon

Sisu: Finnish Rambo versus Nazis in grindhouse of fun

If you enjoy the ultraviolence of a Tarantino flick, the furious action of a John Wick movie and are willing to suspend your disbelief, this …

Movie Review • 25 May 23

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