Ronan Wright

Ronan Wright is a graduate in Film Studies from The Queen’s University of Belfast.

As well as contributing to MercatorNet as a film critic since March 2011 he has run Filmplicity, a Belfast-based film blog, since 2010 and is the resident film critic for the Catholic monthly magazine Position Papers.

Ronan has been a columnist for the Belfast Telegraph’s ‘Out There’ entertainment supplement since April 2012.

The Force is calling 47 million fans

27 Oct 2015 | POPCORN |

tags: sequels, Star Wars

The most anticipated sequel ever, the seventh episode of Star Wars, opens on December 18

Still Alice

13 Mar 2015 | POPCORN |

tags: Alzheimer's disease

Capturing the emotional power of the struggle with Alzheimer's

Big Hero 6

17 Feb 2015 | POPCORN |

tags: animated films, artificial intelligence, film reviews

An action movie with a touching focus on the healing power of friendship.

Cinema classics: Five million years to Earth (1967)

12 Sep 2014 | POPCORN |

tags: films, science fiction

A splendid example of imaginative British science fiction.

Parody The Matrix? In Lego?

22 Aug 2014 | POPCORN |

tags: animated films

The hugely popular Lego move is by turns hilarious and surreal.

Classic Cinema: The Lady from Shanghai (1947)

29 Jul 2014 | POPCORN |

tags: film noir, Orson Welles

A moody, atmospheric noir classic from Orson Welles.

Cinema Classics: A Hard Day’s Night (1964)

23 Jul 2014 | POPCORN |

tags: Beatles, music documentaries

A charming blend of Beatlemania and swinging 60s nostalgia.

CINEMA CLASSICS: The Lives of Others (2006)

15 Jul 2014 | POPCORN |

tags: Communism, Germany, privacy, surveillance

An Oscar-winning look at the surveillance state of East Germany.

Cinema Classics: An Autumn Afternoon