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Eh weeds?

Aw.

The piece of mud that looks like Ireland in Dartmouth Road, Ranelagh, Dublin, captured in July (left) and yesterday (right).

Aoife Davis writes:

“Nice to see Ireland experiencing rapid growth…”

The Broadsheet Book Of Unspecified Things That Look Like Ireland (New Island, €5)

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Ruining a perfectly good Aran jumper.

Saoirse Ronan in distressed irish traditional knitwear promoting her lead role in Nick Hornby’s  Oscar-baiting adaptation of Colm Toibin’s Brooklyn (2015) in American style mag Wonderland.

She’s changed.

Previously: The Aran Jumper, An Evolution

Pic: Stefan Khoo

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Aoife of Bowsie Workshop writes:

We’re a special effects company based in Dublin. We work with both digital and practical makeup fx and just put this showreel together of some of our work so far, thought it might be of interest.

Warning: extreme clown dismemberment ahead.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RllJtOw0USI]

What you may need to know:

1. John Wick is a retired assassin with a short fuse who just wants the quiet life. When a gang of Russian thugs steal his car and kill his puppy he comes out of retirement to exact revenge.

2. Megapump trailer.

3. “People keep asking if I’m back. Yeah, I’m thinking I’m back.”

4. That Sonics track needs a rest.

5. Alfie Allen is getting typecast as someone the audience wants to get punched. Hard. In the face.

6. Evil Willem Dafoe (1984) is always better then good Willem Dafoe (1986).

7. Director Chad Stahelski was Keanu Reeves’ stunt double throughout the Matrix Trilogy. The student has become the master.

8. Broadsheet Prognosis: Won’t hold a candle to Taken.

Release Date: TBC

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