Based on a book of the same name, The Tale of Despereaux tells the story of Despereaux Tilling, a tiny mouse with massive ears who lives in the kingdom of Dor. Unwilling to conform to society’s wishes, Despereaux is banished from Dor where he meets a rat named Roscuro, also banished, and adventure ensues...
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At the time of writing, Brian Cowen is Taoiseach. Despite his success, he remains true to his roots, and continues to live in County Offaly, where he is officially the most famous and successful resident. In this exclusive article, he tells Toast about his daily routine… It would be great to stay in bed...
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What just happened is based on Hollywood producer Art Linson’s (Fight Club, The Untouchables) memoir Bitter Hollywood tales from the front line and playing Linson is Robert De Niro, though as ‘Ben’ rather than Art. Ben is a highly strung producer with a couple of ex-wives (one of whom he is still in love...
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The Baader Meinhof Complex (Germany’s Best Foreign Language entrant at next year’s Oscars) charts the rise and fall of the Red Army Faction, a radical group of German political activists. Set in West Germany, the film’s events take place over the course of a socially and politically tumultuous decade. The film begins in 1967...
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With the rise in controversy surrounding the thriving ‘head shops’, providing a legal alternative to drugs, this journalism student took time out of her busy schedule, with the ever increasing amount of assignments, to discover just what all the hype is about. Head shops originated in the 1960s in cities with high populations of...
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The polls are closed; votes are in, George W. is hiding in the bushes and history has been made. After one of the most intensely fought Presidential elections we have ever seen, with a record 130 million or more U.S citizens voting, some queuing up to four hours before the poll booths opened, America...
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The Academy, November 3rd 2008. When The Libertines came hurtling on to the music scene at the turn of the Millennium they were hailed as the saviours of British music. For awhile their brand of scattered, tin-pot sounding punk, coupled with their look and attitude did briefly breathe new life into the ailing scene,...
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“Wow,” I thought when I saw this pair were up for review, “Complete Chillout and Complete Drum and Bass, I’ll have some of that. Every single chillout and drum and bass song ever recorded in two handy collections. I can listen to them and check two whole musical genres off my ‘Listen to every...
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Shit, is it 1999 again? A whole film about a shy, awkward and borderline annoying teenage guy desperately trying to get himself a ride? Sounds familiar. Oh, and he’s going to drive across America with his friends to get it? With time constraints no less? That stirs a few memories too. Welcome to Sex...
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