Blue Jasmine

Jasmine: 1. Susan Burke and Roisin Tierney Crowe; 2. Alison Miles; 3. Aoife Kane  and Conor Marren. (Pix. BME)

Guests arrived at The Lighthouse Cinema to the smell of fresh Jasmine for the Irish premiere screening of the new movie "Blue Jasmine".

After everything in her life falls to pieces, including her marriage to wealthy businessman Hal (Alec Baldwin), elegant New York socialite Jasmine (Cate Blanchett) moves into her sister Ginger’s (Sally Hawkins) modest apartment in San Francisco to try to pull herself back together again.

The film has been described  by reviewers as “startling and brilliant”, while New Yorker reviewer David Denby added  “Cate Blanchett gives the most complicated and demanding performance of her movie career."

Jameson Cult Film: Die Hard

Yippee-Ki-Yay: 1. Johanna Asmniadin and Julien Rubio; 2. Cian Healy and Holly Carpenter; 3. Dermot Whelan and Dave Moore. (Pix. BME)

The Jameson Cult Film Club pulled out all the stops for its explosive double screening of the 1988 action classic DIE HARD. Following on from the successful screening of the gritty Irish crime flick INTERMISSION back in June, organisers treated ticket holders to an exclusive viewing experience at Dublin’s Tivoli Theatre, which was completely transformed into the foyer of Nakatomi Plaza for the evening.

The crowd were completely immersed in the film from the moment they arrived as sirens and police cars barricaded the entrance while LAPD’s finest Sergeant Al Powell interacted with the gathering crowd and offered words of support to John McClane on the police radio.

Once inside characters from the movie led by Hans Gruber used props and themed special effects to act out key scenes in front of the audience including Marco’s body falling from the roof onto Al’s police car, shards of ‘glass’ and ‘debris’ landing on the audience during one of the bigshoot out scenes.

Enjoying the Jameson Cult Film Club experience were rugby player Mike McCarthy, Devon Toner as well as David Coffey, Aidan Power, Dermot Whelan and Lottie Ryan.  Following the screening, the party continued in true Jameson style with guests tucking into ‘Yippee-Ki-Yay Burgers’ and Jameson, Ginger and Lime long drinks while DJ Aidan Kelly took to the decks.

Blue in the Face

Smurfs: 1. Kelly O'Reilly; 2. Alison Canavan and son James; 3. Aisling Hall pictured with Katie Grace. (Pix. BME)

Over 160 worldwide premieres of the new Smurfs 2 movie took place on Super Smurfs Sunday in celebration of the release of the family movie.

In Dublin, ODEON Point Village was awash with blue for the arrival of Papa Smurf and Smurfette, with proceeds of ticket sales going to Variety, the Children’s charity.  ODEON Cinemas has recently partnered with Variety and is now as the movie theatres nominated charity.

Entertainment included everything from face painting and Smurfs music to a meet and great with the Smurfs characters themselves.

Through this series of special screenings, over 11,000 feet of blue carpet was rolled out in American and international markets, a giant inflatable Smurf was on display outside ODEON Cinema for the day along with a Smurfs car that was brought in specially for the occasion.

Worl War Z

Moviez: 1. Kamal Ibrahim and Vicky Andeanska; 2. Roz Purcell; 3. Declan Leavy and Vinny Ryder. (Pix. BME)

The summer film premieres continued at the Savoy Cinema in Dublin when Brad Pitt fans turned out for his latest flick,"World War Z". Pitt plays a retired UN employee who leaves his wife and two kids behind to travel the globe in the hopes of stanching the zombie pandemic, which threatens to end the world as we know it.

Guests on the opening night included Roz Purcell, Daniella Moyles, weather presenters Deric Hartigan and Audry McGrath, Martin King with sons Alex and Matthew, Fair City's Aoibheann McCaul as well as actress Charlie Murphy and band Roy Seven.

Jameson Cult Film

Intermission: 1. Ellewyn Irwin and Colin Black; 2. Mary Kate Murray and Louise McDermott; 3. Audrey Hamilton and Carl Shabaan. (Pix. BME)

Following on from the infamous Danny DeVito ‘TrollFoot’ appearance at the last Jameson Cult Film Club screening in February, organisers were challenged with transporting the audience right into the world of the comedy-crime caper Intermission for an unforgettable viewing experience and ticket holders were not left disappointed.

Attendees were instructed to meet at a secret Docklands venue, which had been completely transformed into the movie’s Mega Mart. To ensure the crowd were completely immersed in the film from the moment they arrived, masked men interacted with the queuing crowd from their car as they tried to case the joint.

Enjoying the Jameson Cult Film Club experience was the movie’s line producer Des Martin who was joined by renowned film director Jim Sheridan. Following the screening, the party continued in true Jameson style with guests tucking into ‘LehiffBurgers’ and Jameson, Ginger and Lime long drinks while DJ Aidan Kelly took to the decks playing songs from the soundtrack including Colin Farrell’s rousing rendition of ‘I Fought the Law’.