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EVERY THURSDAY EVENING, we bring you three trailers for films that are out this weekend.
The films might be on streaming services, or on television.
But before we get to the trailers this week, we have something very exciting for you – the chance for one lucky reader to win tickets to watch the opening and closing gala films at the Virgin Media Dublin International Film Festival. The festival runs from 3 – 14 March online and you can find the full programme here.
The opening gala this year is Supernova, starring Colin Firth and Stanley Tucci as a couple who have been together for two decades, but who find themselves having to deal with early-onset dementia.
The closing gala for 2021 is Deadly Cuts, directed by Rachel Carey. The film is about a hair salon on the northside of Dublin where the staff end up being accidental vigilantes.
To be in with a chance of winning a ticket to view both of these, tell us:
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I Care A Lot
Rosamund Pike stars as a woman who runs a racket that involves becoming the legal guardian for elderly wards – whose assets she takes. But then her latest ward ends up having some dodgy secrets of her own…
The Meg
Look, if now isn’t the right time to watch a film where Jason Statham faces off against a gigantic shark, when IS the right time?
The Champ
Oh you want to bawl your eyes out, do ya? Then watch this 1979 melodrama which stars Jon Voight as Billy Flynn, a former boxer who takes part in a fight to support his son and win back his ex-wife (Faye Dunaway). A remake of the 1931 film.
Which one would you watch first?
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So tragic…no words
@Sharon Kelly: Small mercy that it crashed on land.At least the the families can bury their dead promptly and with closure.
@Billy Larkin: they don’t often do prompt burials in the U.K.
@Sharon Kelly: So tragic and so soon after Rescue 116 RIP
Right so. Never getting in a helicopter. End of.
RIP.
@Dearbhla Russell: helicopters are no more dangerous than fixed wing aircraft.
@Gus Sheridan: or a car even, to be fair
I fly in helicopters for work. They are not any more dangerous than planes or cars. But if you are to go down you know it. I cannot fandom what they went through. I hope it was quick. RIP. So so sad to hear.
@Gus Sheridan: if the engine stops in a plane you can still land it. If it stops in a helicopter you drop straight down no recovery no contingency.
@Gus Sheridan: They are far more dangerous than a fixed wing. You fly into cloud and your finished. You could by flying side ways and not know.
@Brendan Hughes: And you know this how? Are you a pilot? Aircraft engineer? Or what basis did you form this opinion?
You are also speculating as to the cause.
Or are you just another irksome aviation “expert” who thinks they know it all.
Not true they can successfully land without an Engine, the rotors would still turn and provide lift provided the pilot flew the helicopter correctly. I believe it is called autorotation.
Many accidents happen and understanding why they happened may prevent future accidents from occurring.
@Gus Sheridan: That’s not true at all. Helicopters crash 35% more often than any other aircraft and twice as often when pilots are still undergoing training. US National Transportation Safety Board: General aircraft: 7.28 crashes for every 100,000 hours of flight time. Helicopters is 9.84 per 100,000 hours. That means helicopters crash about 35 percent more often per hour in the air than your average aircraft.
@Brendan Hughes: no you auto rotate, gives you a fast landing though but it does NOT fall from the sky
@Paraic McDonagh: but you are including the USA in this, not the best example of safety are they?
@Brendan Hughes: if the engine fails in a helicopter, it can still land via autorotation
@Gus Sheridan:
Such rubbish. Fixed wing aircraft can glide following mechanical failure, helicopters will drop like a stone
@Nick Allen: as point to above they don’t but it could be a harder landing than in a plane with no engine
@Brendan Hughes: Not true One of the first thing you learning to fly helicopters is autorotation .I got my pilots license back in the 90s .Autorotation is fun This heli had twin engines so a much greater safety margin .
@Robert Preston: jeez, robert, the lot of yee will ya calm down on talking about the merits of rotation vs lift. More important things to be dwelling on now. Leave it to the experts
R.I.P. to all involved
Oh my God!! Another awful tragedy!!! So sad!!!
A bit out of order to use a pic of the Sar chopper considering recent events no?
@Eoin Kiely: nope.
It’s a picture of UK coastguard helicopter involved in the search
@Eoin Kiely: they were involved in search so maybe that’s why it was shown
@Eoin Kiely: plus it’s a totally different helicopter.
Oh my God!! Another awful tragedy!! Very sad!!!
Whether you get into a helicopter or not who cares, RIP brave people!!
@Terry Molloy: Brave??? A bunch of upper class elites crash in their exclusive fying maching and they are to be lauded as heros? You must be insane, ease off on the forelock tugging.
Very sad Rip
Awful tragedy, may they all RIP.
I’m not making any judgement ok but how often are there refresher courses for helicopter pilots?
There are too many accidents happening with these aircraft.
@Gerry Fallon: Not time for air crash investigates yet Gerry. Leave it to the experts. Let the peoples family be made aware, bodies identified and buried. Same goes for alot of commenters
May they Rest In Peace
Didn’t know helicopter could fly over the sea from U.K to Ireland. Look like too risky to me. RIP to all.
Tragic..r.i.p.
Glad to see they’ve put temporary restricted airspace over the crash site.
Keep the red tops and tv crews away until the relatives can either visit the crash site or the body’s removed with dignity.
RIP to all on board.
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