“The Wind That Shakes the Barley” derives its title from an Irish ballad, written by Robert Dwyer Joyce. It speaks of the terrible sorrows of conflict and war, of having to deal with the lost of your loved ones. The”barley” in the song title refers to the barley oats that the rebel fighters carried in their pockets as provision in the 1798 Irish rebellion, and the phenomena that barley often grows out of the thousands of unmarked graves of fallen Irish rebels.

Set during the Irish War of Independence and the Irish Civil War, this Palme d’Or-winning film tells the story of two brothers, Damien (Cillian Murphy) and Teddy (Padraic Delaney), who joins the IRA as guerrilla fighters with the desire of driving out the British occupation. As the fighting wears on, and with both sides inflicting heavy losses on one another, a truce is declared by the British Empire, fearing the escalating costs of the conflict…

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With rabid fans screaming his name at concert halls everywhere, Rain is the hottest export to have come out of Korea since kimchi. With four top-grossing albums, a sold-out concert in New York, and extravagant ticket prices to his name, the time seems right for his debut movie appearance… click here to read the full article.

There is something gratifying about going to the gym. There is something about sweating it out, working the muscles, and crunching those abs in the company of total strangers, who are working as hard, or even harder than you…

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