David Kelly – MRQE

Red Monarch (TV)

Sat, 30 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

British comedy satirising Stalin’s inner circle as an absolute monarchs court. In the face of rampant abuse of power and poisonous distrust some still manage to keep faith with the Bolshevist creed until the very end. In front of the firing squad a stalwart bolshevist of the first hour exclaims: “Even in the best democracy errors are being made!”

“Strumpet City”

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Strumpet City was a 1980 television miniseries produced by Irish broadcaster RTÉ, based on James Plunkett’s 1969 novel Strumpet City. It was RTÉ’s most ambitious and expensive production to date. The script was written by Hugh Leonard, and Peter O’Toole played James Larkin, the union leader.

Cafe Society

Sun, 31 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A tangled web of greed, decadence and scandal in 1950s Manhattan surrounds margarine fortune heir Mickey Jelke (Frank Whaley), who is accused by his girl friend, Patricia Ward (Lara Flynn Boyle), and arrested for pimping. Police detective Jack Kale (Peter Gallagher) goes undercover as a movie actor to ingratiate himself with Jelke, who introduces him to the fast party set that favors nightclub hot spot El Casbah, which may or may not hide Jelke’s alleged ring of prostitution.

The Kovak Box

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

David Norton is used to being in control. As a best-selling author, he decides the fate of his characters, their lives and their deaths. But what happens when his fictional world becomes all too real?

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A young boy wins a tour through the most magnificent chocolate factory in the world, led by the world’s most unusual candy maker.

The Calcium Kid

Mon, 25 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

When milkman Jimmy Connelly accidentally puts Britain’s contender for the World title out of action, he is propelled from amateur boxer to the world stage and announced as the replacement contender for the championship fight.

Mystics

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A black comedy about two old-time conmen who pretend to be able to communicate with the dead.

Pirates

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Captain Red runs a hardy pirate ship with the able assistance of Frog, a dashing young French sailor. One day Capt. Red is captured and taken aboard a Spanish galleon, but thanks to his inventiveness, he raises the crew to mutiny, takes over the ship, and kidnaps the niece of the governor of Maracaibo. The question is, can he keep this pace up?

Mean Machine

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Disgraced ex-England football captain, Danny ‘Mean Machine’ Meehan, is thrown in jail for assaulting two police officers. He keeps his head down and has the opportunity to forget everything and change the lives of the prisoners. When these prisoners have the chance to put one over the evil guards during a prison football match, Danny takes the lead.

Waking Ned Devine

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

When a lottery winner dies of shock, his fellow townsfolk attempt to claim the money.