John Michael McDonagh

27th August 2019 | By Matt Hartless

Matt’s top 10 obscure films – Matt signs off from NQ

If you frequented the Northern Quota over the Christmas period you would have found a number of film reviews I made into an advent calendar,...

11th December 2018 | By Matt Hartless

Film Advent Calendar: The Guard heightens the crime genre by setting it in apathetic rural Ireland

If you want a crime thriller FBI movie without any of the macho posturing endemic to the genre, and with plenty of hilarity and strangely touching scenes, the Guard is a film you need to watch this Christmas.