Four new films to see this week: Weapons, Freakier Friday, The Kingdom and Conor Walsh: Selected Piano WorksA quartet of movies released in the week of August 8th, 2025Sun Aug 10 2025 - 05:00
Are Liam Neeson and Pamela Anderson really an item? What’s not to celebrate?The apparently happy couple look like the sort of neighbours you’d trust to feed your cat while you’re in MarbellaFri Aug 08 2025 - 14:57
The Movie Quiz: What was that feckin’ Mrs Brown’s Boys film called?Plus: The chap behind which series is about to embark on Bond 26?Fri Aug 08 2025 - 05:00
Conor Walsh: Selected Piano Works review – Quietly persuasive, impressively original of the late Mayo musicianKeith Walsh has fashioned a touching study of a fascinating, if allusive, personality who died suddenly aged 36Thu Aug 07 2025 - 05:00
Weapons review: The best Stephen King adaptation to not be adapted from a Stephen King storyJulia Garner and Josh Brolin star in Zach Cregger’s film about a weird disturbance in a small townWed Aug 06 2025 - 05:00
South Park isn’t letting go of Donald Trump’s hambone any time soonMatt Stone and Trey Parker’s Comedy Central satire wrongfoots attempts to nail down its politics. That’s as it should beSun Aug 03 2025 - 05:20
Four new films to see this week: The Naked Gun, Bring Her Back, Late Shift and Oslo Stories: Dreams (Sex Love)A quartet of movies released in the week of August 1st, 2025Sun Aug 03 2025 - 05:00
Bring Her Back director Danny Philippou: ‘I love the psycho-biddy genre. It allows actors to really play’Grown adults have been covering their eyes and hyperventilating at the RackaRacka brothers’ new film. It also has important things to say about griefSat Aug 02 2025 - 05:14
The Movie Quiz: Where in Dublin was Checkpoint Charlie situated back in 1965?Plus: Who was (jointly) the first actor Oscar-nominated for a Stephen King film?Fri Aug 01 2025 - 05:00
Late Shift review: A nursing meltdown opens us up to unseen and underappreciated livesLeonie Benesch plays a surgical nurse doing vital midnight duty in a hospital strained by understaffingThu Jul 31 2025 - 05:08
The Naked Gun review: Liam Neeson a bit of a puzzle amid big dumb fun It doesn’t matter what it’s parodying, the film delivers lots of good jokesWed Jul 30 2025 - 14:00
‘I am thrilled’: Cillian Murphy’s new film to have its European premiere in CorkThe Oscar winner’s new film Steve, a Netflix production, is adapted Max Porter’s best-selling novel ShyMon Jul 28 2025 - 16:22
Four new films to see this week: The Fantastic Four: First Steps, Gazer, Dying/Sterben and The Bad Guys 2A quartet of movies released in the week of July 25th, 2025Sun Jul 27 2025 - 05:00
Liam Neeson: From Paisley-loving Catholic boy to actor, then action man, now comedy star The Irish actor has spent a decade leaping from helicopters, evading grenades and putting his foot in it. Now for The Naked GunFri Jul 25 2025 - 16:00
The Bad Guys 2 review: Tolerable sequel is dragged down by an overcomplicated plotThis sits between the ballet of Looney Tunes and the less sophisticated Scooby DooFri Jul 25 2025 - 05:08
The Movie Quiz: Which Hitchcock film features a future crew member of the Nostromo?Plus: Who has been declared the highest-grossing movie star of all time?Fri Jul 25 2025 - 05:00
Donald Clarke: Why do Irish people love to get annoyed about ‘Oirish’ films?Yes, Americans keep stereotyping us in ‘Oirish’ films – but why do we remain so eager to get annoyed about it?Thu Jul 24 2025 - 14:40
The Fantastic Four: First Steps review - Good, clean, retro funNo homework is required. This MCU film can be enjoyed or loathed on its own uncomplicated termsTue Jul 22 2025 - 17:00
US right-wingers fear Superman’s woke ideology. Trust me, guys, you’ll be grandFormer Trump advisor Kellyanne Conway has decried the new movie and even an ex-Superman has implied the man of steel could go broke by going wokeSun Jul 20 2025 - 05:20
Barry Lyndon turns 50: Is Kubrick’s epic, filmed in Ireland, a folly or a masterpiece?The lavish take on Thackeray’s novel received mixed reviews on its first release, but has secured its place among the greatsSat Jul 19 2025 - 05:16
The Movie Quiz: Who has never played Kevin Costner’s wife?Plus: Which studio’s films were, from 1924-1928, introduced by a Dublin-born legend?Fri Jul 18 2025 - 06:00
Four Letters of Love review: Every interior in this preposterous film suggests an Irish theme pub in 1990s Basingstoke Pierce Brosnan, Helena Bonham Carter and Gabriel Byrne team up with antique spinning-wheels, nuns and vowels from all 32 countiesFri Jul 18 2025 - 05:10
Friendship review: This twisted buddy-buddy movie is funny but not much fun Comedian Tim Robinson brings the cringe factor – and suppressed fury – to Andrew DeYoung’s writing and directing debut Fri Jul 18 2025 - 05:08
Galway Film Fleadh 2025: The big winners at the hottest festival in memory, including Gerry Adams basking in adulatory sunshineGerry Adams’ film and Trevor Birney’s The Negotiator show subjects in sympathetic lightMon Jul 14 2025 - 09:49
Pierce Brosnan’s 11 most memorable movie roles – in reverse orderThe common reduction of Brosnan to ‘Bond actor’ distracts from a busier and better CV than the casual observer might guessMon Jul 14 2025 - 05:20
Scarlett Johansson has set a box office record. But could the movie star be out of a job?The Jurassic World and Black Widow star is now the highest-grossing lead actor of all time. She can count herself lucky we remember her nameSun Jul 13 2025 - 05:00
Four new films to see this week: Pavements, Armand, Superman and Modigliani – Three Days on the Wing of MadnessJohnny Depp directs, and Al Pacino, David Corenswet, Rachel Brosnahan and Pavement appear in a quartet of movies released in the week of July 11th, 2025Sun Jul 13 2025 - 05:00
The Movie Quiz: How many times has Steven Spielberg directed Richard Dreyfuss in a feature?Plus: What does Lady share with Tramp?Fri Jul 11 2025 - 05:00
The Pillowman review: Anthracite-black comedy. The most appalling crimesMartin McDonagh’s play, in a disciplined if occasionally muted Gate production, makes discomfort the pointThu Jul 10 2025 - 08:31
Modigliani: Three Days on the Wing of Madness review – Is Johnny Depp’s film a dud or a masterpiece? Prepare for disappointing newsDepp no doubt admires Modigliani’s work, but his real passion here is for the eternally intoxicating fantasy of Parisian bohemiaThu Jul 10 2025 - 05:03
Superman review: Utterly charmless. And as funny as toothacheHow is David Corenswet as Superman in James Gunn’s reboot? He essentially features so little it’s hard to tellTue Jul 08 2025 - 20:00
Bestselling Salt Path authors under fire amid allegations of untruths and unpaid debtsRecently adapted for the cinema and featuring Gillian Anderson, the couple’s origin story of pilgrimage may have employed excessive creative licence Tue Jul 08 2025 - 06:05
Four new films to see this week: Jurassic World Rebirth, The Shrouds, Beat the Lotto and Sudan, Remember Us Mahershala Ali, Scarlett Johansson, Vincent Cassel, Diane Kruger and Stefan Klincewicz feature in these movies released in the week of July 4th, 2025Sun Jul 06 2025 - 05:00
Jaws: As Steven Spielberg’s film turns 50, we’re still living in the shadow of the shark Jaws is accused of destroying US cinema, but it was popcorn entertainment of the kind the studios would always shift back toSun Jul 06 2025 - 05:00
‘As Johnny Depp says, if Pacino comes to you and says do something it’s better you do it’Riccardo Scamarcio, star of Modigliani: Three Days on the Wing of Madness, on its unusual genesisSat Jul 05 2025 - 05:15
The Movie Quiz: What was the last film made in the truncated Chronicles of Narnia series?Plus: Which film director is currently favourite to become mum to the next mayor of New York?Fri Jul 04 2025 - 05:00
Michael Madsen will be remembered for one of the defining cinematic moments of the 1990s A charismatic heavy for the ages, Madsen found stardom under Quentin Tarantino, but great roles in important films kept eluding himFri Jul 04 2025 - 00:03
The Shrouds review: David Cronenberg’s mordant, personal conspiracy thriller is one of director’s best filmsThere is an eerie stillness to the film that says as much about loss as does the disturbing premise at its centreThu Jul 03 2025 - 05:00
Jurassic World: Rebirth review – the plot is mid-level dumb but ‘good film’ belongs among its keywordsIt’s no masterpiece. The plot is mid-level dumb but ‘good film’ belongs among its keywordsWed Jul 02 2025 - 06:00
Trump’s F-bomb: The US didn’t faint when the president swore on live TV. How unexpectedly unprissy of itThe United States’ official puritanism sits uneasily with a wider nation that can be more creatively profane than any other in the AnglosphereSun Jun 29 2025 - 05:00
Four new films to see this week: F1, From Hilde, with Love, The Moon Is Upside Down and M3gan 2.0Kerry Condon, Brad Pitt, Liv Lisa Fries, Johannes Hegemann and Allison Williams feature in these movies released in the week of June 27th, 2025Sun Jun 29 2025 - 05:00
The Irish syndicate that beat the Lotto: ‘It wasn’t illegal to do what they did’ Stefan Klincewicz explains his strategy in a fascinating new film that builds to a gripping denouementSat Jun 28 2025 - 05:18
The Movie Quiz: Who is the only Irish-born star to win a main acting prize at Cannes?Plus: Who is the new Frank Drebin?Fri Jun 27 2025 - 05:00
M3gan 2.0 review: An absolutely terrible and woeful sequelThe original film’s beautifully simple concept has been jettisoned for this spaghetti of confusionWed Jun 25 2025 - 17:00
F1 review: Kerry Condon injects Brad Pitt’s thuddingly predictable racing flick with a welcome touch of ThurlesWe are in the world of high-end watch commercials, and no product is placed so prominently as Formula One itselfTue Jun 24 2025 - 14:37
In 28 Years Later, Brexit Britain runs screaming towards its Apocalypse Now. What took it so long?Danny Boyle, a stubborn Mancunian of Irish descent, can feel proud of showing how the subject can be addressed without dragging your art into po-faced agitpropSun Jun 22 2025 - 05:21
Four new films to see this week: 28 Years Later, Elio, Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story, and S/He Is Still Her/eJodie Comer, Ralph Fiennes, Liza Minnelli and Genesis P-Orridge feature in these movies released in the week of June 20th, 2025Sun Jun 22 2025 - 05:00
Jurassic World: Rebirth director Gareth Edwards – ‘I think I’ve got the wrong personality for this job’The self-effacing film-maker has never been an obvious fit for the Hollywood mould. What’s it like at the helm of one of the summer’s biggest titles?Sat Jun 21 2025 - 05:21
The Movie Quiz: Which streamer was the first to distribute a best picture Oscar winner?Plus: Bafta, Aacta, Edgar, César: which is the odd gong out?Fri Jun 20 2025 - 05:00
28 Years Later review: Danny Boyle’s rattling zombie epic never lets up in pace or inventionJodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Ralph Fiennes star in a quest narrative that, amid its grade-A gore, has bleak fun with the state of BritainWed Jun 18 2025 - 22:00
