Goodbye Pokémon Go. Goodnight killer clowns. Good luck BrangelinaIt wasn’t all tragedy and Trump – 2016 had its fair share of silly stories. And here they areFri Dec 30 2016 - 07:00
Marion Cotillard: “I don’t like to kill people, so that’s why I didn’t play Assassin’s Creed”The French Oscar winner reteams with the director and star of ‘Macbeth’ for this megabuck fantasyFri Dec 30 2016 - 06:00
Debbie Reynolds: Last surviving star of the great MGM musicalsSingin’ in the Rain regularly voted among the greatest of all American filmsThu Dec 29 2016 - 11:49
Donald Clarke: Touch of Hollywood macabre to death of Carrie Fisher‘Star Wars’ franchise turned actor into reluctant star who struggled with successWed Dec 28 2016 - 12:24
Zsa Zsa Gabor was the original Kim KardashianThere is nothing new about being famous for being famousSat Dec 24 2016 - 07:00
People of 2016: Oscar winner Ben Cleary. ‘Everything is changing’How does life change for a film-maker who now has that gold man on the shelf?Fri Dec 23 2016 - 10:30
Collateral Beauty review: one of the biggest cinematic catastrophes of 2016Just in time for Christmas, Will Smith, Keira Knightley, Kate Winslet, Helen Mirren and others serve up one of the biggest turkeys you've ever seenFri Dec 23 2016 - 06:30
Blockbusters bombed while Irish film soaredCulture review 2016: The surge in Irish cinema continued with cracking diverse domestic films, and getting to see the Oscars in the flesh was a treatFri Dec 23 2016 - 05:00
Why Him? review: Good cast, shame about the comedyJames Franco and Bryan Cranston improvise gamely in this good-natured but ho-hum farceThu Dec 22 2016 - 11:30
Passengers review: In space, no one can hear you scream at your agentJennifer Lawrence's gravity holds, but Chris Pratt is about 20 million light years out of his comfort zone in this morally indefensible clunkerTue Dec 20 2016 - 13:54
Presents of mind: Stuck for a Christmas gift idea?Whether it’s music, movies or television, we’re here to save the dayMon Dec 19 2016 - 00:00
Irish Twitter in the days of #kittyoshea and #thunderingdisgraceOr imagine a Trump-like Nixon tweeting away in the small hours – #notacrook, #expletivedeletedSat Dec 17 2016 - 07:00
Ticket Awards: the best Film of 2016Mad Mary drove you wild, Fantastic Beasts lived up to its name, and competition was fierce in all categories. Here are the film winners in The Ticket Awards 2016Fri Dec 16 2016 - 06:09
Uncle Howard review: Emotional look at film-maker who died of AidsAaron Brookner's documentary explores the life of his uncle Howard Brookner in a wonderful ode to 1980s New YorkThu Dec 15 2016 - 12:15
Scrooge review: A Carol that hits all the top notesAlastair Sim and a superb supporting cast make this 1951 retelling of Dickens' classic the best ever committed to filmThu Dec 15 2016 - 12:06
Can Rogue One annihilate the box office? Gareth Edwards takes the long viewAs Rogue One lands in cinemas worldwide, star Felicity Jones and director Gareth Edwards talk about hype, expectation and the sacred ground of Star WarsThu Dec 15 2016 - 05:00
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story review - this time it's warThe Star Wars spin-off is filled with enough canon lore and spectacle to thrill hardcore fans, but the film’s greatest selling point is the central performance by Felicity JonesTue Dec 13 2016 - 17:43
Golden Globes 2017: Irish talent racks up the nominationsColin Farrell, Ruth Negga, Caitriona Balfe and ‘Sing Street’ all in the runningMon Dec 12 2016 - 18:20
Have yourself a very Merry Christmas – but only if you are whiteThe festive meatheads are circling after a mall in Minnesota employs a black Santa ClausSat Dec 10 2016 - 07:00
Happy birthday Kirk Douglas, 100 years not outA survivor of the Great Depression, two World Wars, McCarthyism and a stroke, it looks as if they haven’t built the condition that can destroy Kirk DouglasFri Dec 09 2016 - 16:49
Dead Along the Way review: A dead ringer for Tarantino - in a good wayIrish director Maurice O’Carroll's thriller wears its influences on its sleeve, and proves to be a reasonably effective exercise in cinematic ventriloquismThu Dec 08 2016 - 15:50
Snowden review: a Stone-cold liberal treatOliver Stone nails his political colours to the mast early on, and delivers his most entertaining film in yearsThu Dec 08 2016 - 13:00
Christopher Lloyd: Another ‘Back to the Future’ in his future?From ‘Taxi’ to Irish horror ‘I Am Not a Serial Killer’, Doc Brown’s maxim is: ‘I like to work’Thu Dec 08 2016 - 05:00
Office Christmas Party review: Jennifer Aniston is the bitch who stole ChristmasAniston is sublime, but the rest of the film is as much fun as a family row at ChristmasWed Dec 07 2016 - 18:39
Donald Clarke: Why shouldn’t Kate Bush admire Theresa May?Bush, the cool face of prog rock, has always gone her own way. But the Tories? C’monSat Dec 03 2016 - 06:00
What were the best films of 2016? Here are our top 10The Ticket Awards 2016: Our film writers select their favourite movies of 2016Fri Dec 02 2016 - 06:30
The Ticket Awards 2016 - and the Film nominees are...Irish film puts in another quality shift of work; women are way out in front in the acting stakes; and animation is getting beyond the family film ghettoFri Dec 02 2016 - 06:00
Crash and Burn review: Tommy Byrne - Far beyond drivenRubber meets the road in this sterling Irish documentary about one-time Irish Formula One driver Tommy ByrneThu Dec 01 2016 - 14:02
Moana review: If it walks like a Disney princess . . .The songs are great but the girl power a bit confused in this enjoyable animated adventureThu Dec 01 2016 - 11:00
Chi-Raq review: Spike Lee’s call to make love not gang warA gorgeous, fall-blast take on ancient Greek classic ‘Lysistrata’ updates the action to violence-plagued ChicagoThu Dec 01 2016 - 06:10
Dog Eat Dog review: Paul Schrader out-Tarantinos QuentinNicolas Cage and Willem Dafoe are truly unhinged in this defiantly barmy thrillerWed Nov 30 2016 - 10:41
Donald Clarke: Yes, of course it’s another column about Trump‘We shall henceforth refer to the shock election feat as the Orange Toxic Event’Sat Nov 26 2016 - 07:00
Dardenne brothers: “We felt the rhythm of the film was wrong”The Palme d’Or-winning directors explain why they decided to re-cut new film The Unknown Girl after its Cannes showingFri Nov 25 2016 - 06:45
Mum’s List review: An incoherent attempt at tear-jerkingA mother with breast cancer draws up inspiring lists for her husband to follow after her passingThu Nov 24 2016 - 12:22
In Pursuit of Silence review: a bit too noisy for a quiet metitationPatrick Shen crowd-funded film wonders what silence and asks whether we can find it in the modern worldThu Nov 24 2016 - 11:10
Almost Christmas review: Danny Glover's getting too old for this sh*tA family finds itself rudderless after granny passes in this comic soap opera. Grandpa, unfortunately, plays it straightThu Nov 24 2016 - 11:09
Allied review: Pitt and Cotillard battle the Nazis and fall preposterously in loveMore than a few old-school war-movie cliches get a pummelling, but Robert Zemeckis doesn’t quite recover his old movie-making mojoTue Nov 22 2016 - 13:30
Donald Clarke: Is it too early for a review of this terrible year?Trump, Marine Le Pen, Syria: nothing makes sense as Utopian ambition crumbles into atavistic nationalismSun Nov 20 2016 - 08:15
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them - JK Rowling’s tale is a magical delightThe beasts are here, the Potter lore is here, but what sets this apart is its fantastic visuals, well-drawn characters and brilliant performancesFri Nov 18 2016 - 09:33
Gimme Danger review: Iggy Pop is the last Stooge standingPop steals the limelight (as usual) in Jim Jarmusch’s witty, warm tribute to proto-punk rockers The StoogesFri Nov 18 2016 - 09:29
Fantastic Beasts star Dan Fogler ready to cast a new spell on Harry Potter fansFogler was plucked from relative obscurity for JK Rowling's Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them - but is he ready for the franchise juggernaut that's now coming?Tue Nov 15 2016 - 07:37
Mess with Toblerone at your perilFrom Oatfield Emeralds and Club Milks to Milk Duds and ‘Luxury Mountain Bars’, our taste for sweets says a great deal about who we areSat Nov 12 2016 - 07:00
Arrival review: plausible and intriguing - one of the year's best releasesDenis Villeneuve’s stunning follow-up to Sicario sees Amy Adams' damaged linguist trying to reach understanding with visiting aliensFri Nov 11 2016 - 10:21
Amy Adams: ‘Don’t follow your fears’Amy Adams chooses her roles with a studious eye - she currently stars in two of this year’s best films, Tom Ford’s extraordinary Nocturnal Animals and Denis Villeneuve’s even better ArrivalFri Nov 11 2016 - 05:49
Moscow Never Sleeps review: portrait of city buzzes with sombre intelligenceIrish director Johnny O’Reilly’s drama takes place on a single day in his adopted homeThu Nov 10 2016 - 11:00
Plenty of rancid horrors to be savoured at the Cork Film FestivalThis year's fest features many treats for cinephiles include I Am Not A Serial Killer and The Love WitchWed Nov 09 2016 - 06:00
Bono, the most hated woman in IrelandBono has been made a woman of the year. It’s not enough to make Irish people like himSat Nov 05 2016 - 07:00
A Street Cat Named Bob review: the cat gets the cream of the jestLuke Treadaway is convincingly fidgety as the drug addict in need of help, but Bob the cat is the real hero of the pieceFri Nov 04 2016 - 10:27
The Accountant review: Ben Affleck, autistic superhero? No thanksAffleck, doing his constipated act again, stars as an accountant with a diagnosis in this crass, idiotic thrillerThu Nov 03 2016 - 17:12
The Light Between Oceans review: beautifully, bafflingly unrealisticAlicia Vikander and Michael Fassbender struggle to keep it real in this fanciful adaptation of ML Stedman’s high-end airport novelTue Nov 01 2016 - 19:46
