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Stolen millions, rehab and redemption: AJ McLean tells his Backstreet story

Stolen millions, rehab and redemption: AJ McLean tells his Backstreet story

McLean joins fellow Backstreet Boys Howie, Nick, Kevin and Brian in new tell-all documentary Show ‘Em What You’re Made Of

Thu Feb 26 2015 - 13:23
The Tales of Hoffmann review: Powell and Pressburger’s otherworldly take on Offenbach

The Tales of Hoffmann review: Powell and Pressburger’s otherworldly take on Offenbach

Thu Feb 26 2015 - 10:00
Kevin Hart: ‘People love a broad comedy’

Kevin Hart: ‘People love a broad comedy’

The world’s biggest-grossing comedian is everywhere at the moment. He talks about new film The Wedding Ringer, ‘the knack’ of success and growing up in a tough part of Philadelphia

Wed Feb 25 2015 - 06:00
Blackhat review: Michael Mann delivers a daft but delightful-looking hacker yarn

Blackhat review: Michael Mann delivers a daft but delightful-looking hacker yarn

The action is entertaining, crunchingly violent and handsomely done, but Mann’s usual pyrotechnics are demeaned by an idiotic plot and the worst screen love interest since Gene Wilder fell in love with a sheep

Mon Feb 23 2015 - 09:20
Cake review: Jennifer Aniston lets it all hang out

Cake review: Jennifer Aniston lets it all hang out

Look! It’s Rachel from ‘Friends’ with scars and no make-up. Sadly for Aniston, however, she can’t have her cake and an Oscar too

Fri Feb 20 2015 - 10:34
Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter review: A very impressive, singular piece of work

Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter review: A very impressive, singular piece of work

Directors David and Nathan Zellner take an eccentric road trip into Coen country

Fri Feb 20 2015 - 07:00
An Oscar 12 years in the making - here’s a man worth shouting for on   Sunday night

An Oscar 12 years in the making - here’s a man worth shouting for on Sunday night

Shane F Kelly, from Sixmilecross, Co Tyrone, worked with Richard Linklater on Boyhood from the beginning – “I think only Rick [Linklater] and the producer had any idea how it would turn out”

Thu Feb 19 2015 - 17:10
Pelo Malo (Bad Hair) review:  Straight  and narrow

Pelo Malo (Bad Hair) review: Straight and narrow

Fri Feb 13 2015 - 01:00
Love Is Strange review: a same sex marriage torn apart

Love Is Strange review: a same sex marriage torn apart

Fri Feb 13 2015 - 01:00
Jamie Dornan in Fifty Shades: ‘Christian not my kind of guy’

Jamie Dornan in Fifty Shades: ‘Christian not my kind of guy’

From male model to leading man: Dornan seems unfazed by all the shrieking attention as he attends to various Grey matters

Fri Feb 13 2015 - 01:00
Inherent Vice review: Thomas Pynchon’s own mother wouldn’t recognise it

Inherent Vice review: Thomas Pynchon’s own mother wouldn’t recognise it

Joaquin Phoenix and Josh Brolin do some magical ideological head-butting in Paul Thomas Anderson’s bravura attempt to stencilise Pynchon into celluloid form

Fri Feb 06 2015 - 10:23
Duck Soup review: Top Marx for one of the greatest comedies ever made

Duck Soup review: Top Marx for one of the greatest comedies ever made

Movies don’t get more sublimely subversive than this 1933 caper from the Marx Brothers

Fri Feb 06 2015 - 07:12
Jupiter Ascending review: Channing and Mila swoon in space

Jupiter Ascending review: Channing and Mila swoon in space

This colourful, vacuous ‘Flash Gordon’ wannabe from the makers of ‘The Matrix’ and ‘Cloud Atlas’ is bizarrely, almost defiantly retro

Fri Feb 06 2015 - 06:44
Moe Dunford:  'Patrick spoke to me. I know Patrick very well'

Moe Dunford: 'Patrick spoke to me. I know Patrick very well'

'I was that way myself growing up. I thought there was something wrong with me' – Moe Dunford on why the lead role in ‘Patrick’s Day’ was one he felt he had to play

Fri Feb 06 2015 - 06:00
Shaun the Sheep Movie review: baa da bing!

Shaun the Sheep Movie review: baa da bing!

Aardman animation fans will be flocking to this delicious lamb chop

Thu Feb 05 2015 - 17:48
The Interview review: dumb and dumber along the DMZ

The Interview review: dumb and dumber along the DMZ

Kim Jong-un needn’t have worried, North Korea has little to fear from this toothless comedy

Thu Feb 05 2015 - 14:56
A brief  history of the big-screen teen

A brief history of the big-screen teen

From Jimmy Dean to Molly Ringwald, teenagers have been skulking around cinema for many decades, but it was in the 1990s that things got really hormonal, ‘Beyond Clueless’ director Charlie Lyne tells Tara Brady

Wed Feb 04 2015 - 14:04
‘Somebody has to play Martin Luther  King. Why not me ?’ asks David Oyelowo

‘Somebody has to play Martin Luther King. Why not me ?’ asks David Oyelowo

David Oyelowo, a familiar face from film and TV, had to transform himself to play Martin Luther King jnr in ‘Selma’. Now, with backing from Oprah Winfrey and Brad Pitt, the film has propelled the British actor into the limelight with the role of a lifetime

Sat Jan 31 2015 - 01:00
Big Hero 6 review: all the hip and zip of Pixar, with added warmth and gentle sorrow

Big Hero 6 review: all the hip and zip of Pixar, with added warmth and gentle sorrow

Walt Disney Animation follows up Frozen with exactly the right sort of project – something completely different

Fri Jan 30 2015 - 14:37
Trash review: Rio rubbish dump romp comes up a bit too clean

Trash review: Rio rubbish dump romp comes up a bit too clean

Director Stephen Daldry and screenwriter Richard Curtis combine to create a pleasing diversion, but with no clear audience

Fri Jan 30 2015 - 07:03
The Dance of Reality review: another spectacular flourish from the psycho-magician

The Dance of Reality review: another spectacular flourish from the psycho-magician

Alejandro Jodorowsky returns after 25-year absence, and his magical-surrealist lens is as sharply focused as ever

Thu Jan 29 2015 - 22:38
Don’t eat the mala!  How Aardman Studios create cinema magic one step at a time

Don’t eat the mala! How Aardman Studios create cinema magic one step at a time

It takes four days to produce six seconds of film, dozens of directors to finish one movie, and the stars will only wash with baby wipes. Yet Aardman Animations is still the best in the business

Fri Jan 23 2015 - 08:00
The Gambler review: Prof Mark Walhberg’s got a brand new bag

The Gambler review: Prof Mark Walhberg’s got a brand new bag

Fri Jan 23 2015 - 07:25
Beyond Clueless review: The kids are just as dazed and confused as ever

Beyond Clueless review: The kids are just as dazed and confused as ever

From ‘Mean Girls’ to ‘Slap Her, She’s French’, Guardian Charlie Lyne’s documentary takes an elegiac look at what makes a teen movie

Fri Jan 23 2015 - 07:12
American Sniper review: Clint Eastwood misses his mark

American Sniper review: Clint Eastwood misses his mark

Whether as a straight-up piece of US flag-waving or a disturbing psychological study, director Clint Eastwood's latest is a complete muddle

Fri Jan 16 2015 - 07:00
Wild: Reese Witherspoon’s other side

Wild: Reese Witherspoon’s other side

Annoyed with a lack of roles worth acting, Witherspoon optioned the rights to Cheryl Strayed’s best-seller ‘Wild’ and produced the movie herself. Smart woman: filming was gruelling, but her performance is an Oscar-worthy revelation

Fri Jan 16 2015 - 06:00
Apples of the Golan review: Arab fruit on the Heights

Apples of the Golan review: Arab fruit on the Heights

Interesting documentary about Arab villagers who survive by exporting their apples to war-torn Syria

Thu Jan 15 2015 - 16:57
National Gallery review: Drawing in viewers slowly but surely

National Gallery review: Drawing in viewers slowly but surely

Frederick Wiseman’s latest offering is a long, close look at the National Gallery in London

Fri Jan 09 2015 - 10:00
Taken 3 review: I will find you and I will, er, knock you around some

Taken 3 review: I will find you and I will, er, knock you around some

Ballymena man Liam Neeson is back snapping nasty necks in this dopey, enjoyably bloodless bloodbath

Fri Jan 09 2015 - 09:00
JK Simmons: the arch nut job

JK Simmons: the arch nut job

Oz’s Vernon Schillinger; Spidey- hater JJ Jameson: the arch nut job is a JK Simmons speciality. But for his latest role, he had to forget all his techniques

Fri Jan 09 2015 - 07:00
Frederick Wiseman and the art of the non-fiction filmmaker

Frederick Wiseman and the art of the non-fiction filmmaker

‘National Gallery’, the octogenarian’s 41st feature film, is receiving rapturous notices

Mon Jan 05 2015 - 01:00
Eddie Redmayne’s  theory of acting Stephen Hawking

Eddie Redmayne’s theory of acting Stephen Hawking

Eddie Redmayne put in prodigious efforts to play Stephen Hawking, from months working on particular muscles to getting to grips with relativity – is an Oscar in the bag?

Sun Jan 04 2015 - 11:00

The silver screen in 2015: fasten your seatbelts

We're about to witness the "Biggest ever year for cinema". Tara Brady takes a look at what's ahead

Fri Jan 02 2015 - 13:00
The Theory of Everything review: A brief history of love

The Theory of Everything review: A brief history of love

This love story is as complex and deep as any of the physics covered in Stephen Hawking’s books

Fri Jan 02 2015 - 10:00
Enemy review: Nothing like the other

Enemy review: Nothing like the other

Fri Jan 02 2015 - 09:00
Annie review: Great cast, shame about the movie

Annie review: Great cast, shame about the movie

Fri Jan 02 2015 - 08:00
The Woman in Black: Angel of Death review: Back to the old house

The Woman in Black: Angel of Death review: Back to the old house

The ghost lady of the house is back with even more scares in this none-more-sequel

Fri Jan 02 2015 - 07:00
Big Eyes review: Deception painted with a skilful hand

Big Eyes review: Deception painted with a skilful hand

Director Tim Burton’s new film is a terrific story based on an artistic swindle

Wed Dec 24 2014 - 10:00
Guys and Dolls review: Blue Eyes and Brando

Guys and Dolls review: Blue Eyes and Brando

Fri Dec 19 2014 - 12:00
Netflix’s top 50 series

Netflix’s top 50 series

Whether it's a Netflix original like Orange Is The New Black, a British comedy like Peep Show or just completely addictive like Breaking Bad; we've listed and categorised the very best Netflix boxsets for you to enjoy.

Fri Dec 19 2014 - 12:00
Joe Swanberg: still the maestro of mumblecore

Joe Swanberg: still the maestro of mumblecore

The indie workhorse may be directing bigger names on more generous budgets, but his lo-fi auteur sensibility remains firmly in place

Fri Dec 19 2014 - 10:00
Kon-tiki review: Old-school adventure on high seas

Kon-tiki review: Old-school adventure on high seas

Fri Dec 19 2014 - 06:00
The Circle review: circle of trust

The Circle review: circle of trust

This award-winning Swiss docudrama chronicles the establishment of a pioneering LGBT group and its erotic sister publication

Fri Dec 12 2014 - 07:00
Electricity review: firing on all synapses

Electricity review: firing on all synapses

Fri Dec 12 2014 - 06:00
Mosab Hassan Yousef: son of Hamas founder to Israeli agent

Mosab Hassan Yousef: son of Hamas founder to Israeli agent

The extraordinary life of Mosab Hassan Yousef is documented in The Green Prince

Fri Dec 12 2014 - 06:00
The Hobbit review: One last slog through Middle Earth

The Hobbit review: One last slog through Middle Earth

Sorry Peter Jackson, but we’re all Orc’d out - Battle of the Five Armies is both way too much and not nearly enough

Thu Dec 11 2014 - 16:16
School of Babel review: the kids are all right

School of Babel review: the kids are all right

Fri Dec 05 2014 - 08:00
The Pyramid review: half-hearted tropes executed in a half-arsed manner

The Pyramid review: half-hearted tropes executed in a half-arsed manner

Fri Dec 05 2014 - 07:36
The Grandmaster review: wing chun this

The Grandmaster review: wing chun this

Tony Leung is properly enigmatic in this vandalised bio-pic of Ip Man, the maestro who trained Bruce Lee

Fri Dec 05 2014 - 07:00

Ticket Awards 2014 - The best screen shots

Irish film had a standout year, franchises asserted their dominance, and some of the year’s best films came in documentary form. Donald Clarke and Tara Brady name-check the best - and a few of the worst - of 2014

Fri Dec 05 2014 - 06:00
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