The Phoenician Scheme review: Beautiful to look at, but like a museum vase – pretty, pristine and hollow
Wes Anderson’s film, starring Benicio Del Toro and Mia Threapleton, makes little advance on the director’s recent airless productions
Bryan Cranston
The Studio: Outrageously funny and cameo-packed Seth Rogen love letter to cinema
Television: Clever satire on Hollywood features Martin Scorsese, Charlize Theron, Bryan Cranston and more
Asteroid City: Wes Anderson hands his detractors a wealth of ammunition
It is difficult to locate the narrative or emotional core in a film that has difficulty settling upon what story it wants to tell
El Camino review: A zippy and scenic ride, but we already had the map
Netflix’s follow-up film is well executed but adds little to the Breaking Bad universe
El Camino: Watching the Breaking Bad movie? Here’s what to look out for
Brush up on Jesse Pinkman, Saul Goodman, Skylar and Walter White jnr, and more
Kevin Hart car crash: Actor ‘is awake’ and ‘going to be just fine’
Justin Bieber, David Beckham and Dwayne Johnson send messages of support
El Camino: What to expect from the new Breaking Bad movie
The acclaimed show is returning for a Netflix TV ‘event’. Here’s what could happen
Breaking Bad to return with Netflix film sequel in October
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie centres on Aaron Paul’s excitable meth cook
Tony Awards 2019: Northern Irish drama The Ferryman wins best play
The production, penned by James Bond co-writer Jez Butterworth, tells the tale of a former IRA man in Co Armagh during The Troubles
Is it ever okay for non-disabled actors to play disabled roles?
Bryan Cranston’s defence of playing quadriplegic only further shuts out disabled actors
Bryan Cranston: ‘I was going to become a police officer’
Bryan Cranston had a solid career as a jobbing actor for three decades, then ‘Breaking Bad’ happened
Donald Clarke’s Oscars: Who will win? And who should?
‘The Revenant’ or ‘Room’? Leonardo DiCaprio or Michael Fassbender? Brie Larson or Saoirse Ronan? It’s the most unpredictable best-picture race in decades
The end is nigh for The Good Wife – it’s still the best thing on TV
In 2014 I wrote that the legal drama was the best show around – the news of its demise, and a few dodgy seasons since, haven’t changed my mind
Trumbo review: from pedestrian to ludicrous to indecently entertaining
Bryan Cranston has fun as the lead, but the silly fizz of mid-century Hollywood eventually steals the show - and not in a good way
Oscars 2016: Donald Clarke predicts the nominations
There are more mysteries and imponderables this year than over the past decade
Aaron Paul on Breaking Bad, beards, books and death
The actor, best known for his role in Breaking Bad, was in Dublin recently, so we put a fat stack of short, sharp questions to him
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.
Top Emmys go to Breaking Bad and Modern Family
Comedian Billy Crystal delivers touching tribute to Robin Williams
O’Dowd and Greene lose out in Tony Awards
The Cripple of Inishmaan, which was nominated in six categories, failed to secure a prize
Godzilla director Gareth Edwards likes his creature comforts
Fanboys everywhere rejoiced when Gareth Edwards, director of the indie hit Monsters, was named as the man to reboot Godzilla. His mum, however, was a little less excited . . .
Irish actors Chris O’Dowd and Sarah Greene nominated for Tony Awards
‘Outside Mullingar’ nominated for best play
Obama can add misspelled Aretha anthem to list of disappointments
There are many things the unpopular US president just doesn’t get
The Good Wife: the best-made, most nuanced show on television
The show teases out troubling issues of race, gender, class and privilege – underestimate it at your peril
American Hustle, Breaking Bad win Screen Actors Guild awards
Cate Blanchette and Downton Abbey’s Maggie Smith receive best actress gongs
American Hustle, 12 Years a Slave win big at Golden Globes
U2’s ‘Ordinary Love’ recorded for Nelson Mandela biopic wins best original song award
Oscars lite? Surprises on Emmy night
Wise-cracking host Neil Patrick Harris’s tap-dancing and arch quips felt familiar, but the roster of winners on the night raised some eyebrows
Breaking Bad wins top Emmy award for drama in Los Angeles
Show’s creators credit binge-watching, video on demand, and social buzz for its success
Crosswords & Puzzles
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Stardust
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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