The Irish Times

Iftas 2022: An Cailín Ciúin beats Belfast in ‘watershed moment for Irish-language cinema’

Catherine Clinch (12) wins best actress while Moe Dunford wins best actor for Nightride

Sat Mar 12 2022 - 22:01

Wonder Woman 1984 review: The best superhero film to see cinemas in 2020

It has good villains, especially Kristen Wiig, ignored frump turned malevolent feline

Wed Dec 16 2020 - 06:00

Todd Haynes: ‘All my movies are critical and financial disappointments initially’

The auteur on his love of whistleblower films and the legacy of New Queer Cinema

Thu Feb 20 2020 - 06:00

Wonder Woman 1984 first trailer: Gal Gadot is back – this time with Kristen Wiig

Kristen Wiig plays villainous Cheetah in clip that also reunites Gadot with Chris Pine

Mon Dec 09 2019 - 10:12

Mission to Mars: No humans need apply

Nasa’s AI expert Steve Chien says Captain Kirk can stand aside, as it will be robots that will boldly go where no man has gone

Thu Dec 05 2019 - 05:45

Star Trek Fleet Command review: It’s not difficult to get into the game

Kirk, Scotty, McCoy and other favourites make some appearances

Mon Jan 14 2019 - 13:21

Patrick Freyne: Thank you, Stan Lee, for making superheroes just like us

The man behind Spider-Man, Iron Man, Thor, the Incredible Hulk and the Uncanny X-Men made it okay to express your feelings while wearing spandex and fighting evil lizards

Sat Nov 17 2018 - 05:00

Nine of the best Netflix shows and films to watch in November

House of Cards, new Coen Brothers movie, and a double bill of Orson Welles

Mon Oct 29 2018 - 06:00

‘Jack Ryan’ is for dads who love blinking wall maps

Seamas O’Reilly: New TV series may satisfy diehard fans but feels like a parody of itself

Sat Sept 08 2018 - 05:00

The nine best Netflix shows to watch in August

Ozark returns, plus a new animated sitcom from The Simpsons’s creator Matt Groening

Wed Aug 01 2018 - 06:00

‘People of all kinds of cultures, colours, ages, weights. That’s what we wanted to show’

African-American director Ava DuVernay’s ‘A Wrinkle in Time’ starring Oprah is a big hit at box offices despite so-called negative ‘audience reviews’

Thu Mar 22 2018 - 05:00

A Wrinkle in Time: Oprah towers over this sprawling, messy film

Review: It’s a mish-mash of quantum physics, trippy adventure and glitter

Wed Mar 21 2018 - 09:50

‘Don’t say La La Land’: Best Oscars quotes and jokes

A selection of the funniest and most touching moments from the 90th Academy Awards

Mon Mar 05 2018 - 14:38

Will this film finally put the rom-com out of its misery?

The format has been on the wane for years. Home Again could be its nadir

Tue Sept 26 2017 - 10:27

The best new films and TV on Netflix and Amazon this summer

Here are our small-screen highlights from now unil the end of August

Wed Jul 26 2017 - 05:00

Six of the best films to see at the cinema this weekend

From Whitney Houston to Dublin gangsters, here are the best of this week’s releases

Fri Jun 16 2017 - 05:00

Six of the best films to see this weekend

Quality blasts from the past include Wonder Woman and a Fritz Lang classic

Fri Jun 09 2017 - 12:07

Wonder Woman: Making a mini-skirted warrior a feminist symbol

How do you do that? Limit the amount of time she wears the silly costume

Wed May 31 2017 - 15:25

Oscars 2017: This year's best picture nominees, from grand to great

Donald Clarke ranks the best picture nominees at this year’s Academy Awards

Fri Feb 24 2017 - 14:00

Hell or High Water review: Chris Pine ups the neo-western ante

David Mackenzie evokes the spirit of Peckinpah in a thriller about hard men from the old school

Thu Sept 08 2016 - 14:07

Ten great movie bromances

Butch and Sundance, Spock and Kirk, Woodward and Bernstein . . . Movie bromance has been around for a lot longer than the word that has come to describe the genre

Wed Feb 10 2016 - 06:00

Television: Bradley Cooper goes to camp, while the dogs have their day on Flockstars

Review: ‘Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp’, ‘Life in Squares’, ‘Flockstars’

Fri Jul 31 2015 - 14:00

Jackman on Wolverine: "I’m starting to get him now. Angry. No jazz hands"

It’s the seventh X-Men feature and the entire team are gonna get down like it’s 1973. But how does the relentlessly upbeat Hugh Jackman manage to bring all that gloomy menace to the party as Wolverine? "He’s like my older brother; my tougher, cooler older brother. And it does save me a fortune in therapy"

Fri May 23 2014 - 00:00