Dolphin Boy review: What in the name of bejaysus are we looking at here?
The animation is horrible. The voice work is annoying. The plot can be hard to follow
The animation is horrible. The voice work is annoying. The plot can be hard to follow
Patrick Freyne on the 2 Johnnies, Rivals, Say Nothing, Baby Reindeer and television trends of the past 12 months
Never mind Disney’s classic cartoons. Its dull origin story of Simba’s father is closer to those pseudo-storytelling live-action TV shows from the 1960s
The film-maker’s big moment was almost eclipsed when La La Land, not Moonlight, was announced as best picture. Now his Lion King prequel is about to occupy Christmas
With its mix of larger-than-life faux rage in the ring and genuine connection with fans, it’s not hard to understand the huge popularity of WWE – and it means big business, too, for Netflix
Theatre: This thrilling Cameron Mackintosh-Disney show capitalises on PL Travers’s original story, which has so much more to offer than the films
The glory days of streaming are over, but TV has never been more unpredictable
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Dollar signs are lighting up eyes all over Hollywood after Moana 2 - yes, you read that right - blew Thanksgiving apart
The tragic 19th-century Paris novel weaves a rich and morally diffuse cast of characters beyond Quasimodo. But the real hero is the symbolic cathedral itself
Including Star Wars: Skeleton Crew, Squid Game season two, Beast Games, Harry Potter: Wizards of Baking and One Hundred Years of Solitude
Planet Business: Disney’s pay discrimination settlement, Warren Buffett’s children, and companies issuing profit warnings
The film’s best scenes lean into the chemistry between Auliʻi Cravalho’s Moana and Dwayne Johnson’s Maui
Nine-part series Say Nothing deals with abduction and murder of Belfast mother by Provisional IRA in December 1972
There’s a burble of excitement at this intimate preview of scenes and songs from the Sherman brothers musical
With profit jump of 39%, Bob Iger, CEO lauds ‘one of the best quarters in the history of our film studio’
The marketing communications group grew its net profit to more than €4m last year and has expanded again in 2024
Television: heartening to see two actors in their 70s fronting thriller where age is not played as punchline
The voices of seven other crew members who kept diaries while on the Endurance also feature in the documentary
Including Bad Sisters season two, Say Nothing, Senna, Countdown: Paul vs Tyson and more
Patrick Freyne: Cruising takes on an alternative meaning in this medical melodrama, with Joshua Jackson visiting multiple ports of call
Conversations with Parents podcast with Jen Hogan: In this episode Hollywood actor Victoria Smurfit talks about how her children are coping with their mother’s steamy role in Rivals
Patrick Freyne: If I was in Disney+’s Jilly Cooper adaptation, someone would surely compliment my ‘magnificent column’
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The streaming market leader missed a trick by not having Rivals on its platform, but it does like to make the odd pop at its actual rivals
Television: Why is sex meant to be so funny? Perhaps we should ask the British
Including Disclaimer, Rivals, The Last Days of the Space Age, La Máquina and Citadel: Diana
September 15th-20th: From the origin story of child prodigy Mozart to Colin Farrell as the Penguin
More departing CEOs and CFOs are opting for a smorgasbord of director, consulting and mentoring roles
The musical epic will run from nine weeks at the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre from September 17th to November 16th
Both Virgin Media Television and RTÉ are aiming for further digital growth via their players, already the main point of access to content for some viewers
Including Slow Horses series four, WandaVision spin-off Agatha All Along, a final Grand Tour, and Eve Hewson and Nicole Kidman in The Perfect Couple
Lego secures 'immense' toy market as first half revenues increased by 13% to €4.2 billion and operating profit rose by 26%
Amid a creative slump, Marvel Studios’ solution is to play it safe
Planet Business: Disney prepares to defrost Frozen franchise, a change of judge in Musk’s advertiser lawsuit, and artists who have objected to Donald Trump using their music
YouTubers have survived cancellation before. Can Jimmy Donaldson do the same?
Special offers, contract savings and why you should try to swerve the new ‘streaming TV’ services if you like recording programmes
Chief Bob Iger says ‘slowdown’ in experiences division offset by success of films such as Inside Out 2
From Arrival to The Zone of Interest, our picks also take in everything from Halloween and Lost in Translation to Lawrence of Arabia and Pinocchio
Including Kaos, Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power, Emily in Paris, Only Murders in the Building, The Umbrella Academy and Bad Monkey
See Anthony Hopkins in gladiator epic Those About to Die, Lisa Kudrow in a reboot of Time Bandits, and the final series of Cobra Kai
Microsoft Office guy’s superyacht; Dyson signs on the line in Co Waterford; Fair City eyes move to commuter belt
The behavioural-analysis unit all feel like the sort of people who can do accounts. That might be why I default to the A-Team when I try to think about them
Planet Business: The Telegraph’s uncertain future, Disney’s Inside Out 2 joy, and McDonald’s AI ordering fails
The Acolyte, Disney’s emotionally and visually flat new Star Wars spin-off, needs to stop with all the confusing lightsabre fights
Adèle Exarchopoulos as the dark, heavily fringed, polo-necked embodiment of Ennui is borderline genius
Television: Killers of the Flower Moon star doesn’t get enough to do here, but the show still feels chillingly real
Television: The past decade have been a disorienting blur for Star Wars fans. There have been highs and lows
Government symbol on Doctor Who credits would have startled my 1980s self but is a marker of how much has evolved in film and television business
Including Sweet Tooth, Becoming Karl Lagerfeld, Presumed Innocent and My Lady Jane
Boards are being forced to think about finding future leaders much earlier than in the past as shareholders demand greater insight
Planet Business: Burberry’s China blues, Anglo American’s diamond plan and Jimmy Kimmel’s Disney roasting
Emer McLysaght: Even Disneyland’s neon lawns seem more affordable than Dublin
Patrick Freyne: Doctor Who allows adults to enjoy swashbuckling adventures without feeling patronised and allows children to access something dark and weird while feeling safe
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices