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Hugh Grant and Danny Dyer: Why these two treasures of contemporary culture were born to be on screen together
The actors have taken very different routes to the top of the hill, yet they are elegantly complementary
I’ve had enough of men smashing into me with their backpacks
In less than an hour, no fewer than four men with substantial backpacks burst past me. After being clobbered by the first two, I was incredulous
Bridget Jones fans go mad about the movie in Dublin: ‘We’ve been told inside to bring tissues, that we’ll be crying and laughing’
Excitement as Renée Zellweger returns to Irish screens in Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy review – Lifestyle porn? Check. Cackling friends? Check. Easily the best film in the series? Check
The latest episode is connected to the greater sadnesses of life, not to mention properly funny
Nicole Kidman’s Babygirl isn’t the ‘hottest film this year’. It might be among the most depressing
How did we get here, where a successful woman’s deepest desire is to lick milk from a saucer on the floor under orders from her intern?
Oscar nominations 2025: The full list
From The Brutalist to Wicked, to Emilia Pérez and Conclave, all the contenders, for the 97th Academy Awards
Golden Globes 2025: full list of winners
The Brutalist, Emilia Pérez and Shōgun triumph at the Golden Globes as Colin Farrell wins third award
‘You can’t cook to save your lives’ and other quotes of the year
Planet Business: Pivots, experiments and the beauty of everyday life all feature in this round-up of the things people said in 2024
The 50 best films of 2024: No 30 to No 21
We continue our countdown of our favourite movies released in Ireland this year
Merchant Ivory: Stephen Soucy’s documentary lifts up the petticoats of the prestigious production house
A rollicking account of a long movie partnership that was flying by the seat of its pants
Trailer for Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy released
Fourth in series of comedies stemming from Helen Fielding novel will hit cinemas in February
Heretic review: Hugh Grant has a ball tormenting young Mormon doorsteppers in this gleeful horror thriller
Formerly foppish actor menaces in claustrophobic nailbiter from Oscar-nominated writers
The many faces of Hugh Grant: From droll to dark to ‘Mr Stuttery Blinky’
The English actor is now 64 and in what he calls his ‘freak-show era’, where he plays a variety of suave miscreants
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