The Irish Times

Patrick Freyne: Where did a Star Trek space person learn to say ‘Sláinte’?

Star Trek: Picard is lost in nostalgia and doing its best to be no fun

Fri Mar 11 2022 - 05:00

Patrick Stewart: ‘I had difficult patches... I’d drink alcohol until I passed out’

As he beams aboard another Star Trek adventure, the actor talks about his career

Thu Mar 03 2022 - 13:17

James McAvoy: ‘We can’t define ourselves by our relationship with England’

He came blazing out of Glasgow like a rocket, now he returns to stage as Cyrano

Mon Feb 07 2022 - 06:00

Alan Cumming on abuse: ‘I am better, but it is like a wound that is never going to go away’

The actor’s second memoir is neither tell-all nor reckoning. But it contains multitudes nonetheless

Tue Nov 16 2021 - 05:00

Orla Brady: ‘I felt Ireland was a very repressive place to be a woman’

The actor on new thriller Rose plays Julie, and how her native country has changed for the better since leaving in the 1980s

Wed Sept 15 2021 - 00:00

Ian McKellen as Hamlet: Is ageism the last great barrier in the arts industry?

Will the critics let them be sexagenarian murderers in peace? I wouldn’t count on it

Sat Mar 27 2021 - 05:00

Nick Broomfield: ‘It’s a choice, whether you get on with your parents’

The film-maker’s latest explores his fraught relationship with his photographer father

Thu Mar 18 2021 - 05:00

‘He’s so strapping and virile’: Patrick Stewart at 80, by Shatner, McKellen, Grammer and more

Horse rides in stockings, rehearsals in deep freezes, and fights in string vests

Mon Jul 13 2020 - 06:00

Seán Moncrieff: The one big lesson celebrities have taught us during Covid-19

They’ve been the worst spreaders of misinformation but also have told us a key truth

Sat May 09 2020 - 06:00

Patrick Stewart returns to Star Trek: ‘It’s inconceivable to me that I should retire’

Star Trek: Picard will be the actor’s first TV trip to that final frontier since 1994

Tue Jan 21 2020 - 10:00

Patrick Freyne: The best of TV in 2019 and what to watch this year

Funniest programmes are of the hand-drawn variety like Rick and Morty

Fri Jan 03 2020 - 05:00

Donald Clarke: Why Scrooge is the gift that keeps on giving

Yet another adaptation of A Christmas Carol proves that Dickens was right on the money

Sat Dec 21 2019 - 05:00

The Kid Who Would Be King: Camelot meets Grange Hill

Review: Joe Cornish’s retelling of the King Arthur myth in London is zippy enough

Fri Feb 15 2019 - 05:00

Non-sleepless in Seattle: A mellow, cultured, foodie destination

There’s much more to the city than its cliched image as home to Starbucks and Microsoft

Sat Aug 18 2018 - 06:00

Are these famous Patricks Irish enough? Let’s award Pat Points

Patrick Freyne: Butcher, Benatar, Swayze, Smith, St Patrick . . . Who comes out tops?

Sat Mar 17 2018 - 05:00

Tad the Lost Explorer and the Secret of King Midas: Indy’s Spanish adventure

Review: This animation owes a large debt to Indiana Jones but cuts too many corners

Fri Feb 09 2018 - 05:00

Top of the Lake review: Kidman is superb, and Moss is compelling

Jane Campion’s superb detective drama returns to BBC

Thu Jul 27 2017 - 22:00

Charlie Hunnam: The geezer who would be king

The King Arthur actor discusses why he won't be making a claim to be king of the Geordies any time soon, and how his bromance with Guy Ritchie set the pace for the ‘Lads of the Round Table’

Fri May 19 2017 - 06:00

Logan review: Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine takes one last slice at the superhero game

James Mangold, director of 3:10 to Yuma, embraces a bit of mortal grime and delivers the most diverting superhero film in years

Tue Feb 28 2017 - 13:00

Stephen Amell: 'I look at a weight and I start to build muscle'

Having started out as a spinning instructor, Stephen Amell is continuing something of a family tradition with his comic-book roles. And he's certainly not short of confidence

Fri May 27 2016 - 06:00

Virgin Media boldly goes for Picardesque voiceover

TV advertisement features Patrick Stewart’s voice and a beaming Richard Branson

Thu Oct 08 2015 - 10:45

Young girl uses fizz of Silicon Valley and social media as lemonade serves charity

Youthful enthusiasm meets tech-savvy methods as Make a Stand goes to greater success with an app

Mon Oct 13 2014 - 01:30

Review: Cycling with Moliere

Fri Jul 04 2014 - 00:00

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