Four new films to see this week: Power Ballad, Tuner, Backrooms and Fairyland
Paul Rudd, Dustin Hoffman, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Renate Reinsve and Emilia Jones feature in a quartet of movies released in the week of May 29th, 2026
Paul Rudd
Power Ballad review: Paul Rudd stars in a solid Irish slab of musical shtick
Paul Rudd and Nick Jonas star as musicians involved in a case of songwriting pilfering in John Carney’s warm, charming film
Polls open in byelections, Paul Rudd on filming in Dublin, and Under the Hawthorn Tree
Early Edition with Aideen Finnegan
Paul Rudd on filming in Dublin: ‘The people here are so hilarious. It was kind of a hoot’
The Ant-Man of the last decade says he’s a big fan of Ireland - ‘The people here are so hilarious and down to earth’
Paul Rudd: ‘There’s an appreciation for life in Ireland’
Rudd and Nick Jonas attend premiere of John Carney’s new film Power Ballad, in which both actors star
Paul Rudd and Nick Jonas to premiere new film at Dublin International Film Festival
Comedy musical Power Ballad, directed by John Carney, will serve as closing film of festival
Friendship review: This twisted buddy-buddy movie is funny but not much fun
Comedian Tim Robinson brings the cringe factor – and suppressed fury – to Andrew DeYoung’s writing and directing debut
Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart to reprise X-Men roles in new Avengers film
Kelsey Grammer, Alan Cumming, Chris Hemsworth, Paul Rudd, Letitia Wright, Vanessa Kirby and many more will join the duo in Avengers: Doomsday
Only Murders in the Building: Meryl Streep steals the show, riffing off Steve Martin and Martin Short
Television: Third time out, this giddy whodunit has not lost its charm
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania – Welcome relief from Marvel at its most pompous
Hectic and not overlong, Quantumania bumbles along amiably enough
Helen McEntee and Sally Rooney had a good 2021. Eoghan Harris and Dolores Cahill did not
Who had a good year? Rachael Blackmore for one. Who didn’t? Stephen Donnelly, arguably
Paul Rudd is the world’s sexiest not-very-Irish man
People Magazine named him ‘Sexiest Man Alive’. An Irish connection was swiftly unearthed
We need to calm down about Irish people and their accents
Emer McLysaght: We have an odd national obsession with how our celebrities speak
‘Succession? I thought, I don’t want to write for a load of white men who are evil’
A career working on Succession, Veep, The Thick of It and other hit TV shows has given Georgia Pritchett a taste for finding the humanity in even the worst characters
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
Family NoticesOpens in new window
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices