The Movie Quiz: Where in Dublin was Checkpoint Charlie situated back in 1965?
Plus: Who was (jointly) the first actor Oscar-nominated for a Stephen King film?
Late Shift review: A nursing meltdown opens us up to unseen and underappreciated lives
Leonie Benesch plays a surgical nurse doing vital midnight duty in a hospital strained by understaffing
The Naked Gun review: Liam Neeson a bit of a puzzle amid big dumb fun
It doesn’t matter what it’s parodying, the film delivers lots of good jokes
‘I am thrilled’: Cillian Murphy’s new film to have its European premiere in Cork
The Oscar winner’s new film Steve, a Netflix production, is adapted Max Porter’s best-selling novel Shy
Four new films to see this week: The Fantastic Four: First Steps, Gazer, Dying/Sterben and The Bad Guys 2
A quartet of movies released in the week of July 25th, 2025
Liam Neeson: From Paisley-loving Catholic boy to actor, then action man, now comedy star
The Irish actor has spent a decade leaping from helicopters, evading grenades and putting his foot in it. Now for The Naked Gun
The Bad Guys 2 review: Tolerable sequel is dragged down by an overcomplicated plot
This sits between the ballet of Looney Tunes and the less sophisticated Scooby Doo
The Movie Quiz: Which Hitchcock film features a future crew member of the Nostromo?
Plus: Who has been declared the highest-grossing movie star of all time?
Donald Clarke: Why do Irish people love to get annoyed about ‘Oirish’ films?
Yes, Americans keep stereotyping us in ‘Oirish’ films – but why do we remain so eager to get annoyed about it?
The Fantastic Four: First Steps review - Good, clean, retro fun. The superpower here might be sentimentality
No homework is required. This MCU film can be enjoyed or loathed on its own uncomplicated terms
US right-wingers fear Superman’s woke ideology. Trust me, guys, you’ll be grand
Former Trump advisor Kellyanne Conway has decried the new movie and even an ex-Superman has implied the man of steel could go broke by going woke
Barry Lyndon turns 50: Is Kubrick’s epic, filmed in Ireland, a folly or a masterpiece?
The lavish take on Thackeray’s novel received mixed reviews on its first release, but has secured its place among the greats
The Movie Quiz: Who has never played Kevin Costner’s wife?
Plus: Which studio’s films were, from 1924-1928, introduced by a Dublin-born legend?
Four Letters of Love review: Every interior in this preposterous film suggests an Irish theme pub in 1990s Basingstoke
Pierce Brosnan, Helena Bonham Carter and Gabriel Byrne team up with antique spinning-wheels, nuns and vowels from all 32 counties
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