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The King’s Man: The best entry yet in the secret agent pastiche franchise

Push the barmy politics to one side and wallow in the imaginative absurdity

Tue Dec 21 2021 - 00:00

Emmys: The Crown, Ted Lasso and The Mandalorian lead nominations

Streaming services take most nominations, with 130 for HBO+ and 129 for Netflix

Wed Jul 14 2021 - 09:42

Marion Davies was as big as Valentino. Then she had a scandalous affair

Mank, David Fincher’s new film, goes some way to rehabilitating the film star's reputation

Thu Dec 03 2020 - 05:00

The Crown offers a ‘Now That’s What I Call The Troubles!’ version of Irish history

The Crown season four review: The ‘angry Nordie’ stereotype is long past its sell-by date

Mon Nov 16 2020 - 05:00

Fanny Lye Deliver’d: The dampest spectacle you will see this year

Review: Thomas Clay’s latest film is a home invasion horror with a Cromwellian twist

Fri Jun 26 2020 - 05:00

Four new films to stream this weekend

Irresistible, Eurovision Song Contest, Fanny Lye Deliver’d, Just Don’t Think I’ll Scream

Fri Jun 26 2020 - 00:00

The Crown season three trailer shows a country and a queen in turmoil

Olivia Colman takes over from Claire Foy as Netflix’s hit royal saga reaches the 1970s

Tue Oct 22 2019 - 09:05

The highest-paid actors of 2019 revealed

Dwayne Johnson, Robert Downey Jr, Bradley Cooper make Forbes list

Wed Aug 21 2019 - 21:57

Lena Headey: I was ‘gutted’ at how Cersei died

All tattoos and earthiness, she couldn’t be less like her Game of Thrones character

Mon Jun 17 2019 - 13:43

Latest movies reviewed: All films in cinemas this week rated

The Irish Times what-to-see guide to the movies now in cinemas across Ireland

Fri Jun 14 2019 - 06:00

Godzilla: King of the Monsters – More cliches than a 1970s disaster movie

Review: The monsters don’t need to eat the scenery, as the main cast have that covered

Fri May 31 2019 - 05:00

O’Shea Jackson jnr: ‘I want to take the family name to new heights’

The ‘Godzilla’ star on Hollywood typecasting, being a geek, and his famous dad

Fri May 31 2019 - 05:00

Cannes 2019: This year’s first five-star film, plus a lonely, whimpering Palm Dog

Cannes diary: Robert Pattinson stars in The Lighthouse; and a crowded market for mutts

Mon May 20 2019 - 13:05

New comedy: ‘Cup your genitals and just hold them’

In Channel 4’s ‘Hang-Ups’, Stephen Mangan plays a therapist who takes his practice online

Wed Aug 08 2018 - 22:35

Hodges Figgis: A 250-year-old story of selling books

‘On Christmas Eve there was always a sherry reception for the customers’

Sat Apr 21 2018 - 06:00

Five shows to watch on TV this weekend

Late Late Show remembers Big Tom while Benedict Cumberbatch joins Graham Norton

Fri Apr 20 2018 - 08:00

Ralph Fiennes, Michael Gambon and Charles Dance return to the Gate for Michael Colgan’s farewell programme

The starry line-up features work by Samuel Beckett, Brian Friel and Harold Pinter

Thu Feb 16 2017 - 15:58

Kat and Alfie: ‘We didn’t speak for five years’

Jessica Wallace and Shane Richie – Kat and Alfie in EastEnders – are headed for a Dublin stage. They talk about Irish stereotypes and how the press damaged their friendship

Fri Jan 29 2016 - 06:00

Review: Game of Thrones, season five episode one

Political powerplays, slick swordplay, plenty of sex and one mean dragon lady

Mon Apr 13 2015 - 22:00

The Imitation Game review: the highest form of flattery

Alan Turing and his colleagues get the popular tribute they deserve in this pacy tale of derring-do

Fri Nov 14 2014 - 16:50

Television: Great fire of London? This one never quite catches light

ITV’s four-part series is overly complex and struggles for authenticity

Sat Oct 18 2014 - 01:00

Dracula Untold review: you'll be Vlad you didn't

Thu Oct 09 2014 - 14:08

Cork Film Festival to open with Australian film Charlie’s Country

Irish romantic comedy ‘Standby’ also to feature in extensive festival programme

Tue Oct 07 2014 - 20:44

There will be Vlad: an audience with young Dracula in Antrim

The Northern Irish set of Universal’s latest take on a horror legend seems to hark back more to a place called Westeros than to 15th-century Romania

Thu Oct 02 2014 - 01:00

Washington has nothing on ‘Game of Thrones’

Opinion: US senate seems tame after the cut and thrust of one of Barack Obama’s favourite series

Mon Apr 07 2014 - 01:00

Justin and the Knights of Valour

Fri Sept 13 2013 - 00:00

Renowned actors to gather in Dublin for first world forum on their profession

Jeremy Irons, Brendan Gleeson and Michael Gambon among those taking part in public event

Fri Jun 14 2013 - 21:27

Dragons? Check. Nudity? Check. Great drama? Check

‘Game of Thrones’ proved to be a blockbuster drama that appeals even to dragonphobes

Sat Apr 06 2013 - 06:00