Will Smith breaks character – after 40 years playing the energetic, merry prankster
Oscars 2022 should have been the culmination of Smith’s extraordinary career. But he snapped
A Very British Scandal: The real crime of the ‘fellatio duchess’
Margaret of Argyll was unfairly vilified for her promiscuity, says writer of BBC drama
Sean Connery the man has died. Sean Connery the indestructible legend lives on
He was always a little out of his time, combining charm, menace and old-fashioned masculinity
Sean Connery turns 90: An avatar of old-fashioned masculinity
The Scottish actor, voted ‘sexiest man alive’ for decades, started as a milkman and became ‘the greatest’ James Bond
Jesse Eisenberg’s Irish film: ‘It’s about the desperation of wanting to buy a house’
Far from unlikeable, the star of horror Vivarium is a refreshingly honest interviewee
James Bond: 007’s best and worst movies, ranked
With the new film’s title and cast due on Thursday, here’s the good – and bad – of Bond on screen
If The Great Escape were made today, Twitter would go berserk
Re-released this week, the ‘absolute rubbish’ film is one of the most entertaining movies ever
Oscar-winning luggage surfaces in Laois sale
Carpet bag from ‘Around the World in 80 Days’ and Mike Todd’s Louis Vuitton trunks
Henry Cavill: ‘Ireland taught me how to love the rain’
The Mission: Impossible star on Tom Cruise, #MeToo and taking over as James Bond
A bloodless coup: The clean fight in Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk
The auteur’s war film is stunning, but its heroic approach reflects an industry still uncomfortable with the bloody reality of the second World War
Patsy McGarry. . . In a Word
Most of us would happily have exchanged places with our classmate the Protestant
Film actor who came home to Sligo to set up an oyster farm
Noelle Middleton: December 18th, 1926 - January 30th, 2016
Polls of the year: We asked for your views and this is what you said
Tens of thousands of readers voted on topics ranging from abortion to James Bond
The Ecstasy of Wilko Johnson review: a rhythm in his blues
Julian Temple’s documentary on the influential and dying Dr Feelgood guitarist is affectionate and eccentric in all the right ways
Last of a famous Dublin theatrical costumier family
Peadar Bourke: September 14th, 1926 - April 10th, 2015
Dad’s the word: The Edge, Bob Geldof, Paul McCartney and more famous sons on their fathers
What started as an idea to raise money from sketches Bono drew of his father has turned into a book featuring international stars in aid of the Irish Hospice Foundation, writes Kathy Gilfillan
Making an epic hit out of a damp squib
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