Four new films to see this week: The Odyssey, Animal Farm, Cactus Pears, Effi o Blaenau
Matt Damon, Zendaya, Seth Rogen and Kieran Culkin feature in a quartet of movies released in the week of July 17th, 2026
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The Odyssey review: Set aside any doubts. This star-studded film is Christopher Nolan at his best
This take on Homer’s classic – with a celebrity cast including Matt Damon, Tom Holland and Zendaya – should win over even the most passionate sceptics
Christopher Nolan interview: ‘It’s exciting to bring The Odyssey out. It’s also terrifying’
Christopher Nolan on big-budget pressure, finally conquering Ulysses and why The Odyssey, his highly anticipated adaptation of Homer’s epic, deserves to be seen on the big screen
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding: What we know so far
Apparently a gathering for 100 is expected at Madison Square Garden tonight, and another for 1,000 people tomorrow afternoon
Himesh Patel on Enola Holmes 3: ‘The casting decisions were made to tell a very honest story about colonialism’
The actor has gone from his teenage break in EastEnders to playing Dr Watson in Netflix’s Sherlock Holmes franchise, and roles in Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey and Ryan Coogler’s The X-Files
A victim of its own popularity – Dalkey’s second World War Eire sign gets a facelift
Dozens of volunteers repainted the sign which has become scuffed from people walking across it
Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey isn’t evidence of a cultural void. It’s the opposite
With a little hindsight we will know what is interesting about the 2020s. It won’t be Marvel franchises, but it could be Taylor Swift
So the Odyssey trailer has upset you. Shut up and stop whinging
Christopher Nolan's film doesn’t open for another two months, and pedants are already getting their underwear in knots
Emer McLysaght: If I’d met Matt Damon with his SuperValu bag, I’d have jumped into the sea
My pathological fear of inconveniencing anyone extends to the brightest stars
Oscars 2027: Which films will be up for best picture? Donald Clarke predicts the nominees
From Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey to Martin McDonagh’s Wild Horse Nine, a look at next year’s potential best-picture contenders
Sorry, what did Matt Damon just say? I was looking at my phone
The Rip star says Netflix tells film-makers to repeat the plot a few times, for the benefit of doom-scrolling audiences
I’ve moved to a Sydney suburb so posh, it makes me uneasy
I’ll have to introduce my neighbours to fluffy house socks, squirty cream in a can and the cultural importance of the Real Housewives series
In Dalkey I feel the same thing Matt Damon surely did before me: this is where I’m meant to be
The sea air masks a weight that would otherwise be crushing: no kidney transplant or living donor has worked out for me yet
Trading places: The baseball stars who swapped wives, kids and even their pets
When New York Yankees pitchers Fritz Peterson and Mike Kekich announced their unusual ‘life swap’ 50 years ago, it was shocking even for the permissive 1970s
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