George Clooney interview: ‘I’m not a guy who lives with regret’
The actor wasn’t a star until he was in his 30s. It let him make his mistakes before he got famous – unlike Jay Kelly, the A-lister he plays in his new film
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I love Pluribus, on Apple TV. By season four I hope it’s more than just a fling
So far Vince Gilligan’s show is compelling and mysterious. Let’s hope it doesn’t outstay its welcome
Stranger Things on Netflix: Solid escapism hits the spot like an elixir from the TV gods
Television: Netflix has had a patchy year, but its bet on Stranger Things has paid off with a four-episode drop crammed with thrills, spills and chills
‘When I got the call I cried. It was wild’: Irish actor Amybeth McNulty on her role in Stranger Things
Donegal actor speaks her mind on self-definition, bereavement and joining the cast of Stranger Things
Stranger Things has turned us inside out and upside down. Is the best yet to come?
Geeks were already going mainstream before the sci-fi franchise landed, but the love letter to nerd culture took the trend to another level
Death By Lightning and The Beast In Me: Compelling stories with deeply flawed characters at their core
Matthew Macfadyen plays the future assassin of US president James Garfield as an insipid, writhing worm, with an anti-magnetism that is both compellingly awful and awfully compelling
The Beast in Me review: Claire Danes thriller is hokier than Fair City but viewers will be hooked
Television: This supersized serving of cornball escapism starring Matthew Rhys opposite Daines is a perplexing watch
The Dinner Party revels in exposing what lies beneath
Full of misery, and peopled by characters unable to distinguish their true desires, Viola van de Sandt’s debut novel makes for uneasy reading
Claire Danes has made a career out of relatable anxieties, from teen angst to midlife crisis
In The Beast in Me, Claire Danes embodies the stress of being a late fortysomething who wonders if they will ever make anything worthwhile again
TV guide: The best new shows to watch, starting tonight
November 9th-14th: Trespasses, Hidden Assets, 10 Things to Know About, Futureville Ireland and Palm Royale
Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+, Apple TV+: 10 of the best new shows to stream in November
Including Beatles Anthology, Stranger Things final season, All’s Fair, Palm Royale and more
Patrick Freyne’s guide to the biggest horror TV shows, from Stranger Things to Sesame Street
Including the attractive conformists of Wednesday’s posh private school, the paranormal Baywatch spinoff and the Joanna Lumley show that scarred an Irish child for life
Is there life in The Witcher after Henry Cavill’s exit?
Showrunner Lauren Hissrich believes, as with James Bond, the character Geralt is bigger than any one actor portraying him. Can Liam Hemsworth avoid becoming the franchise’s George Lazenby?
Enshittification: the word that sums up how we live now
It seems to convey a sense of promises broken, not just in technology but in culture and politics too
Halloween films: 10 great horrors to stream for a fright this Samhain
Our pick of the most arresting horror films on Netflix, Prime Video and Paramount+
TV guide: the best new shows to watch, starting tonight
October 26th-31st: Hector Ó hEochagáin Down Under, plus Trigger Point, Down Cemetery Road, The Unreal and The Witcher
From Alien to The Zone of Interest: 50 of the best movies to stream right now – with no extra rental fees
The most arresting, entertaining films on Netflix, Disney+, Apple TV+, Prime Video and Paramount+
Nobody Wants This review: Quickfire banter and high wattage stars mark latest Netflix series
This is not a comedy anyone would need to spend the rest of their lives with – but a solid second series confirms there is no need to break things off just yet
Netflix shares drop as Brazilian tax dispute hits earnings
Platform chief said company has no interest in owning legacy media networks but will evaluate opportunities to buy intellectual property
Frankenstein director Guillermo del Toro: ‘Mary Shelley was a Protestant girl. I’m a Catholic boy. Big difference’
The director’s quest to adapt Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel has spanned more than 30 years, marked by false dawns and studio politics
European spending on ChatGPT stalls despite soaring OpenAI valuation
While weekly user numbers continue to climb, the number willing to pay for the technology is levelling off
Shares rally as US regional bank fears recede
Apple jumps to first record of 2025 amid growing optimism about iPhone demand
What is K-pop and why is it everywhere?
The huge success of the Netflix film K-Pop Demon Hunters has brought the Korean pop genre to the West, with near-sell-out Dublin and Cork shows on the way
I don’t want to see Victoria Beckham chatting over coffee. I want to see her in a rocket to space
There’s definitely a fascinating documentary to be made about the Beckham family. Maybe next time
What was done to Victoria Beckham in the 90s was unspeakable. But are we any better now?
In her new Netflix documentary, Beckham speaks about suffering from an eating disorder at the time she was weighed on live TV
A Family Succession: Arthur Edward Guinness gives a sober account of his family’s history
Judging by this book, the screenwriter of Netflix’s House of Guinness took a heavy dose of artistic licence
Netflix brings video games to its TV service for first time
Streamer seeking to move beyond films and TV
Victoria Beckham on Netflix: A controlled infomercial that reveals little about its subject
Television: An opportunity for the former Spice Girl and original WAG to give her version of events morphs into an infomercial for Victoria Beckham, fashion designer
Tourism Ireland spent €200,000 on Wednesday marketing campaign
Agency said ‘screen tourism’ hugely important to promote travel here
The Irish Times view on historical drama: license to reimagine
The Netflix series has been accused of reducing 19th century Dublin to caricature and anachronisms
‘An illusion of safety’: Kathryn Bigelow and Idris Elba on nuclear-attack thriller House of Dynamite
Dialogue about nuclear weapons has been nonexistent for years, says Oscar-winning director
Today I will discuss House of Beamish. I think I remember the plot from history class, but we were all quite drunk
Much like Downton Abbey, House of Guinness is best treated as a delightful hallucinatory cheese dream
A House of Dynamite review: Kathryn Bigelow’s stressful film brings home perils of nuclear strike
People will shiver at realisation that when a response to nuclear attack is needed, it is too late
House of Guinness: Fact v fiction – Is the Netflix series historically accurate?
Guinness heir says show ‘makes no ambition at relating to purely fact’
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