Four new films to see this week: The Naked Gun, Bring Her Back, Late Shift and Oslo Stories: Dreams (Sex Love)
A quartet of movies released in the week of August 1st, 2025
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Bring Her Back director Danny Philippou: ‘I love the psycho-biddy genre. It allows actors to really play’
Grown adults have been covering their eyes and hyperventilating at the RackaRacka brothers’ new film. It also has important things to say about grief
Bring Her Back review: Sally Hawkins weaponises her Paddington-mom screen persona in this gorily audacious horror
Latest iteration of A24’s ‘grief is the real horror’ subgenre leans heavily on body horror to drive emotion
Oscars: The last 22 best picture winners – in order of greatness
Where does this year’s winner, CODA, sit in our ranking of 21st-century Oscar winners?
The Phantom of the Open: Gentle comedy makes the cut
True-ish comedy celebrates ‘world’s worst golfer’
Spencer: Kristen Stewart’s casting as a brittle Princess Diana is inspired
She balances trepidation with determination in Pablo Larraín’s spaced-out fantasia
Donald Clarke: Not every villain needs a harrowing origin story
Timothée Chalamet’s Wonka is the latest example of trend that refuses to go away
The 50 best Irish films ever made, in order
Donald Clarke and Tara Brady's definitive list has more than a few surprises
Netflix: The best 101 films to watch right now
Half our favourite movies have vanished. But there’s still plenty of great stuff to search for
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
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
Michael Morpurgo: On My Culture Radar
The War Horse author on merry Dublin and the acting prowess of Sally Hawkins
The 2018 Irish Times Christmas Prize Quiz
Test your knowledge of the past 12 months with these 100 questions – and you could win a prize
After Ocean’s 8, give Reservoir Dogs an all-female makeover
Donald Clarke: And then The Shawshank Redemption, The Sting and 12 Angry Women
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