Reiner had a gift for delivering standout lines and moments in his movies that stayed with audiences long after final credits had rolled

From 1984 to 1992, the unclassifiable film-maker delivered one of the most extraordinary directorial runs in Hollywood history

The Avatar, Alien and Ice Storm actor never had any illusions about show business. That may have helped her become an old-school Hollywood star

Young, talented and good-looking? Then prepare for an online onslaught

The Cork actor is having quite the year, with Saipan en route to cinemas and his London role in The Playboy of the Western World

Rian Johnson, director of Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, on Agatha Christie, religion and Columbo

The bar for ‘Christmas classic’ has fallen so low that this could be a contender. It’s not the worst example actually

In Chloé Zhao’s beautifully shot, cruelly raw feature, the Irish actors play the grieving Shakespeares

This huge-budget variation on Sunday-evening mystery telly will entertain Netflix viewers over Christmas

Paul Thomas Anderson’s rambunctious One Battle After Another topped the charts with nine nominations

There were hopeful signs that Hollywood could make money out of good films that did not spring from established franchises

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Alpha, beta, boomers, Joneses: confusion reigns about the ‘gen’ paramaters, never mind which is the greatest

Elizabeth Olsen, Miles Teller, Callum Turner and Lalor Roddy feature in a quartet of movies released in the week of December 5th, 2025

Our critics have selected the standout movies released in Ireland this year