Jessie Buckley’s Bafta nomination confirms her as strong favourite for the best-actress award

The Rip star says Netflix tells film-makers to repeat the plot a few times, for the benefit of doom-scrolling audiences

Paul Mescal, Chris Pratt, Lee Byung-hun, Claire Foy and Brendan Gleeson feature in a quartet of movies released in the week of January 23rd, 2026

Plus: Who just passed out Scarlett Johansson’s record, set last July, as the highest grossing film star ever?

Irish talent ranked high in this year’s Oscar nominations, but Hamnet film-makers will be disappointed Paul Mescal didn’t make the final list

Watch out for One Battle After Another or Sinners shattering the record for most Academy Award nominations

We spend a lot of time staring at Chris Pratt looking worried and a Rebecca Ferguson increasingly bored of sounding increasingly boring

Despite fine performances from Mescal and Josh O’Connor, Oliver Hermanus’s period drama remains curiously inert

Irish Film & Television Academy Awards nominations recognise Christy and Saipan as Blue Lights and The Walsh Sisters get drama nods

Chris Pratt is one of Hollywood’s most bankable names. That makes it crucial to keep your feet on the ground

The internet would have us believe public transport is full of men ostentatiously reading David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest. Is this a joke?

Brendan Fraser, Ralph Fiennes, Jack O’Connell and Dave Mustaine feature in a quartet of movies released in the week of January 16th, 2026

The Oscar-winning actor’s peripatetic life makes him a perfect fit for his new film, Rental Family

Plus: Which Grease song was not in the original 1971 stage musical?

Fraser plays a struggling actor hired to pose as the estranged father of a young mixed-race girl