Unthinkable: The original ‘sage-wannabes’ of Athens were considered slightly weird, a new book reveals

There is a long history of actors deriding poorly received work, with Cats star Rebel Wilson being the latest

The best biopics, documentaries, cartoons, features and award favourites of the year

Yet another adaptation of A Christmas Carol proves that Dickens was right on the money

Healthy people may transmit their influenza to at-risk vulnerable friends and relatives

November 1st is launch date for Apple TV Plus – on iPhone, iPad and Mac for €5 a month

Review: Not since Monty Python has a period Frenchman been as absurd as Robert Pattinson

How do actors cope with having their defining line shouted at them in the streets – for decades? Richard Wilson, Maureen Lipman and Tony Robinson tell all

The Irish Times what-to-see guide to the movies now in cinemas across Ireland

Review: An incompetent remake of the charming, whimsical Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

Finney, who married gruff charisma with technical precision, turned down a knighthood

The five-time Oscar nominee, who played the definitive Poirot, died after a short illness

Inside Politics: reports of disharmony in Cabinet over Shane Ross circulate around Leinster House

These festive classics seem innocent, but they hide a darker, more disturbing message

‘Whitey’ Bulger, like the Krays, Ned Kelly and the General, is idealised in film

Review: With Michael Caine, Ray Winstone and Michael Gambon, it couldn’t be boring

Review: It's a gnom com with a PR problem, as allegations hang over its lead actor

‘The Leisure Seeker’ is the latest undemanding, patronising film aimed at oldies

The Oscar-winning star of Woody Allen’s Blue Jasmine has spoken about sex abuse allegations against the director

Tributes paid to the Oscar-nominated maker of three James Bond films

The last moments of ‘The Italian Job’ are a perfect metaphor for the UK in 2018

The greatest spectacle of the summer puts all others to shame

Being born to the right family is still invaluable when trying to hold the levers of power

Another film pretending to show older people respect while treating them as jokes

The Luas through Trinity, Trump’s 5-star Liberty Hall and a campaign against seagulls

Minehan ‘remained calm . . . at one stage bayoneting a warrior who had grabbed him by the leg’

While some movies have vanished from the streaming service, many have arrived and there are plenty to fill the summer evenings, from comedy classics like ‘Airplane’ to thrillers such as ‘Winter’s Bone’

One can’t help feeling that a letter signed by the cast of Geordie Shore might have had more effect than Cumberbatch and Elba's attempts

Guest list includes Bob Geldof, Michael Caine, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Bill Wyman

Michael Caine. Harvey Keitel. Jane Fonda. Rachel Weisz. Paul Dano - the great cast ultimately becomes marginalised by the busyness of Paolo Sorrentino’s latest film

When Aoife Madden met Bashar al-Issa they ended up swindling the UK government out of millions through their aptly named movie ‘Landscape of Lies’

The actor with a five-decade mean streak of a career shows little signs of mellowing. 'I took on the ups and downs," he says. 'Sometimes they won. Sometimes I won'

The ageing of cast members since the first ‘Star Wars’ film allow us compare and contrast our experiences over the same period

As a festive favourite celebrates a quarter of a century enthralling Irish audiences, Vicki Notaro lists 25 of the most enduring Christmas movies

Film starring Colin Farrell and Rachel Weisz selected for main competition

Musician marries his long term partner after new legislation passed in UK in March

The Oscar winner will voice the role of Bagheera, alongside Luther star Idris Elba. Lupita Nyong’o and Scarlett Johansson are also in talks to join the remake

The true heir to Maradona arrived at this World Cup in São Paulo last Thursday night – Luis Suarez