Four new films to see this week: The Odyssey, Animal Farm, Cactus Pears, Effi o Blaenau
Matt Damon, Zendaya, Seth Rogen and Kieran Culkin feature in a quartet of movies released in the week of July 17th, 2026
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The Odyssey review: Set aside any doubts. This star-studded film is Christopher Nolan at his best
This take on Homer’s classic – with a celebrity cast including Matt Damon, Tom Holland and Zendaya – should win over even the most passionate sceptics
Christopher Nolan interview: ‘It’s exciting to bring The Odyssey out. It’s also terrifying’
Christopher Nolan on big-budget pressure, finally conquering Ulysses and why The Odyssey, his highly anticipated adaptation of Homer’s epic, deserves to be seen on the big screen
So the Odyssey trailer has upset you. Shut up and stop whinging
Christopher Nolan's film doesn’t open for another two months, and pedants are already getting their underwear in knots
Tom Holland suffers concussion on Spider-Man: Brand New Day set
Filming suspended after Holland was reportedly injured during stunt and later taken to hospital
The Rest Is History podcasters Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook: ‘There’s something about our monotonous drone people just love’
Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook on putting the drama back into history, the weird things fans say and how fellow historians view their podcast
Zendaya spotted wearing a diamond engagement ring. Cue internet hysteria
Zendaya and Tom Holland, who met while playing love interests in Spider-Man, attract an intense level of scrutiny. Every hint at their relationship is pored over like a treasure map
Tom Holland says quitting alcohol ‘the best thing I’ve ever done’
British actor made the decision after he’d been ‘scared’ by realising the extent of his dependence
The Crowded Room: Punchy opening, schmaltzy ending – Tom Holland takes us on a bumpy ride
Television: Sasha Lane, from Conversations With Friends, shines opposite the Spider-Man star in this uneven psychological thriller
Morbius review: A Spider-Man spin-off written with a crayon and edited with a chainsaw
Neither of the first two Venom films were any good, but they both made mighty fortunes
Andrew Garfield: ‘I needed to be with these freaks and lunatics’
Now starring in The Eyes of Tammy Faye the former web-slinger is tipped for an Oscar
Spider-Man: No Way Home film review – Oh no, it’s for the fans
The latest outing is still lighter on its feet than most of the Marvel Comic Universe
Aldi’s Christ the Carrot, Amazon’s fake kindness: The Christmas TV ads, 2021
Patrick Freyne: Disney’s ad is quite moving. M&S’s needs more existential angst
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
Is post-Catholic Ireland unable to make sense of its Christian culture?
Perhaps the sacred and the secular are not as diametrically opposed as is often assumed
Four new films to stream this weekend
Judas and the Black Messiah, Coming 2 America, The Little Things, Cherry
Cherry: So what do you do after Avengers: Endgame?
Review: Make a dreary crime drama in your hometown, say the Russo Brothers
From Saoirse Ronan’s Ammonite to Spielberg’s West Side Story, 50 films to watch in 2021 (we hope)
The Covid-19 pandemic has caused a traffic jam of anticipated films for this year
Has Christianity been good for us? It depends on your history book
Unthinkable: Author Charles Freeman believes we shouldn’t forget the sectarian legacy of Christian churches
The Devil all the Time – Mania and depravity gives way to fractured narrative
The characters struggle to develop personalities beyond their collective, God-driven psychosis
Antonio Campos: ‘When I got into the New York Film Academy I lied about my age’
Devil All the Time director talks Southern Gothic, Netflix and the high cost of Elvis tunes
Netflix: 10 of the best new shows and films to watch in September
Including Hilary Swank in space drama Away and Jessie Buckley in Charlie Kaufman’s I’m Thinking of Ending Things
Onward: An underwhelming new Pixar fantasy
Review: Dan Scanlon’s film is an improvement on his pointless Monsters University
Dolittle review: Worse than a bad movie, this is the low-point of every career involved
This ‘film’ doesn’t even have the good grace to be a bad movie. It’s far worse than that
Spies in Disguise: Will Smith is the voice in this ho-hum Bond parody
Review: It’s funny enough, but when our hero is turned into a pigeon, it really takes off
TV reviewers the world over owe debt to Clive James
Australian critic created template which has allowed writers freedom to shine ever since
Can European civilisation survive the death of Christianity?
Unthinkable: Like it or not, our society depends on a Christian moral inheritance
Spider-Man to remain in Marvel film universe after deal agreed
Tom Holland to continue role as Peter Parker in third ‘Homecoming’ movie in 2021
Dan Kelly winner puts Dundalk on verge of fifth league title in six years
Round-up: Bohs stay clear of Derry; Cork City ease relegation fears; Sligo win over Students
Holland saves best for last as Waterford see off understrength Bohemians
Round-up: Sligo blitz Finn Harps with three quick goals; St Pat’s and UCD share the points
Spider-Man split, executive pay multiples and those Brexit codenames in full
Planet Business: No, Greenland is not for sale
Byrne and Greene double up as Shamrock Rovers rout Waterford
Visitors far too strong at the RSC as they close gap on Dundalk to four points
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
The Spider-Man: Far From Home trailer takes spoiler paranoia to the point of hysteria
Spidey orders you not to watch unless you’ve seen Endgame. Don’t tell us what to do, Parker
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