Laura Delaney

Multimedia Journalist

Someone we love! Why Capaldi is the king of LoLs

With a penchant for towel hair turbans, fitted tracksuits, leopard print silk pyjamas and 90s-infused sunglasses, what's not to love about rising singer-songwriter Lewis Capaldi?

Music • 02 Jul 19

Octavia Spencer carries the film when it occasionally slips into familiar contrivances

New teen slasher more Ma-yhem than Ma-sterpiece

Director Tate Taylor's (The Help,The Girl on the Train) venture to the dark side harkens back to psychological thrillers from the late 70s to early 90s - think Carrie and Misery - and on some levels it succeeds

Movie • 30 May 19

Anne Hathaway and Rebel Wilson in The Hustle

The Hustle robs a few laughs, steals your time

Chris Addison's directorial debut is a gratingly vapid and clunky misfire of seen-it-before set-ups that never settles on whether it's a parody or a homage.

Movie Review • 09 May 19

Long Shot a risk worth taking; deserves your vote

Long Shot is the rare, mercilessly funny comedy that operates without a safety net and pushes the boundaries of offensiveness in ways that make us both laugh and think.

Movie Review • 07 May 19

Anne Hathaway - "I also threw kind of my first party ever and the Irish are a really fun bunch to party with. It was a good time"

Hathaway: 'The Irish are really fun to party with'

Anne Hathaway has told RTÉ Entertainment how she threw her "first party ever" in Ireland and says she "had a good time" on the Emerald Isle.

Movies • 15 May 19

The script lacks the courage to follow through on its convictions

Five Feet Apart doesn't measure up

Actor Justin Baldoni's (Jane the Virgin) directorial debut takes a nauseatingly shallow look at a life-shortening genetic disorder and never rises above being a banal teen drama.

Movie Review • 04 Apr 19

The source material gets lost in the second half

Tim Burton's Dumbo: an irr-elephant remake

Director Tim Burton's live action take on Disney's 1941 animated classic struggles to get off the ground. In fact, it struggles to find the elephant in the room

Movies • 29 Mar 19

Lucas Hedges captures the unremitting cruelty of addiction, while Julia Roberts is just as powerful as the perturbed and vulnerable mother

Ben is Back injects heart; script is half-baked

Director Peter Hedges' latest outing is a well-meaning portrait of America's opioid crisis, but the uneven script has more lows than highs.

Movie Review • 14 Mar 19

British actress Felicity Jones is mostly believable as Ruth Bader Ginsburg

On the Basis fails to do the 'Notorious RBG' justice

Mimi Leder's long-overdue return to the big screen is an ode to Ruth Bader Ginsburg's glass-shattering influence and trailblazing career, but when it comes to giving a perspicacious account of the woman behind the legend, it fails to do her justice.

Movie Review • 26 Feb 19

The trippy story has unshakable charm thanks to its wonderfully expressive young cast

New Arthurian tale - a timely story that rocks!

Joe Cornish's updated take on the folktale is festooned with political allegory and sly nods to the anarchic source material.

Movie Reviews • 17 Feb 19