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Taylor Swift in the forthcoming screen version of 'beloved musical' Cats

The problem with Cats, The Lion King & the uncanny valley

Film

It's been an interesting week for anthropomorphised felines, with The Lion King now on general release and the trailer for Cats emerging to widespread revulsion...

Sylvester Stallone in Rocky II (1981) - he's currently planning a new Rocky movie

Sylvester Stallone - the last action hero keeps on punching

Convicted rapist and serial killer Rodney Alcala is featured in Murder Made Me Famous. He was dubbed the "Dating Game Killer" because of his 1978 appearance on US TV show The Dating Game in the midst of his murder spree.

How healthy is our obsession with true crime?

5 must-see Irish gems on Netflix

"The originality of Black Spot lies in its extensive use of imagery from the popular repository of Celtic mythology, cleverly reworked for the 21st century"

How Celtic history is ripe for use in modern TV and film

Culture 10 - the week's cultural highlights, all together now

Filmmaker Emer Reynolds boards the Mystery Train

GAZE 2019: Matt Smith plays photographer Robert Mapplethorpe in Ondi Timoner's biopic

GAZE - 7 must-sees at Ireland's national LGBT film festival

Fleabag's Pheobe Waller-Bridge

Culture 10 - your culture hits for the weekend & week ahead

Rain Man: Gene Kelly remembered, by his widow Patricia

Leonard Cohen and Marianne Ihlen on Hydra (Picture Aviva Layton)

Review: Marianne and Leonard: Words of Love

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Dora and the Lost City of Gold

Nick strikes gold with fun live-action Dora movie

Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio star in Once Upon a Time In Hollywood

Once Upon a Time In Hollywood charms and surprises

Lean on me: Transit plays out in a series of mysterious arrivals and departures

Transit - Nazi occupation story given a modern spin

Keith L. Williams, Jacob Tremblay and Brady Noon in Good Boys

Tween comedy Good Boys doesn't deliver the goods

A coming-of-age story to cherish and share

Blinded by the Light is a real show of Bruce force

Among the copious vomit, hangovers and Yeats quotes, there is a refreshingly nuanced message about friendship

Animals - a wild Dublin trip with empty highs

Playmobil: The Movie lacks heart

Playmobil: The Movie

Denny Swift (Milo Ventimiglia) with his unusually reflective dog, Enzo

The Art of Racing in the Rain - old-fashioned weepie

Israeli border protests in Gaza make for tense scenes in Garry Keane and Andrew McConnell's brilliant film

Gaza: moving stories from the beleaguered strip of land

Yara Shahidi and Charles Melton in The Sun is Also a Star: stick with it for its undeniable charms

The Sun is Also a Star: far-fetched romance which works

Director Thurop Van Orman creates a beautifully animated pinwheel of 3D animation, backed by richly imagined designs

Angry Birds 2 is an app-solute hoot for kids

Flabby and fatuous: Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham in Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw

Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw