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Judi Dench: "But on Zoom, everybody's looking at you. It's very, very disconcerting."

Judi Dench: Acting on Zoom is 'very unnerving'

Veteran actress Judi Dench has said acting on Zoom is "very unnerving" and explained how "actors never really look at each other" and now they ...

Movies • 15 Jan

Judi Dench: "I hope audiences will have a lovely time and have a laugh and be transported for a bit so that they can forget the things they're worried about, like Brexit."

Dench hopes new movie gives viewers Brexit relief

Judi Dench has said she hopes her new movie, Blithe Spirit, will help viewers to "forget the things they're worried about."

Movies • 04 Jan

Kenneth Branagh (Pictured in Belfast City Hall on the day he received the Freedom of the City in January 2018) - "Belfast is my most personal film"

Kenneth Branagh & all-star cast tell his Belfast story

Northern Irish writer-director Kenneth Branagh has agreed a worldwide distribution deal for Belfast, his semi-autobiographical film starring Caitriona Balfe, Judi Dench, Jamie Dornan, Ciarán Hinds ...

Movies • 17 Dec 20

This Mouse House makeover of a homegrown fantasy phenomenon does its bit for Tourism Ireland but deems it necessary to cast aside Artemis' criminal mastermind clout

Artemis Fowl: watchable, but no wow factor

It's a race against time - for the diminutive daredevil and director Kenneth Branagh alike.

Movie Review • 12 Jun 20

Dench as Old Deuteronomy in the ill-fated Cats

Meow! Now Judi Dench gets her claws out for Cats

It's a truth universally acknowledged that Cats was the worst movie of 2019 and now even Judi Dench, who had a pivotal role in the ...

Movies • 05 May 20

Jason Derulo as Rum Tug Tigger in Cats: "We always had to be aware that we had ears at the top our heads and we have a tail behind us."

Watch: Jason Derulo has a wild old time in Cats

R`n'B star Jason Derulo, who plays "perverse, preening, and independent" feline Rum Tum Tugger in the new Cats movie says working on the film was ...

Movies • 19 Dec 19

Meow! Ian McKellen slams critics of new Cats movie

Veteran actor Ian McKellen, who plays washed-up but lovable theatre cat Gus in the new musical fantasy Cats, has reacted angrily to the backlash to ...

Movies • 17 Dec 19

Judi Dench reveals that she had 17 cats during the war

Judi Dench, who plays wise, elder Old Deuteronomy in the new musical fantasy adaptation of Cats, has revealed that her family had 17 cats when ...

Movies • 16 Dec 19

What's on? TV highlights for Thursday July 25

Catch-22 comes to a close, Catastrophe returns to RTÉ 2, and there are documentaries about a radical Christian community and the growing wealth divide in ...

Television • 25 Jul 19

Dench 'very bravely' put daughter into rehab

Judi Dench ''bravely'' put her daughter Finty Williams into rehab in 2001 after she struggled to cope with the death of her father.

Movies • 23 Jul 19

Idris Elba and Taylor Swift are both starring in the upcoming Cars movie

Idris Elba and Taylor Swift dance on set of Cats movie

A behind-the-scenes video has been released for the upcoming star-studded Cats movie and it features Idris Elba and Taylor Swift dancing their socks off.

Movies • 17 Jul 19

Judi Dench and Kevin Spacey pictured in 2015

Judi Dench defends Kevin Spacey's work

The actress Judi Dench has has said that the work of Kevin Spacey and Harvey Weinstein should not be shunned in the light of the ...

Movies • 25 Jun 19

Red Joan delivers empathy as well as espionage

Judi Dench stars in Trevor Nunn's enjoyable adaptation of a novel about a young scientist torn between emotion, espionage and idealism in post-WWII Britain

Movies • 17 Apr 19

Judi Dench and Kenneth Branagh in All is True

All is True - a poignant love letter to the Bard

Kenneth Branagh stars as William Shakespeare in this thoughtful and moving drama about the Bard's twilight years

Movies • 13 Feb 19

Ferdia Shaw and Lara McDonnell star in Irish authors Artemis Fowl

Artemis Fowl trailer featuring two Irish teens released

The trailer has been released for Disney's film Artemis Fowl which stars two Irish teenagers Kilkenny teen Ferdia Shaw and Dublin's Lara McDonnell.

Artemis Fowl • 27 Nov 18

Judi Dench to receive Richard Harris Award

Judi Dench is to be honoured for her "outstanding contribution" to British film by receiving the Richard Harris award at the upcoming at the British ...

Movies • 19 Nov 18

Judi Dench and Kevin Spacey photographed in 2002 in London at the party following the premiere of their film The Shipping News

Judi Dench says Spacey scenes should not have been cut

Judi Dench has said she "can't approve, in any way" of Kevin Spacey's scenes being removed from the film All the Money in the World ...

Movies • 26 Sep 18

Kilkenny newcomer Ferdia Shaw plays Artemis Fowl

Fowl play! Artemis adventure begins filming

Production has begun on Artemis Fowl, the big screen adaptation of Eoin Colfer's best-selling fantasy adventure of the same name.

Movies • 16 Mar 18

Kilkenny youngster Ferdia Shaw will play Artemis Fowl (Ferdia Shaw photo courtesy of the Lisa Richards Agency)

Irish youngster to play Artemis Fowl in Disney movie

Irish youngster Ferdia Shaw has seen off the challenge of over 1,200 hopefuls to be cast in the lead role in Disney's big screen adaptation ...

Artemis Fowl • 24 Dec 17

Judi Dench has revealed she is gradually losing her sight

Judi Dench: 'I can't see very much, eyesight is so bad'

Oscar-winning actress Judi Dench has revealed that she struggles to enjoy watching films because of her deteriorating eyesight.

Judi Dench • 01 Dec 17

All aboard for lovers of old school charm - Kenneth Branagh as Hercule Poirot

Murder on the Orient Express has some rail charm

Murder on The Orient Express • 03 Nov 17

Kenneth Branagh recalls down time on Murder on the Orient Express

Murder on The Orient Express cast took time to bond

Kenneth Branagh's new adaptation of Murder on the Orient Express features a veritable train-load of A-list actors, but when they first met up he noticed ...

Murder on The Orient Express • 29 Oct 17

Oscars bosses to meet over Harvey Weinstein

Oscars organiser the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has said its Board of Governors will meet on Saturday to discuss "any actions warranted" ...

Harvey Weinstein • 12 Oct 17

Judi Dench in talks to join Artemis Fowl movie

They may not have found their leading boy yet but Judi Dench is reported to be in talks to join the cast of Kenneth Branagh's ...

Entertainment • 20 Sep 17

Judy Dench and Ali Zazal in Victoria and Abdul

Victoria & Abdul: meet Mrs Brown's new boy

Stephen Frears' lively account of how a lowly Indian servant becomes Queen Victoria's favourite features another superb turn by Judi Dench as the Widow of ...

Movie Reviews • 13 Sep 17