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Cillian Murphy's role as a producer through his company, Big Things Films, underscores his evident passion for the project

Cillian Murphy's Netflix school drama earns gold star

Based on Max Porter's best-selling 2023 novella Shy, Netflix's classroom drama Steve is a darkly funny and unflinchingly honest portrayal of young men trapped in a broken system.

Movie Review • 08 Sep

Steve Coogan as Mick McCarthy and Éanna Hardwicke as Roy Keane in a sauna in Saipan

McCarthy and Keane clash brought to life in Saipan

Mick McCarthy and Roy Keane infamously volcanic relationship is revisited in all its grubby glory in the movie Saipan.

Movie Review • 05 Sep

Terror in the kitchen for Lorraine (Vera Farmiga) and Ed (Patrick Wilson) Warren

The Conjuring's Last Rites take way too long

And so we gather to pay our final respects to "phase one" of The Conjuring Universe...

Movie Review • 06 Sep

Sanatorium - a vivid look at Ukrainian life in wartime

'Wellness in a warzone' is the elevator pitch of the year - and you really should consider booking a short stay, because Sanatorium is one of the most beguiling films of 2025.

Movie Review • 06 Sep

Christy deserves a place among the best Irish films

As summer 2025 takes its final bow, a film that deserves packed cinemas arrives on our screens. The warmth here matches anything of the last few months, but Christy has grit by the tonne too.

Movie Review • 29 Aug

Eddington: conspiracy and dread in small-town USA

A shocking and provocative tale of conspiracies and small-town politics gone wild as director Ari Aster continues to tackle subjects that send a shiver down the viewer's spine. This time, it's the year 2020.

Movie Review • 22 Aug

Tom Hiddleston offers a masterclass in restraint, embodying Chuck with subtle sorrow and delicate awe

Mike Flanagan trades fear for feeling in Life of Chuck

Horror master Mike Flanagan trades ghost stories for a surreal, heartfelt meditation on life, memory, and the traces we leave behind in his quietly powerful adaptation of Stephen King's 2020 novella.

Movie Review • 21 Aug

Jamie Lee Curtis as Tess and Lindsay Lohan as Anna in Freakier Friday

Freakier Friday's twice the fun and a ball of confusion

Two decades after the original Freaky Friday, Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan are back as the body-swapping mother and daughter in a fun sequel.

Movie Review • 06 Aug

The Naked Gun reboot will knock your socks off

Is this the silliest film you'll see this year? Oh, yes. Is it the funniest movie you'll see this year? Also, very likely, yes.

Movie Review • 01 Aug

Nurses get their big-screen due in must-see Late Shift

If you enjoyed the Stephen Graham-starring restaurant drama Boiling Point, then this is definitely one to see for all the same reasons - fast-moving, filled with tension, superb characterisation - albeit with much higher stakes.

Movie Review • 31 Jul

Bad Guys 2: a slick and funny return

How to be good when you're so very good at being bad? That's the dilemma facing Mr Wolf, Mr Shark, Ms Tarantula and Mr. Piranha in this frenetic and entertaining sequel to DreamWorks 2022 animation Bad Guys

Movie Review • 25 Jul

Jonah Wren Phillips and Sally Hawkins in Bring Her Back

Bring Her Back sees Sally Hawkins do horror in style

You'll never see Paddington's Mrs Brown in the same way again...

Movie Review • 26 Jul

The Fantastic Four: First Steps: And baby makes five

The Fantastic Four's unhappy history with big screen adaptations finally gets some good news with this zippy and mostly fun reboot from director Matt Shakman.

Movie Review • 23 Jul

SOS! Rihanna's Smurfs outing is 50 shades of blue

Grammy winner Rihanna heads a star-studded cast in this nostalgic reimagining of an '80s cartoon classic that never finds its rhythm.

Movie Review • 18 Jul

Friendship is a laugh-out-loud comedy masterclass

A blossoming bromance turns into a cringey, laugh-out-loud comedy masterclass with Paul Rudd and Tim Robinson.

Movie Review • 17 Jul

Four Letters of Love is tourism bosses' dream movie

Based on Niall Williams' bestseller and adapted by the author himself, the romantic drama stocks up on screen talent and piles on the siúcra as love finds a way.

Movie Review • 19 Jul

Those weary of superhero movies may find the energy to stay invested in a hit-and-miss story, thanks to David Corenswet's all-the-feels performance and his chemistry with co-star Rachel Brosnahan, the new Lois Lane

Superman a solid but unspectacular start to new DC era

The biggest (and best) takeaway from Superman is that David Corenswet is just right for the dual role of The Man of Steel/Clark Kent as the new DC Universe takes flight under the stewardship of writer-director James Gunn.

Movie Review • 09 Jul

Beat the Lotto - the joy of six in 1990s Ireland

One of the best stories from 1990s Ireland (or, indeed, anytime-you-like Ireland) gets a big-screen outing in this charmer of a documentary from director Ross Whitaker (Katie, Between Land and Sea, Unbreakable: The Mark Pollock Story).

Movie Review • 04 Jul

We're in southern Spain as Rose (Fiona Shaw) and her daughter Sofia (Emma Mackey) travel to a clinic in the hope of a miracle cure

Fiona Shaw is every daughter's nightmare in Hot Milk

A heatwave in Europe coincides with the release of Fiona Shaw's latest, a film with plenty of sticky situations and snarkiness as the Sun does its thing - and you get the chance to hide out in a darkened room.

Movie Review • 03 Jul

Scarlett Johansson and Jonathan Bailey star as covert operative Zora Bennett and paleontologist Dr Henry Loomis in Jurassic World Rebirth

Jurassic World Rebirth is out to Rex the gaff

Strong summer fare with loads for creature feature lovers - including a 'Baby Yoda dinosaur'.

Movie Review • 02 Jul

Kerry Condon laps it up with Brad Pitt in F1: The Movie

Brad Pitt may be behind the wheel, but Kerry Condon's in control of the gear box in this fun drama that's basically more a picture postcard than pit stop view of the F1 world.

Movie Review • 29 Jun