Movie Review

Summer movie season starts with The Fall Guy

Ryan Gosling's great run continues as he flexes his franchise muscles with this enjoyable take on the Lee Majors-starring 80s TV favourite.

Challengers is the sexiest and craftiest film of 2024

The best date movie in many a moon.

It's meta mayhem in Prospect House

This satire is the story of a ragtag bunch of filmmakers and conservationists staging a last stand in a soon-to-be-demolished country pile.

Movie Review: Quintessentially Irish

"We're great at congratulating ourselves" states Derry Girls' Siobhán McSweeney in Frank Mannion's latest documentary which is definitely not the exception.

That They May Face the Rising Sun is a gem of a film

Any news? How about that one of the best Irish films has arrived?

Ordinary Angels is a schmaltzy dose of positivity

Hilary Swank's latest film is here – Ordinary Angels is based on a real-life story and contrasts the cruelness of the US healthcare system with the kindness of strangers, and strikes the right balance between uplifting and schmaltzy.

The Sweet East: the maddest film you'll see in 2024

If you're in the mood (and then some) for a wander off the beaten path, then look no further than The Sweet East. In this road movie, you never know what's going to happen next.

Fangs a million. Alisha Weir bites into horror Abigail

Dublin teenager Alisha Weir's great big-screen run continues. First Matilda the Musical, then turn-the-air-blue comedy Wicked Little Letters, and now staking her claim to horror in this night of the vampire.

It's Apocalypse Shortly in Civil War

This teeth-clenching thriller is superbly paced, feels mercilessly realistic, and sees Kirsten Dunst and her co-stars doing some of the best work of their careers when an America of the near future takes its last gasp.

Back to Black: is this the real Amy Winehouse at last?

A near pitch perfect performance from Marisa Abela raises this warm and affectionate biopic of tragic retro torch singer Amy Winehouse above the usual standard of recent rock star flicks.

One Night in Millstreet is a ding-dong documentary

This winner of a documentary mixes canvas, chutzpah, and comedy as it takes you back to the Ireland of 1995 - yesterday and a lifetime ago.

Movie Review: Monkey Man will dazzle and repulse

The Origin of Evil is a deliciously sordid tale

There's skulduggery afoot in this fun and twist-filled French psychodrama.

Movie Review: Kung Fu Panda 4

The fourth installment of the charming Kung Fu Panda hits screens this week and begs the question, "Is there really need for a quartet of Kung Fu Panda films!?" The answer is probably no, but it'd be hard not to enjoy this colourful caper.

New Ghostbusters is scary for all the wrong reasons

Anyone haunted, nay, scared witless by Hollywood's risk averse dependence on sequels, franchises and spin-offs will turn white at this latest soulless manifestation of the once proud Ghostbusters.

Baltimore sees Rose Dugdale's story come to cinemas

This is a decent dramatisation of a chapter in Irish history and a worthwhile companion piece to the RTÉ documentary series The Heiress and The Heist.

Nun's the word for Sydney Sweeney in horror Immaculate

Sydney Sweeney's wide-eyed Cecilia arrives at an Italian order's countryside HQ to take her vows. But no sooner have the gates closed than all hell breaks loose for The Hot Nun.

The new Road House is no match for the original

Jake Gyllenhaal's star quality is undone by crazy tonal swings, workaday allies and adversaries, OTT set pieces, and a showdown that's just ok.

Late Night with the Devil feels like the horror of 2024

A found-footage rager that's made to be seen in a packed cinema.

Review:Sinister and sombre, Dune 2 is like Spacespeare

The new Dune reaches a fever pitch of seductive strangeness and operatic drama

Colman & Buckley shine in sweary Wicked Little Letters

Amusing and delightfully sweary, Wicked Little Letters sees a most welcome on-screen reunion of The Lost Daughter stars Olivia Colman and Jessie Buckley in a comedy mystery that's considerable charm outweighs its predictability.

Bob Marley biopic is watchable but doesn't stir it up

The Zone of Interest is the film we ignore at our peril

Unforgettably written and directed by Jonathan Glazer (Under the Skin, Sexy Beast), and loosely based on the Martin Amis book of the same name, this is the story of Nazis Rudolf and Hedwig Höss - the Auschwitz commandant and his wife.

Argylle's meta mayhem misses movie bullseye

Fast on the heels of Jason Statham's The Beekeeper and Reacher season two comes the much-hyped, big-budget A-listers-assemble action of Argylle.