BRIDGERTON star Nicola Coughlan and BEHIND HER EYES actor Eve Hewson are among five Irish nominees battling it out for the Irish Film & Television Academy’s (IFTA) Rising Star award. Rounding out the five are writer and director Cathy Brady (WILDFIRE), writer and actor Clare Dunne (HERSELF) and writer, director and producer Paddy Slattery (BROKEN LAW).
Who will play the next James Bond? The question has fascinated fans ever since 2019. With a serious shortage of solid insider intel to draw from, who better to predict the future face of the franchise than a former 007? If you’re asking four-time Bond star Pierce Brosnan, his money’s on Luther star Idris Elba and Venom actor Tom Hardy.
THE ICE ROAD is Neeson’s latest film, arriving this week on Netflix, and it continues his career’s somewhat improbable second act as an action hero. Neeson stars here as Mike McCann, a trucker who is one of several drivers recruited to transport three large, heavy drills to a remote northern Canada mine in order to free miners trapped in a collapse.
The feature documentary on the life and music of Phil Lynott is now in Irish cinemas. Directed by Emer Reynolds, PHIL LYNOTT: SONGS FOR WHILE I’M AWAY tells the story of how a young black boy from working class 1950s Dublin became Ireland’s greatest rock star.
Marvel has unveiled the first trailer for new flick ETERNALS starring Irish actor Barry Keoghan. The former Love/Hate star is joined by a star studded line-up including Angelina Jolie, Salma Hayek, Kit Harrington and Richard Madden in the new film from Oscar-winning Nomadland director Chloé Zhao.
A full-length, animated RIVERDANCE feature film with a truly star-studded cast will premiere on Sky Cinema and streaming service NOW later this month. The film tells the story of a young boy named Keegan (Sam Hardy) and a Spanish girl named Moya (Hannah Herman Cortes) as they journey into the mythical world of the legendary Megaloceros Giganteus, who teach them to appreciate Riverdance as a celebration of life – a lesson that will surely resonate any Irish person since 1994?
The most talked about Irish movie of the last 12 months (for all the wrong reasons) is now available to screen from home for Irish audiences. Irish social media went mad lambasting the star-studded film featuring Emily Blunt, Jamie Dornan, Christoper Walken, and Jon Hamm for the woeful Irish accents. Find out why via the link below.
Charming is the right word to use, mostly because it’s Irish; fans of Edgar Wright’s SHAUN OF THE DEAD will feel right at home. Here, though, BOYS FROM COUNTY HELL’s comedy mostly comes from deadpan realism—from vampire-zombies who emerge and go for the kill, and from living characters yelling expletives who spend most of the 90 minutes fleeing chaos and bickering.