James Bond

The Movie Quiz: A refrain from which Bond film features on Robbie Williams’s No1 hit, Millennium?

Plus: Arthur Fleck and the last X-Men prequel suggest which Harry Potter film?

Fri Sept 20 2024 - 05:00

The name’s Bond ... Jamie Bond: What’s happened to 007 – and will the films ever return?

It’s already three years since No Time to Die came out. And we may not see the next film in the franchise until 2026

Sun Sept 08 2024 - 05:00

The Movie Quiz: Which film has made the most money so far in 2024?

Plus: Where do the fadas go in the title of the all-conquering Irish film An Cailin Ciuin?

Fri Jun 07 2024 - 05:00

Bond villain’s west of Ireland retreat for €285,000

Actor who played KGB general and his partner escaped hustle and bustle of London at this quaint Gort cottage with guest house

Thu Apr 18 2024 - 05:55

Marvel star Aaron Taylor-Johnson ‘offered role as next James Bond’

English actor reportedly ready to sign contract to play spy and start filming

Tue Mar 19 2024 - 12:20

Solar geoengineering to cool the planet: Not if, but when

Economist Gernot Wagner on a radical solution that’s no longer science fiction

Thu May 05 2022 - 05:00

Downton Abbey sequel a litmus test for Irish cinemas after Covid

Owners of cinema groups keen to see audiences return to watch on the big screen

Tue May 03 2022 - 03:55

Idris Elba on Nelson Mandela, Sonic the Hedgehog – but absolutely not 007

From Finding Dory to Zootopia to Cats: The legendary actor takes on the role of Knuckles

Tue Apr 12 2022 - 06:00

Oscars 2022: Will Smith slapping Chris Rock overshadows CODA’s best picture award

Kenneth Branagh takes best original screenplay for the autobiographical Belfast

Mon Mar 28 2022 - 05:58

Catalan coalition under strain due to Russian contact revelations

Exiled leader Puigdemont acknowledges contacts in Russia but denies seeking support of Putin regime

Tue Mar 22 2022 - 16:00

Donald Clarke: From blockbusters to bum-breakers – why are films so long now?

The doomsayers despairing at supposedly gnat-like modern attention spans are wrong

Sat Mar 19 2022 - 05:00

Baftas 2022: Belfast edged out by The Power of the Dog

Kenneth Branagh’s film takes just one prize as Joanna Scanlan is ‘surprise’ best actress

Sun Mar 13 2022 - 21:00

Maureen Dowd: Putin has trapped the world in his Napoleonic psychodrama

This demonic little man has been watching too many episodes of The Americans

Sun Feb 27 2022 - 16:42

This Is Going To Hurt: A bruisingly real medical drama, brimming with comedy

TV review: Based on the diaries of a doctor, you’ll be glad you stayed with this – even if you’re squeamish

Tue Feb 08 2022 - 16:16

Ben Whishaw: ‘I don’t find acting helps my social anxiety’

The actor talks about his off-stage shyness and his latest role in This Is Going to Hurt

Tue Feb 01 2022 - 06:03

‘The sun rises’: Damian Lewis pays tribute to Helen McCrory with Derek Mahon poem

Actor uses tribute event to talk publicly for first time about wife, who died of cancer

Thu Jan 27 2022 - 09:27

Donald Clarke: China’s financial success at the cinema is not a pandemic story

People’s Republic released two highest-grossing films of 2021 after decade of growth

Sat Jan 01 2022 - 05:00

Tony Blair receives knighthood in queen’s honours list

UK’s medical chiefs recognised for ‘dedication and commitment’ during pandemic

Fri Dec 31 2021 - 22:31

The King’s Man: The best entry yet in the secret agent pastiche franchise

Push the barmy politics to one side and wallow in the imaginative absurdity

Tue Dec 21 2021 - 00:00

Facebook files’ saga, Lubov Chernukhin and Bond’s triumphant return

Planet Business: For sale, thousands of songs, much-streamed

Sat Oct 09 2021 - 05:16

Breda O’Brien: This is no time to let Irish cinemas die

Is the tentative recovery of movie theatres thanks to blockbusters or a more nuanced audience desire?

Sat Oct 09 2021 - 01:00

Screen Ireland plans ‘crew hubs’ in Limerick, Galway and Wicklow to sustain boom

Agency puts emphasis on skills amid labour squeeze in global TV and film industry

Wed Oct 06 2021 - 06:05

It’s no time to die for Daniel Craig the actor. How to have a post-Bond career

There has long been a myth that the role of James Bond swallows careers whole

Thu Sept 30 2021 - 06:00

Cinema operators hope for Bond boost after Covid-19 impact

Accounts for one firm show revenues more than halved from €16.79m to €7.65m

Tue Sept 28 2021 - 18:53

Decline in technology shares tempers gains in world markets

In Dublin, Kingspan slips 6% amid supply disruptions and rising cost of raw materials

Mon Sept 27 2021 - 20:10

James Bond: Can 007 and No Time to Die save cinema?

Latest Bond film No Time to Die arrives in the hope rescuing the entire medium

Sat Sept 25 2021 - 05:00

James Bond: Hint at gay experience in 007’s past almost cut from Skyfall, says producer

Barbara Broccoli had to fight studio over scene between Daniel Craig and Javier Bardem

Wed Sept 08 2021 - 14:15

Nic Cage: The strange career of the former Nicolas Coppola

As his peers retire, he still works like a maniac – and may even have defined his own genre

Tue Aug 17 2021 - 06:00

Spyware target leak, sunny earnings season and a message to Kerry

Planet Business: No more ‘lumpiness’ at Netflix?

Sat Jul 24 2021 - 05:14

Léa Seydoux: ‘Being objectified is a really horrible feeling’

The actor on creativity, sex scenes and missing Cannes Film Festival due to Covid

Tue Jul 20 2021 - 06:00

Sean Moncrieff: I felt useless, frustrated and guilty after my operation

There’s nothing worse than being neurotic and then being proven to be right

Sun Jul 18 2021 - 05:00

Kevin Power: I don’t want my son, as he grows up, to silence his finer feelings

I don’t want him to ‘be a man’. I want him to be something else – but what?

Sat Jul 10 2021 - 00:00

Johnson's attempt to woo Germany will fail if he doesn't show good faith

London Letter: Britain and Germany seek to take giant leap from old enmity

Thu Jul 01 2021 - 22:30

The best new movies coming to cinema and TV this summer

Films are once again being shown on big screens, as well as on Netflix and Disney+

Sun Jun 27 2021 - 05:00