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The Old Man season two review: The double act of Jeff Bridges and John Lithgow is worth the admission price

Television: heartening to see two actors in their 70s fronting thriller where age is not played as punchline

Wed Nov 06 2024 - 09:34

Listen: Ernest Shackleton’s adventure is told in his own voice - thanks to AI

The voices of seven other crew members who kept diaries while on the Endurance also feature in the documentary

Sat Nov 02 2024 - 13:00

Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+, Apple TV+: 10 of the best new shows to watch in November

Including Bad Sisters season two, Say Nothing, Senna, Countdown: Paul vs Tyson and more

Fri Nov 01 2024 - 05:15

Doctor Odyssey’s core message: just imagine Pacey from Dawson’s Creek holding you tight and saying, ‘Shhh, it’s okay’

Patrick Freyne: Cruising takes on an alternative meaning in this medical melodrama, with Joshua Jackson visiting multiple ports of call

Thu Oct 31 2024 - 05:00

Victoria Smurfit: ‘Postpartum depression had me manically sobbing in the middle of Ranelagh’

Conversations with Parents podcast with Jen Hogan: In this episode Hollywood actor Victoria Smurfit talks about how her children are coping with their mother’s steamy role in Rivals

Tue Oct 29 2024 - 06:15

Rivals: The thrusting bum is intercut with spurting soap and overflowing champagne. We are in safe, if filthy, hands

Patrick Freyne: If I was in Disney+’s Jilly Cooper adaptation, someone would surely compliment my ‘magnificent column’

Thu Oct 24 2024 - 05:00

If you’re self employed, the time has come to file your tax return and avoid nasty surprises from Revenue

The best news, analysis and comment from The Irish Times business desk

Tue Oct 22 2024 - 06:33

Hot Rabbi but no Lord Baddingham as Netflix basks in ‘member happiness’

The streaming market leader missed a trick by not having Rivals on its platform, but it does like to make the odd pop at its actual rivals

Tue Oct 22 2024 - 06:15

Rivals: This Jilly Cooper bonkfest has too many pants around the ankles, not enough plot

Television: Why is sex meant to be so funny? Perhaps we should ask the British

Fri Oct 18 2024 - 06:00

Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+, Apple TV+: 10 of the best new shows to watch in October

Including Disclaimer, Rivals, The Last Days of the Space Age, La Máquina and Citadel: Diana

Tue Oct 01 2024 - 05:15

TV guide: The best new shows to watch, beginning tonight

September 15th-20th: From the origin story of child prodigy Mozart to Colin Farrell as the Penguin

Sun Sept 15 2024 - 05:00

Out of a job but not ready for the golf course: how about joining a board?

More departing CEOs and CFOs are opting for a smorgasbord of director, consulting and mentoring roles

Thu Sept 12 2024 - 10:00

Hamilton is opening in Dublin: What’s all the fuss about, and can I still get a ticket?

The musical epic will run from nine weeks at the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre from September 17th to November 16th

Wed Sept 11 2024 - 05:00

Forget the DVD box set, all of Mad Men is now on the RTÉ Player

Both Virgin Media Television and RTÉ are aiming for further digital growth via their players, already the main point of access to content for some viewers

Tue Sept 03 2024 - 06:00

Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+, Apple TV+: 10 of the best new shows to watch in September

Including Slow Horses series four, WandaVision spin-off Agatha All Along, a final Grand Tour, and Eve Hewson and Nicole Kidman in The Perfect Couple

Sun Sept 01 2024 - 05:00

Sales surge helps Lego build green credentials

Lego secures 'immense' toy market as first half revenues increased by 13% to €4.2 billion and operating profit rose by 26%

Wed Aug 28 2024 - 10:34

The Marvel Cinematic Universe used to be pretty cool. Why is it sliding towards mediocrity?

Amid a creative slump, Marvel Studios’ solution is to play it safe

Thu Aug 22 2024 - 05:00

Trouble has been brewing for Starbucks – can the new boss perk things up?

Planet Business: Disney prepares to defrost Frozen franchise, a change of judge in Musk’s advertiser lawsuit, and artists who have objected to Donald Trump using their music

Sat Aug 17 2024 - 06:15

MrBeast, one of YouTube’s richest stars, may have shown his true colours. Can his empire survive?

YouTubers have survived cancellation before. Can Jimmy Donaldson do the same?

Thu Aug 15 2024 - 05:15

Sky, Netflix, Virgin and sports: How to manage your TV and streaming expenses

Special offers, contract savings and why you should try to swerve the new ‘streaming TV’ services if you like recording programmes

Tue Aug 13 2024 - 06:00

Disney hits streaming profit but warns of slowing theme park demand

Chief Bob Iger says ‘slowdown’ in experiences division offset by success of films such as Inside Out 2

Wed Aug 07 2024 - 18:59

The 50 best films on Netflix, plus gems from Disney+, Apple TV+, Prime Video and Paramount+

From Arrival to The Zone of Interest, our picks also take in everything from Halloween and Lost in Translation to Lawrence of Arabia and Pinocchio

Mon Aug 05 2024 - 06:00

Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+, Apple TV+: 10 of the best new shows to watch in August

Including Kaos, Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power, Emily in Paris, Only Murders in the Building, The Umbrella Academy and Bad Monkey

Wed Jul 31 2024 - 05:15

Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+, Apple TV+: 10 of the best new shows to watch in July

See Anthony Hopkins in gladiator epic Those About to Die, Lisa Kudrow in a reboot of Time Bandits, and the final series of Cobra Kai

Mon Jul 01 2024 - 05:00

UK buyer of famous Leeson Street grinds school begins to reap rewards of €135m acquisition

Microsoft Office guy’s superyacht; Dyson signs on the line in Co Waterford; Fair City eyes move to commuter belt

Sun Jun 30 2024 - 06:00

These Criminal Minds folks look and sound as if they work for Accenture

The behavioural-analysis unit all feel like the sort of people who can do accounts. That might be why I default to the A-Team when I try to think about them

Thu Jun 27 2024 - 05:00

Destination Downing Street for Starmer and Reeves as UK election enters endgame

Planet Business: The Telegraph’s uncertain future, Disney’s Inside Out 2 joy, and McDonald’s AI ordering fails

Sat Jun 22 2024 - 06:15

Jedis were once a seasoning, like salt. We liked the salt, and now Disney is serving us big bowls of salt

The Acolyte, Disney’s emotionally and visually flat new Star Wars spin-off, needs to stop with all the confusing lightsabre fights

Thu Jun 13 2024 - 05:00

Inside Out 2 review: Will Pixar’s new movie trigger a diplomatic incident? Either way, it deserves to be seen

Adèle Exarchopoulos as the dark, heavily fringed, polo-necked embodiment of Ennui is borderline genius

Wed Jun 12 2024 - 20:00

Under the Bridge review: Lily Gladstone stars in true crime drama that gets under the skin of small-town life

Television: Killers of the Flower Moon star doesn’t get enough to do here, but the show still feels chillingly real

Wed Jun 12 2024 - 16:40

Star Wars: The Acolyte review – Is this the Jedi jamboree we’ve been looking for?

Television: The past decade have been a disorienting blur for Star Wars fans. There have been highs and lows

Wed Jun 05 2024 - 11:00

Is that a harp in the Doctor Who time vortex? Irish screen industry travels far to reach the Whoniverse

Government symbol on Doctor Who credits would have startled my 1980s self but is a marker of how much has evolved in film and television business

Tue Jun 04 2024 - 06:15

Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+, Apple TV+: 10 of the best new shows to watch in June

Including Sweet Tooth, Becoming Karl Lagerfeld, Presumed Innocent and My Lady Jane

Fri May 31 2024 - 05:30

Why chief executive succession is so difficult to get right

Boards are being forced to think about finding future leaders much earlier than in the past as shareholders demand greater insight

Fri May 24 2024 - 12:08