Movies

It’s that time of year again when predominately American moviemakers decide to inflict Paddywackery on viewers disguised as a rom-com. Netflix’s Irish Wish is the St Patrick’s Day equivalent of Hallmark Christmas movies. As an Irish person, I am clearly not the target market. These films are so obviously made …

Jake Lloyd, former child star of Star Wars, is currently receiving treatment in a mental health facility after having a psychotic break in March last year, his mother has confirmed. Jake, famous for his role as Anakin Skywalker in Episode I – The Phantom Menace, was previously diagnosed with schizophrenia …

Monster is finally being released in UK cinemas this week, and Express.co.uk had the chance to speak to celebrated Japanese actress Sakura Ando about her latest complex role. In director Hirokazu Kore-eda’s latest drama, Sakura portrays single mother Saori, who becomes unraveled when her fifth-grade son starts exhibiting strange behaviour, …

The Star Wars Rogue Squadron movie is ‘back on’, according to director Patty Jenkins.

The outlet also noted: “GIANT FREAKIN ROBOT’s editorial guidelines prohibit me from reporting information from unverified sources.  “It’s only because this source has previously given us proven and correct information on a story related to this one that I’m able to report on Henry Cavill’s Deadpool 3 appearance.” As for who Cavill is rumoured to be playing, …

Morbius and Madame Web may have bombed at the box office, but Tom Hardy’s Venom movies have proven profitable despite bad reviews. It’s hardly surprising then that Venom 3 is set to hit cinemas later this year after Eddie Brock’s brief visit across the Marvel multiverse. At the conclusion of …

John Wayne and John Ford collaborated on some of the Hollywood Golden Age’s best-loved Westerns from She Wore a Yellow Ribbon to The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. Perhaps their most famous was 1956’s The Searchers which saw Duke play a Civil War veteran spending years searching for his abducted …

Rock star biopics are all the rage in recent years from Bohemian Rhapsody and Rocketman to Elvis. Black Sabbath legend Ozzy Osbourne’s own movie about his chaotic rise to fame and marriage to Sharon Osbourne was announced back in 2021 and is still in the works. And on a recent …

It’s been a couple of years since Robert Pattinson took up his cape in The Batman against The Riddler and The Penguin. It wasn’t long before The Batman 2 aka The Batman Part II, was announced with both the star and writer/director Matt Reeves expressing interest in DC characters they’d …

Back in 1950, John Wayne starred in Rio Grande, the third of his Cavalry Trilogy (alongside Fort Apache and She Wore a Yellow Ribbon) with director John Ford. Cast and crew struggled terribly with the extremely hot Utah location, with sets and stages having to be built in such challenging conditions. To make matters worse …

Aaron Taylor-Johnson may be the bookies’ favourite to be cast as the next James Bond after Daniel Craig. However, the 33-year-old is now being gained on by Cillian Murphy after the latter won his first Oscar on Sunday evening for Oppenheimer. Coral’s John Hill said: “Cillian Murphy has been well-backed …

Last month, four Beatles movie biopics for each member of the Fab Four were announced.  Sir Sam Mendes will direct all of the films which will overlap with each other, before they all hit cinemas across 2027. Since the unprecedented news, fans have been speculating over just who will be …

During the In Memoriam segment of the 2024 Oscars on Sunday evening, Andrea Bocelli and his son Matteo Bocelli took to the stage for a tear-jerking surprise performance of Time To Say Goodbye. The maestro’s original 1995 duet of Con Te Partirò with Sarah Brightman sold over 12 million copies …

Who is Cillian Murphy’s wife? Murphy is married to Irish visual artist Yvonne McGuinness. They met on the set of the 1996 play Disco Pigs, which eventually was adapted into a movie in 2001, according to Harper’s Bazaar. As a visual artist, McGuinness creates art using film, performance, sculptural and …

“We have to, we have to,” he said, possibly referring to calls for a ceasefire in Gaza. “Please, we need peace.” Mark’s comments were drowned out by the crowd, but the Marvel star looked animated while he spoke passionately about the war. The Oscar nominee also was one of several …

The Oscars 2024, Hollywood’s biggest movie event of the year, saw actors from all over the world flock to the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles to celebrate this year’s best movies. The night did not upset, shocking and wowing audience members and viewers at home as some of the most famous A-listers …

Despite his world-renowned fame, this is only Andrea’s second-ever Oscars appearance, following his 1999 performance of The Prayer alongside Celine Dion.  Fans swooned over the “beautiful” performance, taking to social media to share their surprise as one viewer at home wrote on X: “Great father great son, fabulous moment.” Others …

Emma later explained to Variety what caused her wardrobe mishap. “They sewed me back in!” she exclaimed. “I genuinely do think I busted it during ‘I’m Just Ken.’” She added: “I was so amazed by Ryan [Gosling] and what he was doing, and that number just blew my mind.” Emma’s …

Thousands protesters took to the streets of Hollywood on Sunday ahead of the 2024 Oscars ceremony to call for an immediate cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war. Demonstrators started gathering at about 1 p.m. at the intersection of Sunset Boulevard and Ivar Avenue, a few blocks east of the Dolby Theatre on …

Where is Lily Gladstone from? Gladstone is of Siksikaitsitapi and NiMíiPuu descent, according to Vulture. Her father is Blackfeet and Nez Perce, and her mother is white. Until age 11, she lived on the reservation for the Blackfeet Nation in Browning, Montana. They eventually moved due to the lack of …