The 50 best films of 2024: No 30 to No 21
We continue our countdown of our favourite movies released in Ireland this year
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Merchant Ivory: Stephen Soucy’s documentary lifts up the petticoats of the prestigious production house
A rollicking account of a long movie partnership that was flying by the seat of its pants
Trailer for Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy released
Fourth in series of comedies stemming from Helen Fielding novel will hit cinemas in February
Heretic review: Hugh Grant has a ball tormenting young Mormon doorsteppers in this gleeful horror thriller
Formerly foppish actor menaces in claustrophobic nailbiter from Oscar-nominated writers
The many faces of Hugh Grant: From droll to dark to ‘Mr Stuttery Blinky’
The English actor is now 64 and in what he calls his ‘freak-show era’, where he plays a variety of suave miscreants
Taylorwatch: Dublin pub says ‘great to welcome’ Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce after three Aviva gigs
The weekend-long celebration of Swiftness has passed but the memories remain
Unfrosted review: Jerry Seinfeld’s Pop-Tart brandopic is yet another unwelcome addition to the genre
This scattershot approach to the origins of the Kellogg’s breakfast snack relies on cartoonish fantasy and terrible humour
Hugh Grant settles claim against Sun publisher due to risk of £10m legal costs
In a series of posts on X, Mr Grant said he had been offered ‘an enormous amount of money’ to settle his case, but would have preferred to see his allegations tested in court
Bridget Jones 4: Leo Woodall to join Renée Zellweger and Hugh Grant for next instalment
Colin Firth will not return for the screen adaptation of Helen Fielding’s 2013 novel Mad About the Boy
Wonka: Timothée Chalamet’s chocolate prodigy turns out to be Irish. Should we laugh or cry?
In this decent origin story, the young actor betrays no hint of the sly psychopath he would become in the form of Gene Wilder
Labyrinth, Excalibur, Sandman and more: Behold the 20 ultimate fantasy movies and TV series
We embarked on an epic quest to find the mightiest fantasy tales ever screened. Lo, here is our top 20, in reverse order
Oscars 2023: Hugh Grant’s acid, waspish red-carpet interview with Ashley Graham was a toe-curler
Many viewers delighted in the star’s disdain for the entire spectacle. The other half wondered how Ashley Graham managed to maintain her poise
Donald Clarke: It’s a Wonderful Life has been dogging my nightmares since my youth
Alternative reality is so wretched it’s a wonder anyone hangs around for the happy ending
Emmys: The Crown, Ted Lasso and The Mandalorian lead nominations
Streaming services take most nominations, with 130 for HBO+ and 129 for Netflix
Aston Martin’s €280,00 DBX: The best high-end SUV money can buy?
It’s an impressive beast, although the electric versions will prick our conscience rather less
‘On the cliff edge’: Spain’s flamenco industry fears for its future amid Covid-19
Concerns raised that future of music genre in jeopardy as venues shut permanently
Starstruck: A giddy confection that helps rehabilitate the romcom
TV review: Rose Matafeo’s new show is Notting Hill for Generation Instagram
Poll-topper: Is this a film you’d watch and rewatch?
Four Weddings and a Funeral’s director says yes. Richard Curtis, its writer, prefers... Elf
Hugh Grant on the Undoing finale: ‘People are telling me how old I look’
The star and showrunner David E Kelley on staging their glamorous whodunit
Bella Heathcote: ‘It was fun getting to be the Neighbours school b*tch’
Australian actor on LA, auditions, shirts in her car boot and her latest film Relic
Life from the age 40 until your first hip-replacement is actually rubbish
Review: BBC’s Us tells chilling truths about what happens to relationships in the autumn of life
Love Wedding Repeat: You should avoid this ‘Four Weddings’ rip-off
But you probably won’t, since it’s on Netflix and these days the audience is captive
JP McManus Pro-Am postponed for 12 months
High profile event at Adare Manor will now take place in July 2021
Dancing with the Stars has hit Father Ted levels of farce
Fr Ray Kelly’s protective halo means frontrunner Sinéad O’Carroll is put through the wringer
Rising Labour star threatens to unseat Tory grandee Iain Duncan Smith
Faiza Shaheen looks to score election upset by turfing out former Tory leader in London
Who needs lots of kitchen gadgets? Not these serious cooks
A cooker, chopping boards and a good knife are all some cooks need to work
From rural sowing and reaping to dreams of urban return
‘I can’t deny a secret yearning to escape the country and return to Stoneybatter’
Richard Dawkins: ‘Brexit is now a religion. They don’t mind if they destroy the country’
The atheist biologist has written a new book about God but what really worries him is closer to home
‘An over-promoted bath toy’: Celebrities slam Boris Johnson
Hugh Grant, Stephen Fry and Philip Pullman criticise plans to suspend parliament
Woman power is the key to this Carlow castle’s rich history
Huntington Castle has a storied female past, with links back to Ireland’s pirate queen
Emmy nominations 2019: Fiona Shaw and Chris O’Dowd among nominees
Irish actors up for three awards, as Game of Thrones breaks records with 32 nominations
‘When I socialise, my pain is hidden’
The fun-loving, carefree image I present to the world hides the relentless thumping pain and crippling exhaustion
Four Weddings at 25: The film that gave us ‘That Dress’, that poem and Hugh Grant the star
Four Weddings and a Funeral was, for a while, the highest grossing British film of all time
Bafta TV Awards 2019: Irish actor Fiona Shaw wins best supporting actor
Killing Eve, Ant and Dec among winners. Benedict Cumberbatch scoops best actor
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