Sorry, what did Matt Damon just say? I was looking at my phone
The Rip star says Netflix tells film-makers to repeat the plot a few times, for the benefit of doom-scrolling audiences
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I’ve moved to a Sydney suburb so posh, it makes me uneasy
I’ll have to introduce my neighbours to fluffy house socks, squirty cream in a can and the cultural importance of the Real Housewives series
In Dalkey I feel the same thing Matt Damon surely did before me: this is where I’m meant to be
The sea air masks a weight that would otherwise be crushing: no kidney transplant or living donor has worked out for me yet
Trading places: The baseball stars who swapped wives, kids and even their pets
When New York Yankees pitchers Fritz Peterson and Mike Kekich announced their unusual ‘life swap’ 50 years ago, it was shocking even for the permissive 1970s
Michael D Higgins’s dogs, Cillian Murphy’s blue eyes and Enya’s voice: Patrick Freyne’s 30 real Irish icons
Forget national heroes, martyrs and rank celebs. These are the certifiable emblems of our small but great nation
Drive-Away Dolls review: This yellow-pack comedy from Ethan Coen raises the question ‘Oh brother, where art thou?’
No good will can wholly brush away the ersatz hokeyness of this venture. It’s as if The Beatles managed to release a record by Herman’s Hermits
Cillian Murphy’s Magdalene laundries film grips audience at Berlin festival
Small Things Like These, based on Claire Keegan’s novella, is dedicated ‘to more than 10,000 young women sent to Magdalene institutions for penance and rehabilitation’
Charlie Engle: ‘Running saved my life, then running gave me a life’
He has done time in a US prison, kicked drink and drug addictions, and run the length of the Sahara desert. Next stop: Dublin. Then maybe Mount Everest
Hollywood should make a film about some lad in the Tayto factory cleaning staff inventing smoky bacon
Donald Clarke: Films have been made lately about Tetris, Air Jordan, the BlackBerry and Cheetos, a trend that connects with the American god of the brand
Tom Hanks to speak at Dalkey Book Festival about release of debut novel
Dalkey Book Festival: Oscar-winning actor will discuss his path from film to fiction writing on June 16th
Producers of Last Duel film hit with ‘Covid-related expenses’ bill of €8.17m
Production was delayed here due to Government Covid-19 restrictions
Air: Ben Affleck’s creamy period project seeking to glorify a Nike gym shoe
This portrayal of Nike’s efforts to get Michael Jordan’s endorsement for its new basketball shoe buzzes furiously through its engagement with unlikely truths
The year in people: Who had a good one? Who didn’t?
From politics to entertainment and sport, Eoin Butler casts a critical eye over the heroes and the zeros of 2022
Tide turns on crypto currencies as recession fears stalk markets
Sector’s value, led by bitcoin, has slumped by more than two-thirds since $3 trillion peak in November
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