The 50 best films of 2024 – a full list in reverse order
The 10 highest-grossing titles were all sequels – but none is in our 50-best list in a year audiences turned out in numbers for ‘cultural cinema’
Pedro Pascal
The 10 worst films of 2024 – and Gladiator II is one of them
We gave you the best films, now here’s the worst. Is it a surprise half of these are sequels?
The 50 best films of 2024: No 30 to No 21
We continue our countdown of our favourite movies released in Ireland this year
Gladiator II review: Don’t blame Paul Mescal, but there’s no good reason for this jumbled sequel to exist
Ridley Scott’s sequel to his own historical epic fails to rise above second-hand status, despite valiant efforts from a fine cast
Julianne Moore: ‘When a friend really needs to unburden themselves, what are they asking you to do?’
The Oscar winner stars in The Room Next Door, a euthanasia drama that is Pedro Almodóvar’s first feature in English. It’s an ideal film for her to appear in
The Wild Robot review: This superb family film could become a classic
Lupita Nyong’o and Pedro Pascal star in what is the best feature cartoon from a major studio in years
Gladiator II trailer: Paul Mescal muscles his way in with biff, bang and ouch
Irish actor Paul Mescal is all muscle amid the sieges, riots and killer rhinos as he channels Russell Crowe in Ridley Scott’s epic sequel
Met Gala 2023: Barry Keoghan dons tartan tweed suit by Burberry for his Met Gala debut
Less fancy dress than previous Met Galas, there was still an element of tongue-in-cheek with the cat motif in honour of Karl Lagerfeld’s adored Birman cat Choupette, adding a quirky element to the red carpet gowns
The Mandalorian: Wacky casting, imploding ratings, tumbling appeal. What’s gone wrong with the Star Wars spin-off?
Television: Jon Favreau’s ‘well-made pulp’ became a phenomenon. But season three has been a letdown. Can its finale arrest the decline?
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent: Sharon Horgan is funny, Nic Cage is himself
Review: Cage plays a version of himself, similar to his Wild at Heart character
We Can be Heroes: A defiantly unthreatening movie from the oldest kid on the block
Review: Just try and stay out of the room for the excruciatingly sunny David Bowie cover
Wonder Woman 1984 review: The best superhero film to see cinemas in 2020
It has good villains, especially Kristen Wiig, ignored frump turned malevolent feline
Wonder Woman 1984 first trailer: Gal Gadot is back – this time with Kristen Wiig
Kristen Wiig plays villainous Cheetah in clip that also reunites Gadot with Chris Pine
Star Wars: The Mandalorian is just a spaghetti western in space
The Disney+ spin-off loses its building blocks’ sense of wonder on its way to the screen
If Beale Street Could Talk: A seductive, exemplary movie
Review: Barry Jenkins’s third film is least as good as his Oscar-winning Moonlight
The Equalizer 2: Agreeably cheesy sequel with Denzel Washington
Review: It’s pulpy, it’s not deep but this sequel is certainly the equal of ‘The Equalizer’
Forty-two films to catch in the cinema this summer
Incredibles 2, Ocean’s 8, Jurassic World and Mamma Mia!: Here We Go Again
Narcos review: What happens when the Cali cartel goes straight?
The drugs drama returns with true stories that beggar belief
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