Review: Apart from Anne Hathaway, the Ocean’s 8 cast barely qualify as characters at all

The idea that only kids should review children’s films is even sillier, writes Donald Clarke

Also the Blue Planet team chart the story of life on Earth over the course of a single day

Donald Clarke: And then The Shawshank Redemption, The Sting and 12 Angry Women

Incredibles 2, Ocean’s 8, Jurassic World and Mamma Mia!: Here We Go Again

The former ‘Billy Elliot’ star on Durham versus LA, acting pitfalls, and women in film

The format has been on the wane for years. Home Again could be its nadir

Mockingbird author ‘appeared’ in Truman Capote novels

Still formidable after all these years, Sigourney takes the parts that interest her, be they big or small. Next up: a possible return to her most famous role in a rebooted ‘Alien’ series

If only Ireland had such a thing as a national opera company to utilise the abilities of Anna Devin and Jennifer Davis

Bono, Matt Damon and Cindy Crawford among guests at ‘party of the year’

Before today’s announcement, we make a stab at predicting who is going to figure

What better way to end the year in pop culture than with a Nativity play featuring all of our favourite stars?

Adoption drama secures nominations for best actress, drama and screenplay

Why have some movies done the business at the box-office while others have bombed? Because, because, because, because . . .

Skoda has made its Yeti look more corporate – there have also been tweaks to engines and the four-wheel-drive system – but it’s an update of a model that was already excellent

Sandra Bullock is compelling as a novice astronaut under pressure in this visually staggering epic

Mexican film-maker Alfonso Cuarón is delighted about the warm reception for his gripping space yarn. And what about the criticism of its supposed scientific inaccuracies? ‘It’s not a documentary,’ he shrugs

The theatrical Dame chats to Tara Brady about her new movie Philomena, still being nervous and admiring Clint Eastwood’s eyes