From parallel universes to prison cells- here's some of what you can expect from Netflix this July:

The big show for Irish viewers this weekend is Taken Down, the new series from the same people who made Love/Hate.

For those who aren't very familiar with the animation, it is the story of a circus elephant nicknamed Dumbo due to his ridiculously large ears.

Declan Burke reviews the latest cinema releases. 

Five years ago Tom Holland told an interviewer he would be the next Spider-Man. He tells Gemma Dunn how he never expected to don the red costume so soon.

Des O’Driscoll looks at five events going on around the country this week. 

The Lego Batman Movie 4/5

McDonalds is pretty much the leading name in fast food today, but we're pretty sure you don't know how it all came about. It started with one man, Ray Kroc, and this is his story.

"This is my chance to prove myself"

Good afternoon. Here’s all the news you need to know this lunchtime.

There's a new Spider-Man movie on the way called Homecoming. It features Brit Tom Holland in the suit playing a more teenaged version of the character, who will be making his big screen debut in Captain America Civil War in just a few short days.

Spider-Man Homecoming has only just been revealed as the title of the new standalone Spidey movie, which is coming about thanks to a unique collaboration between Marvel and Disney. And now we might know who he could be facing off against.

Based on the true story of how the Boston Globe’s ‘Spotlight’ investigative team broke the story of institutionalised sexual abuse of children by the Catholic Church in the city of Boston, Spotlight (15A) is both timely in its subject matter and something of a throwback in its form and delivery. 

A team of reporters at the Boston Globe work on a story that will rock the world.

Mad Max: Fury Road roared to victory as film and TV critics honoured the best work on the big and small screen.

From Charlie Sheen’s revelation that he is HIV positive, to Bruce Jenner’s remarkable transformation to Caitlyn, and births, deaths, and marriages, Kelly O’Brien has tried to keep track of all the celebrity news from 2015

The ’Boston Globe’s’ probe into the cover-up of clerical child sex abuse in Massachusetts has made it to the big screen, writes Michael Clifford

LAURA Murphy is from Kinsale, Co Cork, and is dancer in residence at Firkin Crane. She performs in A Dance Brew at Firkin Crane on Saturday as part of Cork Midsummer Festival.

 

Michael Keaton has been "flooded" with offers since awards season.

Birdman just picked up four Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Director, so its fair to say that the floating-camera drama fromAlejandroIñárritu is in the public consciousness.

An in-depth look at who will win the big prizes at tomorrow night’s Oscars ceremony and, more importantly, who should win:

British broadcaster and film critic Barry Norman has dismissed Sunday night’s Oscars ceremony as “little better than a crapshoot”.

Cathy Belton is currently playing Patricia Hennessy in Red Rock on TV3, and also plays Roy’s mother in Roy, the story of a cartoon boy.

Birdman has made it an awards ceremony hat-trick.

Birdman topped the 21st annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, winning best ensemble cast, even though star Michael Keaton was upset by Eddie Redmayne in the most outstanding actor category.

Birdman topped the 21st annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, winning best ensemble cast, even though star Michael Keaton was upset by Eddie Redmayne in the most outstanding actor category.

Birdman received a welcome lift on its flight to the Oscars after winning the Producers Guild of America’s highest film award at a ceremony in Los Angeles.

Film academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs has responded for the first time to the firestorm over the all-white acting list in this year’s Oscar nominations, saying it inspires her to speed up the push for more diversity.

Boyhood, Michael Keaton and Julianne Moore were among the top winners at the 20th annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards, winning best picture and director, actor and actress.

Kevin Costner received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Critics' Choice Movie Awards last night.

The Golden Globes inched closer to legitimacy in its 72nd show, giving awards not just to A-List celebrities, but to the edgier productions that unequivocally deserved recognition, including Boyhood, The Grand Budapest Hotel, and Birdman.

Famous for playing the role of the superhero Birdman (15A), aging actor Riggan Thomas (Michael Keaton) tries to reinvent himself as a serious artist by directing and starring in a Broadway production of an adaptation of Raymond Carver’s short stories.

A movie actor attempts to resuscitate his career in Birdman, Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones are destined for Oscar nominations in heart-rending biopic The Theory of Everything, and a vengeful spirit returns to terrorise a class of evacuees in The Woman in Black: Angel of Death.

HE MAY not be superhuman, but Michael Keaton is super-energetic. He talks nineteen to the dozen, making constant asides and asking rhetorical questions, so at times it’s almost as if he is debating with himself.

Birdman has topped the nominations for the Golden Globes, flying away with a leading seven nods, including best picture in the comedy or musical category.

Birdman squawked loudly at the Golden Globes, flying away with a leading seven nominations.

Benedict Cumberbatch has been nominated for two Screen Actors Guild (SAG) awards.

And now he uses it to help terminally-ill kids.

Everyone's favourite little one-eyed yellow creatures are getting their own film.

The spoiler-free guide to the things appearing on your audiovisual receiving box.

Pierce Brosnan has revealed he turned down the chance to play Batman – admitting it was “foolish”.

Check out our spoiler-free guide to what to watch on the box tonight.

The death of Mickey Rooney (Joe Yule), made Declan Burke consider the monikers that just had to be changed

A Los Angeles newscaster apologised to Samuel L Jackson for confusing him with fellow actor Laurence Fishburne during a live TV interview.

Gary Oldman joked that money was the real reason he signed up to star in ‘RoboCop’.