Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today.
Thu, 24 Nov, 2016
Star Trek Discovery has had some setbacks in recent months, with a delay from January 2017 into the summer and the loss of showrunner Bryan Fuller.
Wed, 23 Nov, 2016
Horror and comedy share the big screens this week as we get the likes of Sausage Party and Morgan in cinemas across Ireland.
Sun, 28 Aug, 2016
The big summer silly season of movies has pretty much come and gone but that doesn’t mean that it’s a quiet time in the cinemas as there’s plenty of family fare still on the way in August.
Tue, 02 Aug, 2016
The Mechanic didn't seem like the obvious choice for a sequel but here it is and Jason Statham is back doing this thing once more.
Fri, 24 Jun, 2016
Fri, 19 Feb, 2016
Burma’s government has removed 2,082 names from its notorious blacklist, opening travelling privileges to roughly a third of the people officially barred from entering or leaving the country, an official said today.
Tue, 28 Aug, 2012
Truth may be stranger than fiction but it’s seldom more entertaining, especially when projected onto a big screen at 24 frames per second.
Fri, 06 Jan, 2012
Officials in Burma said the military-backed government has deported Hollywood actress Michelle Yeoh, who stars as pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi in an upcoming film.
Tue, 28 Jun, 2011
A bleak tale of twisted love in the frozen hinterland with ‘evil’ – according to the tribal Shamans – Saiva (Yeoh) wandering the wasteland with young companion Anja (Krusiec) and rescuing a badly-injured Loki (Bean).
Fri, 26 Dec, 2008
The third film in The Mummy series opens in 200 BC with a brief history of the rise of the Dragon Emperor (Jet Li) and his defeat at the hands of wily sorceress Zi Yuan (Michelle Yeoh).
Fri, 28 Nov, 2008
There are moments, albeit too few, where this futuristic adventure yarn threatens to lift off: the storyline has much going for it, there is an excellent cast, some of the action is good … but somehow the film fails to click.
Fri, 29 Aug, 2008
A dark drama set in the frozen wastes of the Arctic where two sisters (Yeoh and Krusiec) are forced to flee from rampaging soldiers to an isolated island.
Fri, 07 Dec, 2007
Actress Michelle Yeoh is ecstatic after she was awarded the French Legion of Honour in her native Malaysia.
Fri, 05 Oct, 2007
The Chinese government has cancelled the release of Memoirs of a Geisha – a decision made amid speculation officials are worried the sight of Chinese actresses playing Japanese geishas would stir a backlash.
Wed, 01 Feb, 2006
The author of Memoirs of a Geisha is defending the film version amid criticism from some experts in the geisha world.
Mon, 26 Dec, 2005
Cillian Murphy joins Chris Evans and Michelle Yeoh in Danny Doyle's Sunshine, about three astronauts on a deep space rescue mission.
Wed, 15 Jun, 2005
American-Jewish director Woody Allen has said he could see no reason to boycott the Cannes Film Festival after far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen’s shock success at the French polls.
Thu, 16 May, 2002
Hollywood star Nicole Kidman put her personal problems aside as she shone at the premiere of her new movie Moulin Rouge which opened this year’s Cannes Film Festival.
Thu, 10 May, 2001
Hollywood glamour is coming to the UK as movie stars troop up the red carpet for Britain's answer to the Oscars - The British Academy Film Awards.
Sun, 25 Feb, 2001
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