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<p>Tourists visit Maya Bay as Thailand reopens its world-famous beach after closing it for more than three years to allow its ecosystem to recover from the impact of overtourism, at Krabi province, Thailand. Picture: REUTERS/Jorge Silva</p>

travel

Take me to my beach: the bay made famous in the Leonard DiCaprio film has reopened

"The first I heard of the beach was in Bangkok, on the Ko Sanh Road" — thousands of visitors to Maya Bay saw the beach closed for more than three years

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culture

Jennifer Aniston, Cillian Murphy and Samantha Mumba: Irish films to watch for Halloween

general

How was it for you? Ed Power's highlights from 2017

technology

Best Films of 2015

news

Irish stars top nominations for British film awards

news

Your Thursday evening news catch-up

Producer Adi Shankar Explains What it Would Take to Make Dredd 2

2012's Dredd was a blistering piece of action cinema with top production values, great set pieces, delerious violence and a forbidding central performance by Karl Urban.

Thu, 05 Mar, 2015

Movie reviews: Ex Machina, A Most Violent Year, The Gambler

Ex Machina ****

Sat, 24 Jan, 2015

Friday’s Film Reviews: Ex Machina, Mortdecai, A Most Violent Year and The Gambler

Sci-fi thriller Ex Machina, Johnny Depp stars as a bumbling buffoon in comedy Mortdecai, New York-set drama A Most Violent Year and Mark Wahlberg plays a professor with a gambling addiction in The Gambler.

Fri, 23 Jan, 2015

Scene + Heard

Get your weekend sorted with everything that’s happening in thw world of entertainment

Fri, 23 Jan, 2015

Ex Machina Review

A young programmer becomes part of an experiment to test if an android AI possesses consciousness.

Tue, 20 Jan, 2015

Domhnall Gleeson Interview - Ex Machina Sci-fi and Star Wars!

Irish actor Domhnall Gleeson's latest is super-smart sci-fi Ex Machina from writer/director Alex Garland - here's what he had to say about the film

Mon, 19 Jan, 2015

Alex Garland is in wonderland as director of Ex Machina

After breaking through with The Beach, Alex Garland has swapped the pen for the director’s chair on Ex Machina, writes Ed Power

Mon, 19 Jan, 2015

'Inception' leads hunt for accolades at Saturn Awards

‘Inception’ leads the pack for this year’s Saturn Awards with nine nominations.

Thu, 24 Feb, 2011

Boyle admits he hated life on The Beach

Film-maker Danny Boyle remains adamant Leonardo Di Caprio was not to blame for the critical failure of his movie The Beach, insisting his own hatred of the backpacker lifestyle was the root cause of the problem.

Tue, 14 Jun, 2005

Boyle takes blame for failure of movie

Director Danny Boyle blames himself for the failure of the movie 'The Beach', from the year 2000, insisting its star Leonardo DiCaprio was unfairly targetted by critics.

Wed, 08 Jun, 2005

McGregor tells why he fell out with movie team

Ewan McGregor says he has not spoken to the film team which made him a major star after they snubbed him for the starring role in The Beach.

Thu, 11 Apr, 2002

Ewan chooses to ignore Trainspotting team

Ewan McGregor says he has not spoken to the 'Trainspotting' team which made him a major star after they snubbed him for the starring role in The Beach.

Wed, 10 Apr, 2002

Hornby novel takes top fiction prize

Nick Hornby's How To Be Good has been named the UK's favourite novel of the year at the WH Smith Book Awards.

Tue, 09 Apr, 2002

Patrick Neate scoops Whitbread Novel Award

Patrick Neate has beaten Ian McEwan to the Whitbread Novel Award with his second book, Twelve Bar Blues.

Fri, 04 Jan, 2002