Ed Power says the new flight connections direct from Cork to Reykjavik offers an opportunity to explore stunning landscapes and a magical city

The Big Lebowski is a classic film and a favourite for folks around the world, which is why it should never have a full on sequel.

Jodie Foster’s  first films as a director were personal. Money Monster, starring a dancing George Clooney, sees her tackling the financial sector, writes Helen Barlow

Limerick-born author Kevin Barry will read at Cork City Library on Tuesday, April 19, as part of Cork World Book Fest. He will read his ‘Cork’ story from Winter Pages, the first volume of the arts anthology he put together with Olivia Smith.

Hail, Caesar! 4/5

Good morning. Here’s everything you need to know before you start your day.

Take a trip back to the Golden Age of Hollywood with the Coen Brothers this week, while also enjoying over the top action in London and being more than a little freaked out by a future horror classic.

Kevin Spacey is an amazing actor, and he's had a huge career resurgence in recent years thanks to the wonderful House of Cards on Netflix. Now he's voicing a cat in a movie called Nine Lives.

The Coen Brothers are back in full on comedy mode for their new movie Hail, Caesar and this new trailer shows off one hilarious scenes.

From movies to music, food to fashion, our critics reveal their picks for the year ahead.

Her massive 1987 hit brought her almost instant fame, but Suzanne Vega couldn’t reconcile her success with the dark subject matter of ‘Luca’, says Ed Power.

PETE Seeger was born in Patterson, New York, on May 3, 1919, and was 94 when he passed away last week in a hospital in New York City.

IT’S like déjà vu all over again.

August: Osage County ****

Your daily, spoiler-free guide to what to look out for on the box.

From food to fashion, movies to music, our critics reveal their Hot 100 choices for the year ahead.

Is Timberlake a bowsie, or brilliant? Popular opinion was split yesterday on the merits of his version of the classic song ‘The Auld Triangle’, but the musicians’ union gave the former N Sync man their backing.

He's not bad, but he's no Luke Kelly.

Based on an outlandish true crime, comedy caper ‘Pain & Gain’ seems a snug fit for director Michael Bay.

Baz Luhrmann’s 3D extravaganza The Great Gatsby, one of the year’s most eagerly anticipated films, will open the Cannes Film Festival tonight.

As an actor, I believe your biggest enemy is yourself.

Justin Timberlake has teamed up with Marcus Mumford to record the soundtrack for the new Coen Brothers movie.

The Coen brothers are rewriting Angelina Jolie's 'Unbroken' script.

Hit and Run ****

Grabbers (15A) sounds like a bad Paddy Irishman joke, but Jon Wright’s offbeat tale of a remote Irish island besieged by alien invaders that can only be repulsed by copious amounts of booze is in fact a nifty variation on the B-movie horror flick.

A Western has made its way on to the Man Booker Prize shortlist for the first time – in what judges have hailed as a “readable” shortlist.

Philip Seymour Hoffman found his directorial debut "satisfying".

The final preparations for the Baftas are under way with more than 1,000 canapes being prepared, 540 magnums of champagne being put on ice and some of the biggest names in showbusiness getting ready to walk the red carpet.

THEY are best friends, as close as brothers, and grew up together in Boston.

Matt Damon can sleep standing up.

Charlize Theron doesn’t think she is talented enough for romantic comedy.

LIKE many, I’m sure, who bravely lined out throughout the ages in white-soled sneakers and crotch-hugging shorts on a Saturday morning for Dodgeball, I allowed my mind to – but for a moment – wander from silly team names, funny costumes and the 5 D’s of sport: dodge, duck, dip, dive, and dodge.

The Coen brothers are adapting Michael Chabon's bestseller 'The Yiddish Policeman's Union' for the big screen.

The film world is gearing up for tomorrow’s Baftas with Julie Christie and Daniel Day-Lewis tipped to continue their winning streak.

Acclaimed Coen brothers movie 'No Country For Old Men' picked up another top film prize in Hollywood on Saturday when it claimed gold at the Producers Guild of America gala.

Filmmaking siblings the Coen brothers are set to make their goriest film ever - a Spaghetti Western featuring scenes of primitive torture methods.

Filmmaking siblings The Coen Brothers have ruled out ever making a science-fiction movie - because the idea of spacesuits baffles them.

Irish movie star Gabriel Byrne is to be awarded with an honorary degree today by National University of Ireland (NUI), Galway.

Hollywood star Jude Law and singer-songwriter Norah Jones will bring a touch of glamour to the opening of the 60th Cannes Film Festival today.

Quentin Tarantino, the Coen brothers and Gus Van Sant - all past winners of the Cannes Film Festival - are in the running for a second trophy as the French Riviera festival celebrates its 60th anniversary next month.

Movie star Tom Hanks arrived at the Cannes Film Festival today to promote the new Hollywood remake of classic Ealing comedy The Ladykillers – then admitted he had never seen the original.

The family film “Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed” is a big hit in the States, despite bad reviews.

Tom Hanks is to star in a new film from the Coen Brothers.