IT IS movie award season and Irish designers and their luxury creations were the stars of the silver screen this week.

From film to fashion, books to TV, our writers pick the best cultural highlights of the season.

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

Black ’47, out now - Revenge thriller set during the Irish Famine. Hugo Weaving, Barry Keoghan and Stephen Rea star.

From The Simpsons to The Big Bang Theory, take a look some of the times Professor Hawking had an influence on pop culture.

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

A very English wizard chases magical beasties in 1920s New York.

You would think a starring role in the new Harry Potter spin-off would faze newcomer Alison Sudol — not a bit of it, says Shilpa Ganatra.

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is in cinemas on the 18th of November, but you can get a taste of the wizarding action in Dublin even sooner.

A brand new trailer for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them was released during Comic Con, giving us a peek at some of the creatures and what they are capable of.

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is in cinemas this November, and it's a pretty unusual beast itself.

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is making its big screen debut this November but it has had a previous life as a tie-in book which was first published in 2001.

Harry Potter fans rejoice - you're heading back to the wizarding world at the end of 2016!

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

It's that time of the year again, when the many months of awards season come to a close with the biggest and brightest - the Oscars.

Fifty Shades Of Grey is tied with Pixels, Jupiter Ascending, and Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 for the most nominations at this year’s Golden Raspberry Awards, better known as the Razzies.

With awards season looming, actors, actresses, and directors all across tinsel town are busy buying ball gowns, dry-cleaning tuxedos, and practising the humblest of acceptance speeches. The hotly anticipated Golden Globes take place tomorrow, while Oscar nominations will be announced on Thursday. As two of the highest accolades associated with the movie industry, any film that makes the shortlist for either should be at the top of your must-watch list. To help you along, Kelly O’Brien compiled our Magnificent Seven — a selection of films tipped for Golden Globes and Oscars glory

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

Opening in Copenhagen in 1926, The Danish Girl (15A) centres on recently married artists Einar (Eddie Redmayne) and Gerda Wegener (Alicia Vikander). 

2015 is almost out, so it’s time to look to what the new year will bring in terms of

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

Success keeps coming for the Irish actors.

The British director behind a new film starring Eddie Redmayne as one of the first recipients of gender reassignment surgery has urged the industry to cast more transgender actors in lead roles.

Kristen Stewart has beaten ex-boyfriend’s Robert Pattinson’s current flame to the top spot in Glamour’s annual 50 Best-Dressed Women list.