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With his role in Jim Sheridan’s new film, The Secret Scripture, Eric Bana has added to his reputation as one of the most versatile actors around, writes Esther McCarthy.

Tom Vaughan-Lawlor and Aoibhinn McGinnity feature in Trial of the Century, on TV3 at 9.15pm tonight.

Disney Pixar’s latest animation Inside Out opened to the number one spot at the Irish box office this weekend, taking almost €1m in its opening weekend.

Check out our spoiler-free guide to the best of tonight's TV.

A spoiler-free guide to the tellybox tonight.

Lucy ****

Scarlett Johansson is blessed with superhuman strength in Lucy, Daniel Radcliffe and Zoe Kazan fall in love in the romantic comedy What If…, Mother Nature unleashes her fury in Into the Storm and Eric Bana comes face to face with dark forces in Deliver Us From Evil.

Mark “Chopper” Read, one of Australia’s most notorious and colourful crime figures, has died aged 58.

There’s no faulting the ambition of JJ Abrams’ Star Trek Into Darkness (12A).

Set largely during a blizzard along the Michigan-Canadian border, ‘Deadfall’ sends a chill of disappointment down the spine.

Highlights include Derek Mooney's new nature series and The Apprentice.

THAT over-used cliché — ‘sex sells’ — looks to have passed its sell-by date, at least as far as the movies are concerned.

Benicio Del Toro is in line to play a leading character in the 'Star Trek' sequel.

Eric Bana is in negotiations to star in crime thriller 'Brilliant'.

SATURDAY

SAOIRSE RONAN has come a long way since her first movie ‘I Could Never be Your Woman’ starring Michele Pfeiffer and Paul Rudd.

IRISH actress Saoirse Ronan has revealed she is set to star as a teenage assassin once again in her next Hollywood role.

THE ongoing fascination with lethal girls continues apace in Hanna (15A) in which Saoirse Ronan plays the eponymous heroine, a teenager raised in the wilds of Finland to become a ruthless assassin by her father, ex-black ops veteran Erik (Eric Bana).

Cate Blanchett doesn't worry about her children liking her, preferring to concentrate on being their parent rather than being their friend.

Jason Statham is being lined up to star in 'Echelon'.

A positive delight of wit, observation, humanity, love and clever humour laced with heartbreaking pathos.

Eric Bana thinks housework is the ultimate "aphrodisiac".

Eric Bana has been a "hopeless romantic" since he was a teenager.

What a spectacular comeback for a series many thought of late to be fading.

Actor Eric Bana has ruled out ever returning to his comic roots as the genre left him "burnt out".

Eric Bana scooped the top honour at Australia's Film Institute annual awards event in Melbourne on Thursday.

British actor Simon Pegg is to play a young Scotty in the new 'Star Trek' film.

Chasing after a fortune at the Vegas poker tables – father and son Duvall and Bana – isn’t easy, nor is turning this dross into a watchable picture.

Actress Liv Tyler will replace Jennifer Connelly in the upcoming sequel to Hulk.

Australian actor Eric Bana wishes his country would promote itself in a more sophisticated manner, because he finds the cliches about antipodean beaches and barbecues embarrassing.

Actor Eric Bana has emerged unscathed after crashing his sports car during a rally race in his native Australia on Saturday.

Hollywood actor Edward Norton is set to play comic hero The Hulk in a new movie, according to media reports.

Producers of the Michael Hutchence biopic are trying to convince Johnny Depp to play the late INXS frontman.

The story of the bloody killing of 11 Israeli athletes during the l972 Olympic Games in the German city is told by director Spielberg.

Munich will be the title of the film from director Steven Spielberg about the kidnap and murder of 11 Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympic Games.

THE world’s favourite secret agent is back — but there’s no sign of Pierce Brosnan.

The 21st James Bond movie will be a remake of Casino Royale, it emerged today.

Teenage rapper Kenzie looked set for victory in the grand final of Celebrity Big Brother tonight as bookies shortened the odds on him winning even further.

Australian actor Hugh Jackman has emerged as favourite to become the next James Bond, with bookmakers tipping him to take over from departing 007 Pierce Brosnan.

Two Scots actors are leading the race to become the next James Bond after Jude Law’s recent box-office flop, bookmakers said today.

Plans for James Bond’s next mission have been delayed by a year because movie-makers are still searching for a new secret agent.

BRAD PITT has been voted the world’s sexiest man - with David Beckham relegated to fourth place and Irish actor Colin Farrell also making an appearance.