The Shape of Water has won the Oscar for best picture.

After winning a Golden Globe earlier this month, Saoirse Ronan has been beaten to the Screen Actors Guild best actress award by Frances McDormand.

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The beginning of the year has become a treasure trove of cinematic treats for Irish movie fans. Keeping films fresh in the minds of awards-season voters often means they’re released just before Christmas in the US, so they reach our shores between the Golden Globes and the Oscars. Esther McCarthy selects the movies you really don’t want to miss

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Saoirse Ronan and Midleton’s Nora Twomey are among the Irish hopefuls for the Golden Globes on Sunday, writes Esther McCarthy.

Few figures loom as large in public consciousness as Winston Churchill. His image is easy to conjure up in our minds - cigar in hand, rotund in stature, writes Laura Harding.

Irish artists have been nominated in 5 categories at the 2018 Golden Globes.

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WALTER Matthau, Peter Finch, Gary Oldman, and John Malkovich. 

The noughties will be a decade remembered for excellence in many things but, as it turns out, family Christmas movies is not one of them ... with one exception. 

Star Citizen isn't coming out any time soon, and it must be getting pretty frustrating for fans who have sunk many dollars into the massive budget of the game so far.

Shane Casey is from Cork and stars in The Young Offenders, in cinemas from tomorrow, September 16. He has also been touring with God Bless The Child, finishing its current run tonight at the Pavilion Theatre, Dun Laoghaire.

Star Citizen is the ultimate video game blockbuster. This is a crowd funded project which wants to deliver an entire freaking universe to its backers, and has so far picked up a staggering $112 million to bring it to life.

There are impressive casts galore in this week's releases, which are sure to entertain. Most intriguing is the latest imagining of the classic tale of The Jungle Book ahead Andy Serkis' take on it in 2018.

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Lords & Ladies takes the viewer on a historical journey to celebrate our past through the wonders of food and the glories of cooking.

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Gary Oldman's fourth wife Alexandra Edenborough has filed for divorce.

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Soul’s James Brown is the latest singer to have his life story filmed, in a ‘rags to riches’ genre that began with the first ‘talkie’ in 1927.

And it's not who you think.

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes ****

Andy Serkis brings his Gollum experience to Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes, writes Susan Griffin.

Gary Oldman has apologised for offending the Jewish community after a controversial interview was published in Playboy.

'There are people who think Julia Roberts is hot!?'

Director Stephen Frears will talk film in Schull next week, says Conor Power.

James Franco is set to appear in 'Dawn of the Planet of the Apes'.

Gary Oldman says Clint Eastwood gave him his best filmmaking advice.

A Los Angeles newscaster apologised to Samuel L Jackson for confusing him with fellow actor Laurence Fishburne during a live TV interview.

Gary Oldman did Bowie video for a sandwich

Dallas Buyers Club *****

Gary Oldman said Ben Affleck doesn't need any advice to play Batman.

Gary Oldman joked that money was the real reason he signed up to star in ‘RoboCop’.

Steve McQueen’s '12 Years A Slave' continued its triumphant march towards next month’s Oscars at the London Critics’ Circle Film Awards tonight.

'The Fifth Estate' has been named 2013's biggest box office flop by Forbes magazine.

Batman will launch a new TV spin-off called 'Gotham'.

Fame hasn't changed Jennifer Lawrence, her co-star says.

Watch the clip for ‘The Next Day’ inside - although it's probably NSFW.

Gary Oldman has joined the 'Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes' cast.