Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today.

Is a double dip still a double dip when it has an all new version of a film? Well the answer is obviously yes but that doesn't mean we're not interested.

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

The Critics Choice Awards for 2016 were handed out last night in California, with some familiar faces picking up prizes. Now in its 21st year, the nominees are put together by members of the Broadcast Film Critics Association.

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.

When George Miller was promoting Mad Max: Fury Road, he said that the best version of the movie is black-and-white. Not only does such a cut exist, according to producer Doug Mitchell, but it could get a theatrical release next year.

There are Mad Max Fury Road sequels in the works but some of the best characters might not pop up in the next chapter

George Miller, the director of Mad Max: Fury Road, has two more Mad Max-themed films in the pipeline.

Mad Max is out today, here's the launch trailer.

Mad Max Fury Road gets the Honest Trailers treatment.

Man of Steel was big and brash and made a lot of money - pretty much launching the new slate of DC Comic-fuelled movies which will see 10 films released over the next five years.

Harbour pilot Ciaran Monks helps guide the Royal Princess into Cobh on the new series of Cork Mega Port on TV3.

Mad Max Fury Road is almost impossibly epic but only one thing could make it more epic ... GoKarts.

Mad Max Fury Road tore up the box office earlier in 2015 but its not the only outing for the property this year as there's a major video game on the way.

When Mad Max: Fury Road was released we expected to see car chases across the desert, exlosions galore and CGI effects to keep us on the edge of our seats.

Mad Max Fury Road is in cinemas now and its very mad indeed but that doesn't mean the upcoming game is going to follow the same path.

If you’ve seen Mad Max, one of the standout images is the blindfolded man rocking out with a fire-spewing guitar on the front of a truck. It turns out that the electric guitar wielded Coma the Doof Warrior really works!

TOM Hardy stars as Max Rockatansky in Mad Max: Fury Road (15A), the fourth outing for the ‘road warrior’ struggling to survive in the bleak wastelands of a post-apocalyptic Earth.

In his latest Mad Max outing, director George Miller has brought the female characters to the fore, writes Alan O’Riordan

After packing his mankini for his trip to the famed film festival, Don O’Mahony selects some of the things to watch out for at this year’s event.

New Mad Mad Tom Hardy had an awkward moment with original star Mel Gibson at the red carpet premiere for the film

David Cameron is preparing for another term as the UK's Prime Minister, the Limerick woman who along with her young daughter died in a road crash in Poland on Wednesday, had just moved into a new family home in Norway and Memphis Depay has vowed to help bring the glory days back to Old Trafford. These are some of the latest and most read news stories on irishexaminer.com this morning.

In 1979, George Miller created a cinematic icon in Mad Max. Now, you can experience his adventures back on the big screen for a limited time.

There's a bit movie outing for Mad Max on the way but he's also getting his own video game adventure with cars and crashes and chaos

There's a new video for Mad Max Fury Road showing off more of the utter insanity which director George Miller is bringing to screen

The Mad Max series has been around since 1979 and that's a lot of time spent in a post apocalyptic nightmare, and you can relive it here

Every time a trailer for Mad Max Fury Road releases, I think they've finally peaked. And every single time I'm wrong. Behold, the latest promo.

Now this is a bit of a surprise, George Miller's long awaited return to the Mad Max franchise has been given an R-rating by the MPAA.

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Tom Hardy is wanted for a Elton John biopic.

Mel Gibson has ruled out ever starring in a fifth 'Lethal Weapon' movie.

Rosie Huntington-Whiteley is set to star in 'Max Max: Fury Road'.

A SCIENTIFIC exploration to Antarctica uncovers rather more than it bargained for in The Thing (16s), when a structure is discovered buried deep in the ice.

Brad Pitt and Matt Damon will voice characters in ‘Happy Feet 2’.

Brad Pitt and Matt Damon are to lend their voices to penguin sequel 'Happy Feet 2'.

Actress Jessica Biel has turned down the chance to play comic book superhero Wonder Woman, according to reports.

Hollywood star Mel Gibson is tipped to reunited with Mad Max director George Miller in forthcoming superhero move Justice League.

Happy Feet (Warner, €24.99) is one of the best animation films I have seen.

Director George Miller is planning a long-awaited follow-up to his Mad Max movies - but the action sequel will not include original leading man Mel Gibson, because he's too "old".