I mentioned Netflix last week but I promise I lead a real life as well, one in which I get out and talk to human beings and have White Russians in Cask (and those are nice).

Marjorie Brennan looks back on the year that was and selects her highlights of 2018.

Market research firm Behaviour & Attitudes rewarded key staff with bonuses and awarded dividends to shareholders this year after the company enjoyed one of its most successful years.

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Stephen Graham’s character continues to search for evidence in real-life murder drama Little Boy Blue at 9pm on ITV on Monday.

Ian McShane may play a higher being in Amazon’s new show American Gods, but Ed Power finds an actor who is very down to earth.

John Wick 2 is already well on its way towards your cinema screens, and the first teaser trailer is here.

Peacekeepers — The Irish in South Lebanon is on RTÉ One at 9.35pm on Tuesday.

Doctor Thorne, from Julian Fellowes, begins on UTV Ireland tomorrow at 9pm, starring Rebecca Front, Tom Hollander, Ian McShane and Stefanie Martini.

‘Home of the Year’ begins a new series on RTÉ One on Thursday, with new judge Deirdre Whelan joining Hugh Wallace, and Declan O’ Donnell.

Sacha Baron Cohen popped into Jimmy Kimmel Live to show off a clip from his new film Grimsby and it was too hot for tv

Everyone is constantly saying that TV is better now than it has ever been but that's pretty much a matter of perspective, and also Deadwood was blooming marvellous.

Celtic began the defence of their Ladbrokes Premiership title with a 2-0 home win over Ross County but not without cost or controversy.

One-year-old Tegan, with her parents Tina and Michael, is among the cochlear-implant patients featured in The Sound Barrier on RTÉ One on Tuesday.

What's on telly tonight

A dude’s dog gets dead. Dude does revenge. Big style.

Hercules ***

This week, otherworldly fantasy ‘Earth to Echo’, Dwayne Johnson flexes his muscles in ‘Hercules’, James DeMonaco’s brutal and bloody sequel ‘The Purge: Anarchy’ and animated adventure ‘The House of Magic’.

Rebecca Ferguson has been cast as the female lead in 'Mission: Impossible 5'.

The summer movie season is in full swing but as some of the bigger movies recede into the distance what else is there to look forward to

How to get the best movie to suit you and your date this Valentines Day - don't go see the one about World War II!

An entirely appropriate title for a film that steals from a number of superior movies, yet never appears sure of what it really wants to be.

The English folktale of ‘Jack And The Beanstalk’ is given a smart CGI-heavy makeover in Bryan Singer’s fast-paced fantasy.

Ray Winstone played pranks on his castmates while filming 'Snow White and the Huntsman'.

The best way to go into 'Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides' is to think of it as the first film in a brand new franchise; a franchise in which mermaids love men, zombies won't eat you and a Fountain of Youth exists, but all laws of logic, reasoning and competent storytelling don't.

IT’S entirely apt that the buccaneers in the latest of the Pirates Of The Caribbean franchise are in search of the fabled Fountain of Youth, given that this, the fourth, is being touted as something of a reboot.

Johnny Depp has revealed an unlikely influence on his performance as pirate Captain Jack Sparrow – an amorous cartoon skunk.

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

'Baywatch' star David Hasselhoff wants to remake the television show 'Lovejoy' and take on the lead role of the dodgy antiques dealer himself.

Scottish director Lynne Ramsay’s new film is in the running for the Cannes Film Festival’s top prize.

Johnny Depp thinks his 'Pirates of the Caribbean' character Captain Jack Sparrow has "hit a wall".

British actor Colin Firth was celebrating today after he was named best actor at the Golden Globes.

Colin Firth is hot favourite to be the big winner at tonight's Golden Globes.

'The King's Speech' has received seven Golden Globe award nominations.

Ian McShane is in talks to star in 'Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides'.

DESPITE the throngs of people flocking to German discount stores and shopping in the North, nearly half of consumers intend buying more Irish-made goods this year, research shows.

While this British thriller is good for the most part, certainly during its opening period, you end up wishing the characters would get on with doing what they intended to do from the outset.

Overweight panda Po (voiced by Joe Black) has a passion for kung fu, though no natural ability. Instead, he is destined to inherit the family noodle shop run by his long-suffering father, Mr Ping (James Hong).

The awful thing about this film is that it’s everything we hate about films – sexist, mindless, violent, virtually plotless – and exactly the sort of film the lads will thoroughly enjoy.

A comedy drama that’s a lot better than you’d think, full of laughs and carried along on a more than passable plotline.

More murder and mayhem in South Dakota as one of the best TV western series comes to an untimely end in 'Deadwood: Series 3' (Paramount, €74.99).

Hollywood's hottest new mum, Angelina Jolie, will co-star as a tiger in the upcoming kids' film "Kung Fu Panda" in her first movie deal since going to Africa to give birth.

Angelina Jolie is re-teaming with Jack Black for her first film role since giving birth to daughter Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt in May.