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Jacob Tremblay is the little kid who blew us away with his incredible performance in Lenny Abramson's Room, and now he's got a career to get on with.

It took Leonardo DiCaprio 25 years to bag an Oscar. Benjamin Cleary got there in one, while Brooklyn star Saoirse Ronan is almost a veteran of the Academy Awards now, although she still awaits that golden moment.

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

And the award for the best speech goes to …

The good news for Lenny Abrahamson's latest film Room keeps rolling in, with positive notice at the box office and awards lists worldwide.

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.

The best of what’s hitting Irish cinemas this week.

A young mother and her son live in their own tiny world.

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

Room, from Irish director Lenny Abrahamson, already looks like one of the best films of 2016, writes Helen Barlow

The National Board of Review has named their best film of 2015, and it's Mad Max Fury Road.

Irish writer Emma Donoghue tells Helen Barlow how her hit film about incarceration was more inspired by her own experiences of motherhood than the Fritzl case

Irish movie Room is beginning to generate some Oscar buzz after scooping a major award at the Toronto Film Festival.

Fresh from amazing reviews out of the festival, Lenny Abrahamson's Room has scored a major award at TIFF 2015.

What Richard Did and Frank director Lenny Abrahamson is back with a new movie called Room. It's based on a book by Irish author Emma Donoghue and tells the story of a mother and son living in a tiny home in mysterious circumstances.

Room, from the book by Irish author Emma Donoghue, is a unique story told from the perspective of a young boy called Jack who lives alone in the universe save for his mother.

Novelist Emma Donoghue visits the set for the adaptation of her novel Room and marvels at how her book has come alive.

From the director of Frank comes an astonishing adaptation of the book by Emma Donoghue about a life lived in a Room

The irrepressibly upbeat blue creatures, invented by Belgian artist Peyo, return to the big screen in a saccharine sequel designed to keep the merchandising tills ringing for another couple of years.