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

Good afternoon. Here’s all the news you need to know this lunchtime.

Three youths in Detroit see a way out with burglary and a major pay day but things get complicated.

2016 marks the 30th anniversary of one of the best films ever made by one of the greatest filmmakers of modern times - Aliens.

Esther Rantzen is paired with John on the first episode of Celebrity First Dates, on Channel 4 at 9pm on Friday.

James Cameron has made Aliens, The Abyss, True Lies, Terminator, Terminator 2 and the two biggest movies of all time - Titanic and Avatar, so he can pretty much say whatever he likes.

The movie business is kind of insane, with the biggest blockbusters costing mental amounts of money to put together and bring to audiences all around the world.

James Cameron is back on the Avatar band wagon and adding more films every day as well as taking on his biggest challenge yet.

Avatar is already more than seven years old, yes it has been that long since we not only had a properly engaging 3D film but it's also the last time the ultimate action filmmaker released something into cinemas.

It was the cows or Scotland, so Valerie chose both.

Star Wars Episode VII is still tearing it up at the box office, with the global total now over $1.8 billion.Quite naturally, anticipation is already high for the sequel, and now we're going to have to wait a bit longer for it.

Jurassic World made a huge amount of money but that doesn’t mean its a cinematic masterpieces, lets check out its flaws

We’ve spent years agonising about how to handle cyberbullying and now Facebook are to introduce a new button that could accelerate online hate or see a flowering of empathy, says Ed Power

All the latest news from the world of music, film and entertainment.

Happy Birthday Arnie

Jurassic World is still taking in the dollars, and that has been enough to see it ease past The Avengers to enter that coveted top 3

The Terminator franchise is about to get a new entry so we're taking a look back at all that has come before - from worst to best

Bizarrely, there's a new Terminator movie in cinemas this week and it's kind of a remake/reboot of the original 1985 film which birthed the career of James Cameron - the man who directed the two biggest movies of all time.

Just in time for the return of the Terminator series to the big screen the honest trailer for James Cameron's T2 Judgement Day is here

The composer of Aliens, Titanic and Avatar has passed away and director James Cameron has some words to say about James Horner

Oscar-winning composer James Horner has died. He was 61.

Jurassic World is still burning brightly at the box office, well on its way to earning $1 million so it's high time for some smaller movies to gobble up some counter-programming dosh. Oh and why not throw some Minions into the mix as well.

Homeowners face €5k bill to remove lead pipes; Martin O’Neill apologised after ‘losing it’ in Celtic’s dressing room after loss; and watch Ryan Tubridy take on zorbing in Westport. These are some of the latest and most read news stories on irishexaminer.com this morning.

The Hunger Games are almost at an end. All that's left is for Katniss to take on the Capitol, and the leering spectre of President Snow.

A Spanish visitor using the toilets at a fast-food outlet in Cork City had the cubicle door kicked in; A 15-year-old Killarney student has no place to live and yesterday went in to her Junior Cert geography exam knowing her family had no money for food; Nineteen people injured as a pick-up truck smashed into a cafe in Australia. Just some of the latest and most read stories on irishexaminer.com.

A Junior Cert student and her family are living in a car in Killarney; Northern Ireland is ’on guard’ for an attempt to make a ’united British’ football team; and 17 people, mostly children, have been killed in a Peru bus fall. These are some of the latest and most read news stories on irishexaminer.com this morning.

In one of the best things ever, James Cameron has watched the new Terminator movie. And here he is telling everyone what he thought.

In one of the best things ever, James Cameron has watched the new Terminator movie. And here he is telling everyone what he thought.

In one of the best things ever, James Cameron has watched the new Terminator movie. And here he is telling everyone what he thought.

The Order: 1886 is certainly the biggest release of 2015 so far for PlayStation fans and brings an new IP to the PS4 so we were eager to get some hands on time with the final game.

Anyone who has been following the news should know by now that we're not going to get another Avatar film for at least a few years yet. But the next best thing might be Avatar Land.

Ed Power rounds up the best games of 2014 and looks forward to the most exciting upcoming releases

A new documentary looks at the reign of the King of the B-movies in Connemara, says Richard Fitzpatrick

Check out our spoiler-free guide to the best TV to watch tonight.

The 'Avatar' sequels could use Douglas Trumbull's new system for 4K 3D at 120 frames per second.

Some of the most visually stunning sequences from director James Cameron’s blockbuster movie Avatar involved graceful flying creatures that were ridden by blue human-like beings facing ecological destruction on a moon called Pandora.

Here’s our spoiler-free guide to what you should watch on the box tonight.

Sigourney Weaver has signed up for the three 'Avatar' sequels.

Tom Cruise’s Irish movie Far and Away has been branded one of his worst ever films by Rolling Stone magazine.