The Miracle on the Hudson is being tackled in a major new film starring Tom Hanks and directed by Clint Eastwood - and this is a first look.

“One can’t solve everything,” is a statement akin to heresy when uttered by the immortal Sherlock Holmes (Ian McKellen), but then life is no longer elementary for fiction’s greatest detective in Mr Holmes (PG). 

The Great Irish Bake Off is back, and a week of coverage from Chelsea will have gardeners drooling

Breaking Bad, the brutal, drug-fuelled saga of an everyman’s ambition turned evil, captured its first best drama Emmy Award, denying online series House of Cards a history-making honour.

‘Breaking Bad’ and ‘Modern Family’ were the big winners at the 65th annual Primetime Emmy Awards last night.

Denzel Washington stars as commercial pilot Whip Whitaker in Flight (15A), which opens with a vividly depicted airplane crash.

Based on the private journals of Margaret Lynch Suckley, a distant relative of Franklin D Roosevelt, Roger Michell’s misfiring comedy recalls an important meeting between America and Britain on the eve of the Second World War.

James McAvoy has dropped out of the Wikileaks movie.

Irish actors Brendan Gleeson and Michael Fassbender have both received nominations for the 69th annual Golden Globe awards.

Mini-series 'Mildred Pierce' starring Kate Winslet, has been nominated for 21 Emmies, it has been announced today.

BESIDES cop-shows, sitcoms, reality shows, etc, American TV has recently given us a surprising new popular genre — the cancer drama.

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

Tobey Maguire has replaced James McAvoy in 'The Details'.

Mark Ruffalo is preparing to make his debut as a feature filmmaker - just a month after his brother was shot dead.

TWO period dramas set 200 years apart in American history — Mad Men and John Adams — claimed a place in the Emmy record books as US television’s highest honours were presented in a ceremony rife with political undertones.

British comedian Ricky Gervais delighted the assembled stars at the 60th annual Emmy awards today.

Anthony Hopkins and Laura Linney's new movie 'The city of your final destination' is facing a delay in its cinema release, because of legal action from one of the film's investors.

Irish music romance 'Once', whose stars Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova have a best-song Oscar nomination, was named Best Foreign Film at the last night.

A host of stars have vowed to snub the forthcoming Bafta awards in London - despite hopes the event would flourish due to the ongoing Hollywood writers' strike.

A film – with three exceptional performances from Hoffman, Linney and Bosco – full of humanity and heart as a brother and sister return to look after the ailing father to whom they were never very close to begin with … and who treated them badly in their youth.

'Atonement' has followed its Golden Globes run with seven nominations at the Critics’ Circle Film Awards.

Nice nanny (Johansson) takes a job with awful NYC couple (the wonderful Linney and Giamatti) and takes on more than she anticipated.

Jennifer Aniston and Orlando Bloom have prompted rumours of a romance, after they were spotted getting close at their manager's wedding.

A disappointing account of a famous Stateside case involving the investigation of a former FBI chief, originally for suspected sexual wrongdoing and then for something more dangerous.

Laura Linney is to wed her longtime boyfriend Marc Schauer.

The release date of Hollywood actress Scarlett Johansson's new movie has been delayed for five months, in order to stand a better chance for next year's awards ceremonies.

A film starring Julie Walters is always worth a look, and Driving Lessons (Tartan, €24.99) is definitely worth the money.

Family rivalry between 'serious novelist' husband Daniels and suddenly successful writer wife Linney brings even more troubles to an already shaken marriage, especially the dysfunctional kids.

Keira Knightley and Dame Judi Dench will lead a host of British hopefuls at the Golden Globes, as they go head to head for a best actress award.

British film star Keira Knightley was brought back down to earth after hearing of her Golden Globe nomination on Tuesday - when her mother told her she wouldn't win.

For once the special effects in this conventional demonic story make it worth watching, as does the acting of a first-rate cast.

A new film based on a real-life exorcism has scared up a small fortune at the American box office and taken over at the top.

Liam Neeson delivers a masterly performance in the title role as Dr Alfred Kinsey, the pioneering reseracher into the sexual side of human behaviour.

Liam Neeson turns in a towering performance as Alfred Kinsey, the man who helped change our views on human sexuality through his controversial and enlightening research in the USA.

Stars went strapless at the Oscars – except for Hilary Swank.

The Howard Hughes epic The Aviator led Academy Awards contenders with 11 nominations today, best picture among them, plus acting honours for Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett and Alan Alda and a directing slot for Martin Scorsese.

Actress Laura Linney is the favourite to reprise the role immortalised by Hollywood great Katherine Hepburn in a stage adaptation of Philip Barry's play The Philadelphis Story.

Cate Blanchett, Meryl Streep, Jamie Foxx and Morgan Freeman were among Golden Globe nominees today as Hollywood entered the thick of its award season.

Finding Neverland, the whimsical, wistful story of Peter Pan creator JM Barrie, starring Johnny Depp and Kate Winslet, has been named best film of the year by the National Board of Review in the US.