Birdman has topped the nominations for the Golden Globes, flying away with a leading seven nods, including best picture in the comedy or musical category.

Begin Again ****

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

Started in 1978 by Sundance himself Robert Redford, the Sundance Film Festival is a yearly gathering of movie folks in the snowy climes of Park City, Utah where deals are done and the indie (and not so indie) releases for the year are teased.

WHY ask for a cheeseburger when you want a hamburger? Maybe because you know you’re going to stumble over the word ‘hamburger.’

Two decades on from their romantic interlude in Before Sunrise (1995), and following on from their rendezvous in Before Sunset (2004), Before Midnight (15A) finds Celine (Julie Delpy) and Jessie (Ethan Hawke) on holidays in Greece, the parents of twin girls and comfortably in a long-term relationship.

Jack Black is to again team up with director Richard Linklater for a new comedy.

Catch up on Richard Linklater’s hilarious 'Slackers' (Metrodome, €24.99), which presents a bunch of weird and outrageous, sometimes over-educated people in a small Texan town shooting the breeze, acting unpredictably and uttering pretty uncool things.

Fast Food Nation (Tartan, €24.99) should turn you off burgers, or else cause you to reassess your diet.

The technique of animating live action gives this drama of drugs and special agents tracking it down the look of those drawn, adult comics.

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Former hellraiser Robert Downey Jr joked today that “25 years of drugs research” helped prepare him for his new film.

Three of Hollywood director Richard Linklater's ex-classmates are suing Universal Studios, after enduring jokes over characters based on them in Dazed And Confused.

Ethan Hawke's shock split from wife Uma Thurman inspired the bittersweet musings of his character Jesse in eagerly-anticipated sequel Before Sunset.