Only for those who like Sandler’s clapped-out brand of gross-out humour pitched at the flatulence/obese/dumb kids/sexy women level – he co-wrote the tired script – and the obvious look of a film in which the cast, all pals in real life, are having a better time than the audience.

Hollywood actor Sean Penn is helping out with earthquake relief efforts in Haiti.

The third film in The Mummy series opens in 200 BC with a brief history of the rise of the Dragon Emperor (Jet Li) and his defeat at the hands of wily sorceress Zi Yuan (Michelle Yeoh).

Perfect couple Neil (Gerard Butler) and Abby (Maria Bello) find their world turned upside in Butterfly on a Wheel (Icon; €24.99), when their daughter is kidnapped by villainous Pierce Brosnan.

Everything you wanted to know about Jane Austen … and a lot more besides.

Halle Berry is the world's most fabulous 40-something celebrity, according to a new American magazine poll.

Controversial director Oliver Stone’s film about the devastating September 11 attacks opens in the US tonight.

Pierce Brosnan is joined by Maria Bello and Gerard Butler in director Mike Barker's Vancouver-set drama, Butterfly on a Wheel.

A History of Violence beauty Maria Bello has lashed out at the pressure to be skinny in Hollywood, insisting she will tell any director who asks her to lose weight to get lost.

One of the classiest thrillers of the year, with a couple of potential Oscar nominations in Mortensen and the always-reliable Harris.

Michael Pena, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Maria Bello have been added to the cast of Oliver Stone’s forthcoming film about the September 11, 2001, terror attacks on the World Trade Centre in New York.

THREE Argentine women are to travel almost 11,000 kilometres (as the crow flies) to be in Waterford for the start of the Tall Ships Races and will set sail on the massive Russian tall ship, Mir, from Ireland to Cherbourg-Octeville in France on July 9.

This one, from a Stephen King short story, won't disturb the dozing gray cells, though it's mildly satisfying in an unsatisfying way.

Following his Oscar-nominated performance in The Pirates of The Caribbean - The Curse of the Black Pearl, Johnny Depp is getting rave reviews for his new film, Secret Window, about to open in the States.

Hollywood’s annual award season started today as the Golden Globe nominations were announced.

Back in the l960s, Bob Crane was the star of the TV series, Hogan's Heroes, about a group of Americans held in a German PoW camp. It was totally bereft of wit but it ran and ran and ran and was popular.