Adapted from the bestselling novel by David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas (15A) is an epic tale encompassing a number of interlinked stories, ranging from 1849 through to the modern day and on to a far future ‘after the Fall’ in which we find humanity reduced again to a Stone Age civilisation as it struggles to survive.

Even by the punishing standards of today’s endurance sports, Westport’s Sea2Summit Adventure Race is a doozie.

Cult comedy show Hardy Bucks rounded up about 50 pint-carrying Irish fans in the middle of Poznan yesterday for lead roles in its big-screen makeover.