As the world’s most famous film festival kicks off, Helen Barlow selects some of the highlights

Our regular arts writers select their highlights of the year. Today, it’s Alan O’Riordan’s turn.

We bring you a round up of all the latest news and reviews from the world of entertainment. 

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

Opening in Berlin in 1963, The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (12A) pits CIA agent Napoleon Solo (Henry Cavill) against the KGB’s Illya Kuryakin (Armie Hammer) as Solo exfiltrates Gaby (Alicia Vikander) from East to West Berlin. 

The Water Diviner. Australia, 1919. Still struggling to come to terms with the death of his three sons at Gallipoli, Connor (Russell Crowe) is devastated when his wife commits suicide.

MY friend Mike Dwyer recalls meeting the late Séamus Heaney and the playwright Brian Friel at Stonehill College in Easton, Massachusetts.

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MUSIC NEWS: Co-operation between Damon Albarn and Noel Gallagher would put the fall of the Berlin Wall in the shade, but the formerly feuding Brit-pop kings are rumoured to be working together.

The Wolverine (12) might have Scott Frank and Christopher McQuarrie on script duties, who between them have written Get Shorty and The Usual Suspects, but when dealing with the likes of an established superhero, you have one job and that’s to give what the audience of 12-year-old boys want: the same as the last superhero movie, only different.

Roger Greenberg (Stiller) isn’t easy to like, on almost every level. He doesn’t relate easily to people and lives life on a constant downer.

There’s a half decent story hiding in here somewhere but it never manages to find a way out.

Hollywood stars Nicole Kidman, Jack Black and Jennifer Jason Leigh moved in together during filming for new movie 'Margot at the Wedding;, because they wanted to perfect their roles as a dysfunctional family.

Oscar-winning actress Nicole Kidman has revealed that she is engaged to country music star Keith Urban.

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.

The cowboy love story Brokeback Mountain led the Academy Awards field today with eight nominations, including those for Best Picture, Best Actor and Best Director.

Brokeback Mountain, the story of forbidden love between two cowboys, is emerging as the front runner for a best-picture Golden Globe nomination today.