Olivia Williams

Calvary ***

Your spoiler-free guide to what to look out for on the box tonight.

A clumsy yet kind-hearted boy on the cusp of adulthood discovers heroism comes from within, during Manuel Sicilia’s computer-animated adventure.

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.

Killing Them Softly ****

Based on the book 'Before I Die' by Jenny Downham, 'Now Is Good' is a touching drama about two teenagers united in the shadow of terminal illness, written and directed for the screen by Ol Parker.

One man can make a difference and British film-maker Joe Wright does behind the lens of ‘Anna Karenina’.

Actor Dexter Fletcher makes an assured directorial debut with a gritty tale of retribution and reconciliation, shot largely on the mean streets of east London.

Comic book adaptation 'Kick-Ass' leads the field ahead of Oscar favourite 'The King’s Speech' in the nomination stakes for this year’s Jameson Empire Awards.

Monarchy drama 'The King’s Speech' earned a clutch of accolades today from the influential Los Angeles Film Critics Association.

Though this is a quite excellent thriller is fiction, you can’t help thinking in terms of real life recent history.

Kim Cattrall doesn’t think she’s “posh” because she comes from Liverpool.

Fans of Jane Austen will enjoy ‘Miss Austen Regrets’ (BBC, €24.99), based on the life and letters of the writer as she reflects on a life which offered so much yet could have been so different had she accepted a marriage invitation.

A quality cast for a Maeve Binchy story set in the world of reality-type TV, in which an American and an Irish women, facing personal turmoil, swap lifestyles.

Arts Minister John O’Donoghue paid a visit today to the star-studded film set of Maeve Binchy’s Tara Road.

A HOST of top actors will begin shooting a multi-million-euro Irish production of Maeve Binchy’s Tara Road today.

A host of top actors including Andie McDowell, Stephen Rea and Ruby Wax will begin shooting a multi-million euro Irish production of Maeve Binchy’s Tara Road tomorrow.

O'Sullivan, one of the leading Irish directors from way back, is back on well-trod ground with this eternal triangle tale.