From movies to music, fashion to food, our writers pick the cultural highlights of summer.

Game of Thrones has proved such a letdown in its concluding season it was difficult to imagine in what way the final episode could any further tarnish a reputation already reduced to ashes and rubble.

Game of Thrones has proved such a letdown in its concluding season it was difficult to imagine in what way the final episode could any further tarnish a reputation already reduced to ashes and rubble.

The wait is almost over for the final series of Game of Thrones. Colette Keane recaps on what you’ll need to know, and predicts some of the twists, turns and grisly deaths along the way.

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London-Irish director Martin McDonagh and leading actress Frances McDormand have been tipped for Oscar success with their new film, writes Helen Barlow.

Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today

Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today.

We're not going to see Game of Thrones back on the small screen until summer 2017, for a bunch of reasons including the fact that they want to shoot during the winter because that fateful season has finally arrived in this fantasy world.

The Primetime Emmy Awards, that's TV's Oscars basically, will be taking place on the 18th of September 2016 and the nominations have just been announced.

 

It might be summer, depending on the day in Ireland, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t make some time to check out a few flicks while hoping that the rain holds off for the weekend.

Conan O’Brien, the eternal Clueless Gamer, tried his hand at Blizzard’s latest, Overwatch. And he had some Game of Thrones stars along for help.

A mobile game is getting the big screen treatment this week, which is a pretty strange state of affairs, and there's drama and horror too

The blockbuster series Game of Thrones has overtaken the books, no one knows what’s going to happen next. Will Lawrence goes on set to talk to its stars. 

The blockbuster series Game of Thrones has overtaken the books, no one knows what’s going to happen next. Will Lawrence goes on set to talk to its stars.

From movies to music, food to fashion, our critics reveal their picks for the year ahead.

Melissa McCarthy is back with a new comedy. Check out the first trailer for The Boss.

Game Of Thrones has set a new record, winning 12 prizes at the 67th Emmy Awards.

Good afternoon. Here’s all the news you need to know this lunchtime.

Destiny is getting a new expansion pack in The Taken King and part of its remit is to address the frankly ridiculous lack of significant story in the game to date. And that decision has some ramifications for a certain voice actor.

Adam Sandler faces off against the all new Men from UNCLE in cinemas this week - who will emerge triumphant? Probably Donkey Kong...

Video-game experts from the 80s do battle with aliens who have taken on the form of classic characters.

Patrick Geoghegan is a professor of history at Trinity College Dublin and presents Talking History on Newstalk radio on Sundays at 7pm.

The right legendary Peter Dinklage is best known as Tyrion Lannister in Game of Thrones and he's totally still alive

Pixels is actually a real-life film about what happens when aliens invade Earth as video game characters because they think Pac-Man is a declaration of war. And the only one who can save us is Adam Sandler and his video game champion friends.

The younger stars of Game of Thrones are popping up everywhere on the big screen, writes Colette Keane

The returning Game of Thrones exuded cinematic sweep and a wide-screen grandeur so it was fitting Sky had chosen to hold a preview of the forthcoming fifth season — attended by cast members Liam Cunningham and Michael McElhatton — at Dublin’s Irish Film Institute.

ENGLAND: The owner of a top-rated bistro smelled a rat when a customer pulled a rodent from his pocket and shouted out in alarm in an attempt to get a free meal.

The pitch for Pixels is pretty dang weird - when aliens take early 80s video games as a declaration of war, some old guys who used to be arcade titans get called in to fight back.

Benedict Cumberbatch has been nominated for two Screen Actors Guild (SAG) awards.

CRAZY CAKE

'Game of Thrones' cast members will be paid $300,000 an episode.

The 2014 Emmy nominations have been announced!

I mean that, both literally and figuratively.

X-Men: Days of Future Past ★★★★

Robin Williams is to play Dwight Eisenhower in new movie 'The Butler'.

Scrat the sabre-toothed squirrel’s pursuit of his beloved acorns has cataclysmic consequences for an entire continent in the latest chapter of the hugely popular ‘Ice Age’ series.

Matthew McConaughey has a well-deserved reputation for being a beefcake who likes to take his shirt off in front of a camera, but his role as Killer Joe (18s) suggests that he has much more to offer than pecs appeal.

Birdsong, BBC One, tomorrow

High class costume drama Downton Abbey was among a clutch of British winners at this year’s Golden Globes, scooping the award for best television mini series.

Kate Winslet and period drama 'Downton Abbey' were among the big winners at the Emmy Awards overnight.