A jaunty Robert Smith led The Cure through a superb gig at Malahide in Dublin, writes Ed Power

GIG WISE: Some extra tickets went on sale this morning for the Spice Girls at Croke Park in May.

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

People are often told to “achieve their best self” and live life to the fullest. Dead Cells may start in a prison, but this is a game about unlocking your potential, not prison doors.

He’s just finished his third movie and after five months on the road, Colin Farrell is itching to get home and just “be dad”, he tells Esther McCarthy            

For those who aren't very familiar with the animation, it is the story of a circus elephant nicknamed Dumbo due to his ridiculously large ears.

The nineties was chock full of great Christmas movies and here's a list of the top 10 rated family-friendly Christmas movies of that decade. Did your favourites make the cut?

It has been announced that none other than Billy Dee Williams will play two-face in the upcoming Lego Batman.

A boy goes in search of mysterious home filled with strange sorts.

MUSIC NEWS: Didn’t make it to one of the 22 London shows? At least Kate Bush is releasing the resultant live album on November 22. 

An enduring gusty attitude drives actress Judi Dench, who continues to look for new challenges in her 80s, says Margaret Jennings.

Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, Batman, Sleeyp Hollow, Batman Returns... Tim Burton used to be the creator of our dreams and nightmares before he lost his way in CG nonsense and Wonderland.

The best of this week’s TV in one place. 

This best of this week’s new films in Irish cinemas.

Alice goes back to Underland to save the Hatter from his past.

The cast is back for Alice Through the Looking Glass, and it's looking even more mental this time around. George Clooney is up in a drama from director Jodie Foster and there's a comedy shot in Ireland called Love and Friendship.

The summer movie season is almost upon us, with blockbusters galore, and some of them don't even have superheroes in them. Not many we'll admit... here's looking at you Independence Day!

Bold new mascaras and a top-notch sheer bronze make May one of the year’s best months for beauty launches so far. Rachel Marie Walsh has the lowdown.

Tim Burton is back to his own unique ways in the first trailer for Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, adapted from the book

The best part about this new teaser video for Alice Through the Looking Glass is hearing Alan Rickman's voice once more

Laika, the company behind Paranorman and Coraline, return with their most epic adventure yet Kubo and the Two Strings

Oscar-winning actress Cate Blanchett joined the BFI Fellowship as she picked up the top accolade from actor Ian McKellen.

Some of these even conflict with the rugby game. *gasp*

She’s feisty, but she’s her own woman, writes Susan Griffin of the actress and model about to

Superman Lives was almost an actual real life superhero movie starring Nicolas Cage and directed by Tim Burton - it was never made

A movie actor attempts to resuscitate his career in Birdman, Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones are destined for Oscar nominations in heart-rending biopic The Theory of Everything, and a vengeful spirit returns to terrorise a class of evacuees in The Woman in Black: Angel of Death.

HE MAY not be superhuman, but Michael Keaton is super-energetic. He talks nineteen to the dozen, making constant asides and asking rhetorical questions, so at times it’s almost as if he is debating with himself.

Tim Burton is reportedly in a long-term relationship with Berenice Percival.

One of Hollywood’s longest surviving couples have decided to split up.

Tim Burton tells Kate Whiting why he made a film on the bizarre true story of Margaret Keane

Helena Bonham Carter and Tim Burton have split.

Check out our spoiler-free guide to what to watch on TV tonight.