Redwater, a new spin-off series from EastEnders, is set in Ireland and begins on RTÉ One tomorrow.

However you want to classify them, Stars of the Lid are always interesting, writes Don O’Mahony

The biggest release this week has one of the most amazing casts you'll ever see, and it's a rip roaring action film to boot. Plus there's horror on offer as well.

We're assuming that the xXx series was never meant to be taken seriously, so the first trailer for the new film keeps on getting sillier.

Daniel Radcliffe is taking on an other serious dramatic role in the true story of a former soldier who tried to infiltrate a group of neo Nazis.

So remember when Vin Diesel's Xander Cage died in a short film setting up the sequel with Ice Cube? Yea let's forget all about that, because he's back baby.

Life (15A) opens in 1955, with Nick Ray’s East of Eden about to be released on an unsuspecting public and James Dean (Dane DeHaan) just another Hollywood unknown. 

This week, two best friends face cancer in the touching comedy drama Miss You Already, a psychic helps an FBI agent to hunt a serial killer in Solace... and Golden Globe nominee David Oyelowo and Kate Mara star in the true life crime thriller Captive.

Irish movie Room is beginning to generate some Oscar buzz after scooping a major award at the Toronto Film Festival.

There's a biopic of James Dean called Life out this week, and that's your pick of major releases. Otherwise there's a cancer-weepy, some drama Kate Mara looking scared.

Frank and Patrick’s Day have topped the list for film nominations with nine, while both Love/Hate and Vikings have the highest number of nominations for a television programme with seven.

Stuck for something to do in the coming week? We’ve got you covered.

The best of what’s hitting the cinema this week.

Irish actor Jack Reynor has won the prestigious special jury prize for acting at the Sundance Film Festival for his role in Gerard Barrett’s Glassland.

Record year for Irish production as five movies are being showcased at prestigious Sundance festival

Irish film Glassland is one of just 12 films chosen for the World Cinema Dramatic Competition at the prestigious Sundance Film Festival in the US state of Utah.

The Rover ****

Tom Hardy has joined the cast of 'The Revenant'.

Pierce Brosnan has agreed to star in "the next" 'Expendables' movie.

Ant and Dec continue the latest series of their fun-packed live family entertainment show. Featuring the Muppets, Samuel L Jackson, Scarlett Johansson and Christine Bleakley.

Keith Barry hacks your brain and Grey’s Anatomy returns.

AT ONE end of a magnificent beach running the length of the town, stands a massive, austere red-brick building, looking sideways out to sea.

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Captain Phillips ****

Drawing obvious comparisons with ‘Little Miss Sunshine’, ‘The Way Way Back’ is a bittersweet coming-of-age story that strikes perfect balance between laughter and tears.

Refusing to make the most of your potential is unpatriotic, declares body-builder Daniel Lugo (Mark Wahlberg) at the beginning of Pain & Gain (16s), especially if you’re a believer in the American Dream.

Jennifer Aniston has fuelled pregnancy rumours further by patting her tummy for the cameras at a yoga book launch.

“A nice, clean, nasty piece of work — that’s what I’m looking for,” declares our eponymous anti-hero at the beginning of Hitchcock (12A).

Scarlett Johansson worried about her shower scene in 'Hitchcock'.

The Master ★★★★

Toni Collette has signed up Nicole Holofcener's new comedy.

Toni Collette is in negotiations to star in 'Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho'.

Is there such a thing as a successful remake anymore? After seeing Fright Night, the answer is (surprisingly) a resounding "Yes".

Toni Collette has become a mother for the second time.

'The King's Speech' has received seven Golden Globe award nominations.

Actress Toni Collette is pregnant with her second child with husband Dave Galafassi, which is due some time next spring.

WHERE the mountains of Mourne sweep down to the sea sits the mock gothic splendour of the Slieve Donard Hotel – the setting for Daniel Craig and Toni Collette’s adventure into repressed sexual longing in the film Hotel Splendide – and yesterday home to the rather less exciting British-Irish parliamentary forum.

David Tennant will play a magician in the remake of cult classic movie 'Fright Night'.

Imogen Poots has been cast as the female lead role in ‘Fright Night’.

David Tennant is to portray a Las Vegas magician in a new horror movie.

Irish actor Colin Farrell and Toni Collette are to star in a remake of 'Fright Night'.