If the frightening and intense scenes don't scare your pants off, maybe the stupid feckin' Irish will with their big heads and quirky turns of phrase.

Adam Scott, who stars opposite a bunch of paddies including Fran from Love Hate, recently said he was 'the only yankee on the set' for the filming of Hokum in west Cork, which feels like an appropriate act of lexical sycophancy given the film's dialogue. Maybe between takes the other actors tilted their heads…

Congratulations to the team on their attempt at cannibalising Arrival, Interstellar and Close Encounters to form this giant ball of celestial American cinema. 

Project Hail Mary has less in common with those films than it does with its little sister The Martian. Both dance around men with goofy smiles marooned in space, trading tragedy for mischief in the face of the vast expanse of the cosmos. And both are eminently watchable, if not all that good. 

PHM is fun but drags,…

A cautionary tale for any young Irish fathers contemplating a move to London to pursue a career in the arts. 

Enough data has now been made available for you to decide whether or not you are a fan of Paul Mescal’s biannual portrayal of a tortured but endearing man with an unconvincing English accent. This time, that man is William Shakespeare, who is grappling with the loss of his young son and burying himself in his silly plays in the…