Adam Sandler

Senior baseball: Varadkar gives it Sox on guided tour of Boston ground

Planet Business: Lego’s outperformance, Reddit’s imminent IPO and the highest-paid actors of 2023

Sat Mar 16 2024 - 06:15

Spaceman review: Adam Sandler journeys into a trippy interstellar cloud with a giant Nutella-loving alien spider

Johan Renck’s film turns out to ponderous, however, eschewing journey and destination in favour of the symbolic

Thu Feb 29 2024 - 05:00

The Out-Laws: Pierce Brosnan grapples with a comedy role not quite dumb enough for Robert De Niro

Pierce Brosnan and Ellen Barkin are the future parents-in-law who turn out to have unexpected jobs

Fri Jul 07 2023 - 08:01

Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama: Bob Odenkirk’s memoir is funny and unsentimental

Enlightening account of a life in laughter’s vanguard may test patience of Breaking Bad fans

Mon Mar 07 2022 - 06:00

Director Tom McCarthy: ‘American movies don’t often come to France and embrace the backdrop’

Spotlight director on his new film starring Matt Damon adrift in Marseille

Tue Aug 03 2021 - 05:00

Different Strokes: Glass half full for Shane Lowry after best Masters finish to date

Will Zalatoris embraces Happy Gilmour comparisons after brilliant show in Augusta

Tue Apr 13 2021 - 06:00

He Got Game: ‘I pray that you understand why I pushed you so hard’

You need dark forces behind you to make it as a basketball star – in this case an obsessive dad

Mon Mar 22 2021 - 06:00

Dublin film critics reveal their best film of 2020

The Dublin Film Critics Circle has announced the results of its annual poll

Fri Dec 18 2020 - 10:04

Sacha Baron Cohen: ‘I had to ring the alarm bell and say democracy is in peril’

The Borat actor on his new film and why he is reluctant to be a celebrity

Fri Oct 23 2020 - 06:00

Netflix: The best 50 films to watch right now

There’s been another major turnover but catch the classics while you can

Sat Oct 10 2020 - 06:00

Netflix’s 10 most watched movies – and what the list reveals

The list offers insights what does and doesn’t work within its ever-growing library – but can we expect more of the same?

Tue Jul 21 2020 - 12:30

Joel Schumacher: the director who made Colin Farrell a star and helped invent the 1980s

The late film-maker defined an age, made movies whole generations hugged to their bosoms

Mon Jun 22 2020 - 23:51

Patrick Schwarzenegger: ‘Dad didn’t tell me how to act’

Arnold Schwarzenegger’s son might be a chip off the old blockbuster, but he’s not wooden

Thu Feb 06 2020 - 05:00

Uncut Gems: How Adam Sandler and the Safdie brothers made a jewel of a film

Directors Joshua and Benjamin Safdie and their 10-year journey to making Uncut Gems

Sat Jan 11 2020 - 06:00

Uncut Gems review: Adam Sandler ends up naked in the boot of a car

Adam Sandler plays his stock comic weirdo, but Idina Menzel owns the screen

Thu Jan 09 2020 - 05:00

Netflix: 10 of the best new shows and films to watch in January

Among its offerings for 2020, Netflix asks the bold question: is it okay to fancy Jesus?

Wed Jan 01 2020 - 06:00

Netflix UK and Ireland reveals its most-watched releases for 2019

The Crown fails to make an impact while Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman shows strongly

Tue Dec 31 2019 - 13:20

Netflix has revealed its most-watched content. You might be surprised

The streaming giant’s most popular films and TV series show where it might go next

Wed Oct 23 2019 - 13:11

The highest-paid actors of 2019 revealed

Dwayne Johnson, Robert Downey Jr, Bradley Cooper make Forbes list

Wed Aug 21 2019 - 21:57

Emmy nominations 2019: Fiona Shaw and Chris O’Dowd among nominees

Irish actors up for three awards, as Game of Thrones breaks records with 32 nominations

Wed Jul 17 2019 - 10:02

Life of a stuntwoman: ‘When I had the baby, I knew it was the end of me jumping off things’

Despite being set on fire and buried, Co Wicklow woman Eimear O’Grady says she is not a thrillseeker

Fri Jun 07 2019 - 06:00

Rose McGowan in Dublin: ‘Hollywood was a pile of sexist bullshit’

Harvey Weinstein’s accuser tells of Adam Sandler audition and Rolling Stone photoshoot

Sun Apr 28 2019 - 11:00

Jonah Hill: ‘Everyone’s full of shit basically’

‘This isn’t a goof’: Actor and director talks Mid90s and the power of writing

Thu Apr 11 2019 - 05:00

Leo Varadkar is 40 today: here’s 40 pearls of wisdom he really should know

Lessons for Leo: never dye your hair, don’t become a Mamil but do invest in slip-on shoes

Fri Jan 18 2019 - 05:45

Hotel Transylvania 3: Monstrously lucrative franchise takes another bite

Review: The most family-friendly and proudly silly of all the monster dynasties

Fri Jul 27 2018 - 05:00

Forty-two films to catch in the cinema this summer

Incredibles 2, Ocean’s 8, Jurassic World and Mamma Mia!: Here We Go Again

Sat May 26 2018 - 05:00

Can’t find anything good on Netflix? Here are the best new shows on the web

From Eighty Sixed to Corpus TV, the web is still the place to find unorthodox new talent

Thu Mar 29 2018 - 08:54

David Bowie and Prince among Record Store Day exclusive releases

The annual celebration of independent record shops takes place on April 21st

Wed Mar 07 2018 - 08:41

Golden Raspberry Awards must go back to cutting room

Donald Clarke: Playing to ‘so-bad-it’s-good’ film aesthetic became boring 40 years ago

Fri Mar 02 2018 - 05:00

Directing Daniel Day-Lewis: ‘I know. I’ve killed off the world’s greatest actor’

Paul Thomas Anderson on directing Daniel Day-Lewis in his final film, Phantom Thread

Sat Jan 27 2018 - 05:00

Are we in danger of doing away with flirting, compliments, sex?

The lines between flirting and harassment are not as blurry as some people seem to be suggesting

Thu Nov 02 2017 - 07:00

The best shows on Netflix and Amazon in October

There are scares aplenty in store next month

Wed Sept 27 2017 - 14:00

Irish film among those ‘drooled over’ at Cannes

‘The Killing of a Sacred Deer’ is a Palme d’Or contender. ‘120 Beats per Minute’ is the favourite

Tue May 23 2017 - 05:00

The Meyerowitz Stories: Adam Sandler give his best performance in a decade

Cannes 2017: Noah Baumbach's star-studded latest for Netflix is a welcome addition to his great comic oeuvre

Sun May 21 2017 - 15:22

Johnny Depp is Hollywood’s most overpaid actor – again

The Alice Through the Looking Glass star tops Forbes list for second year, while Will Smith comes in at number two

Wed Dec 07 2016 - 19:34

Kristen Stewart: ‘I have thoughtlessly traversed my creative desires'

After getting ‘exceedingly famous at 17’, Kristen Stewart had her work cut out clawing back her life from the Twilight series

Fri Aug 26 2016 - 06:00

Bloated blockbusters are forcing me out of the cinema and into the arms of boxsets

Visual noise merchant Marvel seems incapable of releasing a movie about people punching things that comes in at less than two hours

Fri Jan 08 2016 - 17:14

Forbes ranks Robert Downey Jr as world’s best-paid actor

Downey (50) earns estimated $80m between June 2014 and June 2015, says magazine

Tue Aug 04 2015 - 21:05

Chris Rock: ‘We’re not as funny as we used to be. It’s not as important as it used to be’

In ‘Top Five’, his new film, the comedian plays a stand-up comic trying to cut it as a ‘serious’ actor – but he’s not giving up on comedy’s artistic merits yet

Fri May 08 2015 - 16:00

Culture Shock: Tina Fey and Amy Poehler walk into a bar. Fill in the punchline yourself

Sun Feb 15 2015 - 10:05

Sony film boss Amy Pascal steps down in wake of online leaks

Four-year production deal at studio for departing executive

Fri Feb 06 2015 - 01:00

Paul Thomas Anderson on adapting Pynchon, directing Day-Lewis and keeping the melancholy at bay

The director of ‘Inherent Vice’ sits down with Donald Clarke to discuss the pressure of being called ‘America’s greatest film-maker’

Fri Jan 30 2015 - 06:34

Men, Women and Children review: the Twitterati made me do it

Ansel Elgort, Adam Sandler and a big-name cast play it oh-so-serious in Jason Reitman’s latest

Fri Dec 05 2014 - 09:00

Netflix’s US subscriber growth slows, shares plunge

Shares down 27 per cent as $1 price hike discourage new customers

Thu Oct 16 2014 - 07:19

Cork Film Festival to open with Australian film Charlie’s Country

Irish romantic comedy ‘Standby’ also to feature in extensive festival programme

Tue Oct 07 2014 - 20:44

Share your faves with Netflix

After watching a TV show or movie an option pops up to recommend it to a friend and send an optional message

Thu Sept 11 2014 - 01:00

Dan Stevens: "A lot of my school reports as a child said I should stop distracting others"

You know him as the ever-so-nice Matthew on Downton Abbey, but he’s toned up and turned into an all-American bad boy for The Guest. ‘It has been nice to take the stiff collar off for a bit’

Fri Sept 05 2014 - 00:00