Idris Elba

People Magazine named him ‘Sexiest Man Alive’. An Irish connection was swiftly unearthed

Review: James Gunn’s comic-strip fantasy delivers on its own terms

The actor on fighting for his big break, and why acting helped him out of a ‘dark, weird junction’

Films are once again being shown on big screens, as well as on Netflix and Disney+

Chilli-eating contestants step up for pain and anguish beyond what most of us can imagine

Donald Clarke: For 60 years we have been living with Next James Bond speculation

The actor known as ‘The Rock’ is urging people to wear a mask to stop coronavirus spreading

The actor spent a week in hospital after contracting Covid-19

Ghanaian politicians to renew their call-outs to people of African descent to ‘come home’

Half our favourite movies have vanished. But there’s still plenty of great stuff to search for

Donald Clarke: The online kerfuffle should do Tom Hooper’s project no harm

Review: Neither Johnson nor Statham has much to work with, but the banter is awful

Patrick Freyne: A bunch of cats in an alleyway is not remotely as magical as this film depicts

Elba and Dhowre, who met on the set of The Mountain Between Us in 2017, exchanged vows in Marrakesh

At 51, Craig needs to work hard to convince as the UK’s greatest killing machine

Ricky Gervais’s After Life, Idris Elba’s Turn Up Charlie, Woody Harrelson in The Highwaymen

Donald Clarke predicts next year’s best picture nominees. He used to be good at this...

Review: Idris Elba’s brooding bobbie is back with gross-out horror and comic-book peril

From Ad Adstra to Frozen 2 and Martin Scorsese's latest, there's plenty to look forward to in the new year

Roma, Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle, Dumplin’, The Innocent Man, Springsteen on Broadway

The TV contrarian is at it again, tweeting about Daniel Craig’s ‘emasculating’ papoose

Swapping Danny Boyle for Cary Fukunaga looks like a cautious move by the producers

Director of Netflix series Maniac takes over after departure of Danny Boyle

Seamas O’Reilly: New TV series may satisfy diehard fans but feels like a parody of itself

Review: Too many violent set-pieces, though well staged, are placed in no lucid context

Radio review: Presenter Gavin Jennings asserts his authority on ‘Morning Ireland’

Radio: 4FM’s Niall Boylan invites Hopkins on to discuss race relations. It’s shock-jock overkill

US director says his heart lies with action movies like The Equalizer 2

Elba is already too old, but a black, Asian or female actor could succeed Daniel Craig

But even if the forecast is wide of the mark, a battery of great acts will keep your spirits up

Bloom, Cat Laughs, Forbidden Fruit, Vantastival, Women’s Mini Marathon and more

The ‘Trainspotting’ director will take the reins on 25th James Bond film – and Craig’s fifth

Review: It’s a neat, effective entertainment with a a delicious response to the lead burglar’s assertion that the heroine is ‘only a woman’

‘In the Long Run’ review: Show based on creator’s childhood is largely 1980s nostalgia

‘Billions’ returns, Idris Elba’s new comedy series debuts and Irish couple’s wedding dilemmas

Review: The likable, energetic John Boyega aside, nothing about this film is very good

‘The Seven Year Switch’ is not the groundbreaking, radical experiment it constantly trumpets itself as

Writers and stars of ‘anti-cop show’ look back at a series that changed TV for ever

Aaron Sorkin’s debut film isn’t going to get as many Oscar nominations as predicted

Review: A smashing film of inter-galactic significance and of no importance at all