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New version of Carrie burns with cathartic female rage – and sparks some scary school memories

Deal makes David Ellison one of the most important power brokers in entertainment industry globally

Writer Zoe Kazan has sought to make ghastly Cathy’s character sympathetic, but Pugh has other ideas depicting a ferocious, almost emotionless villain

Your guide to streaming, including East of Eden, Kill Jackie, Carrie, Nobody Wants This and Nocturne

Both HSBC and Wells Fargo have downgraded the streamer’s rating, citing weakening subscriber engagement

The actor, a ‘dark horse’ in Tall Tales & Murder, an offbeat assassin in Black Doves and now in the play Electra/Persona, learned to take direction in an unusual way

There’s nothing wrong with their upcoming film Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew featuring a female Aslan. Jesus wasn’t a lion either

Announcement comes two weeks after streamer increased subscription rates

Posho dressed as a pearly king Guy Ritche offers up more cartoon geezer yarns

HBO Max drama The Pitt is tipped for victory with 25 nods across several categories

As Netflix’s hit Paris-set dramedy returns as a movie, its star talks about French cinema’s darker side and how a trip to Kilkenny landed her a role opposite Matt Damon

Government has effectively shelved the proposal despite recommendations from media regulator and cross-party committee

Everybody Digs Bill Evans, the Dublin actor’s new film, is a finely balanced marvel about the jazz pianist. You wouldn’t know it was shot in Ireland

New price represents a €2-per-month increase, while premium option goes up to €25.99

What’s lacking here is any sense of fun. Without the larking about, what does any Guy Ritchie caper have going for it?

Your guide to streaming, including The Grand Tour, Slow Horses, Mobland and Brothers

Campaign for Stella Artois shows Netflix letting brands into the storytelling with its latest commercial tie-in

Six-part mockumentary will be set in the high-stakes world of competitive Irish dancing

Five-episode prequel will explore the origins of his Irish gangster character, with filming due to begin in 2027

The Olympic breakdancer became a viral sensation after her performance at Paris 2024, where she failed to receive a single point

Companies once focused on gaining new subscribers now more concerned with keeping those viewers

Heritage is being sold off to the highest bidders as best interests of fans are ignored

If modern elite football is a camp television drama, the Real Madrid manager’s theatrics make him the main character

Martin and Roman’s Irish Road Trip is often good fun but does not overburden British viewers with knowledge, while a new Netflix show asks: ‘What if Ricky Gervais was a cat?’

Screen Ireland figures show production spending contributed record €544m to economy in 2025

AI is cited as the latest threat to Hollywood’s survival, yet box office revenues are at record levels

Ashford Studios had sought permission for an additional five film studios as part of expansion plan at Kellystown site

Television: Set in 1980s LA, this show may be shallow but creates quite a splash

TV, radio, video-on-demand and streamers all jostle for attention but the instruments that measure them remain separate and mutually unintelligible

The British comedian was a fan of fried chicken until he made his gruesome documentary, Big Chicken: A Fast Food Conspiracy

Your guide to streaming, including Alley Cats, Lioness, Dark Matter, The Shards and the return of Ted Lasso

Holly Willoughby Together has been compared to the found-footage horror film With Love, Meghan, but things improve when Stanley Tucci breezes in

Markets fear streamer has lost momentum

Television: This golf romp tries to replicate the magic of a genre whose time has passed

No enterprise could absorb an 18-year price freeze on its primary revenue stream while costs keep climbing

These books are politically wrong, but they’re also well written

Netflix’s Little House on the Prairie feeds into the fantasy that settlers have a great moral message (‘finders keepers’)

Television: Beautiful to look at and well-acted this revived series is so slow-moving as to appeal only to hardcore Laura Ingalls Wilder fans

As the chess boom takes hold, getting official recognition as a sport will unlock funding, says the Irish Chess Union

Deal comes as less than a quarter of 16-24-year-olds’ in-home viewing is now of content from broadcasters