Ron Howard

The director of Oscar-nominated films such as ‘Awakenings’, will forever hold a place in movie history

Son of Irish immigrants with ‘more brawn than brains’ won 51 victories in 82 fights

You don’t need an original idea, says bestseller Dan Brown, just a hero, a contract and ‘a crucible’

Things were ‘getting weird’ on the set of the Han Solo film. So they changed director

Review: It has pretty good opening 20 minutes, but slides quickly into incoherence

The official selection has been revealed for the 71st Cannes film festival which opens next month

Smug dialogue, dystopian cityscapes and Chewbacca feature in clip for latest spin-off

He plays Jesus Christ in ‘Mary Magdalene’, in an echo of his own childhood as part of a cult religion. But the eccentric actor says his unconventional family kept him grounded

The Star Wars spin-off sees Alden Ehrenreich take role made famous by Harrison Ford

With the release of The Last Jedi imminent, a look back at how the ‘Star Wars’ juggernaut started in a ‘galaxy far, far away’

Last Jedi director Rian Johnson will create a new set of films while TV series also planned

The actor has written a book of short stories. Do they contain any clues to the real man?

JJ Abrams will helm the saga’s ninth instalment after the original director left the project

The Stephen King inspired film looks like a cluttered 95-minute trailer

‘It was like Club 18-30 down there,’ said organiser of Lions event

Weblog: The fifth-richest man in the world is working through his bucket list

US doctor Henry Heimlich, invented the technique used to help victims of choking

Lissadell co-owner says 2010 concerts made up ‘one of most incredible weekends in my life’

Review: ‘The Art of the Deal: The Movie’, ‘Fortune’s Wheel’, ‘The Big Fat Quiz of Everything’

Star of Pete’s Dragon Bryce Dallas Howard talks to Tara Brady about imaginary friends, goat poop and post-partum disorders

Nash was the Nobel laureate who inspired Oscar-winning film ‘A Beautiful Mind’

Whether it's a Netflix original like Orange Is The New Black, a British comedy like Peep Show or just completely addictive like Breaking Bad; we've listed and categorised the very best Netflix boxsets for you to enjoy.

Since stumbling into the role of Amélie, Audrey Tautou has forged a singular career, one of the few resolutely Gallic film stars to become a global star. Her secret to success: ‘I always tried to follow my instincts

Screenwriter Peter Morgan developed a neat way of portraying personalities, from Tony Blair and David Frost to the queen: focus on one incident. Now everyone’s at it

Brian Boyd and Emma Somers root through a bumper crop of TV, film and music to find gift ideas for the loved one who thinks they’ve seen it all

He was on the wrong side of the wall in 'Good Bye, Lenin!'; a sniper in Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds; a racing legend in 'Rush' and now, Daniel Brühl is leaking all over the planet in 'The Fifth Estate'

Beware the idiosyncrasies of the Irish box office

‘Drive’ portrays a time when Formula One was rife with glamour and danger

All-round nice guy Ron Howard – whose new movie, Rush, a souped-up treatment of Formula One’s 1976 season, is on our screens now – explains the secret of his five decades of success

All-round nice guy Ron Howard – whose new movie, Rush, a souped-up treatment of Formula One’s 1976 season, is on our screens now – explains the secret of his five decades of success