Mescal’s GLADIATOR challenge
Ridley Scott’s GLADIATOR 2 hits theatres on Nov 22 with ALL OF US STRANGERS star Paul Mescal and already the industry is doing the math on what would make the sequel a success. The first movie starring Russell Crowe’s Maximus made $460 million at the box office during its initial release. It remains Scott’s record high even as GLADIATOR 2 approaches. Even if the sequel manages to surpass the original’s total, it will take making significantly more for the sequel to match the first movie’s performance and profitability.
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Balfe for A LONG WINTER
Irish cinema may be about to get a second act worth waiting for. Caitríona Balfe is leading a new adaptation of Colm Tóibín’s work, A LONG WINTER, which arrives in cinemas in January 2027. It is drawn from Tóibín’s 2006 short story of the same name, part of his collection Mothers and Sons, and it…
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Meaney in RE-CREATION
Few actors of Colm Meaney’s vintage are still choosing material as boldly as he is, and RE-CREATION may be the clearest proof. Written and directed by Jim Sheridan and David Merriman, the film puts twelve jurors in a room and asks them to decide whether British journalist Ian Bailey killed French filmmaker Sophie Toscan Du…
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Dornan in 12 12 12
When Apple TV dropped the trailer for 12 12 12 today, it did more than tease a new series. It announced a heist drama built on a gimmick that is also its backbone: every episode moves through three timelines at once, the twelve months of meticulous planning, the twelve hours of the job itself, and…
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THE SPIRIT OF RORY at CIFF
Rory Gallagher, the Ballyshannon-born, Cork-raised guitar legend, is about to take centre stage once more, and this time it’s on the big screen. The 2026 Cork International Film Festival, running from 12 to 22 November, will host the world premiere of JOE BONAMASSA: THE SPIRIT OF RORY, a new documentary that traces one American guitarist’s…
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Bill Murray in A COURSE CALLED IRELAND
Bill Murray is heading to Ireland with a golf bag and no particular plan, and Paramount+ has just released the trailer and key art to prove it. A COURSE CALLED IRELAND, a six-part documentary series from Skydance Sports and Stellify Media, follows Murray and author Tom Coyne as they play their way across some of…
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Hinds in EAST OF EDEN
Netflix’s adaptation of John Steinbeck’s classic novel EAST OF EDEN, with Florence Pugh playing the formidable Cathy Ames, arrives with a supporting cast deep enough to turn heads, and few names in it carry as much quiet weight as Ciarán Hinds, who steps into the role of farmer and patriarch Samuel Hamilton after a career…
