Film & Television John Maguire: A salty comedy with Jessie Buckley starts strong before lapsing into confused cosinessBuckley and Olivia Colman sparkle in the loose and scattershot Wicked Little Letters
Film & Television Film and TV: Overly-reverential Bob Marley biopic strikes the wrong notesOur film critic John Maguire gives his take on three new releases, Bob Marley: One Love; The Promised Land; and Apple TV series The New Look
Film & Television John Maguire on film: The Holdovers shows they really do make movies like they used toAlexander Payne’s evocative portrait of 1970s America is a post-Christmas treat, while Mean Girls the musical is a barely worthwhile reboot of a cult classic
Books Book review: Thinking outside the box is low on reward for this New York dolls tale Tale of porcelain and plastic dolls in a mishmash of narrators and writing styles, by the poet Karen McCarthy Woolf, is arguably a little too clever for its own good
Motoring Family fortunes: This may be the luxury electric car your gang has been waiting forThe EV9 takes Kia to new heights in the marketplace, giving buyers who require lots of seats a much-needed electric option
Culture Sara Keating: New Beatles single emerges from the mists of timeA posthumous collaboration using new technology sees the Fab Four come together to record Now and Then from a demo John sang on in the 1970s
Restaurant Review Restaurant review: Warm welcome and delicious food after long journey to PortstewartThe slow-braised beef at Me & Mrs Jones was tender enough to fall apart at the mere idea of a fork
Film John Maguire: The Creator’s futuristic AI thrills deliver the sci-fi film of the yearGareth Edwards’ film is a cross between Blade Runner and Apocalypse Now in its wonderfully rendered, believable future
Restaurant Review Restaurant review: Waterford wine bar offers perfect Union of comfort and tasteSommelier extraordinaire Morgan VanderKamer has put together an exceptional food and drink offering, delicious enough to even cure this reviewer’s aversion to avocado
Film John Maguire on film: Kenneth Branagh’s latest flick fails to conjure spirit of PoirotA Haunting In Venice doesn’t generate a thrill, a shiver or even curiosity about whodunnit
Dining Out Restaurant review: Come for the cooking, stay for the hospitality at Bramley in AbbeyleixA few minor glitches aren’t enough to deter a return visit to this Laois restaurant run by Sam and Emily Moody
Album Reviews Album reviews: Teddy Thompson covers the bases with touching country collection The singer songwriter bares his soul with a set of tunes from various artists on My Love of Country
Film & TV John Maguire: A fascinatingly awful leading man makes Afire magnetic viewingChristian Petzold’s deceptively easygoing drama, set against the backdrop of a creeping forest fire, masterfully tackles the awkward peculiarities of human relationships
Classical Notes Dick O’Riordan’s Classical Notes: The orchestra that plays from the heart A round-up of the latest developments in Irish classical music
Books Book review: Eithne Shortall’s The Lodgers is an uplifting tale of the power of the collectiveThe writer’s fifth novel is filled with well-drawn characters and reverberates with hope
Books Book review: Sobering account of how radicals are Going MainstreamCounter-terrorism expert Julia Ebner reveals how extreme ideas are radicalising individuals and upending the political middle ground
Film & Television John Maguire on film: a sci-fi take on Groundhog Day, plus two flavours of Jon Hamm The Business Post reviews this week’s screen entertainment
Music Album reviews: Snow Patrol revisit the past and remind us where it all beganThe release of Final Straw’s 20th-anniversary edition has much to please fans, with plenty of extras on this double album
Food & Wine Cathal McBride on Wine: Que syrah, syrah? The common grape of uncommon versatilityThis distinctive grape variety has much to offer, with styles varying from the Rhône region of France to south Australia and New South Wales and South Africa
Books Have book, will travel: Business Post writers select the best reads of summerBusiness Post Magazine contributors Andrew Lynch, Andrea Cleary, John Walshe and Pat Carty unpack their best of summer books