I got the year off to a cracking start with three extraordinary films that you may have seen or are intending to see. Ryan Tubridy Pic: Andres PovedaI love that for the next two hour, I am incommunicado, that my phone is unavailable and therefore, so am I. It's probably a good sign that I'm relaxed enough to take a nap mid-movie! Pic: Focus FeaturesCompleting the trilogy is Hamnet, based on the book by Maggie O'Farrell and starring Jessie Buckley as Agnes Shakespeare and Paul Mescal as her husband, William. Much of the movie is sumptuously shot, thus very much making it a cinema-going event.

Source: The Star January 11, 2026 19:35 UTC