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© Netflix  The thing about great actors is their ability to make the ordinary look extraordinary. With 14 films under her belt, Florence Pugh is already proving to be that kind of actor. In movies like 'Lady Macbeth,' 'Midsommar' and ' Little Women ' she has delivered intelligent performances that have marked her out as a remarkable talent. But even in crowd pleasing movies like ' Fighting With My Family ' and ' Black Widow ,' she has shown how she can elevate those films.  © Netflix Fresh from her appearance in ' Don't Worry Darling ,' Pugh is back onscreen in Chilean director Sebastian Leilo's Irish period drama 'The Wonder'. And it is that ability to make the ordinary seem extraordinary - even something as normal as chewing food at a dinner table - that makes her performance so compelling. Adapted from the 2016 novel of the same name by Emma Donnoghue, 'The Wonder' fizzes with loads of ideas. The big one is the ...

© Netflix Has there ever been a World Cup that has had as underwhelming a build-up as this year's? Qatar 2022 has felt off kilter ever since it was chosen to host the World Cup in 2010. A big part of that is down to it occurring in November and December and not during June and July. Although, to be fair, that is the right decision given the concerns over players having to cope with the searing summer heat. © EPA via Shutterstock Nevertheless it feels odd having a World Cup in the run-up to Christmas. The main reasons, though, for the lack of enthusiasm are concerns about Qatar's attitude to LGBTQ rights and its treatment of migrant workers who have had to build from scratch most of the eight stadia hosting matches. There have been claims in the Guardian newspaper and from Amnesty International that between 6,500 migrant workers and  15,000 have died since the World Cup was awarded - although these figures have been vigorously disputed, as Deutsche Weile reported four days ago ...

© BBC Films The trick to a great psychological thriller is atmosphere. Set the right tone and the audience is immediately hooked. If you want to get a sense of how to do it, look no further than Northern Irish filmmaker Stacey Gregg's debut feature 'Here Before'. Revelling in the cold and damp of a late Northern Irish late autumn/early winter, Gregg's film uses the weather to accentuate the sense of loss experienced by Andrea Riseborough's central character Laura. © BBC Films But it also adds to the chilling effect that Niamh Dornan's talkative young schoolgirl Megan has on Laura as she starts to trigger uncomfortable questions about life after death. In Gregg's film, Laura and Jonjo O'Neill's Brendan live on the edge of a residential estate in Antrim with their teenage son, Lewis McAskie's Tadgh. The family is coming to terms with the death of their young daughter Josie years earlier in a car accident. Despite their grief, Brendan and Laura have...

© Amazon Prime Earlier this year, James Corden announced he would be giving up his chat show in the United States. During his eight year stint on CBS's 'Late Late Show'. the Englishman has carved out a place in the US as a leading TV entertainer with his star studded 'Carpool Caraoke' segment. Appearances in films like 'Into the Woods,' the 'Peter Rabbit' movies and 'The Prom' have boosted his profile. But he has also done this knowing his place in British entertainment is relatively secure. © Amazon Prime As the co-creator of the BBC sitcom 'Gavin and Stacey,' Corden had prior going to the US built a career on the back of numerous appearances in British TV shows and films. He was the presenter of a popular Sky One panel show 'A League of their Own' and also had a Tony award-winning stage career, It hasn't all been rosy, though, for the Londoner. Corden has always tended to have a Marmite effect on audiences, as the recent...

©Showtime It's a rare thing to witness an audience spontaneously bursting into applause in a cinema. But that is what happened twice during a screening of the Sinead O'Connor documentary 'Nothing Compares' at the Stella Cinema in Ranelagh in her hometown on Friday night. Kathryn Ferguson's stirring documentary hinges on a moment when the Dubliner ripped up a picture of Pope John Paul II on NBC's satirical show 'Saturday Night Live,' declaring: "Fight the real enemy!" It was an act of defiance born out of personal suffering but it triggered the mother of all backlashes, derailing the singer's career. © Yvonne Hemsey/Getty Images O'Connor was dismissed by many in the media and the entertainment industry as difficult, nutty and mouthy. Following a deluge of complaints from conservative Catholics, NBC denounced her. During the following week's show, guest host Joe Pesci told viewers he wanted to smack her . Madonna also ridiculed her a...