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Holding out for a hero

What’s the story? The end of the world is nigh. Norse God of Mischief Loki (Tom Hiddleston) – the sly, conniving brother of the hammer-wielding Thor (Chris Hemsworth) – stakes his bid for world domination by stealing a weapon of mass destruction.

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At the end of the line

What’s the story? Leading a somewhat repressed existence, not to mention enduring a wholly loveless marriage, the life of government fisheries expert Fred Jones (Ewan McGregor) does not seem to be going anywhere. Or at least that is the case until his life is turned around by the impossible task of bringing the quintessentially Scottish pastime of salmon fishing to the dusty deserts of the Middle East.

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All at sea with Liam

What’s the story? A good boy gone bad, Alex Hopper (Taylor Kitsch) is the polar opposite to his older, wiser and more straight-laced brother Stone (Alexander Skarsgard). But when Alex meets the beautiful Sam (Brooklyn Decker), he falls head over heels in love and, in a bid to make a clean break and stay out of jail, Alex decides to join the US Navy.

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More than just a game

What’s the story? In a distant, far-off future, the world as we know it has changed for the worse and mankind’s thirst for superiority, blood and violence is as unquenchable as it ever was.

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Return of the gang

What’s the story? Once the cream of light entertainment, Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Gonzo the Great, Fozzie Bear and the rest of the Muppet gang have all gone their separate ways.

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All heart and soul

What’s the story? Matt King (George Clooney) is a man with a lot on his plate. He’s a busy lawyer and father but he’s also a direct descendant of a 19th century Hawaiian princess.

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Lock us up and swallow the key!

I was in Donegal at the weekend and I asked a man how he planned to vote in the south’s up-coming referendum. “Well,” he told me, “ if Sinn Féin say no about something, I say yes”.

Big man of GAA celebrates in style

Veni, Vidi, Vinci . I came, I saw, I conquered, was the powerful message sent back to Rome by Julius Caesar when he won a war in Zela (currently known as Zile in Turkey. After spending two days with the Gaels of Glengormley, Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh might well have sent a similar message back to headquarters. Throughout the two days he won the hearts of all who met him as he demonstrated his love and passion for the Irish language and Gaelic games.

That’s not the way to do it as summer nears

THERE’S nothing funnier for children to watch than a long-suffering wife getting battered with a cudgel by a short-tempered violent husband – or so you’d think if you watched a seaside Punch and Judy show.

Blues make it a double

Linfield replicated their end of season celebrations from 12 months ago as they lifted their second trophy in the space of a week, defeating Crusaders 4-1 in Saturday’s Irish Cup final.

My marathon highs and lows

HIGHLIGHTS 1. Sheltering in City Hall with marathon veteran from New York Fr Brian Jordan — chaplain to the trade unions of the Big Apple — before the 9am start while thousands were getting drenched outside waiting for the Lord Mayor Niall Óg to sound the starting horn (gun for off apparently decommissioned).

Who calls the shots in Europe?

I enjoy elections. I enjoy them so much, I was delighted when the Fianna Fáil wheeze of introducing electronic voting machines backfired, leaving them (and the taxpayer, of course) with machinery that couldn’t be used and cost a packet to store.