What you may need to know:

1. Seth Rogan has finally stopped trying to appeal to middle America. Smart move.

2. Zac Efron has realized that the teen idol thing wears thin fast. Getting peed on by Nicole Kidman was only the beginning.

4. Neighbors is directed by the guy who did Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008) and Get Him To The Greek (2010). The latter is officially underrated.

5. Rose Byrne. That is all.

6. It’s not the first movie called Neighbors.

7. Broadsheet Prognosis: There hasn’t been a great frat comedy since Old School (2003).  It’s time…

Release Date: 2014

(h/t James Cregan)

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What you may need to know

1. We’ve said it before, we’ll say it again: movies smoovies, TV is where its at.

2. Cillian Murphy could be cashing in phoning it in as wild-eyed bad guys in Hollywood movies – instead, he’s gone and done a big epic BBC crime drama thing. That said, he’s in the next Chris Nolan flick – they’ve done five together.

3. Peaky Blinders is created by Steven Knight, who wrote Dirty Pretty Things (2002) and Eastern Promises (2007).

4. The great Sam Neill gets to channel his inner Nordy bloke – well, he was born in County Tyrone, hai.

5. Love/Hate legend Tom Vaughan Lawlor is in there somewhere, to boot.

6. Broadsheet Prognosis: Boardwalk Empire meets Brighton Rock (2010). We’re in.

Release Date: Next Thursday, BBC2

Glendalough, Co Wicklow.

Thanks Fergal

What you may need to know:

1. Harry Potter IS Allen Ginsberg! No, seriously. The most unlikely casting you’ve heard of since, well, James Franco as Allen Ginsberg.

2. Daniel Radcliffe has already had a big post-Potter hit – The Woman In Black (2012) – he’s been doing The Cripple Of Innismaan down the West End of late, to boot.

3. Who else is in it? The one who looks like Leo DiCaprio’s evil younger brother, Dane De Haan, from Chronicle (2012) and Place Beyond The Pines (2012)

4. Yup, that’s Jack Houston from Boardwalk Empire as Jack Kerouac. Micheal C. ‘Dexter‘ Hall is in there somewhere, too.

5. Ben Foster plays William Burroughs – he’s been in any number of guilty pleasures, from 30 Days Of Night (2007) and Contraband (2012) to The Mechanic (2011).

6. Broadsheet Prognosis: Harry Potter and the Drugged-Up Beats.

Release Date: Autumn

What you may need to know

1. Matthew McConaughey made one hell of a comeback. Now he’s gunning for an Oscar.

2. Step One: Star in a moving true story.

3. Step Two: Lose a shitload of weight.

4. Step Three: Play someone with a disease and/or a disability. Who gives great speeches.

5. Step Four: Have a scene-stealing supporting role in the new Scorsese flick as a back-up plan.

6. Step Five: Have a guaranteed blockbuster (the new Chris Nolan movie) ready to go afterwards.

7. Broadsheet Prognosis: It’s in the bag.

Release Date: Autumn

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What you may need to know

1. Amber is RTE’s new drama series. Sure, they’re only on a roll after Love/Hate.

2. It’s already been screened internationally, and has been picked up by BBC4, home of The Killing.

3. It stars David Murray and Eva Birthistle and is directed by Thaddeus O’Sullivan.

4. It’s produced by Paul Duane, who does a nice sideline in killer documentaries – like the magnificent Barbaric Genius (2012).

5. Broadsheet Prognosis: we’re hearing GREAT things.

Release Date: Autumn

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What you may need to know:

1. Season Three was meant to be the last one, but Kenny Powers is BACK for one last series. And that’s cool with us.

2. Danny McBride has been written off as a one trick pony all too often. He stole the show in This Is The End (2013).

3. Sure, Your Highness (2011) sucked, but at least we got a movie out of it.

4. We can’t recommend E&D seasons 1-3 enough. Each is best watched in a three hour, six episode burst.

5. We’re really hoping they bring Don Johnson back.

Release Date: September

What you may need to know

1. At last, a feature length documentary portrait of the last great Irish institution.

2. That said, over 1,500 of them have closed in the last few years, the price of drink being fierce and drink driving being suddenly unfashionable and whatnot.

3. Always good to see the Palace Bar get some love.

4. For the sequel, they can go to all the Irish bars worldwide. There’s a great one in Santiago.

5. The Big Question: What’s the best pub in Ireland?

Release Date: October 4th

What you may need to know

1. Chompsky’s really excited about this one.

2. When we heard the title, we thought it was a biopic of Phil Lynott’s mammy. It isn’t.

3. Yes, it’s based on a true story.

4. It’s directed by Stephen Frears, who did The Grifters (1990), The Snapper (1993), The Van (1996), The Queen (2006) and some other films that don’t have the prefix ‘The’.

5. Steve Coogan also co-wrote the script. So… what did we think of the Partridge movie?

6. And what about Judi Dench’s accent?

7. Broadsheet Prognosis: There will be tears.

Release date: November

What you may need to know

1. Say hello to the next big Irish movie.

2. It’s written and directed by John Butler

3. It’s co-written by Peter McDonald, from I Went Down (1997), Paths To Freedom and Moone Boy. He was nominated for an Oscar last year, remember?

4. It stars McDonald, a Gleeson (Brian), Andrew ‘Moriarty‘ Scott, Hugh O’Conor, Andrew ‘The Voice’ Bennett AND Amy Huberman.

5. Word on the street (Broadsheet Street) says it’s really good.

6. There will be naked Irishmen.

Release Date: Spring 2014