Interview – Angry Birds Irish Director – Fergal Reilly How did a young man from Ardee, county Louth end up directing one of this years biggest animated movies? Movies Plus sat down to speak with Fergal Reilly about making ‘The Angry Birds’ movie, the pressures of s...
Competition – Win ROBINSON CRUSOE prizes To celebrate the release of ROBINSON CRUSOE in cinemas from May 6th we have exclusive goodie packs to giveaway, each pack contains · Colouring book · Sticker book · Character masks · Activity sheet ...
Video – Behind The Scenes on THE JUNGLE BOOK Director Jon Favreau (Iron Man, Chef, Elf) talks about the 3D technology behind'The Jungle Book' . Watch behind the scenes footage as Jon discusses 3D processes and how the magic of the jungle is brought to life through this immersive format. THE JUNGLE...
Competition : Win KUNG FU PANDA 3 goodies To celebrate KUNG FU PANDA 3 opening in Irish cinemas from the 11th March (previews on 5th and 6th March) we have the following awesome merchandise to give away: Bag, Bamboo straws, Po Bop Bags, Sticker set, No...
Competition – ALVIN & THE CHIPMUNKS – THE ROAD CHIP – Win Prizes To celebrate the release of ALVIN & THE CHIPMUNKS - THE ROAD CHIP in Irish cinemas we have an impressive prize pack to giveaway to lucky readers. Each pack contains the following: Sticker book, 3D Magnets, ...
A SHORT HISTORY OF SNOOPY, CHARLIE BROWN & PEANUTS Peanuts first appeared in a comic strip known as Lil’ Folks, as part of the St. Paul Pioneer Press, the local newspaper for the strip’s creator Charles M. Schulz, where it ran from 1947 to 1950. In 1950, when the St. Paul Pioneer Press went bust, Schulz so...
Competition – Win SNOOPY Merchandise To celebrate the release of SNOOPY AND CHARLIE BROWN : THE PEANUTS MOVIE we have some fantastic movie merchandise to giveaway. The film opens in Ireland on Monday 21st December but you can catch early screening...
The Good Dinosaur – Interview with Pixar president Jim Morris It’s both a blessing and a curse to be made President of Hollywood’s only non-flop-making studio, but, as 'The Good Dinosaur' is released, Jim Morris clearly takes overseeing Pixar Animation Studios very seriou...
Dinosaurs In Movies – From Pixar to Jurassic Park Pixar sure have had a busy year, after Inside Out got us all emotional just a few months back, they are back with The Good Dinosaur, arriving in Irish cinemas from November 27th, and it tells the story of what might have happened had Earth not gotten a smack o...
Irish animation studio BROWN BAG FILMS has been sold The award winning studio, responsible for Oscar nominated films like ‘Give Up Yer Aul Sins’ and ‘Granny O’Grimm’ has been sold to 9 Story Media Group, one of North America’s largest animation studios. WATCH BR...
Frozen fan takes a tour of Ireland with Anna and Kristoff We love this Frozen fan and Tumblr user yamatoking (aka Diane), on her recent holiday to Ireland she brought the stars of the Disney film along with her and took pictures of them in lots of tourist hotspots inc...
The Muppets – 10 Minute preview of the new TV show Well here's a surprise, the footage from ABC's new MUPPETS TV show is hilarious, even funnier than what we saw in the two recent movie outings. After debuting the footage at comic con, ABC have made the footage available to everyone and gives an idea of what w...
INSIDE OUT interview – We talk to Pixar’s Pete Docter & Jonas Riviera Joy, Sadness, Fear, Anger and Disgust… it sounds like a night out with the Movies.ie team but no, they’re all characters from ‘Inside Out’, the new movie from Disney/Pixar. The film has one of the most unique c...
Competition : Win SONG OF THE SEA goodie bags To celebrate the cinema release of Irish animation SONG OF THE SEA, we have some premium goodie bags to giveaway, see below.... keep reading for your chance to win. ABOUT SONG OF THE SEA Nominated for an ...
Song Of The Sea – Interview with Irish animator Tomm Moore It’s got to be pretty gauling for the big animation studios in Hollywood that everytime Kilkenny’s Cartoon Saloon studio has stepped up to the plate, this little Oirish operation keeps getting so much critical and awards love. It happened in 2009, with ‘The Se...
SPIN-OFF CITY! WHEN SUPPORTING CHARACTERS GET THEIR OWN MOVIES! Even in the company of the hugely funny likes of Steve Carrell, Jason Segel, Russell Brand, Kristen Wiig, Will Arnett, Steve Coogan and Ken Jeong, the real scene-stealers of the Despicable Me series has always ...
Competition : Win MINIONS goodie bags To celebrate the release of MINIONS in Irish cinemas this weekend, we have some exclusive goodie packs to giveaway courtesy of Universal Pictures. Keep reading for your chance to enter... AB...
Minions Invade Dublin – Photo Gallery Ahead of the cinema release of Minions this month, the cheeky banana shaped creatures invaded our capital city to get up some mischief. Check out some pictures of them being tourists on O'Connell Street, riding the Luas, sailing down the Liffey and gatecrashin...
Irish animation studio has series picked up by Netflix Cartoon Saloon, the twice Oscar nominated Irish animation studio has had its new series PUFFIN ROCK picked up for exclusive broadcast by Internet television network, Netflix. Narrated by MOONE BOY star Chris O’...
The Good Dinosaur – First trailer for Disney/Pixars new animation "The Good Dinosaur" asks the question: What if the asteroid that forever changed life on Earth missed the planet completely and giant dinosaurs never became extinct? Pixar Animation Studios takes you on an epi...