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You can see a movie in the cinema for just €5 this Saturday, but what should you watch?
Almost all cinemas will be participating in the initiative. If you’re not sure what to go see - we have you sorted
Inside Out 2 review: Will Pixar’s new movie trigger a diplomatic incident? Either way, it deserves to be seen
Adèle Exarchopoulos as the dark, heavily fringed, polo-necked embodiment of Ennui is borderline genius
Downton Abbey sequel a litmus test for Irish cinemas after Covid
Owners of cinema groups keen to see audiences return to watch on the big screen
Disney x Izzy: Irish sisters team up with film studio to design wheelchair wheel covers
Izzy Wheels spokeguards include characters from Frozen, The Lion King and the Avengers
UK’s Team17 acquires Dublin-based StoryToys for €22m
StoryToys chief says Team17 is the ‘perfect home’ for the app developer firm
Disney opens new front in streaming wars
Star on Disney Plus boasts familiar classics inherited through 21st Century Fox deal
Disney Plus ‘superbrand’ Star for adults who want ‘me time’
Streamer plans to boost European commissioning to 50 a year by 2024
Streaming services set for Christmas battle after drama-filled year
Disney+ and Netflix will come bearing gifts for subscribers on December 25th
Battle for TV streaming service subscribers set to intensify
With new offers from Apple and Disney, it’s worth shopping around for the best deal
The untold stories of Toy Story
Woody started out as a jerk, Barbie is a Marxist . . . much like Andy’s toys, the fan theories around the franchise have taken on a life of their own
A new Star Wars trilogy isn’t far, far away
Disney shares its eight-year film schedule: Artemis Fowl lands next year, Avatar 2 in 2021
How much are customers willing to pay for Netflix?
Expected second quarter slowdown will be no more than a blip, streaming giant says
John Lasseter, Pixar cofounder ousted over #MeToo, returns to Hollywood
Toy Story creator toppled after #MeToo claims to join Mission: Impossible producer
‘Toy Story 4’: first new teaser trailer released
The fourth film in the series from Disney Pixar reveals a new character of a ‘spork-turned-craft-project’
Sky Cinema eyes piece of the action with movies of its own
Risky move comes as streaming TV services chase the holy grail of original content
Pixar film festival comes to Dublin and Galway in August
Featuring a ‘Toy Story’ marathon and the beloved ‘Up’, ‘Finding Nemo’ and ‘WALL-E’
Brad Bird: Inside the Pixar movie-making machine
The ‘Incredibles 2’ director on the Disney studio’s secret sauce, and keeping his distance from corporate nonsense
Five-star rating for LauraLynn’s ‘Oscars’
Families affected by loss use film project with scriptwriters to help tell their stories
Is ‘Toy Story’ better than ‘Up’? All 19 Pixar films ranked
Which are the best (and worst) Pixar movies, and where does current release Coco sit?
How to talk to your children about death – with help from Disney
Study says watching Disney and Pixar films can help start conversations about mortality
Cars 3: Third time's an automotive charm
A sly dig at inaccurate pollsters and lessons about male privilege leaves us pleasantly surprised
From ‘Toy Story’ to you: How a Galway family are making a difference on autism
Animated language learning programme devised by family at NUI Galway campus company assisting children with autism
Netflix versus NowTV: Which is the better streaming service?
We pit Sky’s new service against the industry leader to find out which offers better value
Marriage of artists and technologists drives Pixar’s success
Removing barriers to creativity is key ingredient, chief Ed Catmull believes
Paddy Cosgrave accuses Government of Web Summit ‘lies’
Founder says event is ‘distraction’ from real issues impacting people
Can Jack Dorsey lead two tech companies?
Dorsey, chief executive of Square, is also in the running for the Twitter top job
Cartoon Saloon: tellers of ’toon tales
Kilkenny’s elite animation house, makers of ‘The Secret of Kells’ and ‘Song of the Sea’, is competing with the best of Hollywood – for a fraction of the money
Animation industry draws on incentives
Dublin-based Brown Bag Films plans to hire an additional 50 staff as it focuses on new markets
‘Inside Out’ and the Pixar guide to parenting
‘Inside Out’ tells us that anger, fear and sadness are valid feelings that don’t have to be defeated
Berkeley survivor Jack Halpin raises a thumbs up
Mr Halpin suffered a broken leg, broken hip, shattered knee-cap and internal injuries
Design Matters: Paul Young from Cartoon Salon
‘Ideas are fine, but they don’t work until the group makes them work’
A wifi Barbie doll with the soul of Siri
‘Hello Barbie’ raises questions in relation to privacy and gender stereotyping
Silicon Valley collusion case offers insight into power of Jobs
$324.5m settlement thrown out in class action involving over 64,000 tech workers
Silicon Valley tech firms agree to $325m hiring accord
Apple, Google, Intel and Adobe accused by employees of conlluding not to poach talent
The cutting-edge tech bringing magic of the silver screen to life
Computer firms such as HP provide the back-end technology that increasingly brings the movies to life
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