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I used to love Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Well, to be more exact, I used to always think that I loved Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. It was a holiday TV viewing staple, and I would always look forward to watching it. And then it would actually all…

Directed by David Yates, who helped to bring the last four Harry Potter movies to the big screen, and written for the screen (adapting her own source material) by J. K. Rowling, you'd be forgiven for thinking that this latest cinematic trip…

Given that filmmakers have so often focused on the controversies that have plagued contemporary Irish history, it’s easy to forget that it is also a land rich in heritage. Thankfully illustrator Tomm Moore has not forgotten, and having…

Adapting The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s incredibly popular story first published in 1943, does not come without risk. Deciding to then launch it at the Cannes Film Festival in France, the home country of the beloved novella,…

The beauty of a children’s book character is its mass appeal.  Fans young and old can quickly captivate the imagination of the reader or, in the case of author Michael Bond’s famous creation, capture the hearts of millions.  Now, after…

In 2009, Irish filmmaker and illustrator Tomm Moore made a name for himself with his debut feature The Secret of Kells, which was subsequently nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.  Five years later, he is reuniting with…

When it comes to commercial feature animation the industry is often swamped by major entertainment corporations – with Aardman films or similar independents pitting themselves against Pixar, Disney and Dreamworks collective market dominance…

It's almost impossible to hate E.T. The Textra-Terrestrial, isn't it? Well, that's what I have thought for years and years.

Back in the early and mid-80s my provincial grade school offered its pupils membership of a great film club, where us kids could see all the latest, greatest movies at the local theatre house. That’s where I saw, at an impressionable young…

A little boy is suffering through his parents' divorce, looking for some much-needed escapist adventure. He finds it in his grandfather's tales of Nethiah, a boy in a sci-fi/fantasy world whose entire people - incl. his family - have been…