by Rob Hartnett | Mar 19, 2019 | Cinema, News
There are so many competing attractions that the Cinema box office over St Patrick’s weekend is never likely to be among the biggest of the year. There was a continuing boost though from Captain Marvel which backed up its opening weekend, the third biggest ever...
by Rob Hartnett | Mar 12, 2019 | Cinema, News
The first of the major superhero blockbusters smashed onto Irish screens last weekend and provided a significant boost for theatres. Captain Marvel, backed by a major media and digital advertising campaign paid off handsomely with revenues over the weekend of...
by Rob Hartnett | Mar 1, 2019 | Cinema, Media, News, Uncategorized
There are 88 new movies getting a cinema release in and around Los Angeles today. That’s a lot of noise to cut through and one stepping up to the challenge is Irish horror movie The Hole in the Ground. First time director Lee Cronin’s film was a success at the...
by Rob Hartnett | Feb 25, 2019 | Awards, Cinema, News
Congratulations to Element Pictures on the latest Oscar to adorn their list of achievements. The actual statue may reside on the mantelpiece of actress Olivia Colemen but the credit reflects well on Ed Guiney and Andrew Lowe who have now produced a Best Actress winner...
by Rob Hartnett | Feb 18, 2019 | Cinema, Festivals, News, Sponsorship, TV
Virgin Media is backing up its sponsorship of the Dublin International Film Festival which gets underway on Thursday with a week of homegrown movies and feature film specials airing on Virgin Media Three. Running since Saturday 16th February until Saturday 23rd...
by Rob Hartnett | Feb 6, 2019 | Cinema, News
The Virgin Media sponsored Dublin International Film Festival has appointed Aidan Greene, Deputy CEO of Entertainment for Business member Core as Chairman of its Board. Aside from his role within Ireland’s largest media communications company Greene also spent two...
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