In an effort to get the country’s film and TV industries back up and running amid the global health crisis, the United Kingdom’s Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden has announced that he has granted quarantine exemptions to a number of big Hollywood blockbusters, paving the way for them to resume production. “The world’s biggest blockbusters and […]
Disney’s Ongoing Fight To Be Feminist
Kate Harrold on Disney’s ongoing fight to be feminist… The Disney Princess is an iconic film archetype and one that has been around since Snow White and the Seven Dwarves premiered in 1938 and it doesn’t seem to be a figure fading from our cultural canon anytime soon. With reinvention being a continuous process, the […]
Ranking Disney’s Live-Action Remakes from Worst to Best
Liam Hoofe ranks all of Disney’s live-action remakes from worst to best… Last Friday, Disney released their latest remake of an animated classic, with Tim Burton attempting to bring Dumbo into the real world. The movie has been met with mixed reviews but will no doubt clean up at the box office, with Disney realising […]
LEGO’s 2018 Disney Princess and Frozen sets revealed
A batch of promotional images have arrived online for LEGO’s upcoming Disney Princess and Frozen 2018 sets which includes Mulan’s Training, Sleeping Beauty’s Fairytale Castle, Ariel’s Royal Celebration Boat, Cinderella’s Dream Castle, Elsa’s Market Adventure, and two Princess-themed accessory sets; take a look at this official images here… Mulan’s Training (41151) Sleeping Beauty’s Fairytale Castle (41152) […]
Emma Watson turned down Disney’s Cinderella before joining Beauty and the Beast
This March, Emma Watson is set to bring Belle to life as the star of Disney’s live-action remake of Beauty and the Beast, but the actress has revealed to Total Film that this isn’t the first Disney Princess she’s had the opportunity to play, having turned down the title role in 2015’s Cinderella. “I didn’t […]
Disney announces Big Sleeve Editions for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Guardians of the Galaxy, Aladdin and more
The Walt Disney Company has announced that it is launching a new collectible format of Big Sleeve Editions, which consist of 12″ vinyl collectible packaging, DVD and Blu-ray copies and bespoke artwork. The line will get underway with six titles: Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Guardians of the Galaxy, Aladdin, Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast […]
UPDATED: The Highest Grossing Movies of 2015
The year of 2015 is done and dusted, and the smoke has cleared on the battle for box office supremacy. There has been a couple of shockers this year, and the overall winner of both the domestic and worldwide title was far from expected. Similarly, there have been a few movies released this year that […]
Inside Out becomes 8th successive Pixar film to cross $500 million worldwide
Inside Out has been going great guns at the US box office since its release on June 19th, and this week has seen it become the eighth successive Pixar film to cross the $500 million mark at the worldwide box office. The Disney-Pixar film passed the milestone on Tuesday, and by Wednesday the film had […]
Avengers: Age of Ultron fends off Spooks: The Greater Good at the UK box office
UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 8th May to Sunday 10th May 2015… Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron has retained the top spot at the UK box office for the third week running, fending off competition from Spooks: The Greater Good to push its cumulative gross beyond £40 million, […]
Avengers: Age of Ultron comfortably retains top spot at the UK box office
UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 1st May to Sunday 3rd May 2015… Marvel’s superhero blockbuster Avengers: Age of Ultron has comfortably retained top spot at the UK box office, fending off all challengers with a whopping $8.6 million second weekend, giving it £32.3 million to date. The film […]
