When Kervyn first told me to write up something about Trolls I wasn’t sure the world was ready to find out about the inner workings of themovies and its writing team, but as it turns out they’re actually making a movie based on the iconic recognisable toys with the colourful silly hair – Troll dolls. I’m sure they have a …

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Yes, I am a heterosexual, 34-year old, happily married man. And yes, I enjoyed Pitch Perfect. I may not be the normal target audience for a cutesy all-girl a capella comedy, but the 2012 flick proved that with an infectiously fun tone, a bunch of talented ladies and a healthy helping of snark, you can not just break down some preconceptions, but …

We all love our pets. And most of us probably talk to them, because pets make for great listeners. But what if your dog or cat could talk back to you? What would they say? My cat would probably ask for some milk, while my dog would probably tell me to take him for a walk and give him a …

I don’t want to sound like a stereotypical male, but has anybody noticed how Jennifer Aniston appears to just get hotter the older she gets? She reached her most recent peak of hotness in as a sexpot dentist in Horrible Bosses, which had many an admirer thinking some naughty thoughts about that very versatile dentist’s chair. And now that I have …

I was going to start this article by stating that a cappella comedy Pitch Perfect was one of by guiltiest of movie pleasures from 2012, but then I remembered that there was damn near nothing to feel guilty of because the film was just that aca-awesome, and anybody who watches it and disagrees is clearly a Cylon. The film (along with …

Once upon a time (1987 to be exact), in a magical land far, far away (Hey, Broadway is quite the distance from Cape Town, and there are lots of people on fairy dust!) there was a very successful stage play by Stephen Sondheim that threw all the famous and not-s0-famous characters from your favourite fairy tales all into one singing …

A picture may be worth a thousand words, but clearly a nearly two-minute long trailer is even better (and actually worth about 26664000 words, if my frame-rate maths* is correct). Following on from Friday’s reveal of 7 new pics, Disney have unveiled the first trailer for their feature film adaptation of the hit Broadway musical Into the Woods, which sees …