Following Dumbo and Aladdin, The Lion King is the third live-action (okay, photo-realistic in this case) remake of a classic animated Disney movie to hit cinema screens in 2019. The question is whether this latest adaptation is joining its predecessors as a dud or a delight?
Early reaction for Disney's live-action remake of The Lion King are out and while it appears some of our fears for the film might have come true, it remains a crowd-pleaser and visual game changer.
If anybody had any trepidation or reservations about Disney's plans to do a "live-action" remake of their beloved 1994 animated classic The Lion King, then you can now just "hakuna matata" yourself because hot damn this is looking good!
Disney has unveiled arguably an even better cast of acting talent for their new live-action reboot than the original film. Including the singing powers of Beyonce and a welcome return of the Oscar-winning composer Hans Zimmer.
UPDATE: It seems that sanity has prevailed. Just as I was hoping/expecting, it seems that The Sun – not the most reputable source for these things – got it completely wrong. In a statement released to Billboard, Beyoncé representatives clearly stated that the singer “is in no way tied to this project.” In fact, investigations by other publications can’t even …
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The Interview is starting to look like a very expensive movie for Sony. The film is believed to have been at the heart of a large hack attack on the studio’s servers, allegedly perpetrated by North Korean hackers to make good on their threat that if the movie is not stopped, it would go to war. Well, they forgot to …
If there’s one thing that is rare in animated movies these days, it’s a sense of adventure. I’ve spoken plenty of times before about how movies these days are over reliant on the whole “be true to yourself” schtick, but it’s something that just isn’t going to go away anytime soon. And I mean it. Take a look at any …
It would be naive to say climate change is not real — or that …
A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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