And so the festive season glut of blockbusters begins, starting with one film that – with the widest cinema opening in South African history – is likely to break local box office records. Skyfall: After the fantastic franchise-rebooting Casino Royale and less impressive Quantum of Solace, Daniel Craig is back in the tuxedo of Ian Fleming’s deadly MI6 agent, James …
Parents watch out: Disney wants some of that Skylanders pie, and they'll be launching their own rival version of that game in the near future.
If there’s one thing to look forward to whenever a new Pixar film is released, it’s that delightful short movie that accompanies the feature presentation. They’re usually more experimental films, with lavish visuals and weird ideas that have a minimum amount of talking, but they’re always magical. One Man Band is my personal favourite, but that might soon be ditched …
Toy Story 3, at least in it’s present theatrical form, is pretty much finished. Pixar pulled out all the stops with the third tale, as well as a few heart-strings as we said goodbye to Woody, Buzz and the gang. Except it seems that Disney and Pixar have one more short Toy Story to tell, as they’ve got a Halloween …
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It’s only a matter of time until Pixar Studios gets dead serious and finally announces that they’re officially working on a sequel to Finding Nemo. Heck, they’ve cranked out two sequels for Toy Story already, a lukewarm one for Cars and they’re doing the prequel boogie for Monsters Inc by going back to varsity. And if Finding Nemo 2 is …
With Brave screening in South African cinemas at the moment, today we want to know what your all-time favourite Pixar film is? If that’s too hard, how about your top 3? Or your least liked? And in case you need a little refresher in what movies the beloved animation studio has made, this should help. Last Updated: August 15, 2012
Not only is Brave Pixar’s first family adventure with a female lead but it’s also the first film from the celebrated animation studio to fit the “magical” folk tale mould. Understandably then, expectations around the movie were high. And while Brave is certainly watchable, unfortunately it doesn’t deliver the full Pixar dazzle. Last Updated: August 15, 2012
City life is a game of optimality. In the small studio apartments of Vancouver …
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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