Snapchat's TikTok rival Spotlight has turned into a massive success for the company with over 100 million users in just over two months.

In my opinion, 2015 was a terrible year for animated films with, Inside Out aside, very few animation movies actually worth seeing. This means that when a really good animated film pops around, audiences are going to flock to see it and that is exactly the case with Disney animation’s latest film Zootopia (released as Zootropolis in South Africa) which …

To quote one of this year’s biggest contenders: “Oh, what a day?! Oh, what a lovely day?!”. Yes, the biggest night in the movie awards calendar went down last night, as the 88th Annual Academy Awards for Motion Picture Arts & Sciences (or just the 2016 Oscars, if you don’t prefer that mouthful) was held at the Dolby Theatre in …

So it’s the Oscars this Sunday, which to most of us probably doesn’t mean much. They don’t exactly have a solid record of always picking the best movies or performances for the year past – but nonetheless it’s still the most coveted prize in the business and fun to try and determine who will walk away with what Oscar. This …

It’s only one more week until Deadpool guys! Here’s what’s going to tide you over in the meantime. Spotlight SPOTLIGHT tells the riveting true story of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Boston Globe investigation that would rock the city and cause a crisis in one of the world’s oldest and most trusted institutions. When the newspaper’s tenacious “Spotlight” team of reporters delves …

“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.” Never has that quote from Edmund Burke been more appropriate than in the Catholic Church child sexual abuse scandal that rocked Boston – and subsequently sent ripples around the globe – in 2003, when that evil was discovered by good men (and a woman) and …

When it comes to the Hollywood awards season, we’ve already had the ridiculous schadenfreude of the Razzies and the sometimes confusing accolades of the Golden Globes (The Martian is the Best Comedy? Huh?!). But now it’s time to get serious – no, more serious than that! – as the Oscars are upon us! While the world is still reeling in …

NOTE: This is an opinion piece and does not necessarily reflect the views of the rest of the writers at TheMovies.co.za. I’m not one for awards ceremonies, as I tend to find what critics deem a good movie is not necessarily always the most entertaining (which is the purpose of movies in the first place), so I don’t think it’s …