TV & Movies

Beyonce takes Twitter ‘to church and Africa’ with new Lion King single ‘Spirit’

Next week, The Lion King‘s live-action remake will premiere globally along with an album curated by Beyonce and “steeped in the sounds of Africa”,…

Microsoft’s Windows 1.0 teaser was all for a Stranger Things 3 app

Last week Microsoft confused its followers on social media when it seemingly went back to 1985 and announced the upcoming release of Windows 1.0….

Stranger Things 3 was watched by 40m accounts in its first four days

Stranger Things 3, which hit Netflix just under a week ago, has already racked up over 40 million views according to the streaming service….

Mulan’s first teaser trailer inspires some fans, annoys others

Another day, another live-action Disney remake that’s got Twitter talking. This time the first teaser trailer for Mulan got fans emotional over what looks…

11 thoughts I had while watching Stranger Things 3

When the third season of Stranger Things hit Netflix last Thursday, the last thing I expected was a hours-long wild ride with my own…

Disney fans claim they lost ‘natural’ redhead icon with Ariel casting

News of Disney casting Halle Bailey as Ariel for its live-action remake of The Little Mermaid continued to trend throughout Thursday and Friday morning…

Disney casts Halle Bailey as Ariel in The Little Mermaid, Twitter freaks out

It seems Disney is not done remaking every single 90s animated movie from its past. A report by Variety on Wednesday revealed that the…

13 Reasons Why gets updated help material, a second season trailer

13 Reasons Why replaces cassette disks for polaroids in its latest season two trailer. Set to debut on 18 May, the sophomore trailer picks…

We saw Avengers: Infinity War and here’s what we can tell you

Avengers: Infinity War is out, and you’re giddy. We get it. You should be. You also probably have questions, tons of questions. But thankfully,…

Trailer: Tom Hardy is Venom in ferocious first look

There’s a feast of Marvel news flooding the internet this week, and we start off with pure hype. Evil, troubled hype. The official trailer…

Trailer: Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom’s fun to fright ratio is just right

Everyone thought a Jurassic Park reboot was a daft idea. Okay, not everyone, mainly just me. But the series has evolved into a remarkable…

Catching Feelings is debuting globally on Netflix in May

South African comedy Catching Feelings debuted in cinemas last month, and it did fairly well for a local film at the box office. But…

These are the 12 Disney shows Netflix South Africa added today

Disney may be planning its own streaming service for 2019, but for now, Netflix still stocks some of the company’s content. Today, it announced…

SA’s box office: Lara Croft raids Jumanji’s tomb

This week’s SA box office report is significant. For one, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle is finally out of the top ten. And secondly,…

SA’s box office: Catching Feelings debuts as Black Panther breaks R70m mark

Wakanda is still the best place to live this week, after Black Panther enjoyed another dominant weekend on top of the Southern African box…

Enjoy (or don’t) A Series of Unfortunate Events’ season 2 trailer

If you’re into creepy surrealism, Neil Patrick Harris totally being himself, and crabs… lots and lots of crabs, the second season trailer of A…

Netflix could make ‘Keeping Up With The Obamas’ a reality

Former US President Barack Obama is reportedly in talks with Netflix over a show production deal which could see one of the most influential…

SA’s box office: Gnomes, games and sparrows finally kill Jumanji

This week’s Southern African weekend box office report saw three distinct trends. There were the movers, the new entries, and the top two. Notably,…

Black Mirror is getting a fifth season

Netflix original Black Mirror has been renewed for a fifth season, confirmed this week through a cryptic tweet — the only applicable way, it…

The Shape of Water bested by Get Out, Dunkirk on Google Search

The internet and the big arts academies of the world don’t always agree. We’ve seen this with the Grammys this year, and now the…

These are your 2018 Oscar winners in 15 tweet-sized snippets

If you stayed up all night to catch the 90th edition of the Oscars, congratulations, you deserve that coffee. If not (like me), then…

Meet Triggerfish: Cape Town’s Oscar-nominated animation studio

Thirty-five minutes outside Cape Town’s CBD lies an unobtrusive farmhouse nestled beneath the Constantiaberg. A decade ago, it housed old-fashioned horse-drawn carriages and 19th…

Why is South Africa not watching South African movies?

You hear it all the time (at least in the hipster parts of Cape Town): support local. Wear locally-made clothes, buy fruit and veg…

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