It was the biggest single dumping of animals in at least 10 years – and one that shocked the Christchurch SPCA. Twenty-two small puppies were found alongside the Waimakariri River, cold and starving. It is the second dumping of pets in the area in recent weeks, following a disabled kunekune being left to die on […]
New Movies + Shows To Watch This Weekend: Netflix’s ‘Stranger Things’ Season 4 + More
Where to Stream: Stranger Things Powered by Reelgood Memorial Day Weekend is the unofficial start to summer for most people, which means whether you’re into partying hard or relaxing all day, whatever you’re doing requires you to turn it up to eleven. And speaking of turning it to Eleven…this weekend is also your opportunity to […]
The Harry Potter actor who has revealed he wants to reprise his famous role
Harry Potter fans were delighted after the acting trio who played the lead characters recently reunited for a 20th anniversary special, Return To Hogwarts, to mark two decades since the first film’s release. And it seems that at least one of the leads has revealed he would be keen to reprise his role, suggesting we […]
‘Bro Daddy’ movie review: Mohanlal, Prithviraj deliver underwhelming experience
A short animation clip that accompanies the title sequence of Bro Daddy gives a hint of the kind of film that one is in for. In those few minutes, filled with some stale jokes, we are reminded multiple times of the very small age gap between John Kattadi (Mohanlal) and his son Eesho John Kattadi […]
The Christmas Pig: JK Rowling’s first children’s novel since Harry Potter
Then, that night, Jack’s toys wake him and explain that, on Christmas Eve, humans can enter the Land Of The Lost where there is a chance of Jack rescuing DP. The Christmas Pig, DP’s replacement, leads him there. In the Land Of The Lost, objects from scissors and staplers to smartphones have come alive and […]
Val Kilmer’s daughter says watching dad film ‘Maverick’ was ‘extraordinary’
Emotions were flying high on the set of “Top Gun: Maverick.” Val Kilmer was back 36 years after the classic original film was released to make a brief cameo in the new sequel, out May 27, as Tom “Iceman” Kazansky alongside his old onscreen rival Tom Cruise as Pete “Maverick” Mitchell. In the poignant scene, […]
‘Harry Potter: Hogwarts Tournament of Houses’ Review: Trivia Wizards
A certain film series is celebrating its 20th anniversary—“Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” was released in Nov. 2001, don’t gasp—and one of the things that made the movies so successful was author J.K. Rowling’s insistence that only British actors play her characters (which, with only a couple of exceptions, they did). What was rather […]
10 Times Movie Villains Hid In Plain Sight
When Peter wakes up in his bed after a terrifying accident, he is stalked throughout the house by his mother, Annie, now possessed by the demon, Paimon. She can be seen crawling around on the ceiling, watching Peter, but the room is so dark that you may have missed her the first time around.
‘Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore’: Jude Law continues on ‘regression’ journey from ‘Harry Potter’
For over 20 years, Albus Dumbledore has been one of the most beloved characters in J.K. Rowling’s “Harry Potter” world but actor Jude Law, who continues to play the character in Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore, reveals that Dumbledore is going through “a process of regression” from the older Harry Potter stories to the […]
‘Vikram’ movie review: Kamal Haasan steps back to watch Fahadh Faasil and Vijay Sethupathi have fun in Lokesh Cinematic Universe
A new era has dawned in Tamil cinema. Lokesh Kanagaraj, the four-film-old filmmaker, has opened the gates to a new Cinematic Universe that hints at wondrous possibilities with Vikram as the first big step. There has never been a filmmaker before Lokesh to steer the conversation around delivering a true cinematic experience in the right […]