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Barbie gets animated for new theatrical feature film from Illumination

July 23, 2025 by EJ Moreno

It’s been just about two years since Barbie dominated pop culture with her cinematic romp from Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie. Now, she’s back with a new film, but this latest adventure is going the animated route. In a new report from Deadline, Barbie is set to receive a new adaptation from Illumination. Per the […]

Filed Under: Movies, News Tagged With: Barbie, Illumination Entertainment, Mattel

Mattel celebrates 40 years of She-Ra with Barbie Masters of the Universe doll

June 14, 2025 by Amie Cranswick

Celebrating the 40th anniversary of She-Ra, Mattel has unveiled for the first ever Barbie Doll inspired by the classic appearance of the Princess of Power from the Masters of the Universe franchise. It is available to purchase from June 18th, priced at $55/£65; check it out here… The Barbie universe just got a lot more […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, News, Television, Toys Tagged With: Barbie, Masters of the Universe, Mattel, She-Ra: Princess of Power

Mattel unveils Doctor Who Barbie dolls for The Fifteenth Doctor and Ruby Sunday

May 25, 2025 by Amie Cranswick

Mattel Creations is bringing Doctor Who to its iconic Barbie line, with the toy giant officially unveiling its Fifthteenth Doctor and Ruby Sunday dolls, inspired by the appearances of Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson in the long-running BBC sci-fi adventure series; check them out here… Barbie doll celebrates Doctor Who, joining the Fifteenth Doctor and […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, News, Television, Toys Tagged With: Barbie, Doctor Who, Mattel, millie gibson, Ncuti Gatwa

Mattel brands assemble for Mattel Match: Toybox Unlocked

May 21, 2025 by Andrew Newton

This year marks Mattel’s 80th anniversary and to celebrate their eight decades of entertaining and inspiring Mattel is working with developer Uken Games to bring Mattel Match: Toybox Unlocked to mobile gamers.  This new free-to-play match game will bring together all of Mattel’s iconic brands in a neat digital package. With Mattel Match: Toybox Unlocked […]

Filed Under: Andrew Newton, News, Video Games Tagged With: Barbie, Fisher-Price, Hot Wheels, Masters of the Universe, Mattel, Mattel Match: Toybox Unlocked, Thomas & Friends, UNO

Barbie Project Friendship trailer released by Outright Games

September 13, 2024 by Andrew Newton

Outright Games has released a trailer for Barbie Project Friendship, a new video game made in partnership with Mattel and coming to Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and PC this October. In Barbie Project Friendship, follow a heartwarming adventure with Barbie “Malibu” Roberts and Barbie “Brooklyn” Roberts as they work […]

Filed Under: Andrew Newton, News, Trailers, Video Games Tagged With: Barbie, Barbie Project Friendship, Mattel, Outright Games

Is Cinema On Its Last Legs?

June 2, 2024 by Tom Jolliffe

After some notable big-budget bombs, is the big screen experience on its last legs? Remember Barbenheimer? It felt like a shot of adrenaline that could reinvigorate a struggling big screen industry with audiences preferring to catch films on streaming. Had you been asked about your expectations for the success of a three-hour biopic of Oppenheimer […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Aftersun, Avatar: The Way of Water, Barbie, Civil War, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, Godzilla Minus One, Mandy, Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning, Oppenheimer, Salò or the 120 Days of Sodom, saltburn, The Fall Guy, Top Gun: Maverick

Studios defiantly stick to reboots and sequels but are we bored yet?

March 28, 2024 by Tom Jolliffe

It seems every day a new reboot or sequel is given the green light or drops on the big screen and the streamers. How badly do audiences really want them? In the space of a few weeks, we’ve had Dune 2, a new Ghostbusters film, a Road House reboot, a Beetlejuice sequel teaser, a Happy […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Barbie, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Civil War, Dune: Part Two, Ghostbusters, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, Happy Gilmore 2, Oppenheimer, Road House, Skinamarink, TERRIFIER, Terrifier 3, The Crow, Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey, Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey 2

Zack Snyder claims more people saw Netflix’s Rebel Moon than Barbie

March 9, 2024 by EJ Moreno

If Zack Snyder has something to promote, you can be sure the filmmaker will have some hot takes and notable quotes. The latest comes from Snyder’s appearance on the Joe Rogan podcast, with Snyder opening up about the Netflix business model, including views and just how many eyes are on their work. Snyder unleashed what […]

Filed Under: EJ Moreno, Movies, News, Top Stories Tagged With: Barbie, netflix, rebel moon, Rebel Moon: Part One – A Child of Fire, Zack Snyder

Dorian Film Awards winners see All of Us Strangers and Greta Gerwig take top prizes

February 26, 2024 by EJ Moreno

For its 15th Dorian Film Awards, GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics fully embraced All of Us Strangers, writer-director Andrew Haigh’s fantastical and tear-inducing tale of two troubled souls falling for each other in lonely London. The 500-member strong GALECA, one of the largest entertainment journalists organizations in the world, named Strangers both Film […]

Filed Under: Awards Season, EJ Moreno, Movies, News Tagged With: All of Us Strangers, Andrew Haigh, Barbie, Dorian Awards, Dorian Film Awards, GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics, greta gerwig, jodie foster, Lily Gladstone

The Cult Film of 2023: Saltburn

January 14, 2024 by Tom Jolliffe

It’s time to look back at the dazzling, stylish and shocking cult film Saltburn (spoilers follow)… 2023 was a pretty interesting year in cinema. It may just be that we saw a turning point in audience tastes, with comic book films and franchise sequels mostly underperforming, whilst the grand success of Barbenheimer showed two things. […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: Alison Oliver, Archie Madekwee, Barbie, Barry Keoghan, emerald fennell, Jacob Elordi, Oppenheimer, Rosamund Pike, saltburn, The Banshees of Inisherin

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