A new number one entered the US box office chart this weekend with those loveable yellow Minions slaying everything in their path to sit atop the charts with a massive opening. The prequel to Despicable Me and Despicable Me 2, Minions took an estimated $115.2 million in its opening weekend, the second-highest of all time […]
Minions races past $200 million internationally, set for $110 million US opening
Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment’s smash-hit film Minions has already raced past a milestone today at the international box-office ahead of its US opening this weekend, reports Variety. In the US, the hit animated prequel took in around $6.2 million in Thursday night previews – the highest ever preview total for an animated film. If […]
The Cult of Pixar
Anghus Houvouras on the cult of Pixar… I can remember my first Pixar film like it was yesterday. I was in college looking for an excuse not to study. Like many film enthusiasts the idea of a computer generated animated film had stoked my interest. A friend wandered into the theater green room and said […]
Kyle MacLachlan and Diane Lane join Pixar’s Inside Out, new trailer tease released
USA Today have announced that Kyle MacLachlan (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.) and Diane Lane (Man of Steel) have joined the cast of Disney-Pixar’s next animated offering Inside Out and will lend their voices to the parents of the protagonist, 11-year-old Riley (Kaitlyn Dias). Inside Out is directed by Peter Doctor, and centres on the emotions inside […]