This week, if you didn’t know already, sees the release of J.J. Abrams’ Star Wars: The Force Awakens in UK cinemas. But there is another film out this week that deserves your attention: the big-screen version of Charlie Brown and Snoopy: The Peanuts Movie, which has been a huge box-office hit in the US. In […]
Movie Review – The Peanuts Movie (2015)
The Peanuts Movie, 2015. Directed by Steve Martino. Starring Bill Melendez, Noah Schnapp, Francesca Capaldi, Hadley Belle Miller, Alexander Garfin, Anastasia Bredikhina, Rebecca Bloom, Noah Johnston, Venus Schultheis, Mariel Sheets, A.J. Tecce, Kristin Chenoweth, and Trombone Shorty. SYNOPSIS: Snoopy embarks upon his greatest mission as he and his team take to the skies to pursue […]
Sixteen features up for Best Animated Feature Film at the Oscars
As Hollywood gears up for awards season, Deadline is reporting that a total of sixteen features have been submitted for consideration for the Oscar for Best Animated Film at the 88th Academy Awards: Anomalisa The Boy And The Beast Boy And The World The Good Dinosaur Home Hotel Transylvania 2 Inside Out Kahlil Gibran’s The […]
Is Star Wars: The Force Awakens just fan-fiction on a big budget?
Luke Owen asks an important question… J.J. Abrams has been praised by critics lucky enough to see Star Wars: The Force Awakens early (including yours truly), but there is something that has been hanging over the film for some time now. When Disney announced that they were releasing a new series of movies based in the Star Wars […]
Spectre reigns supreme for second week at US box office
It was a case of déjà vu at the North American box office this weekend with Spectre and The Peanuts Movie holding on to first and second place respectively. The latest James Bond instalment easily batted away the competition to add an extra $35.4 million to its receipts, ensuring a second week on top of […]
Good Grief, The Peanuts Movie opens to a positive $45 million
Opening against Spectre was never going to an easy task, but The Peanuts Movie seemed up for the challenge – and didn’t slip when kicking the football. Opening in around 3,900 screens, The Peanuts Movie brought home an estimated $45 million domestically. While not a great result given its rumoured $99 million budget, its CinemaScore […]
Movie Review – The Peanuts Movie (2015)
The Peanuts Movie, 2015 Directed by Steve Martino. Featuring the voice talents of Bill Melendez, Noah Schnapp, Francesca Capaldi, Hadley Belle Miller, Alexander Garfin, Anastasia Bredikhina, Rebecca Bloom, Noah Johnston, Venus Schultheis, Mariel Sheets, A.J. Tecce, Kristin Chenoweth, and Trombone Shorty. SYNOPSIS: Snoopy embarks upon his greatest mission as he and his team take to […]
