Add a comment By Shirl –
Check out the winners here!
The nominations for the 89th Academy Awards have been announced. The awards will take place on February 26 at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood and will be hosted by Jimmy Kimmel. La La Land have a total of 14 nominations with Moonlight also doing well with 8 nominations.
Add a comment By Shirl –
The 2017 Golden Globe awards were held yesterday at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles and were hosted by comedian and talk show host Jimmy Fallon.
The much talked about musical La La Land came away winning seven awards including Best Picture Comedy/Musical and wins for both Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling. Moonlight took out Best Motion Picture Drama which will hit NZ cinemas on January 19.
For the TV categories, The Crown won Best Television Series Drama and Atlanta won for Best TV Series for a Comedy/Musical.
Add a comment By Shirl –
The 2017 Golden Globe nominations were announced earlier this week. The 74th Golden Globes will be held on January 8 at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles and will be hosted by comedian and talk show host Jimmy Fallon.
Leading the film nominations is the musical La La Land starring Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling. TV series, The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story has five nominations. Good to see nominations for The Night Of and Stranger Things, although a shame none of the kids were nominated.
Check out the list of nominees below. Let us know your thoughts in the comments!
Best Motion Picture – Drama
Hacksaw Ridge
Hell or High Water
Lion
Manchester by the Sea
Moonlight
Add a comment By Shirl –
2016 has been a great year for Kids films with many also enjoyed by adults! Here are our top picks of the year in no particular order. Let us know your favourite kids films this year in the comments.
1. Zootopia
Welcome to the urban jungle.
Zootopia released with rave reviews for not only its animation and humour but also for bringing forward themes about discrimination and social stereotypes.
The film has a great cast featuring the voices of Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman, Idris Elba, J.K. Simmons and also singer Shakira.
This film is personally one of my favourites of the year and is a great one for not only kids to watch but also adults. Check out the trailer below featuring those cute as DMV Sloths!
Add a comment By Shirl –
Stuck for a Christmas gift idea or looking for something to binge watch over
the summer holidays?
Then check out our Top 10 Box Sets for Christmas – a must
in anyone's DVD/Blu-ray collection!
You can't have a Boxset list without Star Wars, so let's just put this at #1 :P
With the release of The Force Awakens last year and the upcoming film Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, the force is still strong for the Star Wars brand!
We've got the Original Trilogy and Prequel Trilogy available on DVD and now also on Blu-ray! Better yet, you can grab The Complete Saga on Blu-ray.
Every home needs the Star Wars collection!
Add a comment By Shirl –
The 2016 Emmy Awards were held yesterday at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles and was hosted by Jimmy Kimmel. The biggest winner on the night was The People vs O.J. Simpson. Game of Thrones once again took out Best Drama Series as well as Veep winning Best Comedy for the second year in a row.
Other highlights included Aziz Ansari winning an Emmy for writing an episode for his show Master of None about his parents who were there in the audience. Also, those cute kids from Stranger Things entertained the crowd pre-show and handed out peanut butter and jelly sandwiches! – Check out the videos below.
The winners for the main categories were as follows, for the full list of winners check here. Let us know your thoughts in the comments!
Best Drama Series
Winner: Game of
Thrones
The Americans
House
of Cards
Downton
Abbey
Better
Call Saul
Mr.
Robot
Homeland
Add a comment By Shirl –
Congratulations to our winner Michael, M! We'll be in touch via Email. :)
Ricky Baker: A real bad egg.
We've got NZ film director Taika Waititi's latest film Hunt for the Wilderpeople releasing on September 14. The film is based on the kiwi book Wild Pork Watercress and features well known local stars like Sam Neill, Rima Te Wiata, Oscar Kightley and Stan Walker. In the lead role as Ricky is the talented Julian Dennison who you may recognise from Shopping or Paper Planes.
The film has received rave reviews around the world with 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and an 8.4/10 on IMDb. It is now the largest grossing Kiwi film at the NZ Box Office, beating Taika's other popular film Boy.
Add a comment By Shirl –
The nominees for the 2016 Emmy Awards were announced last week!
Announcing the nominees were Black-ish star Anthony Anderson and Gilmore Girls actress Lauren Graham.
Game of Thrones has come out on top again with the most nominations received.
Check out the list below for the major categories. The awards will be held on September 18.
Let us know your thoughts in the comments!
1 comment By Andi –
4K media is on its way – we've all seen those gorgeous displays that feel like you're looking through a window, but do you know the ins and outs of what makes 4K tick and why you should consider taking the step up?
What does 4K mean?
With TVs and Displays getting bigger and bigger, what started out as a modest 32" display almost a decade ago has been dwarfed by far more typical 50–60"screens that look amazing in our living room. But while the size of the screen we're watching at home has increased, what hasn't increased is the resolution.
You would think that the larger an image, the more detail you could get into it – and typically you'd be right. However when you're buying your DVDs or Blu-rays, the image that they display to your 32" or 60" is at best, a 1080p resolution. Why is why the first wave of 4K technology that we've seen has been in TVs and displays.
3 comments By Shirl –
We've just kicked off our Mighty Manga & Anime Annihilation Sale where you can save up to 70% off books, DVDs and Blu-ray! To celebrate, thanks to Madman Entertainment, we've got an awesome Anime prize pack worth $300 to giveaway to one lucky monkey!
To be into win all you have to do is order any item from the sale and you'll automatically be entered into the draw. Each item entitles you to one entry so the more you purchase from the sale, the more chances you are into win!
The prize pack includes: