• Disney+ provides on-screen warnings to viewers over 'outdated cultural depictions'
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    Ben Arnold

    Disney+ provides on-screen warnings to viewers over 'outdated cultural depictions'

    Disney+ is showing on-screen disclaimers before some of its older movies, warning viewers that they contain 'outdated cultural depictions'.

  • Official Film Chart 14th August 2019
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    Official Film Chart 14th August 2019

    Tim Burton’s live-action Dumbo hovers in the Number 1 spot for a second consecutive week, more than doubling the sales of its closest competitor. Keeping Captain Marvel (2) and Shazam! (3) at bay, the re-make of the Disney classic sees Michael Keaton and Danny DeVito reunite with Tim Burton; the trio last worked together on Batman Returns in 1992. Hellboy (2019) is the week’s highest new entry based on just two days’ worth of digital downloads alone. A reboot of Mike Mignola’s graphic novel, this action-fantasy sees anti-hero Hellboy caught between the supernatural and human worlds and forced to battle an ancient sorceress hell-bent on revenge. The film stars Stranger Things’ David Harbour as the eponymous character. Former chart topper Alita: Battle Angel drops one place to Number 5, while animated adventure Missing Link enters the Top 10 for the first time following its release on disc; zooming up 16 places to Number 6. Aquaman treads water at Number 7; Mary Poppins Returns drops two places to Number 8; Spider-man: Into The Spider-Verse falls one to 9. Finally, A Star Is Born returns to the Top 10 at Number 10. On this week’s Official Film Chart online show, see an exciting featurette of Marvel’s record-breaking box office smash Avengers: Endgame, available to Download & Keep from August 19. The action-packed superhero film was recently announced as the highest-grossing film of all-time and is a strong contender for Number 1 on the Official Film Chart upon release.

  • Official Film Chart 7th August 2019
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    Official Film Chart 7th August 2019

    Tim Burton’s live-action Dumbo remake flies to Number 1 following its release on disc. Rising two places, the much-loved Disney flick knocks last week’s chart-topper Alita: Battle Angel from the chart summit to Number 4; former Number 1 Captain Marvel holds on at Number 2, while superhero Shazam! debuts at Number 3 on digital downloads only. Starring Zachary Levi, Mark Strong and Asher Angel, Shazam! is an action-comedy about a teenage foster child, Billy Batson, who is gifted super-powers by a wizard. When he says the Wizard’s name – Shazam – he transforms into a fully-grown adult superhero. The film follows Billy as he learns how to correctly use his powers to fight crime and help his community, whilst also searching for his birth mother. Jordan Peele’s horror Us rebounds five places to its previous peak of Number 5 following its physical release, ahead of Mary Poppins Returns which drops one place to Number 6. Aquaman zooms 21 places back into the Top 10 at Number 7; Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse drops two to Number 8; Cornish singers’ story Fisherman’s Friends is down five to Number 9. Finally, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindelwald shoots up 27 places to round off this week’s Top 10, a nice birthday present for author J K Rowling who celebrated her 54th birthday last week. This week’s Official Film Chart online show features an exciting clip of Stranger Things’ David Harbour as the titular character in the new Hellboy reboot, available to Download & Keep from August 9.

  • All of Disney's live-action remakes, ranked
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    All of Disney's live-action remakes, ranked

    The Lion King has hit $1bn, but does it top this list?

  • Disney dominates the UK’s highest grossing film chart in 2019 so far
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    Sam Ashurst

    Disney dominates the UK’s highest grossing film chart in 2019 so far

    There’s no beating the mouse house so far this year.

  • 'Shazam!' set to topple 'Dumbo' from the top of the UK box office
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    Sam Ashurst

    'Shazam!' set to topple 'Dumbo' from the top of the UK box office

    Man baby will take down flying elephant.

  • 'Dumbo's Eva Green thinks a 'Bond 25' flashback could be “cheesy” (exclusive)
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    'Dumbo's Eva Green thinks a 'Bond 25' flashback could be “cheesy” (exclusive)

    Don't expect to see Vesper Lynd again.

  • 'Mary Poppins' chimney sweep 'blackface' dance is racist, claims academic
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    'Mary Poppins' chimney sweep 'blackface' dance is racist, claims academic

    The chimney sweep dance in Mary Poppins, led by Dick van Dyk’s affable jack-of-all-trades Burt, harks back to ‘blackface’ tropes, an academic has claimed. In an article in the New York Times, Daniel Pollack-Pelzner, a professor of English and gender studies professor at Oregon’s Linfield College, has said that in the book by PL Travers, the sequence signifies ‘racial panic’. Pollack-Pelzner flatly calls the scene ‘blacking up’, and while it may seem innocuous, it has other more troubling connotations.

  • Could Will Smith's plans for Dumbo torpedo Bad Boys III
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    Ben Arnold

    Could Will Smith's plans for Dumbo torpedo Bad Boys III

    Last we heard, ‘Bad Boys III’ was all go, and Will Smith was on board with his old mucker Martin Lawrence. Joe Carnahan, writer and director of movies like ‘The Grey’ and ‘Smokin’ Aces’ was even hired to write the script for the long-awaited third instalment. It’s said that Smith is in line to play the father of the children who befriend Dumbo after seeing him at a circus.