Written by Angela Tan

Oscar-nominated musi­cal film, Les Miserables, tops the UK chart and Ireland album chart, with film­maker Tom Hooper, (The King’s Speech, 2010), set­ting a new bench­mark in 16 years. He replaces Brit award nom­i­nee Emeli Sande’s “Our Version of Events”, nail­ing the first place and kick­ing the new arrival, Jake Bugg’s self-titled album, down to the third position.

Written by Angela Tan

Movie fans, keep your eyes open and have your dates marked for some of Disney’s biggest movie releases in the year to come, and further.

Disney Studios have announced the dates of release for some of the money-spinning films in their long-range sched­ule. They include the sequels for Pirates of the Caribbean and The Muppets.

By Nishanthini Ganesan

The 70^th Golden Globe Awards took place last night in Los Angeles and was a spec­ta­cle of Hollywood glam­our, graced by the likes of Anne Hathaway, Leonardo DiCaprio and Hugh Jackman. 

Written by Parveen Maghera

Universal Pictures has finally announced that Jurassic Park 4 will be offi­cially released in sum­mer next year.

Written by Nishanthini Ganesan

In 2012, Marvel enjoyed unprece­dented suc­cess with The Avengers (2012), a super­hero film that brought together the likes of super­heroes Iron Man, Thor, the Black Widow, Hawkeye, Captain America and the ever­green Hulk. Directed by Joss Whedon, The Avengers became the first film to make $200 Million in its open­ing week­end, com­pletely smash­ing the pre­vi­ous records set by The Dark Knight Rises (2012) and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011).

The Avengers then went on to become the first film to earn more than $100 mil­lion in its sec­ond week­end, as well as to cross the $1 bil­lion mark worldwide.

In 2013, Marvel brings fans of the Marvel Universe a slew of new movies based on their favorite comic book characters.

We begin with Thor 2: The Dark World

Written by Angela Tan

The well-received fan­tasy film since its open­ing on December 14, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey has lev­eled the bench­mark for ticket sales to $537.4 mil­lion world­wide. It also broke the record as the biggest Boxing Day open­ing when it was pre­miered in Australia on December 26.

Written by Parveen Maghera

Our dear­est Smurfette falls blindly under the spell of the evil wiz­ard Gargamel, as he cre­ates The Naughties, two grey-skinned Smurf-like trou­ble­mak­ing crea­tures who are ready to destroy the Smurfs! Will Papa, Clumsy, Grouchy and Vanity save Smurfette from the evil clutches of Gargamel, Vexy and Hackus?