Frozen

Scientists have solved a decades-long mystery on whether light can be effectively trapped in a 3D forest of microscopic particles.Using a new method for crunching vast sums in a model of particle interactions, a team of physicists in the US and France revealed conditions under which a wave of light can be brought to a standstill by defects in the right kind of material.Known as Anderson localization, after US theoretical physicist Philip W. Anderson, electrons can become trapped (localized) in disordered materials with…

Image via DreamWorks Animation It wasn’t too long ago that I would see massive billboards advertising the latest DreamWorks or Disney animated films. Once, not long ago (I swear I’m not a boomer; I’m in my twenties), I would turn on my TV or watch a YouTube video, only to get inundated with commercials for new movies. Today, I realized movie advertising has changed without me noticing when I saw an ad for tie-in frozen yogurt with a new DreamWorks film titled Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken. It’s not that it’s…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeThe Super Mario Bros Movie has overtaken Frozen (2013) to become the second highest-grossing animated film of all time.The film, released earlier this year, is adapted from Nintendo’s hit video game franchise of the same name.As of Tuesday (30 May), The Super Mario Bros Movie has taken in US$1,288,321,030 at the global box office, nearly $4m more than Frozen’s total of…

Singaporean film-maker Anthony Chen brings warmth, sympathy and directness to this intimate drama set in Yanji on China’s border with North Korea. Three young people – two men and a woman – make a connection; each are looking for a way of breaking free from the emotional deep-freeze they’ve landed themselves in, just as the whole world wants to thaw itself out of the vast stagnancy created by the Covid pandemic.At its best, this movie has the easy and seductively unencumbered swing of the French New Wave, with something…

Credit: Shutterstock Every winter we hear about soaring energy bills and people's inability to stay warm. But, until now, we haven't really known just how cold Australian homes are. Our newly published research suggests around four out of five of Australian homes fail to meet World Health Organization minimum standards for warmth. …

Disney Parks will soon invite fans from around the world to see Elsa bring a snow day to to Olaf’s dream of a perfect summer day in the kingdom of Arendelle, thanks to its new land inspired by its Oscar-winning hit Frozen.We Rode the New Disney Coaster Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic RewindThe blockbuster fairytale franchise starring Idina Menzel and Kristen Bell as royal sisters Elsa and Anna makes the jump from the screen to theme park in Disney Parks’ long-anticipated Hong Kong Disneyland expansion, which is set to open…

Image: DisneyIf Disney had to make an animated movie that obliquely celebrated the studio’s 100-year anniversary, it could have done far, far worse than an origin story of sorts for the stars that so many Disney characters have wished upon for the last century. And, according to this first trailer, that’s exactly what Wish is—a tribute to its storytelling and the “When You Wish Upon a Star” song from Pinocchio, which has served as Disney’s theme for goodness knows how long.Andor Episodes 1-3 ReviewFirst the synopsis, then…

Disney Disney fans tuning into Good Morning America were treated to a special surprise today as the picturesque trailer for an upcoming and all-encompassing film, Wish, was finally gifted to an excited audience. With hints of Disney classics like Frozen, Pinocchio, and even Lady and the Tramp — all movies that center around the kind of magic that makes all of our wildest dreams come true. On April 26, fans were treated to the first look at Chris Pine’s character in the upcoming film that’s set to honor the…

Elon Musk's SpaceX is preparing to launch its mammoth Starship, the largest rocket ever built, on a round-the-world test flight. (Photo credit - AP)Elon Musk's SpaceX called off the highly anticipated debut launch of its newly combined Starship cruise vessel and Super Heavy rocket in the final minutes of countdown due to a frozen valve, delaying the uncrewed test flight for at least two days. The two-stage rocketship, standing taller than the Statue of Liberty at 394 feet (120m) high, was originally slated for…

Images via Disney & Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images It seems like some grown men have nothing better to do with their lives than spend the remaining time they have complaining about Disney characters. Take a look at Ben Shapiro for example. The guy had some serious hot takes for some of the greatest films that came out last year like Glass Onion and Everything Everywhere All At Once. But this time, the conservative commentator has some thoughts about Frozen. Shapiro claimed that The Walt Disney Company…