HOLY MOTHER OF R2-D2! It’s BB-8 and he’s going to be your little playmate until the latest Star Wars movie hits the silver screen this December! Behold… The crazy guys from Sphero, creators of app-enabled robotic balls, naturally partnered with Disney to create an authentic BB-8 toy/mini-replica for all us Star Wars nerds! Woot! With […]
Shingeki No Kyojin Fans This is for You! We were shopping in Greenhills this weekend looking for some good collectible deals. We ended up taking home a rather big haul of Funko Pop figures. To those who aren’t familiar with Funko, it’s a bobblehead company that was founded in 1998. They expanded rapidly in the […]
Streaming as low as Php 99 a month Yesterday we officially attended the launch of streaming service site iFlix here in the Philippines. iFlix, if you don’t know, is an ASEAN version of Netflix, allowing users to easily stream movies and TV series from around the world right to their own home. We were fortunate […]
And the battle for content just got interesting Peter Bithos, the man brought in by Globe as their Chief Operating Officer has left his position at the local telco to head Hooq, a new video streaming service put up by Warner Bros., Sony Pictures Television and Singtel. Hooq is looking to bring over-the-air video streaming to […]
Some Thoughts on the Telco Business For the longest time telco companies like Smart and Globe have relied heavily on SMS and calls for their revenues. However with the rapid and massive growth of mobile Internet, revenues from both these services, especially SMS, have plummeted. With mobile Internet and smartphones, their customers suddenly had access […]
Don’t be fooled, it’s not just for kids – The LEGO Movie has something for everyone By EJ Mangahas This month, moviegoers will be treated to a film unlike anything they have seen before. Dubbed as the biggest film ever assembled (pun intended), the LEGO Movie offers a visual treat to both kids and adults […]
As Iron Man 3 opens nationwide, we here at Unbox have been preparing for Phase 2 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe by looking back (and opening) the Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase One 10-disc Limited Edition Bluray Box Set. Whew! That was a mouthful. If you tuned in to our Monday podcast, we actually unboxed […]
Unbox Rating: 4/5 Although you don’t really classify the Wonderful Wizard of Oz as fairytale, it does establish itself in the echelons of the Classics. I mean who hasn’t heard of Dorothy and the odd-group pairings of the Cowardly Lion, The heartless Tin man and the Brainless Scarecrow? And what witch hasn’t gotten the stereotypical look based from the […]
The 85th Academy Awards is over and the net is still abuzz in Oscar high. With the collection of great movies this year it’s anyone’s game, really. Well, okay, except for Anne Hathaway and Daniel Day-Lewis. It’s pretty obvious the golden statue is going to them. Aside from that, the show went surprisingly well. First […]
Lone Ranger Trailer After months of silence and teaser pics, Walt Disney Pictures has finally released the first teaser trailer to “The Lone Ranger”. Scheduled to be released on July next year, the Gore Verbinski directed film reunites the director with his Pirates of the Caribbean star Johnny Depp, who plays the ranger’s native American […]