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Review in Brief: The Sea Beast
If you had to deliver THE SEA BEAST as an elevator pitch, it would be PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN meets HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON, though this beautiful animation on Netflix is easily as fun as the former and as … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Film Review, Review in Brief
Tagged Animation, Chris Williams, Family Film, Jared Harris, Karl Urban, Netflix, The Sea Beast, Zaris-Angel Hator
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Pinocchio (2022) Review
Posted in Film, Film Review, The Film Magazine
Tagged Disney, Family Film, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Pinocchio, Robert Zemeckis, Tom Hanks
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‘Hercules’ at 25 – Review
Posted in Film, Film Review, The Film Magazine
Tagged Animation, Disney, Family Film, Hercules, John Musker, Ron Clements, Susan Egan, Tate Donovan
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Turning Red (2022) Review
Posted in Film, Film Review, The Film Magazine
Tagged Animation, Domee Shi, Family Film, Pixar, Rosalie Chaing, Sandra Oh, Turning Red
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The Mitchells vs the Machines (2021) Review
Posted in Film, Film Review, The Film Magazine
Tagged Abbi Jacobson, Animation, Comedy, Danny McBride, Family Film, Jeff Rowe, Michael Rianda, Sony, The Mitchells vs the Machines
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Review in Brief: The Mitchells vs the Machines (2021)
Between INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE and now THE MITCHELLS VS THE MACHINES, Sony Pictures Animation are in a league of their own. Nobody else is creating animated features with this energy, emotion and visual uniqueness quite like them. Aspiring filmmaker Katie’s … Continue reading
Scoob! (2020) Review
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Tagged Animation, Family Film, Scoob! Scooby Doo
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Review in Brief: Aladdin (2019)
There’s a line of dialogue in the new ALADDIN that sums it up rather well: “Clumsy, but in a charming sort of way”. It’s very close to the animated movie, with Mena Massoud really looking and sounding the part, but … Continue reading
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Tagged Aladdin, Blockbuster, Disney, Family Film, Guy Ritchie, Marwan Kenzari, Mena Massoud, Naomi Scott, Will Smith
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Review: Onward (2020)
Haven’t we been here before? SHREK, BRIGHT, DISENCHANTMENT and many others all present us with a fantasy world that operates by the rules of the world today to some extent. Pixar’s latest, ONWARD, might not be the sharpest or most … Continue reading
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Tagged Bright, Chris Pratt, Dan Scanlon, Disenchantment, Family Film, Fantasy, Indiana Jones, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Octavia Spencer, Onward, Pixar, Shrek, Tom Holland
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