One thing Pixar has been very good at is dealing with issues that young people may face daily in a way they can understand. For example, Soul dealt with death and grief, Turning Red dealt with puberty, and Inside Out dealt with emotions. Their latest film, Elemental, covers several issues. While they can be commended…
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Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Carlo Collodi’s 1883 novel Pinocchio, has been a source of many a film adaptation. Disney’s 1940 version is probably the most famous, although their recent remake by Robert Zemeckis is a pointless exercise. Now, merely months after that version, Academy award-wining director Guillermo del Toro has delivered a stop-motion animated film that takes the premise…
TV and Streaming – Tuesday 21st April 2020
Morning! As we seem to settle in for the long haul, it’s important to remember that I’ve been doing these blogs for a while now, so if you can’t find something on today’s recommendations, you can always check back and find something you have missed. Today, Film4 have almost a whole day of recommendations. So…
Wonder Park
Director: David Feiss Starring: Jennifer Garner, Matthew Broderick, Brianna Denski, Tom Baker, Nobert Leo Butz, John Oliver, Mila Kunis, Joe Sugg, Casper Lee Written by: (also story) Josh Appelbaum, Andre Nemec and (story) Robert Gordon Running Time: 85 mins Cert: PG Release date: 8th April 2019 It’s the Easter holidays so how about a warm…
Searching
Director: Aneesh Chaganty Starring: John Cho, Debra Messing, Joseph Lee, Michelle La, Dominic Hoffman, Sara Sohn, Connor McRaith, Briana McLean Written by: Aneesh Chaganty and Sev Ohanian Running time: 102 mins Cert: 12A Release date: 31st August 2018 With technology and social media now as part of our lives as eating and drinking, it would…
Coco
Director: Lee Unkrich and Adrian Molina Starring: Anthony Gonzalez, Gael Garcia Bernal, Benjamin Bratt, Alanna Ubach, Renee Victor, Jaime Camil, Alfonso Arau Written by: (also original story) Adrian Molina, Matthew Aldrich, (original story) Lee Unkrich and Jason Katz Running Time: 105 mins Cert: PG Release date: 19th January 2018 Mexico has been in the news…
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