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In Review: Million Dollar Arm

by Daniel Goodwin 29 August 2014

Smaller scale live action Disney flicks have been a bit scarce on our big screens of late. The dainty days of Freaky Friday (1976) and Escape To Witch Mountain (1975) or the films featuring Kurt Russell as some kind of jock-douche now seem like products of their time especially when compared with Maleficent (in terms […]

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In Review: Monsters University

by Mark Searby 11 July 2013

Mike Wazowski (Billy Crystal) and James P. Sullivan (John Goodman) are the best of friends inside and outside of working at Monsters Inc. However, that wasn’t always the case.

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In Review: Wreck-It Ralph

by Helen Cox 8 February 2013

Remember that ingenious, Toy Story-inspired short that headed theatrical showings of The Muppets last year? The one where Buzz Lightyear winds up at a support group for discarded meal-deal toys? Wreck-It Ralph is a feature-length version of that, of sorts, but instead of being an unloved fast food toy our protagonist is an arcade game […]

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Edinburgh International Film Festival 2012: Brave

by Tom Grater 30 June 2012

The latest animation from Pixar is a bonnie feast of Scottishness, beautifully animated and joyful. The tale, set in Scotland, takes place in a magical time. Merida (voiced by Kelly Macdonald) is a young, fiery-haired, and tempered, princess who decides to ignore the wishes of her parents (Billy Connolly and Emma Thompson) by refusing to […]

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In Review: Top Cat

by Helen Cox 19 May 2012

The much-revered Hanna-Barbera cartoon Top Cat [originally aired between 1961 and 1962] gets a 21st century 3D makeover in this Mexican-made feature length outing. Our feline hero of old finds himself sent to Dog Jail [there’s no room in Cat Jail] when he is framed for a crime he didn’t commit by Manhattan’s newly appointed […]

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In Review: Beauty and the Beast (3D)

by Maryann O'Connor 3 May 2012

It’s been two decades since we first met Disney’s Belle and the Beast aka an alternative Prince Charming. Disney were just entering another period of high productivity, kickstarted two years earlier by the success of The Little Mermaid, but were still ages away from their rejuvenating collaboration with Pixar. Now, hot on the paw pads of […]

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