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  Beauty and the Beast 2017

  ★★★★★ Watched 16 Mar 2017

  I was stupidly excited about this since it was announced and even though this gave me plenty of time to overhype it in my mind, I didn’t walk out disappointed.

  It is largely a one for one retelling of the original (some scenes are shot for shot, the songs are the same) which for many people may be a negative but they did it in a way that took advantage of the live action format and new technologies. They patched…

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  Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2016

  ★★★ Watched 13 Mar 2017

  I really wanted to love this, having grown up with the Harry Potter books and movies, I was so excited to see more from the world from a different perspective. Unfortunately it felt too much about the CG - which was amazing - but I wanted to know more about the characters which were set up well but didn't go into any ready depth, as did the story which felt similarly shallow and simple. Not a terrible film but nothing amazing for me.

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  Cinderella 2015

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 06 May 2015

  Okay, I confess, I'm a little Disney obsessed. I loved it the first time, loved it just as much the second time and can imagine happily watching it again many times in both the near and distant future.

  I rewatched the original Disney animated version before watching the new movie for comparison sake. This movie blends the fantastical with the live action in a powerful way - the mice don't speak, sing or dance but they are still full of…

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  Airplane! 1980

  ★★★★½ Watched 21 Feb 2016

  We were on the search for something funny and according to Google this is the number 1 funniest movies of all time and it certainly delivered.

  Definitely a different style of humour - absolutely absurd - but I wish there were recent movies made in this style of humour.

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