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101 Dalmatians 1996
One of the first live action Disney remakes features perennial Oscar hopeful Glenn Close as the infamous fur-loving villain, hell bent on using her employee's puppies to make a glorious new coat.
Let's put aside any criticism of plot or narrative. This may be live-action, but it's still a family film. It is of course simplistic and lacks any layered characterisation, but it's to be expected from a film who's key demographic are 10 year olds.
That said, in the…
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10 Things I Hate About You 1999
Who'd have thought this 90s teen rom-com could one day boast having two Oscar winners in its opening scene? Well Allison Janney and the late Heath Ledger are among the now star-studded cast in 10 Things I Hate About You, a film nobody can hate, no matter how much you might want to.
'Starring Julie Stiles' is probably enough to tell most people exactly what they're in for, and it doesn't disappoint. Stiles stars as the teen with attitude, who…
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Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri 2017
All you needed to say was Francis McDormand and Sam Rockwell to make Three Billboards one of my most anticipated films of the season.
It delivered.
McDormand plays a grieving mother desperately seeking closure on her daughter's murder. Her typically outstanding delivery taps into the perennial conflict within our conscience between natural optimism and nurtured cynicism, as her crusade to undermine authority's apparent nonchalance is undermined only by her inherent compulsion to save those around her. But make no mistake,…
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Coco 2017
For twenty years Disney and Pixar have collaborated on a conveyor line of animated classics, though until Coco the distinction between a core Disney film and a Pixar production was clear. However, in Coco we get something that feels like an instant Disney classic, infused with Pixar's ingenuity and innovation.
Pixar have an incredible ability to dilute the most complex concepts and make them both entertaining and palatable for the whole family. Coco is no different, using the Day of…
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