Genre: Adventure

Ringing Bell. Dir. Masami Hata. Crunchyroll. 1978.

Ringing Bell. Dir. Masami Hata. Crunchyroll. 1978. 1434 1080 Jamie Creese

FIGURE 1: A piece of promotional material for Ringing Bell. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQt8CqVPNC4&t=262s FIGURE 2: The film’s opening song, and the address that follows. “Wolf! Alright, I’ve decided to be your apprentice…

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Nope. Dir. Jordan Peele. Universal Pictures. 2022

Nope. Dir. Jordan Peele. Universal Pictures. 2022 1000 699 Olivia Westerdale

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=In8fuzj3gck Figure 1 Jordan Peele’s latest film nope follows siblings OJ and Emerald Haywood in the aftermath of their father’s unexpected death. The siblings ‘We ain’t got no more problems’…

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The Little Prince. Dir. Mark Osborne. Paramount Pictures. 2015

The Little Prince. Dir. Mark Osborne. Paramount Pictures. 2015 910 1236 LPerek-Gokce1

“One sees clearly only with the heart. What is essential is invisible to the eye.” In The Little Prince the depiction of foxes defies conventional animality as they generally symbolise…

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Big Miracle. Dir. Ken Kwapis. Universal Pictures. 2012.

Big Miracle. Dir. Ken Kwapis. Universal Pictures. 2012. 1291 639 Sandra Agusti Capella

”And we ache for them cause they are so much like us”.Rachel Kramer. The film Big Miracle is a drama directed by Ken Kwapis and distributed by Universal Pictures in…

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The Book of Life. Dir Jorge R. Gutierrez. 20th Century Fox. 2014

The Book of Life. Dir Jorge R. Gutierrez. 20th Century Fox. 2014 1280 545 Katherine Milman

https://youtu.be/mP01tEMzt40 Figure 1: Film trailer “I’m allergic to dying!“-Pepe Rodriguez 20th Century Fox’s, 2014, animated feature film, The Book of Life, follows two best friends, Manolo and Joaquin, who are…

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Kubo and the Two Strings. Dir. Travis Knight. Laika. 2016

Kubo and the Two Strings. Dir. Travis Knight. Laika. 2016 1454 620 Louise Smith

Figure 1: Kubo lifted in the air by wings made of origami birds. Kubo and the Two Strings follows a boy whose life is made even more extraordinary when a…

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Hoodwinked!. Dir. Edwards, Cory. Kanbar Entertainment, Blue Yonder Films. 2005.

Hoodwinked!. Dir. Edwards, Cory. Kanbar Entertainment, Blue Yonder Films. 2005. 1200 630 Bethany Hinch-Sisley

https://youtu.be/RGV-cTSr6zg <Fig 1. Hoodwinked! Trailer [2005]> Hoodwinked! [2005] A retelling of the folktake Little Red Riding Hood as a police procedural, using backstories to show multiple characters’ points of view.[1]…

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Epic. Dir. Chris Wedge. 20th Century Fox. 2013

Epic. Dir. Chris Wedge. 20th Century Fox. 2013 1197 503 Kirsty Laverack

The mouse encounter, experienced by characters MK and Nod in the animated film Epic, displays an inversion of the relationship between human and animal. The stereotypes that form this interconnection…

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Red River. Dir. Howard Hawks. Monterey Productions. 1948.

Red River. Dir. Howard Hawks. Monterey Productions. 1948. 150 150 Prail Coffell

https://youtu.be/aN0alpNLQak American expansionism and the frontier myth – the romanticisation of prosperity found in claiming the ‘wilderness’ and the forceful expansion of the American border – pillars of the Western…

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The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep, Dir.Jay Russell, Sony Pictures Releasing, 2007, U.S.

The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep, Dir.Jay Russell, Sony Pictures Releasing, 2007, U.S. 150 150 Louise Smith

Figure 1: ‘The Surgeon’s Photograph’ of the Loch Ness Monster. A blurry, dark figure emerges out of the water. GETTY IMAGES [1] The filmmakers of The Water Horse: Legend of…

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