Genre: Children’s Film – Page 2

Louise Smith
8th January 2023
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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. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Louise Smith Louise Smith https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/994ccb66f6ec7d76b6bd19085150286d?s=96&d=mm&r=g 8th January 2023 8th January 2023

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…

Beth Goodwin
1st January 2023
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Shrek 2. Dir. Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury, Conrad Vernon. DreamWorks Pictures. 2004.

Shrek 2. Dir. Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury, Conrad Vernon. DreamWorks Pictures. 2004. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/0_PUSS-IN-BOOTS-2.jpg 615 614 Beth Goodwin Beth Goodwin https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d3c0b8c21336086f08c469d1966bed3f?s=96&d=mm&r=g 1st January 2023 1st January 2023

DreamWorks Pictures reintroduces us to some familiar faces from fairy tales – with a comedic twist! The world of Far Far Away parodies and subverts traditional ideas of what a ‘happily…

Jasmine Allen
3rd February 2022
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Rio. Dir. by Carlos Saldanha. Blue Sky Studios and 20th Century Animation. 2011.

Rio. Dir. by Carlos Saldanha. Blue Sky Studios and 20th Century Animation. 2011. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/hi.jpeg 1280 720 Jasmine Allen Jasmine Allen https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/56abc7568dcd01a5d1fe32c54e20e811?s=96&d=mm&r=g 3rd February 2022 3rd February 2022

Opening with the vibrant celebration of colours and exotic sounds of the Brazilian rainforest, our focus is drawn to a nervous exotic baby macaw bird called Blu who plucks up…

Lucinda Fox
2nd February 2022
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The Good Dinosaur. Dir. Peter Sohn. Disney Pixar. 2015.

The Good Dinosaur. Dir. Peter Sohn. Disney Pixar. 2015. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Lucinda Fox Lucinda Fox https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/0f0658ed0354b001961ed6af07d1348b?s=96&d=mm&r=g 2nd February 2022 2nd February 2022

https://youtu.be/R1nfAxkpx9M The Good Dinosaur Trailer Are you terrified of big, scary dinosaurs from films such as Jurassic Park? Well, The Good Dinosaur will change that perception. In a world where…

Isabella Healey
1st February 2022
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Luca. Dir. Enrico Casarosa. Pixar Animation Studios. 2021

Luca. Dir. Enrico Casarosa. Pixar Animation Studios. 2021 https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Isabella Healey Isabella Healey https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/bb481b23e933e0a9bb2f30cec83d7c18?s=96&d=mm&r=g 1st February 2022 1st February 2022

At what point is a fish-out-of-water no longer a fish? Many films can be described as ‘fish-out-of-water’ stories, but very few take this as literally as Disney Pixar’s Luca. Our eponymous character…

Drew Carlin
20th January 2022
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The Emperor’s New Groove. Dir. Mark Dindal. Walt Disney Pictures. 2000.

The Emperor’s New Groove. Dir. Mark Dindal. Walt Disney Pictures. 2000. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/feature-scaled.jpg 2560 1440 Drew Carlin Drew Carlin https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/add7394820c50e7c16d476a3ef4d2f2b?s=96&d=mm&r=g 20th January 2022 20th January 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zefYX6e1g3Y Disney’s animated comedy feature The Emperor’s New Groove follows the journey of a selfish Inca Emperor, Kuzco, who is transformed into a llama by his megalomaniac royal advisor, Yzma.…

Rachel Davies
20th January 2022
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Surf’s Up. Dir. Ash Brannon & Chris Buck. Columbia Pictures. 2007.

Surf’s Up. Dir. Ash Brannon & Chris Buck. Columbia Pictures. 2007. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Poster-Surfs-Up-1.jpg 1920 1080 Rachel Davies Rachel Davies https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ea96bfdf2beaeab7f39f5b5f10e7d62c?s=96&d=mm&r=g 20th January 2022 20th January 2022

Released in 2007, during the surge of penguin movies, Surf’s Up is a unique animated mockumentary exploring how penguins are the ‘real’ inventors of the worldwide sport, surfing. A documentary…

Aisha Khan
18th January 2022
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Dumbo. Dir. Tim Burton. Walt Disney Studios. 2019.

Dumbo. Dir. Tim Burton. Walt Disney Studios. 2019. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Aisha Khan Aisha Khan https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/5be499dfd77005fcc36443a49165ad3d?s=96&d=mm&r=g 18th January 2022 20th January 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NiYVoqBt-8&ab_channel=WaltDisneyStudios Magic. Mayhem. Friendship. Freedom. Come on down to Medici’s circus, where the newest attraction is an adorable baby elephant with ears too big to handle. Watch him soar above…

Lauryn Edwards
18th January 2022
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Ferdinand. Dir. Carlos Saldanha. 20th Century Studios. 2017.

Ferdinand. Dir. Carlos Saldanha. 20th Century Studios. 2017. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Lauryn Edwards Lauryn Edwards https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/773a916c6f78c5616e0563a34452a4d3?s=96&d=mm&r=g 18th January 2022 18th January 2022

“Built to fight, born to love.” Part of the core ethics depicted within Saldanha’s Ferdinand (2017) is that the exploitation of animals, whether bullfighting or meat production, is unacceptable. However,…

Eleanore Speight
18th January 2022
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Wolfwalkers. Dir Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart. Apple TV+. 2020.

Wolfwalkers. Dir Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart. Apple TV+. 2020. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Deer-1.png 570 268 Eleanore Speight Eleanore Speight https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c0f264bf796ee6a77380619766f16b91?s=96&d=mm&r=g 18th January 2022 21st January 2022

The woods are getting smaller every day. At the core of 2020’s Wolfwalkers is a fable about environmental degradation: the mounting destruction of the natural world, and the subjugation of…