Year: 1998

  • Lucy Luscombe
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Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World. Dir. Tom Ellery and Bradley Raymond. Walt Disney Home Video. 1998.
Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World. Dir. Tom Ellery and Bradley Raymond. Walt Disney Home Video. 1998. 150 150 Lucy Luscombe

https://www.youtube.com/embed/vkXMJaZJoak Figure 1: Trailer for Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World In Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World, Pocahontas voyages to England with John Rolfe, an English diplomat.…

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  • Natalie Fenn
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Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island. Dir. Jim Stenstrum. Hanna-Barbera Cartoons. 1998.
Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island. Dir. Jim Stenstrum. Hanna-Barbera Cartoons. 1998. 150 150 Natalie Fenn

Figure 1 – Simone and Lena’s partial werecat transformation, lending them features of both species. Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island[1] is subversive both in terms of subverting what you’d expect from…

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  • Robyn Brennan
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The Prince of Egypt. Dir. Brenda Chapman, Simon Wells, Steve Hickner. DreamWorks Pictures. 1998.
The Prince of Egypt. Dir. Brenda Chapman, Simon Wells, Steve Hickner. DreamWorks Pictures. 1998. 150 150 Robyn Brennan

Following the life of Moses, The Prince of Egypt tells an adaption of the story of the Book of Exodus. In the opening scene of this animated musical, the audience…

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Mulan. Dir. Tony Bancroft and Barry Cook. Buena Vista Pictures. 1998.
Mulan. Dir. Tony Bancroft and Barry Cook. Buena Vista Pictures. 1998. 150 150 Lucy-Katy Moores

Disney’s Mulan (1998) takes on a Chinese folktale of a woman who takes the place of her father in the fight against the Huns who have recently invaded China. The…

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  • Amelia Eckersley
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Mighty Joe Young. Dir. Ron Underwood. Buena Vista Pictures. 1998.
Mighty Joe Young. Dir. Ron Underwood. Buena Vista Pictures. 1998. 150 150 Amelia Eckersley

Film provides a platform for racial stereotypes to indoctrinate its viewers and relay social prejudices. Lester and Ross argue that ‘the predominant juxtaposition of images of blacks and social problems-…

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  • Laura Shutkever
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Doctor Dolittle. Dir. Betty Thomas. 20th-Century Fox. 1998.
Doctor Dolittle. Dir. Betty Thomas. 20th-Century Fox. 1998. 150 150 Laura Shutkever

Representation of animals in Betty Thomas’s Doctor Dolittle The animal presence in Doctor Dolittle (1998) is extremely intriguing, using impressive CGI and a vast spectrum of species to depict a…

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  • Jade Hearsum
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The Horse Whisperer. Dir. Robert Redford. Touchstone Pictures. 1998.
The Horse Whisperer. Dir. Robert Redford. Touchstone Pictures. 1998. 150 150 Jade Hearsum

Representation of Animals in the Horse Whisperer Robert Redford directs and stars in the novel adaptation, The Horse Whisperer (1998). Set between the conflicting environments of urban New York and the rural countryside…

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  • Mica Anthony
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A Bug’s Life. Dir. John Lasseter and Andrew Stanton. Disney Pixar. 1998.
A Bug’s Life. Dir. John Lasseter and Andrew Stanton. Disney Pixar. 1998. 150 150 Mica Anthony

A Bug’s Life follows an ant colony in their struggle to keep the peace and tradition of providing food for their oppressors, the grasshoppers. Moments before they arrive to collect…

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