Year: 2019 – ZooScope

Victoria Coffell
20th January 2023
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Sonnie’s Edge. Dir. Dave Wilson. Netflix. 2019

Sonnie’s Edge. Dir. Dave Wilson. Netflix. 2019 https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/A2AF6816-D52E-4209-AFFD-A2930F8F7ECC-scaled.jpeg 2560 1266 Victoria Coffell Victoria Coffell https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/8444b0040f16b3ab3abb43ca14170f1e?s=96&d=mm&r=g 20th January 2023 6th March 2023

That fear of death. Do you feel it? Are you scared now?– Sonnie Content warning: sexual assault, female violence, abuse Netflix’s animated anthology, Love Death & Robots, first aired in 2019, enticing…

Dionne Clark-Patterson
3rd February 2022
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Togo. Dir. Ericson Core. Walt Disney Studios. 2019

Togo. Dir. Ericson Core. Walt Disney Studios. 2019 https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Dionne Clark-Patterson Dionne Clark-Patterson https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/5e9d40bdfec01307636f2db52f80325b?s=96&d=mm&r=g 3rd February 2022 3rd February 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMfyueM-ZBQ&ab_channel=WaltDisneyStudios What does he bring to the breed? The heart of a survivor. [1] Seppala leading Togo and the dogs The relationship between men and dogs is often explored within…

Lauren Webb
20th January 2022
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Godzilla: King of the Monsters. Dir. Michael Dougherty. Warner Bros. Pictures. 2019.

Godzilla: King of the Monsters. Dir. Michael Dougherty. Warner Bros. Pictures. 2019. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Lauren Webb Lauren Webb https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/84a748d2aaf3147c9916f472eaf061f8?s=96&d=mm&r=g 20th January 2022 20th January 2022

“Good thing he’s on our side” … “For now” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFxN2oDKk0E Figure 1 – Godzilla: King of the Monsters trailer. How do we define the term ‘Monster’? Or perhaps, how should…

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…

Dionne Clark-Patterson
17th January 2022
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Togo. Dir. Ericson Core. Walt Disney Studios. 2019

Togo. Dir. Ericson Core. Walt Disney Studios. 2019 https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Dionne Clark-Patterson Dionne Clark-Patterson https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/5e9d40bdfec01307636f2db52f80325b?s=96&d=mm&r=g 17th January 2022 17th January 2022

Promotional poster centring Togo and Seppala In Togo (2019)[1], directed by Ericson Core, the eponymous canine hero recovers from a potentially devastating injury, portrayed as being due to Togo’s incredible…

Aisha Khan
16th 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 16th January 2022 17th January 2022

“Fly, Dumbo! Fly!” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLkgthbJIyM&ab_channel=CLIPSwithSubtitles Scene of Dumbo flying at the circus for the first time. Did you know that the story of Dumbowas based on a real elephant, Jumbo, in…

Grace Horth
14th January 2022
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The Lion King. Dir. Jon Favreau. Walt Disney Pictures and Fairview entertainment. 2019.

The Lion King. Dir. Jon Favreau. Walt Disney Pictures and Fairview entertainment. 2019. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Grace Horth Grace Horth https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3d3a18175056215e3bab40196c6760ec?s=96&d=mm&r=g 14th January 2022 14th January 2022

Jon Favreau’s 2019 recreation of The Lion King is something David Attenborough would be proud of, or is it? Disney seems to have a habit of reproducing the same stories,…

Isabella Healey
12th January 2022
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Jojo Rabbit. Dir. Taika Waititi. Fox Searchlight Pictures. 2019.

Jojo Rabbit. Dir. Taika Waititi. Fox Searchlight Pictures. 2019. 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 12th January 2022 12th January 2022

Figure 1: Jojo Rabbit Taika Waititi’s Jojo Rabbit embodies the toxicity of hegemonic masculinity in Nazi Germany, utilising the rabbit ‘as a material and symbolic resource.’[1]. Waititi’s decision to navigate…

Grace Horth
6th January 2022
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The Lion King. Dir. Jon Favreau. Walt Disney Pictures and Fairview Entertainment. 2019.

The Lion King. Dir. Jon Favreau. Walt Disney Pictures and Fairview Entertainment. 2019. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Grace Horth Grace Horth https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3d3a18175056215e3bab40196c6760ec?s=96&d=mm&r=g 6th January 2022 6th January 2022

‘There’s a stampede, in the pride lands’, Zazu’s memorable line is word-for-word identical to the 1994 animation. But where the animation focused on a simple plot, Jon Favreau’s recreation with…

Athena Solomon Berhane
5th February 2021
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The Platform (El Hoyo). Dir. Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia. Festival Films & Netflix. 2019

The Platform (El Hoyo). Dir. Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia. Festival Films & Netflix. 2019 https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Athena Solomon Berhane Athena Solomon Berhane https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/45253d034e9dd3fe74e4418bfa6962a4?s=96&d=mm&r=g 5th February 2021 17th March 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNMhRiyraxE&ab_channel=WatchTheFrame%3F Of course, it is odd to gaze from social isolation into absolute claustrophobia while still in a lockdown: Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia’s twisted dystopian Sci-Fi thriller El Hoyo (in international release…