HAR: Animal Protection

  • Isabella Peirson Smith
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Hotel for Dogs. Dir. Thor Freudenthal. Dreamworks. 2009.
Hotel for Dogs. Dir. Thor Freudenthal. Dreamworks. 2009. 150 150 Isabella Peirson Smith

Animals, a cutesy love story and the rise of underdogs… literally. What more could you want in a film? Well, ‘Hotel for Dogs’ (Thor Freudenthal/ 2009) covers a multitude of…

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The Banshees of Inisherin. Dir. Martin McDonagh. Searchlight Pictures. 2015
The Banshees of Inisherin. Dir. Martin McDonagh. Searchlight Pictures. 2015 1707 2560 LPerek-Gokce1

“Do you think God gives a damn about miniature donkeys, Colm?”  “I fear he doesn’t. And I fear that’s where it’s all gone wrong.” Martin McDonagh’s, “The Banshees of Inisherin” (2022),…

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The Future. Dir. Miranda July. Roadside Attractions (US). 2011
The Future. Dir. Miranda July. Roadside Attractions (US). 2011 150 150 Abbie Whelan

Figure 1. The title of the film, The Future, is emblematic of the very thing the characters fear, what is the unknown. July certainly lets the cat out of the…

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Mr Popper’s Penguins. Dir. Mark Waters. 20th Century Fox. 2011.
Mr Popper’s Penguins. Dir. Mark Waters. 20th Century Fox. 2011. 150 150 Nicholas Martin

Figure One Jim Carrey and Penguins. It does not get any better. Think Beethoven but with Penguins. Try to spot the difference between the CGI penguins and the real ones.…

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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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  • Bethany Hinch-Sisley
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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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Garfield. Dir. Peter Hewitt. 20th Century Fox. 2004.
Garfield. Dir. Peter Hewitt. 20th Century Fox. 2004. 659 332 Caitlin Rooney

This 2004 family comedy revolves around Garfield, a lazy, lasagna-loving cat who has the perfect life with his owner, Jon. Accustomed to luxury treatment, lavish meals and relying on his…

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Every Which Way but Loose. Dir. James Fargo. Warner Bros. 1978.
Every Which Way but Loose. Dir. James Fargo. Warner Bros. 1978. 150 150 Nicholas Martin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkQihnrjlhk James Fargo’s 1978 film Every Which Way but Loose follows Clint Eastwood’s character Philo Beddo and his orangutan companion Clyde in their search for love. The audience’s expectations of human-animal relationships…

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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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One Hundred and One Dalmatians. Dir. Wolfgang Reitherman, Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske. Buena Vista Distribution. 1961.
One Hundred and One Dalmatians. Dir. Wolfgang Reitherman, Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske. Buena Vista Distribution. 1961. 150 150 Georgina Hartley

Figure 1. Still of the film’s conclusion which sees one hundred and one Dalmatians enter the living room of Anita and Roger’s London home. [1] One hundred and one Dalmatians,…

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