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Isabella Peirson Smith
27th January 2023
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Hotel for Dogs. Dir. Thor Freudenthal. Dreamworks. 2009.

Hotel for Dogs. Dir. Thor Freudenthal. Dreamworks. 2009. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Isabella Peirson Smith Isabella Peirson Smith https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/0180814f053da3afa6d18245ce876e8f?s=96&d=mm&r=g 27th January 2023 6th March 2023

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…

Seohyeon Kim
20th January 2023
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Barking Dogs Never Bite. Dir. Bong Joon-ho. Cinema Service. 2000.

Barking Dogs Never Bite. Dir. Bong Joon-ho. Cinema Service. 2000. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Barking.Dogs_.Never_.Bite_.2000.1080p.BluRay.x264.Korean.AAC-ETRG.mp4_000186322.png 550 297 Seohyeon Kim Seohyeon Kim https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3bb4c8fcabc969d60355ce5138c77864?s=96&d=mm&r=g 20th January 2023 20th January 2023

<Figure 1,2> Barking Dogs Never Bite is a dark comedy film directed by Bong Joon-ho, who has received critical praise for his recent filmography, in the same genre, Parasite. This…

Lili Cave
2nd February 2022
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Corpse Bride. Tim Burton. Warner Brothers. 2005.

Corpse Bride. Tim Burton. Warner Brothers. 2005. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/victor-and-emily.jpg 2048 1105 Lili Cave Lili Cave https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/8d8a113c9854bcb3fffa423a839a86bb?s=96&d=mm&r=g 2nd February 2022 2nd February 2022

‘In the act of othering, what is projected onto the other is all that must be refused in constructing the identity of the self’[1]. Consequently, establishing a human/animal binary often…

Lucy Luscombe
24th January 2022
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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. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Lucy Luscombe Lucy Luscombe https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b838e61ff08e5e2ef987aefc72f24e84?s=96&d=mm&r=g 24th January 2022 24th January 2022

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.…

Lili Cave
18th January 2022
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Blade Runner 2049. Dir. Denis Villeneuve. Alcon Entertainment. 2017.

Blade Runner 2049. Dir. Denis Villeneuve. Alcon Entertainment. 2017. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/blade-runner-2049-orange.webp 1920 1080 Lili Cave Lili Cave https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/8d8a113c9854bcb3fffa423a839a86bb?s=96&d=mm&r=g 18th January 2022 18th January 2022

Denis Villeneuve’s Blade Runner 2049 (2017) transports us to a dystopian earth, where humans and replicants, bio-engineered humans used for slave labour, live side by side. There is a clear…

Lucy Luscombe
14th January 2022
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Pocahontas. Dir. Eric Goldberg and Mike Gabriel. The Walt Disney Company. 1995.

Pocahontas. Dir. Eric Goldberg and Mike Gabriel. The Walt Disney Company. 1995. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Lucy Luscombe Lucy Luscombe https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b838e61ff08e5e2ef987aefc72f24e84?s=96&d=mm&r=g 14th January 2022 15th January 2022

Figure 1 – Percy and Smith are close as are Meeko and Pocahontas, aligning them as cultural counterparts In Pocahontas, the animosity between Meeko, the Native American raccoon and Percy,…

Natalie Fenn
6th January 2022
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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. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Natalie Fenn Natalie Fenn https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/8ebfe89efbf78df9571d603887fbf35d?s=96&d=mm&r=g 6th January 2022 8th January 2022

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…