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  • Madeleine Bruce
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Madagascar. Dir. Eric Darnell and Tom McGrath. DreamWorks. 2005.
Madagascar. Dir. Eric Darnell and Tom McGrath. DreamWorks. 2005. 150 150 Madeleine Bruce

Synopsis Opening in Central Park Zoo, Madagascar follows the lives of Alex the lion, Marty the zebra, Melman the giraffe and Gloria the hippopotamus. The film explores the ideas which…

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  • Lucy Bailey
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Finding Nemo. Dir. Andrew Stanton. Disney Pixar. 2003.
Finding Nemo. Dir. Andrew Stanton. Disney Pixar. 2003. 150 150 Lucy Bailey

https://youtu.be/wZdpNglLbt8 Finding Nemo is a fantastic animated film, directed by Andrew Stanton. It tells the story of an overprotective clownfish, Marlin (Albert Brooks), whose son Nemo (Alexander Gould), is captured by a…

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  • Bethan Davies
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Doctor Dolittle. Dir. Richard Fleischer. 20th-Century Fox. 1967.
Doctor Dolittle. Dir. Richard Fleischer. 20th-Century Fox. 1967. 150 150 Bethan Davies

The genesis for Richard Fleischer’s 1967 film Doctor Dolittle came from Hugh Lofting’s successful chain of children’s books first published in 1920, and focuses on the character of a veterinarian named John…

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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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  • Ellen Jurczak
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Where the Wild Things Are. Dir. Spike Jonze. Warner Bros. 2009.
Where the Wild Things Are. Dir. Spike Jonze. Warner Bros. 2009. 150 150 Ellen Jurczak

In Spike Jonze’s 2009 film Where the Wild Things Are, wildness reigns. Max, a ‘wild’ young boy with an active imagination, is able to connect with his dog but has…

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  • Moss Goodwin
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Life of Pi. Dir. Ang Lee. 20th-Century Fox. 2011.
Life of Pi. Dir. Ang Lee. 20th-Century Fox. 2011. 150 150 Moss Goodwin

Ang Lees’s Life of Pi is a shipwreck film that depicts the epic journey of the main character Piscine ‘Pi’ Molitor Patel, whilst addressing many issues along the way such as those…

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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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  • Lucy Sonner
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Lady and The Tramp. Dir. Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske. Walt Disney. 1955.
Lady and The Tramp. Dir. Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske. Walt Disney. 1955. 150 150 Lucy Sonner

Disney’s 1955 film Lady and the Tramp follows its two title characters, a pampered American Cocker Spaniel named Lady and a stray mongrel referred to by the dogs about town as ‘the…

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  • Christine Nguyen
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Princess Mononoke. Dir. Hayao Miyazaki. Studio Ghibli. 1997.
Princess Mononoke. Dir. Hayao Miyazaki. Studio Ghibli. 1997. 150 150 Christine Nguyen

Princess Mononoke (Mononoke-hime) is a Studio Ghibli film, written and directed by co-founder Hayao Miyazaki in 1997. The film takes place in the Muromachi period of Ancient Japan and follows protagonist…

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  • Michael Sherbert
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Brave. Dir. Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman, and Steve Purcell. Disney-Pixar. 2012.
Brave. Dir. Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman, and Steve Purcell. Disney-Pixar. 2012. 150 150 Michael Sherbert

The Disney-Pixar film, Brave (2012), directed by Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman, and Steve Purcell, is a computer-animated film set in Medieval Scotland featuring Merida, a skilled archer and princess, who is determined…

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