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  • Carmen Navarro Mateo
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An American Tail. Dir. Don Bluth. Universal Pictures.1986
An American Tail. Dir. Don Bluth. Universal Pictures.1986 1186 643 Carmen Navarro Mateo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvZfEQ_pMdg Official trailer for An American Tail Fig.1 An American Tail poster by Drew Struzan. It comprises the American Dream spirit and the hopes of the immigrants An American Tail…

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Kubo and the Two Strings. Dir. Travis Knight. Laika. 2016
Kubo and the Two Strings. Dir. Travis Knight. Laika. 2016 1454 620 Louise Smith

Figure 1: Kubo lifted in the air by wings made of origami birds. Kubo and the Two Strings follows a boy whose life is made even more extraordinary when a…

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Bait. Dir. Mark Jenkin. British Film Institute. 2019.
Bait. Dir. Mark Jenkin. British Film Institute. 2019. 1000 702 Lucy Gravil

Core to Mark Jenkin’s 2019 film, Bait, is a narrative depicting the gentrification of the coastal land and community in Cornwall. Following Martin, a local fisherman, Jenkin’s film emphasises how…

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  • Kirsty Laverack
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Song of the Sea. Dir. Tomm Moore. StudioCanal. 2014
Song of the Sea. Dir. Tomm Moore. StudioCanal. 2014 1920 1040 Kirsty Laverack

Figure 1 – Film poster Song of the Sea is full of magic, mystery and mayhem. Ben, a ten year old Irish boy, discovers that his mute sister Saoirse is…

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  • Carmen Navarro Mateo
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An American Tail. Dir. Don Bluth. Universal Pictures.1986
An American Tail. Dir. Don Bluth. Universal Pictures.1986 2560 1440 Carmen Navarro Mateo

“There are no cats in America“ Fig.1. Original Poster by Drew Struzan of Fievel and the rest of the immigrants arriving in New York. The anonymous humans frame Fievel and…

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Corpse Bride. Tim Burton. Warner Brothers. 2005.
Corpse Bride. Tim Burton. Warner Brothers. 2005. 2048 1105 Lili Cave

‘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…

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Luca. Dir. Enrico Casarosa. Pixar Animation Studios. 2021
Luca. Dir. Enrico Casarosa. Pixar Animation Studios. 2021 150 150 Isabella Healey

At what point is a fish-out-of-water no longer a fish? Many films can be described as ‘fish-out-of-water’ stories, but very few take this as literally as Disney Pixar’s Luca. Our eponymous character…

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  • Thomas Richardson
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See Spot Run. Dir. John Whitesell. Village Roadshow Pictures. 2001.
See Spot Run. Dir. John Whitesell. Village Roadshow Pictures. 2001. 894 594 Thomas Richardson

Agent 11 is one of the most decorated agents in the FBI, but he doesn’t always play by the rules. This time, his vicious attack on mob boss Sonny Talia…

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  • Ben Cole
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Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!. Dir. By. Peter Lord. Columbia Pictures. 2012.
Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!. Dir. By. Peter Lord. Columbia Pictures. 2012. 150 150 Ben Cole

Figure 1-The Pirate Captain and his dodo comrade Polly embrace Charles Darwin. Aardman never shy away from the ludicrous. So when a crew of incompetent pirates endeavour for protagonist The…

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  • Rachel Davies
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Surf’s Up. Dir. Ash Brannon & Chris Buck. Columbia Pictures. 2007.
Surf’s Up. Dir. Ash Brannon & Chris Buck. Columbia Pictures. 2007. 1920 1080 Rachel Davies

Released in 2007, during the surge of penguin movies, Surf’s Up is a unique animated mockumentary exploring how penguins are the ‘real’ inventors of the worldwide sport, surfing. A documentary…

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