HAR: Environmental issues

Sandra Agusti Capella
20th January 2023
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Big Miracle. Dir. Ken Kwapis. Universal Pictures. 2012.

Big Miracle. Dir. Ken Kwapis. Universal Pictures. 2012. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Captura-de-pantalla-2023-01-11-a-las-8.37.01-a.-m.-1.png 1291 639 Sandra Agusti Capella Sandra Agusti Capella https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f4da530297ccd1674ce0fbc6a0bccf09?s=96&d=mm&r=g 20th January 2023 6th March 2023

”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…

Kirsty Laverack
19th January 2023
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Song of the Sea. Dir. Tomm Moore. StudioCanal. 2014

Song of the Sea. Dir. Tomm Moore. StudioCanal. 2014 https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/possible-title.jpg 1920 1040 Kirsty Laverack Kirsty Laverack https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7c923c701e877b89dccd1bfc6f26ba7a?s=96&d=mm&r=g 19th January 2023 19th January 2023

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…

Eleanore Speight
27th January 2022
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Wolfwalkers. Dir Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart. Apple TV+. 2020.

Wolfwalkers. Dir Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart. Apple TV+. 2020. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Eleanore Speight Eleanore Speight https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c0f264bf796ee6a77380619766f16b91?s=96&d=mm&r=g 27th January 2022 29th January 2022

This wild land must be civilised. Whilst this film’s premise – the child-friendly tale of two young werewolves attempting to end Oliver Cromwell’s invasion of Ireland – may sound bizarre,…

Eleanore Speight
18th January 2022
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Wolfwalkers. Dir Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart. Apple TV+. 2020.

Wolfwalkers. Dir Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart. Apple TV+. 2020. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Deer-1.png 570 268 Eleanore Speight Eleanore Speight https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c0f264bf796ee6a77380619766f16b91?s=96&d=mm&r=g 18th January 2022 21st January 2022

The woods are getting smaller every day. At the core of 2020’s Wolfwalkers is a fable about environmental degradation: the mounting destruction of the natural world, and the subjugation of…

Lois Jones
17th January 2022
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Don’t Look Up, Adam McKay, 2021, Netflix

Don’t Look Up, Adam McKay, 2021, Netflix https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Lois Jones Lois Jones https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/a77232b69ddc25f8e3079e4e739ef3e6?s=96&d=mm&r=g 17th January 2022 17th January 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbIxYm3mKzI “You’re going to die! You’re going to die!” Through a plot that follows the fight for a response to humanity’s impending doom when a comet is discovered to be…

Danielle Marsh
16th January 2022
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Rango. Dir. Gore Verbinski. Paramount Pictures. 2011.

Rango. Dir. Gore Verbinski. Paramount Pictures. 2011. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/qXuwcdfjs868pQW1clEUgQpCepZ.jpg 1920 1080 Danielle Marsh Danielle Marsh https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/bfeee225b4a9a9eda51482330f91d273?s=96&d=mm&r=g 16th January 2022 16th January 2022

As Rango’s terrarium hits the concrete and shatters, the bleak reality of human nature and the wake of destruction we leave becomes apparent. To humans, animal suffering is a mere…

Aylin Ezder
21st January 2021
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Rango. Dir. Gore Verbinski. Paramount Pictures. 2011.

Rango. Dir. Gore Verbinski. Paramount Pictures. 2011. https://zooscope.group.shef.ac.uk/wp-content/themes/crocal/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Aylin Ezder Aylin Ezder https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e298985a58e370cd7d514c31529e3f38?s=96&d=mm&r=g 21st January 2021 25th May 2021

Rango film poster “Rango’s” animated Western storyline is narrated by an owl mariachi band with thick Spanish accents who tell the story of a nameless pet chameleon. The anthropomorphic chameleon…