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  • Joshua Pickup
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The Squid and the Whale. Dir. Noah Baumbach. Sony Pictures, Samuel Goldwyn Films, Destination Films. 2005.
The Squid and the Whale. Dir. Noah Baumbach. Sony Pictures, Samuel Goldwyn Films, Destination Films. 2005. 150 150 Joshua Pickup

  The Squid and the Whale is a film all about conflict. It tracks the divorce of a couple of New York intellectuals and the effect it has on their…

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  • Hannah Walker
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Finding Dory. Dir. Andrew Stanton. Disney Pixar. 2016.
Finding Dory. Dir. Andrew Stanton. Disney Pixar. 2016. 150 150 Hannah Walker

Dory is the iconic name for the blue tang, (or scientifically known: palette surgeon fish) from the motion picture, Finding Nemo. Much like its predecessor, Finding Dory personifies marine life by animating fish…

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The King’s Speech. Dir. Tom Hooper. The Weinstein Company. 2011.
The King’s Speech. Dir. Tom Hooper. The Weinstein Company. 2011. 150 150 Lucy-Katy Moores

The King’s Speech follows the lives of King George VI and his family in the lead up to his brother’s abdication, and through the transitional phase of becoming King. The immense…

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  • Harry Goodman
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White Dog. Dir. Samuel Fuller. Paramount Pictures. 1982.
White Dog. Dir. Samuel Fuller. Paramount Pictures. 1982. 150 150 Harry Goodman

Sam Fuller’s final Hollywood film, White Dog (1982), is based on Romain Gary’s 1970 ‘nonfiction’ novel of the same name and tells the story of aspiring actress Julie Sawyer (Kristy…

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  • Alison Madin
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The Wild. Dir. Steve ‘Spaz’ Williams. Buena Vista Pictures. 2006.
The Wild. Dir. Steve ‘Spaz’ Williams. Buena Vista Pictures. 2006. 150 150 Alison Madin

The Wild YouTube video of the film’s theatrical trailer: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zE3mEgqqlCM> ‘Start spreading the newspaper.’ Disney’s 2006 animation, The Wild, by first-time director and ex-special effects artist Steve ‘Spaz’ Williams, is a family…

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  • Alison Madin
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The Wild. Dir. Steve ‘Spaz’ Williams. Buena Vista Pictures. 2006.
The Wild. Dir. Steve ‘Spaz’ Williams. Buena Vista Pictures. 2006. 150 150 Alison Madin

ZooScope ZOOM: The Wild  Above: ‘This isn’t Happiness’ – 07/04/2014 front cover illustration of The New Yorker by Peter DeSeve shows a vegetarian lion eating salad whilst looking distractedly at a…

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  • Harriet Brodie
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Duma. Dir. Caroll Ballard. Warner Bros Pictures. 2005.
Duma. Dir. Caroll Ballard. Warner Bros Pictures. 2005. 150 150 Harriet Brodie

Duma. Dir. Caroll Ballard. Warner Bros. Pictures. 2005. Duma follows the narrative of a young boy named Xan embarking on an epic adventure to release his pet cheetah, Duma, to the…

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  • Harriet Fielding
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Jurassic World. Dir. Colin Trevorrow. Universal Pictures. 2015.
Jurassic World. Dir. Colin Trevorrow. Universal Pictures. 2015. 150 150 Harriet Fielding

Welcome to Jurassic World – the planet’s most amazing theme park! Take a vehicle tour through Gallimimus Valley and run with the fabulous flocks, or roll around in the gyroscope…

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  • Hannah Lumb
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Bringing Up Baby. Dir. Howard Hawks. RKO. 1938.
Bringing Up Baby. Dir. Howard Hawks. RKO. 1938. 150 150 Hannah Lumb

In this article, I will analyse the scene in which David first encounters the dog, George, and Susan’s aunt, Mrs Random, while caught wearing Susan’s dressing gown. I will argue…

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  • Hannah Maul
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The Magic of Lassie. Dir. Don Chaffey. The International Picture Show Company. 1978.
The Magic of Lassie. Dir. Don Chaffey. The International Picture Show Company. 1978. 150 150 Hannah Maul

Content: After the death of his son and his daughter-in-law, Clovis Mitchell, a Californian wine grower, takes his grandchildren Kelly and Chris home and cares for them. When the children…

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