Tag: Peacock

Aladdin. Dir. Ron Clements and John Musker. Disney Studios. 1992.

Ron Clements’ and John Muskers’, Aladdin (1992) [1] follows the life of a poor street dweller and his sidekick monkey, Abu in the fictional city of Agrabah. After being coerced into entering the subterranean ‘cave of wonders’ by the villain Jafar and his accomplice parrot, Iago, Aladdin retrieves a magic lamp containing a genie. With the…

16th January 2017
Anita and Me . Dir. Metin Hüseyin. BBC. 2002.

Auntie Shaila and her family arrive early in the film, the last of many Indian families who have come to see Meena’s family. The scene recreates the overarching approach of the film, where humour serves to subdue and ridicule racism.

16th January 2017
The Lobster. Dir. Yorgos Lanthimos. Picturehouse Entertainment. 2015.

The Lobster is a modern parable in which societal norms are completely called into question by absurdity of form. In the not too distant, or not too past, world of The Lobster, single people are sent to a hotel in which they must find a mate in 45 days or otherwise be turned into an animal of…

25th January 2016
We Bought a Zoo. Dir. Cameron Crowe. 20th Century Fox. 2011.

We Bought a Zoo is a film loosely based on a memoir of the same name by Benjamin Mee which describes his purchase and restoration of the failing Dartmoor Wildlife Park – subsequently renamed Dartmoor Zoological Park – in preparation for its reopening. In the film, the death of Benjamin’s wife has led to a…

30th December 2015

Tag: Peacock

Aladdin. Dir. Ron Clements and John Musker. Disney Studios. 1992.

Anita and Me . Dir. Metin Hüseyin. BBC. 2002.

The Lobster. Dir. Yorgos Lanthimos. Picturehouse Entertainment. 2015.

We Bought a Zoo. Dir. Cameron Crowe. 20th Century Fox. 2011.