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  • Molly Wareing
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A Street Cat Named Bob. Dir. Roger Spottiswoode. Sony Pictures Releasing. 2016.
A Street Cat Named Bob. Dir. Roger Spottiswoode. Sony Pictures Releasing. 2016. 150 150 Molly Wareing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s13Fnj8LzD8&t=3s Fig.0.1. Trailer for a Street Cat Named Bob [1]A Street Cat Named Bob is a 2016 biographical drama directed by Roger Spottiswoode. The film is based on an memoir…

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  • Andrea Dauden
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A Dog’s Journey. Dir. Gail Mancuso. Universal Pictures. 2019.
A Dog’s Journey. Dir. Gail Mancuso. Universal Pictures. 2019. 150 150 Andrea Dauden

They say that dogs are man’s best friend, but what if that best friend who with you from birth stayed longer than a lifetime? Two years after A Dog’s Purpose…

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The Shining. Dir. Stanley Kubrick. Warner Brothers. 1980.
The Shining. Dir. Stanley Kubrick. Warner Brothers. 1980. 150 150 Isabelle Hill

A notoriously disturbing moment in The Shining (1980) is the ‘bear costume’ scene, which poses questions why Kubrick specifically chose this animal and its symbolic purpose in this bizarre shot.…

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  • Molly Wareing
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The Favourite. Dir. Yorgos Lanthimos. Fox Searchlight Pictures. 2019
The Favourite. Dir. Yorgos Lanthimos. Fox Searchlight Pictures. 2019 150 150 Molly Wareing

Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Favourite explores the life of Queen Anne and the competition between her servants Abigail and Sarah to become her ‘favourite’. The film uses comedy to provide an…

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  • Eloise Malhotra
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Of Horses and Men (Hross í oss). Dir. Benedikt Erlingsson. Film Europe. 2013.
Of Horses and Men (Hross í oss). Dir. Benedikt Erlingsson. Film Europe. 2013. 150 150 Eloise Malhotra

Benedikt Erlingsson’s directorial debut Of Horses and Men (2013) is best described as a series of interlocking fables, focusing on six sets of neighbours living in an isolated Icelandic valley.…

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King Kong. Dir. Peter Jackson. Universal Pictures. 2005.
King Kong. Dir. Peter Jackson. Universal Pictures. 2005. 150 150 Ethan Clawson

King Kong is the modern remake of the 1933 classic, which follows Carl Denham (Jack Black) in his attempts to film a movie by coercing his cast and crew into following…

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  • Emily Hunnybun
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Wiener-Dog. Dir. Todd Solondz. Amazon Films/IFC Films. 2016.
Wiener-Dog. Dir. Todd Solondz. Amazon Films/IFC Films. 2016. 150 150 Emily Hunnybun

In the opening scenes of Todd Solondz’s Wiener-Dog, we see the unnamed titular character in a very recognisable form of cage as she waits her collection from an animal shelter. …

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  • Emily Cuthbert
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28 Days Later. Dir. Danny Boyle. Fox Searchlight Pictures. 2002.
28 Days Later. Dir. Danny Boyle. Fox Searchlight Pictures. 2002. 150 150 Emily Cuthbert

You wouldn’t expect one of British cinema’s most poignant and idyllic moments to lie in the centre of a post-apocalyptic horror film, yet it does. Danny Boyle’s 28 Days Later cuts…

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  • Ethan Clawson
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King Kong. Dir. Peter Jackson. Universal Pictures. 2005.
King Kong. Dir. Peter Jackson. Universal Pictures. 2005. 150 150 Ethan Clawson

King Kong (2003) is a remake of a 1933 film of the same name where a giant prehistoric gorilla is taken from its native island in captivity to New York…

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Jurassic Park III. Dir. Joe Johnston. Universal Pictures. 2001.
Jurassic Park III. Dir. Joe Johnston. Universal Pictures. 2001. 150 150 Lucy Hilton

“This is how you make dinosaurs?”       “No. This is how you play God.” [1] Jurassic Park III revolves around the dinosaurs of the island ‘Isla Sorna’; genetically modified and inevitably abandoned…

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