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Genre Family

A group of young people in white and purple uniforms jumping and celebrating together on a stage.
Review

Streetdance Family

by Alex Chambers

Slick moves aside there’s lit­tle to take away from this high-ener­gy, low-dra­ma dance doc.

2
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
Young person in green clothes standing in dimly lit doorway, dramatic lighting creates warm, orange glow.
Review

Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

by David Jenkins

Don’t miss this new­ly restored director’s cut ver­sion of Steven Spielberg’s sci-fi opus.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Eccentric man with wild orange hair, wearing a red hat, holds an ornate golden frame in a lush, natural setting.
Review

Alice Through the Looking Glass

by Anton Bitel

There’s charm, humour and no short­age of strange­ness in this rad­i­cal rewrit­ing of Lewis Carroll’s clas­sic tale.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Young person in a grassy field with a large black animal.
Review

The Jungle Book

by Adam Woodward

Jon Favreau brings Rud­yard Kipling’s clas­sic tale crash­ing into the 21st cen­tu­ry. The result is astonishing.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Cosy kitchen scene with two people and a dog, surrounded by books, trinkets and kitchenware.
Review

Paddington

by Adam Woodward

This one-for-the-ages fam­i­ly movie based on the books by Michael Bond is a full-blown Christ­mas triumph.

2
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Four characters from the Wizard of Oz - a Scarecrow, Tin Man, Dorothy, and Cowardly Lion - walking along the Yellow Brick Road in a vibrant, colourful landscape.
Review

The Wizard of Oz (1939)

by Trevor Johnston

The glo­ri­ous, all-Amer­i­can fan­ta­sy land of Oz retains its pow­er to charm despite a few ques­tion­able ideas.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Colourful animated characters - a blue female with blonde hair, a brown-haired female, and a male with red hair - gathered around a large birthday cake with lit candles.
Review

The Smurfs 2

by David Jenkins

More of the same (lit­er­al­ly) as this time the Smurfs storm Paris, dis­cuss racial pol­i­tics and explore their sexuality.

2
Anticipation
1
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
A bearded man in red and gold costume holding a parrot, with a smaller costumed character beside him on a wooden floor with shelves in the background.
Review

The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists

by Matt Bochenski

There’s adven­ture all right, and sci­ence in spades, but some­one buried the pira­cy in Aardman’s lat­est stop-motion treasure.

5
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Two people, a woman in a green jacket and a man in a black coat, walking together in a park with trees and fencing in the background.
Review

We Bought a Zoo

by Dan Stewart

The type of old-fash­ioned fam­i­ly enter­tain­ment that Gen­er­a­tion Xers would’ve tossed their stale bong water at.

2
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Cartoon character in a red dress amongst lush green leaves with water droplets.
Review

Arrietty

by Adam Woodward

A pure, won­der­ful­ly ani­mat­ed sto­ry of friend­ship against the odds from an emerg­ing ani­mé voice.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect

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