Director:
Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee
Starring:
Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, Josh Gad, Jonathan Groff, Santino Fontana, Chris Williams, Paul Briggs
Other notable appearances:
SVEN!
Running time:
8 minutes
Watch this if you liked:
Frozen, Tangled Ever After
Frozen Fever sees Queen Elsa of Arendelle prepare a perfect day for her sister Princess Anna’s birthday. When a cold strikes though will the Ice Queen let herself succumb or will she give it the cold shoulder?
Director:
Kenneth Branagh
Starring:
Lily James, Rob Sta- erm … Richard Madden, Cate Blanchett, Stellan Skarsgård, Nonso Anozie
Other notable appearances:
Helena Bonham Carter, Holliday Grainger, Sophie McShera
Running time:
105 minutes
Watch this if you liked:
Cinderella (1950), Maleficent
[Review contains spoilers from season three of Game of Thrones]
Once upon a time, there was a girl named Ella. After her mother’s death Ella’s father remarried, giving her a step-mother and two step-sisters. Not long after, Ella’s father also passes away leaving her a servant in her own home to serve her wicked step-mother and spoilt step-sisters. By remembering to have courage and be kind, Ella finds magic, true love and her happily ever after.
Director:
Rob Marshall
Starring:
Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt, James Corden, Daniel Huttlestone, Lilla Crawford, Chris Pine, Anna Kendrick, Billy Magnussen, Mackenzie Mauzy
Other notable appearances:
Johnny Depp, Tracey Ullman, Christine Baranski
Running time:
125 minutes
Watch this if you liked:
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Cinderella, Tangled
The baker (Corden) and his wife (Blunt) have struggled to bear a child. They discover their neighbouring witch (Streep) cursed his family due to trespasses made by his father.
The Witch tells them that she can break the curse if they gather ingredients for a potion by the blue moon in three days. A cow as white as milk, a cape as red as blood, slippers as pure as gold and hair as yellow as corn. Enter Jack, Red Riding Hood, Cinderella and Rapunzel.
Page count: 515 [excluding an interview with Matthew Reilly about The Great Zoo of China]
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Pan Macmillan Australia Pty Ltd
Dr Cassandra Jane ‘CJ’ Cameron is the world’s leading experts in large reptiles. CJ is asked to inspect a new zoo in China for National Geographic. With her brother and photographer Hamish in tow, CJ joins a tour group including reporters for The New York Times, the US Ambassador to China, his aide and various Great Zoo of China staff.
The big reveal is made and the group discover what makes this zoo so great. Dragons. Hundreds of dragons, held by technology. However, when the captive dragons sabotage and outsmart the technology, CJ must use her wits and experience to save her countrymen, her brother, and herself.
Continue reading The Great Zoo of China by Matthew Reilly (2014)
Director:
Sid Bennett
Starring:
Richard Dillane, Peter Brooke, Matthew Kane, Abena Ayivor, Stephen Jennings, Andre Weideman, Natasha Loring
Running time:
83 minutes
Watch this if you liked:
Jurassic Park, Chronicle, Anaconda
Jonathan Marchant (Dillane) is a renowned explorer who heads off, with his film crew and stow-away son, to investigate claims of mokele mbembe, the Congo’s version of the Loch Ness monster. When their plane crashes then explodes, they discover that a mythical plesiosaur isn’t their only cause for concern in the jungle.
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