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The Jungle Book (2016)

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Review by CJ

The Jungle Book (2016)

Director:
Jon Favreau

Starring:
Neel Sethi, Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley, Idris Elba

Other notable appearances:
Lupita Nyong’o, Scarlett Johansson, Giancarlo Esposito, Christopher Walken, Garry Shandling, Jon Favreau, Sam Raimi, Russell Peters

Running time:
105 minutes

Watch this if you liked:
The Jungle Book (1967), Robin Hood (1973), Cinderella (2015)

 

Orphaned man-cub Mowgli (Sethi) is rescued by black panther Bagheera and adopted by a wolf pack. Several years later, tiger Shere Khan (Elba) returns to the hunting grounds and finds Mowgli during a time of peace. As the time for peace draws to a close Bagheera must return Mowgli to the man village before Shere Khan kills the man-cub. Unfortunately for Bagheera, not everything in the jungle is as it seems.

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Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast (2014)

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Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast

Director:
Steve Loter

Starring:
Mae Whitman, Ginnifer Goodwin, Lucy Liu, Pamela Adlon, Raven-Symoné, Megan Hilty

Other notable appearances:
Rosario Dawson, Danai Gurira, Chloe Bennet, Anjelica Huston

Running time:
76 minutes

Watch this if you liked:
Tinker Bell, Peter Pan

 

Animal fairy Fawn (Goodwin) has upset Pixie Hollow’s protectors, the scout fairies, by rescuing a baby falcon who inadvertently called in adult falcons and put all of the fairies in danger. Fawn promises Queen Clarion (Huston) that next time she finds a dangerous creature in need of help, she will think with her head and not her heart. However, when Fawn meets a grumpy beast the likes of which she has never seen, she quickly forgets her promise and names the creature Gruff.

Fawn eventually lets her friends Tinker Bell (Whitman), Silvermist (Liu), Vidia (Adlon), Iridessa (Raven-Symoné) and Rosetta (Hilty) meet Gruff. However when Fawn and her friends take Gruff to show Queen Clarion, they find that scout fairy Nyx (Dawson) has already learned of his existence, though not location or association with Fawn, and believes him to be a harbinger of doom.

Can Fawn make Nyx and Queen Clarion see what she sees in her new friend or will Gruff prove the protective scout fairies right?

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Zootopia [UK Title Zootropolis] (2016)

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Review by CJ

Zootopia

Director:
Byron Howard, Rich Moore, Jared Bush

Starring:
Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman, Idris Elba

Other notable appearances:
Jenny Slate, Bonnie Hunt, Tommy Chong, J.K. Simmons, Octavia Spencer, Alan Tudyk, Shakira, Kristen Bell, John DiMaggio

Running time:
108 minutes

Watch this if you liked:
The Lion King, Tangled, The Princess and the Frog, Frozen

 

Judy Hopps (Goodwin) is the Zootopia Police Department’s first bunny officer in a world of rhinoceroses, bison, elephants, wolves and other larger mammals. Nick Wilde (Bateman) is a hustler who is as sly as a fox — primarily because he is one. This unlikely duo are forced to work together to find out why 14 mammals have gone missing from Zootopia.

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Disney Movie Stars Film Festival 2016: Frozen (2013)

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Director:
Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee

Starring:
Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, Jonathan Groff, Josh Gad, Santina Fontana

Other notable appearances:
Alan Tudyk, Robert Pine

Running time:
102 minutes

Watch this if you liked:
Tangled, The Princess and the Frog, The Emperor’s New Groove

 

Queen Elsa (Menzel) has kept her ice powers a secret since an accident that nearly killed her sister Anna (Bell) as a child. Yet when Anna announces her engagement to Prince Hans (Fontana) and pushes Elsa to accept it, Elsa unwittingly reveals her powers to the kingdom, its allies and her sister.

Elsa flees the kingdom without realising she has plunged it into an eternal winter. It is up to Princess Anna and her new friends Kristoff (Groff), Sven and Olaf (Gad) to save Arendelle.

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Disney Movie Stars Film Festival 2016: The Lion King (1994)

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The Lion King

Director:
Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff

Starring:
Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Matthew Broderick, James Earl Jones, Jeremy Irons, Moira Kelly, Niketa Calame, Ernie Sabella, Nathan Lane

Other notable appearances:
Rowan Atkinson, Whoopi Goldberg, Cheech Marin, Jim Cummings, Robert Guillaume

Running time:
89 minutes

Watch this if you liked:
Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Jungle Book, Mulan

 

When lion cub Simba sees his father killed at the hands of his uncle, he is led to believe it was his fault and flees his home. He joins up with meerkat Timon and warthog Pumbaa who are also outcasts and lives a worry free life with them.

Simba’s uncle Scar has taken over the pride telling the members that both Simba and his father are dead. He brings in his hyena henchmen and ravages the pride lands until there is no food or water left. Simba’s childhood friend and betrothed, Nala, stumbles across Simba and tells him what has happened since he left. Will Simba be able to stop Scar and take his place in the great circle of life?

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