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Disney Princess Film Festival 2014: The Little Mermaid (1989)

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Review by CJ

The Little Mermaid

Director:
Ron Clements, John Musker

Starring:
Jodi Benson, Christopher Daniel Barnes, Pat Carroll, Samuel E. Wright, Jason Marin, Kenneth Mars

Other notable appearances:
Buddy Hackett, Rene Auberjonois

Running time:
83 minutes

Watch this if you liked:
Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin

 

Princess Ariel is a mermaid and the youngest daughter of King Triton. When Ariel falls in love with the human Prince Eric, her father’s forbidding sends her into the clutches of sea-witch Ursula. Ariel becomes human and has three days to share true love’s kiss with Eric to stay that way. The catch is that Ursula’s price is Ariel’s voice. When Ursula and her minions start to play dirty, Ariel needs a little help from her friends to get to her happily ever after.

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World War Z (2013)

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Review by CJ

World War Z

Director:
Marc Forster

Starring:
Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos, Daniella Kertesz

Other notable appearances:
David Morse, Peter Capaldi

Running time:
116 minutes

Watch this if you liked:
Dawn of the Dead (2004), Zombieland, The Walking Dead

 

When the zombie apocalypse begins, former UN employee Gerry Lane (Pitt) is called back into action to ensure his family a safe haven. Lane travels the world to find the origin of the outbreak in an effort to manufacture a cure and save the world. But will he succeed in time for there to still be a world worth saving?

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Disney Princess Film Festival 2014: Pocahontas (1995)

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Review by CJ

Pocahontas

Director:
Mike Gabriel, Eric Goldberg

Starring:
Irene Bedard, Mel Gibson, David Ogden Stiers, Russell Means, Christian Bale

Other notable appearances:
Billy Connolly, Linda Hunt, Frank Welker, John Kassir

Running time:
81 minutes

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

 

When the English land in the ‘new world’ they are searching for gold and glory. What Englishman John Smith doesn’t expect is that he will find love with native Pocahontas. They must overcome prejudice on both sides before their love can blossom.

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The Cabin in the Woods (2012)

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Review by CJ

The Cabin in the Woods

Director:
Drew Goddard

Writer:
Joss Whedon, Drew Goddard

Starring:
Chris Hemsworth, Kristen Connolly, Anna Hutchison, Fran Kranz, Jesse Williams

Other notable appearances:
Richard Jenkins, Bradley Whitford, Amy Acker

Running time:
95 minutes

Watch this if you liked:
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997-2003), The Evil Dead, Tremors

 

Five teenagers head to a remote cabin in the woods for a wild weekend. After venturing to the cellar and reading a latin incantation, the quintet are attacked by a family of zombies. While this may seem like your average horror movie, stay tuned … not all is as it seems.

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I, Frankenstein (2014)

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Review by CJ

I, Frankenstein

Director:
Stuart Beattie

Starring:
Aaron Eckhart, Bill Nighy, Miranda Otto, Yvonne Strahovski

Other notable appearances:
An army of Frankenstein’s monsters

Running time:
92 minutes

Watch this if you liked:
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, Van Helsing, Underworld

 

Victor Frankenstein has created his monster (Eckhart). The monster has killed Frankenstein’s wife. Frankenstein has hunted his monster to the arctic circle. Frankenstein has succumb to the elements and died.

When the monster takes his creators body back to the Frankenstein family home for burial, he is attacked by demons searching for Frankenstein’s journal and the secret of creating more monsters. The monster is saved by two gargoyles (created by Archangel Michael) and taken to the gargoyle queen (Otto). The gargoyle queen dubs the monster Adam and sends him on his way with weapons to fight the demon forces.

Adam survives for centuries fighting demons with the gargoyle weapons. However after a human is killed by one of the demons he is fighting, Adam discovers the demon side has an army of Frankenstein’s monsters ready to unleash upon the world. It’s up to Adam to work out who is friend and who is foe in order to stop the abomination army from being released on the world.

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