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Moana
(2026)

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Post date July 10 2026
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(2026)
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Director – Thomas Kail – 2026 – US – Cert. PG – 115m ***1/2 Disney’s live action remake of its Polynesian heroine mythological romp – out in UK cinemas on Friday, July 10th It’s a curious experience watching Disney’s live action remake of Moana (John Musker, Ron Clements, 2016), one of the Studio’s better animated movies of recent years. […]

Animation Features Movies

Teenage Mutant
Ninja Turtles
Mutant Mayhem

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Post date July 31 2023
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Ninja Turtles
Mutant Mayhem
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Directors – Jeff Rowe, Kyler Spears – 2022 – US – Cert. PG – 99m ***** The much loved comic-generated franchise gets a remarkable reboot in animation that breaks the filmmaking mould to really get under the skin of the teenage experience – plays in the Annecy International Animation Festival 2026 which runs from Sunday, […]

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Features Live Action Movies

Teenage Mutant
Ninja Turtles
(UK: Teenage Mutant
Hero Turtles)

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Post date July 30 2023
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Ninja Turtles
(UK: Teenage Mutant
Hero Turtles)

Director – Steve Barron – 1990 – US, UK – Cert. PG – 91m 38s (cut) – 93m 25s (cuts waived for 2003 reclassification) BBFC info here ** 1/2 What can you say about four turtles who accidentally wandered into radioactive material, which caused them to grow unnaturally large and speak strange words? Like “pizza!” […]

Features Live Action Movies

Smoking
Causes Coughing
(Fumer Fait Tousser)

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Post date July 6 2023
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Causes Coughing
(Fumer Fait Tousser)
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Director – Quentin Dupieux – 2022 – France – Cert. 15 – 77m ***** Saving the world is taking its toll on the group of superheroes known as the Tobacco Force, so their leader sends them on a week-long retreat to rebuild their team spirit – out in UK cinemas on Friday, July 7th An […]

Animation Features Movies

The Red Turtle
(La Tortue Rouge)

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Post date May 27 2017
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(La Tortue Rouge)

Director – Michaël Dudok De Wit – 2016 – France / Belgium / Japan – Cert. PG – 82m ***** A man shipwrecked on an island encounters a red turtle. From the get-go, this is not your usual 2D animated film. The Red Turtle is slow-paced, has no dialogue and is certainly not aimed at […]

Tags 2D animation, alone, animation, Belgium, clouds, confinement, disaster, fantasy, forest, France, island, isolation, Japan, jetty, life, mythology, sea, shipwreck, silence, Studio Ghibli, survivor, tsunami, turtle, visuals

Animation Art Movies Shorts

Where is Mama?
(Xiao Ke Dou Zhao
Ma Ma,
小蝌蚪找妈妈)

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Post date February 22 2021
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(Xiao Ke Dou Zhao
Ma Ma,
小蝌蚪找妈妈)

Director – Te Wei – 1960 – China – Cert. N/C U – 15m ***** The watercolour paintings of Qi Baishi are brought to life as a group of newly-born tadpoles search for their mother – available to rent online from Friday, February 12th to Wednesday, May 12th in the UK & Ireland as part of […]