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Film review: The Amazing Spider-Man 2

It’s been a great Easter for family movies!  Rio 2 and Muppets Most Wanted for the younger film fans, Captain America:The Winter Soldier for the older ones.  But the big film aimed at the holiday is The Amazing Spider-Man 2. It’s another super hero and another sequel.  But the great thing about Spidey is that he’s not like all the others.  True, he takes his mission very seriously but…
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Film review: Rio 2

Just in time for the Easter school break, Rio 2 is released in UK cinemas this weekend. In the past, sequels of good movies were usually disappointing with a few exceptions (The Godfather 2), but most recently it seems as sequels are well made movies in their own right, sometimes even better than the original ones (Muppets Most Wanted and Monsters University). Rio 2 is no exception. Its storyline…
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The Muppets hit London again! Muppets Most Wanted film review

When you thought the last Muppets movie was the best you have ever seen, they do it again and Disney releases the best Muppets of all times.  Muppets Most Wanted is like the Muppets Show meets 007 meets The Pink Panther.  It has all ingredients for the perfect movie to entertain both parents and children alike. As in all Muppets movies you can read the storyline at two different levels. The kids…
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Film review: Barbie The Pearl Princess

Believe it or not Barbie: The Pearl Princess is the 27th CGI-animated Barbie movie that being made and every time it surprises me how it keeps innovating in terms of animation effects. This Barbie movie is by far my favourite so far although not the most original. You will love it if you like the classic Disney Princess Fairytales. It’s Cinderella meets Rapunzel underwater type of story but…
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Kids' film review: Disney's Tinker Bell and The Pirate Fairy & Downloads for half term activities

Tinker Bell and her fairy friends are back once again to sprinkle half terms with pixie dust with the all new movie. From the world of “Peter Pan” comes Disney’s “Tinker Bell and The Pirate Fairy,” an all new swashbuckling animated adventure sets sail in cinemas on 14th February 2014. What’s good about this new Disney movie is that it stars Zarina, a rebellious character who is…
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Christmas movie: '12 Dogs of Christmas 2: The Great Puppy Rescue'

To celebrate the release of 12 Dogs of Christmas 2: The Great Puppy Rescue, Signature Entertainment held a festive screening at Riverside Studios in Hammersmith on Saturday, 7th December 2013. A sequel to the holiday classic, the film stars Danielle Chuchran (Cat In The Hat, Rise of the Shadow Warrior) as the grown up 17-year old Emma who finds herself needing to rescue the local puppy orphanage.
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Max Steel: The Movie Review

“Max Steel” the movie tells the story of American teenager Maxwell McGrath and his alien companion and accomplice Steel. When they work as a team they are able to combine special turbo-energy powers to generate an amazing new style of superhero, otherwise known as the incredible Max Steel. The film is literally ‘turbo –charged’ and has an extremely high energy and fast pace throughout.
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Film review: Disney FROZEN

Walt Disney Animation Studios (“Tangled”, “Wreck-It Ralph”) is releasing a new Christmas animation movie “Frozen,” a stunning big-screen comedy adventure. Fearless optimist Anna (voice of Kristen Bell) sets off on an epic journey—teaming up with rugged mountain man Kristoff (voice of Jonathan Groff) and his loyal reindeer Sven to find her sister Elsa (voice of Idina Menzel), whose…
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New pre-school Cbeebies show 'Melody' will inspire disable (& not) children with classical music, stories and colourful animation

The Royal National Institute of Blind People’s (RNIB) Pears Centre for Specialist Learning has teamed up with a TV production company to create a new series for the BBC’s CBeebies channel. “Melody”, a partially sighted girl with an incredible imagination, is designed to introduce pre-school children to a variety of classical music through stories and colourful animation.
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Film review: BEFORE MIDNIGHT

One of the most acclaimed and celebrated movies of the year starring Academy Award® Nominees Ethan Hawke & Julie Delpy, the Sony Pictures Classics romantic drama BEFORE MIDNIGHT, will be available from 28 October 2013 on DVD with UltraViolet from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. It’s a good-feel type of movie that women would particularly enjoy because of its romantic nature as well…
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