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The Shrouds: new Cronenberg film is an elusive meditation on death, grief and environmental ethics

The Shrouds: new Cronenberg film is an elusive meditation on death, grief and environmental ethics

Environmental activism, corruption and technological invasion are all threaded through the story, representing fears about identity, society and the...

08.07.2025 5

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Laura O&39Flanagan

Elio: Disney’s enjoyable new animation may be an original story – but it’s also a forgettable one

What does this new story have to offer cinema audiences accustomed to characters they already know and onscreen worlds that they have already visited?

20.06.2025 4

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Lilo & Stitch: can Disney’s latest live-action animation remake reignite interest in the genre after Snow White box-office disaster?

After a few live-action remake flops, Disney seems to have captured the original joy and charm of the original 2002 animation – with a few snags.

21.05.2025 3

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Snow White: this opportunity to empower Disney’s first princess falls short at every turn

There were opportunities to give Snow White more agency. Instead she is still waiting for a kiss from a man she hasn’t consented to.

26.03.2025 10

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Laura O&39Flanagan

Moana 2: dazzling sequel redefines the Disney princess with strength, independence and leadership

Moana isn’t a typical Disney heroine, stating quite clearly in the latest instalment, Moana 2, that she is not a princess. Her friend Maui’s...

28.11.2024 5

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Laura O&39Flanagan