4 d. ago The Legend of Ochi review – visually dazzling throwback kids movie

There’s an 80s vibe to this ET-adjacent family adventure with Willem Dafoe and Emily Watson, relying on impressive practical effectsThe Legend of Ochi creates such a complete visual experience that studio heads who have led countless multimillion-dollar trips to the green-screen warehouse should hang their heads in shame when they see it.It’s not that writer-director Isaiah Saxon and his collaborators have abstained, monk-like, from modern technology in assembling this children’s fantasy film; though it consciously throws back to puppetry, matte paintings and other practical effects that were more common in live-action family films of the 1980s, The Legend of Ochi clearly makes use of digital tricks, too. (When its trailer first dropped, online hordes were even convinced – wholly incorrectly – that its relatively low-budget world-building must be the product of generative AI tech.) But all of these non-AI techniques, as well as vivid location shooting in Romania, have been pulled to...

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6 d. ago Cinema chaos as kids bring actual chickens into Minecraft Movie screenings

The latest Box Office hit, The Minecraft Movie, has sparked a bizarre social media trend – which one teen took to another level by bringing live animals into the cinema

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1 week ago Minecraft Movie director responds to viral ‘chicken jockey’ trend after movie theaters ban unaccompanied kids

Police have been called to at least one screening to deal with exuberant fans

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1 week ago A Minecraft Movie director responds to viral ‘chicken jockey’ trend after movie theaters ban unaccompanied kids

Police have been called to at least one screening to deal with exuberant fans

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2 w. ago Iconic movie star who worked with Barbra Streisand and Joe Pesci seen on rare outing as he turns 85

He was in the screwball comedy What's Up, Doc? in 1972 with Barbra Streisand and Ryan O'Neal. In 1979 he was featured in the classic kids' feature The Muppet Movie.

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2 w. ago Sylvanian Families: The Movie review – bunny goes looking for gift in danger

Set in the bucolically bland world of the toy franchise, the adventures of Freya the rabbit stay well away from any kind of jeopardyIn the very first scene of this film, a woman (well, a female bunny rabbit), broom in hand, sings happily as she sweeps the kitchen floor. Welcome to the wholesome 1950s nostalgia of the Sylvanian Families brand. And while other adaptations of toy franchises whack the audience over the head with irony, skateboards and smart alec gags, this film based on the fuzzy woodland creatures stays firmly on-message. It’s very sweet, slightly dull, and such a throwback that if you stumbled across it on a streaming platform you’d be forgiven for thinking it was made in the 1970s.It’s set in the bucolically blissful land of Sylvania (though one character pronounces it “Syl-van-ia” so perhaps we’ve all been saying it wrong for years), where bunny Freya is on a mission. It’s her mum’s birthday and Freya wants to give her the perfect present. Each of the film’s chapter...

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3 w. ago Kelsey Parker's heartbreaking message to Tom for anniversary of his death on Mother's Day

Tom Parker died three years ago today after being diagnosed with a tumour, and his widowed wife Kelsey overlooked Mother's Day as she honoured him in a moving post featuring their two kids

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