STACK #126 Apr 2016

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There’s a bear in there. PADDINGTON

Release Date: 09/04/15 Format:

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Despite being a keen animal lover, Nicole Kidman took a taxidermy class to prepare herself for her role. The character of Paddington Bear is based on a lone teddy bear, noticed by author Michael Bond on a shelf in a London store near Paddington Station on Christmas Eve 1956. Originally, author Michael Bond was nervous about the project of turning his character into a live action feature. However, he was convinced after seeing half a minute of test footage.

Harry Potter producer David Heyman has brought Michael Bond’s beloved children’s book character – a Peruvian bear who relocates to the London home of the Brown family – to the big screen with bucketloads of charm and quintessential Englishness intact. This fantastic-looking, sweet-natured family film is the cinematic equivalent of a hot cup of Horlicks on a cold winter’s night,

and the numerous slapstick set-pieces showcase some truly creative cinematography. Most importantly though, its ursine star, with his signature red hat, duffel coat and love of marmalade, is a cute and cuddly CGI creation (politely voiced by Ben Wishaw) and definitely not the creepy critter seen lurking in a series of Internet memes that photoshopped him into famous horror movie scenes.

and doesn’t clobber you with its central message: “the greatest adventure is finding where you belong”. The best of British cast includes Hugh Bonneville, Julie Walters and Jim Broadbent, alongside Nicole Kidman, who hams it up as the Cruella de Vil-like taxidermist villain. Heyman’s involvement ensures a Potter-like feel to the production,

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101 Dalmatians

Happy feet that like to move it, move it. PENGUINS OF MADAGASCAR

Release Date: 29/04/15 Format:

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Kowalski – analysis? This film is pretty flippin’ awesome. Everyone’s favourite quartet of penguins from DreamWorks’ Madagascar get their own spin- off feature which follows their story from the very beginning. Skipper (Tom McGrath), Kowalski (Chris Miller), Private (Christopher Knights) and Rico (Conrad Vernon) reunite and fight to save penguin-kind around the

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Benedict Cumberbatch, who voices Classified, cannot pronounce “penguins” correctly. Instead, he says “pengwings”.

world from evil cephalopod Dave (John Malkovich). As expected, POM is rife with humour for both the young and old(er). With puns like “Nicolas! Cage them!” and “Hugh! Jack! Man the battle stations!” you’ll be left in fits of giggles while your children get lost in the wonders of the exquisite animation. Even those who

aren’t fans of the Madagascar franchise will enjoy this; however, if you did love the previous films, Penguins of Madagascar will only heighten your appreciation of these tuxedo-wearing birds. Riding the tailcoats of that other successful penguin movie Happy Feet , these small black flappy critters can’t get any cuter.

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Happy Feet

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