Hopefully, its disc release will give it the wider audience it deserves. Numbers keep dwindling, as it happens, due to the foxes that keep eating them, and with the aim of a dog called Oddball – don’t panic, this isn’t a Beethovensequel or anything – a plan is formed to try and protect them.Ī movie that really took my by surprise, this one, courtesy of one or two slight story turns I wasn’t expecting, a willingness to address the issues surrounding the film, and an emphasis on treating its young target audience as grown-ups. An Australian comedy drama, that comes with bonus Alan Tudyk and the original title Oddball, it’s the story of an island whose penguin sanctuary finds itself under severe threat, as numbers keep dwindling. This one snuck into UK cinemas at the start of the year, and for the most part, pretty soon snuck out afterwards. It’s worth it just for the opening scene too… 22. Appreciating that The Borrowers has been revisited since, and no doubt will be again, it’s a pity we didn’t get to see further chapters of this impressive incarnation.Ĭo-director Kelly Asbury would go on to make the fun Gnomeo & Juliet (The Statham as a garden gnome!), but Spirit– centred on a horse of the same name, voiced by Matt Damon – is a really enjoyable adventure, with a terrific soundtrack, and a suitably welcome family message. Most of all, though, Hewitt’s film is really good fun. You get a pre- Harry Potter Tom Felton in there, movie trivia fans, but it’s John Goodman, Celia Imrie, Hugh Laurie, Mark Williams and the aforementioned Broadbent who are excellent in a company that clearly commits to the material. Directed by Peter Hewitt ( Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey!) this is based on the books of Mary Norton. Jim Broadbent pops up in this one too, a 1997 movie adaptation of The Borrowers that has a groundswell of fans, but not as many as it deserves. Santa is on the run in this movie too, but it’s the relationship between Rafe Spall and Kit Connor that sits at the heart of a really funny and rather sweet movie. And it’s a father and son story, where they come together when they discover Santa – the always terrific value Jim Broadbent – fast asleep in their garage. It’s from Christopher Smith, a director more known for horror movies such as Severanceand Creep. Whereas Nativity 3 is only redeemed by not being quite as much as a chore as Nativity 2 was, Get Santa is really rather good. Get Santa arrived in British cinemas to do battle with Nativity 3: Dude, Where’s My Donkey? It duly got trounced. Which is why I ended up watching Get Santa on a warm March Sunday morning. I constantly scour the listings to try and find lower profile films that I may have missed. Around the UK, most major chains have a Saturday and Sunday morning kids’ club screening, where they show a recent release at a much reduced price.
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