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How To Train Your Dragon: exclusive interview with the author Cressida Cowell
By Gavin Day on 18/11/2010 11:51:37
To celebrate the launch of How To Train Your Dragon on DVD, we talk to best-selling author Cressida Cowell, plus details of great dragon goodies to win
You must be very proud having your book turned into such a successful film?Yes, I am so pleased with this film. The first time I saw it I got incredibly emotional. It's very true to the spirit of the book, exciting and yet meaningful and moving
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Meet the real Mee family
By Fiona McKim on 16/07/2012 12:51:06
The family whose story inspired Hollywood film, We Bought A Zoo, talk to Junior about a life transformed by big cats and even bigger dreams
It was when the jaguar escaped that it hit Benjamin Mee exactly how much was at stake. The self-styled zookeeper and father of Milo, 11 and Ella, 9 whose story has inspired the film We Bought A Zoo, had only four days previously moved into a
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Yogi Bear
By Helen McKay-Ferguson on 08/04/2011 14:00:28
Comedy capers with the bears from Jellystone Park
sartorial statement, but actually a resources-saving ploy back in the old Hanna-Barbera days which allowed Yogi’s body to be kept static and just his head redrawn when he talked, thus reducing the number of drawings needed).Now, Yogi’s look is updated
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Ten fascinating Smurf facts
By Fiona McKim on 18/07/2011 12:57:47
They’re bijou, blue and quite interesting too!
. When Peyo, first came up with the name Schtroumpfs (the original name of The Smurfs) He spent an entire weekend talking in Schtroumpf language with a friend.
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Top Ten Hallowe’en Films
By Junior on 05/10/2011 12:25:21
Our pick of the best family-friendly spooky films
With Hallowe’en approaching and the nights drawing in, scare-loving families will begin looking for that perfect spooky film to enjoy during a cosy evening in. As many parents will testify, it isn’t always easy to find a Hallowe’en film suitable
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Half-term family films: Frankenweenie
By Fiona McKim on 18/10/2012 13:41:48
Tim Burton's animated homage to horror is perfect for Hallowe'en
Just another cheery feelgood flick from Tim Burton, full of sunshine and smiles...Only joking, this is the master of modern macabre we are talking about here. Burton’s latest oeuvre is a noir-ish stop-motion animation shot in gloriously gloomy black
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Film Review: Epic
By Catherine O'Dolan on 23/05/2013 12:30:53
A miniature world of creatures with a magical battle on their hands makes the perfect cinema entertaintainment for half-term
her full of crazy talking snails and giant rodents where her unusual mode of transport is to hop on a bird, but she is also desperate to get back to her full-size life and be reunited with her father (oh, did we mention that her mother has recently
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Junior meets Robin Williams
By Helen McKay-Ferguson on 19/03/2012 11:54:48
We quiz Robin Williams, the man of many voices, on Happy Feet 2, finding love and his favourite jumper…
, she’s the best. I met her outside an Apple store – Steve Jobs, God bless you. I was getting some sort of headset and we just started to talk and it was wonderful. I thought ‘I know you’. How good a dancer are you? I’m horrible. The only time I’m really
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Junior meets Elijah Wood
By Helen McKay-Ferguson on 19/03/2012 12:08:51
To mark the release of Happy Feet 2 on DVD, we caught up with its fresh-faced star, Elijah Wood
What do you think are the major talking points of the film?
The movie has some beautiful themes. Ultimately, Erik comes to realise that it’s our differences that make us special, and that’s good for children to understand. I also like that he
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Junior's 2008 movie reviews
By on 23/01/2009 16:47:12
Junior looks back on the last 12 months of film for children
are on hand to lend their voices to the colourful characters, including Lucy Liu, Dustin Hoffman and Jackie Chan. Get ready for slick kung fu action and lots of laughs in this fun family film. Kung Fu Panda is Cert PG. For further information, see www
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