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Beastly
Cert: 12
Suitable for: 11+ years
Running time: 124 mins
Year produced: 2010
Director: Daniel Barnz
Cast: Alex Pettyfer, Vanessa Hudgens, Mary-Kate Olsen, Dakota Johnson
Set in modern-day New York, this re-telling of Beauty and the Beast keeps the original’s theme of looking past surface appearances to inner beauty, but turns the story into an edgy teen romance. Kyle Kingson (Stormbreaker star Alex Pettyfer) is rich, intelligent and good-looking – and gets a kick out of humiliating “aggressively unattractive” classmates. But when he invites Goth classmate Kendra to a school bash only to cruelly reject her, he gets a perfectly apt come-uppance. This might not be the most accomplished teen drama, but its premise will definitely get you thinking…
The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec
Cert: 12
Suitable for: 11+ years
Running time: 124 mins
Year produced: 2010
Director: Luc Besson
Cast: Louise Bourgoin, Mathieu Amalric, Gilles Lellouche, Jean-Paul Rouve
Adapted from a comic, this visually lush, special-effects-filled adventure is set in 1912 and centres on a fearless, wise-cracking young French journalist named Adèle Blanc-Sec. She goes to Egypt on a quest to track down an ancient mummy – a Pharoah’s doctor – that she plans to revive with the help in order to save her sister Agathe, who’s been plunged into a coma. On her return to Paris, another incredible story to get to unravel awaits, this time involving a 136-million-year-old pterodactyl that’s mysteriously hatched from an egg at the museum and is terrorising the city.
Related Films: Persepolis (2007), Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), The Fountain (2005), Ghost World (2001), Tekkonkinkreet (2006)