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Isabella Finn reviews Frozen II, the highly anticipated sequel to a modern classic F rozen II had big shoes to fill following its release in November. The first Frozen film was released in 2013, grossing $1.27 billion, making it the most successful and biggest animated film of all time. Six years on from the “Let It Go” music machine and Olaf plush toys are still being sold worldwide.

The first film retells the story of Hans Christen Anderson’s tale the Snow Queen but with a twist, Elsa is not a villain. Frozen seems to only borrow the idea of a monarch with mystical ice powers – the rest is pure Disney. Frozen even strayed from tradition of a prince saving the day, instead, the royal sisters save themselves.

Frozen II begins the same as its predecessor with young Anna and Elsa playing. Although the characters animation is almost identical to that of six years ago, we immediately see a new fluidity to the characters movements, a clear development of new technologies.

Following an enchanting lullaby sang by the princess’s mother Queen Iduna, it becomes clear that this is the same night as the ‘build a snowman’ incident, the opening of the first film.

When we meet the more familiar adult versions of the beloved characters you can instantly sense the calm before the storm.

Anna in particular is not the happy go lucky character that the audience is used to. Instead she is tense and worried. She is clawing out of her role as the little sister and desperately tries to control her surroundings the best she can. A stark contrast to the optimistic princess we all know.

In fact, all of the characters seem more mature. Olaf even takes a moment to break the fourth wall and address that the audience has also grown with them. Forecasting that change is coming and to just do the “next right thing” – did you catch that?

Elsa on the other hand is being haunted by a siren’s call. A call, she is convinced, belongs to someone just like her and who needs her help. Because of this Elsa ventures ‘Into the Unknown’ of the enchanted forest, where we meet our Pocahontas story line. I’ll say no more.

All of these characters experience a whole evolution of growth emotionally, and even though they’re cartoons the vocal performances given are more realistic than some actors could physically give.

Kristoff makes a brief appearance in the film but the storyline didn’t concern him as much as the sisters. However, every moment Jonathon Groff’s character is on the screen is iconic. Groff finally got the solo he deserved and he nailed it.

Kristoff was really well written in this installment; he openly expressed that his love for Anna was not fragile and in her time of peril he did not swoop in to save the day. He asked her what she needed and how could he help. Now. That is a man I respect. Only time will tell if Frozen II’s new music will be as memorable as ‘Let It Go’ but Queen Iduna’s lullaby is clearly an anthem. I have been humming it to myself for a week now. Frozen II is without a doubt a beautiful sequel that expands on the story that its audience adores. Although it has darker undertones than the first, it is a stunning tribute to the mythical fairy tale and explores human relationships in way that is accessible to both children and adults. It’s guaranteed to make your heart melt. Only time will tell if Frozen II’s new music will be as memorable as “Let It Go” “

Emily Clarke tells us about Klaus, the heartwarming film of the season Sergio Pablos, a Spanish animator and creator of “Despicable Me”uses an unusual style of animation, which adds breathtakingly gorgeous visuals to the movie. Pablos cleverly uses this movie to show how Jesper overcomes grief, how good behaviour will be rewarded and how important friendship is. This beautifully animated movie is driven by visuals, as there is very little dialogue. This works best as you see for yourself how the people and town of Speerensburg are changing and developing over time.

The audience is moved when Jesper puts aside his selfish ways, and “Invisible” by Zara Larsson plays as the pair decides to work together to continue K laus is a heartwarming animated Christmas movie for the entire family to enjoy. Released as a Netflix original movie, Klaus gives a new take on the origin of Santa Claus, exploring valuable lessons of love, happiness, grief and compassion.

Set in a time before Santa Claus, Klaus follows the journey of a young postman, Jesper, voiced by Jason Schwartzman. He lives his life surrounded by people who tend to his every whim. His father becomes fed up of his lazy ways and sends him to the island of Speerensburg, with the challenge of delivering 6,000 letters in year. Jesper soon learns that Speerensburg is a place of hatred, built on feuds and grudges. When he discovers a reclusive, frightening toy maker, Mr. Klaus, the postman accidentally leaves behind a drawing of a young boy trapped in his house. Mr. Klaus, played by J.K. Simmons, decides to deliver a toy to this boy, in an attempt to cheer him up.

Once Jesper realises he can persuade children to send letters in exchange for a gift, he begins to work closely with Mr. Klaus. Soon, children begin to realise only good children get toys and they start to help their neighbours and attend school.

Seeing this change in community, over a small act of kindness is moving for both Jesper and the audience. Jesper grows to love Speerensburg as he forms new friendships and spreads joy alongside Mr. Klaus.

The movie is both moving and funny as we meet a variety of different characters, each with a unique personality and qualities who are affected by the goodwill of Mr. Klaus and Jesper. to change Speerensburg for the better. “Invisible” is a song about how happiness can have powerful changes, rather than material objects.

Seeing this change in character and community is truly magical and proves that Christmas is about coming together and being happy, not just the gifts under the tree. I believe the most important lesson in this movie is that, “a true selfless act always sparks another”.

Whether you enjoy the emotive themes, the comedy or the visuals, “Klaus” has something for everyone, for people of all ages. I have no doubt that this will be a classic Christmas movie in years to come. The movie is both moving and funny as we meet a variety of different characters, each with a unique personality and qualities “

Brittany Runs a Marathon is perhaps the most neglected movie of the year. While the title is quite simplistic in nature, the story line is anything but. Jilian Bell is Brittany Folger, a 28 year-old single woman living in Manhattan. She spends her nights binge drinking and hooking up with some questionable men and her mornings regretting everything she did the night before.

In the early moments of the movie it’s evident that Brittany is looking for a way out of the funk she is in. She’s sad, depressed and has no direction. So she decides to try and swindle her doctor out of prescription pills. Instead of the pills however Brittany is given an unprompted dose of reality when the doctor tells her she needs to lose 55 pounds.

An unimpressed Brittany quips, “ You totally missed the point of those Dove ads.”

Even more depressed than before, Brittany decides something needs to be done. Don’t be fooled, this film does not feature a huge totally over the top unrealistic body transformation. Brittany isn’t that pretty girl who doesn’t know how pretty she is. Cough, cough Miss Congeniality cough, cough.

Instead this is the journey of a woman who endeavours to transform how she views herself and works to become the most all-round beautiful version of herself she can be.

Brittany Runs a Marathon features a great ensemble cast with actors including Utkarsh Ambudkar and Micheala Watkins playing well rounded and well written characters that play off Brittany so well.

Despite this Bell’s character can be hard to like

in places. There’s a particularly unpleasant scene when she fat shames another woman, however she is an honest character and the story works hard to ensure that it doesn’t gloss over the mental anguish that Brittany is feeling while on the life changing journey she has decided to take.

You could say that Brittany Runs a Marathon is everything Amy Schumer’s I Feel Pretty isn’t. Bell doesn’t rely on her humor to carry the story, she’s emotionally vulnerable and is incredibly closed of. She’s reluctant to let people in and there is something identifiable with the struggles she is encountering.

Bell is hilarious, delivering fantastic one liners throughout the movie and her impression of Babe “I am lost in the city, I can’t find my farm” is hilarious.She also does a great Australian accent, no easy feat.

Bell, who lost 40 pounds over the course of filming, has previously appeared in 22 Jump Street and Fist Fight. This is her first starring role. Firsttime filmmaker Paul Downs Colaizzo ensures that the script has all the right amount of light and shade needed. Colaizzo does a fantastic job of ensuring that the message of the movie is constant and clear throughout.

The movie is all about body positivity and highlights the message that your body should be respected for all the amazing things it can do rather than what dress size you are or what you look like. Writer-director Colaizzo deserves praise for not jumping to the outdated thin means happiness ending. This is the journey of a woman who endeavours to transform how she views herself and works to become the most allround beautiful version of herself she can be ‘‘

intriguing world of trash TV T he rise in the popularity of reality TV in recent years is one that has gripped audiences from ages six to sixty and appeals to the office secretary and university professors alike. But what is it about this ‘trashy’ TV that has gripped our generation?

With the never-ending saga of Brexit, Donald Trump’s laughter inducing presidency and our own government still failing the country miserably, reality television such as “Love Island”, “Keeping up with the Kardashians” (KUWTK) and “I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here” gives us a period of glorious escapism where literally nothing else matters other than the petty drama of those on screen.

They almost resemble being in school or university and so they provide us with endless gossip that is less depressing than the pressing issues in society.

You’ll have one couple falling so head over heels for each other that they are declaring their love and planning their future house and kids within five While the drama on screen often seems laughable the scenarios we see on screen are all things that we have either experienced or witnessed to some extent in our own lives ‘‘

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Then the strongest most solid friendship, that was also formed in those five days, will collapse because actually the other girl in your group liked him first.

While the drama on screen often seems laughable the scenarios we see are all things that we have either experienced or witnessed to some extent in our own lives.

T h e r e f o r e despite the e x t r e m e l y d i f f e r e n t circumstances we can often relate to reality TV stars and u n d e r s t a n d another point of view without the hostility or division it might take to reach this understanding in our own lives.

In other words, we learn through watching the cast on screen.

These shows also allow us to live our insane perfectionist fantasies.

Reality TV stars often appear to have the time and money that allows them to pursue all of their interests and hobbies without limitations.

While our own dreams and fantasies might be

very much achievable in our lives watching these shows provides us an escape route.

This allows us to envisage all the dreams we might pursue if we had the same resources like getting revenge body like Khloe Kardashian or creating a beauty empire like Kendall Jenner.

With reality shows where a level of competition is involved there is an added appeal due to audience control.

If you decide you really dislike a contestant on “I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here” then you can vote for him to eat a kangaroo’s anus. It’s a strange sort of satisfaction in where it can otherwise be difficult to have any sort of personal control over punishing wrong doers. zbad shows to appeal to a certain type of viewer. And with the popularity of reality TV heading in one direction, viewers can expect to see more of these shows hitting their screen in months to come.