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Matilda (film review) *contains spoilers*

Film: Matilda Year: 1996 Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy Directed By: Danny DeVito Starring: Danny DeVito, Rhea Perlman, Mara Wilson About:  Story of a wonderful little girl, who happens to be a genius, and her wonderful teacher vs. the worst parents ever and the worst school principal imaginable. Trailer:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUGHWje7liM My Review: Asking a few people in a group chat what movie they think I should from a choice of three, Matilda came out on top. Happy to watch a nice relaxing movie after finishing work it was good to watch a film in which I grew up watching and that I knew I would enjoy. I like that Matilda is a bookworm and how she loved to escape into books as this is something in which I do a lot so I felt I was able to identify with the character and make me like the character of Matilda a lot more. Not only this but as she finds this so much better than the television that her family love to watch I thought made her different fro...

Fantastic Mr. Fox (film review)

Film:  Fantastic Mr. Fox Year: 2009 Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy Starring: George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Bill Murray About:  An urbane fox cannot resist returning to his farm raiding ways and then must help his community survive the farmers' retaliation. My Review: Having always wanted to see this film however never getting around to it and seeing that it was on Netflix I couldn't resist reliving my childhood through watching Fantastic Mr. Fox . Fantastic Mr. Fox is about a fox who decides to steal food and cider from three farms who live nearby the new house in which he decides to move to with his family. As he does this the farmers get angry and decide to try and kill the foxes which have decided to ruin their business. As a result of this the foxes and other animals try to save themselves and protect their families no matter what. I found that this film was watchable and at times funny however there was a lot of things which did annoy me about this film ...