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Film: Moana Year: 2016 Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy Directed By: Ron Clements, John Musker Starring: Auli'i Cravalho, Dwayne Johnson, Rachel House About:  In Ancient Polynesia, when a terrible curse incurred by the Demigod Maui reaches Moana's island, she answers the Ocean's call to seek out the Demigod to set things right. Trailer:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKFuXETZUsI My Review: Having seen this movie loads of times before and being a fan of Disney I was so happy to give this another watch and review it. This is a film in which I always enjoy, makes me laugh and has songs in which I always find myself singing along to. I love that this film has the traditional Disney set up however has the girl as someone who is in charge and tying to save her people by going to the Gods and putting the heart back. I love that this has her having to find out the true history of her people in order to understand why it is so crucial for her to go and find the De...

Film: Lord of the Flies Year: 1990 Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller Directed By: Harry Hook Starring: Balthazar Getty, Chris Furrh, Danuel Pipoly About:  Stranded on an island, a group of schoolboys degenerate into savagery. Trailer:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnCn2VTzY90 My Review: Having not seen the film since I was in high school due to studying the book I decided to give this a watch and found that I still loved the film. Lord of the Flies is about a group of boys who when they end up on a stranded island try and obey the rules however as time goes on the boys start to become more savage. Will the boys be able to get rescued before it goes too far however? I think that this film is great at showing a lot of symbolism and foreshadowing throughout the film and showing how without rules in which to follow the human impulses are able to get through which are more violent. Showing the two camps the watcher is able to see how some people are able to stay hu...

Film:  Angry Birds Year: 2016 Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure Starring: Jason Sudeikis, Josh Gad, Danny McBride About:  Find out why the birds are so angry. When an island populated by happy, flightless birds is visited by mysterious green piggies, it's up to three unlikely outcasts - Red, Chuck and Bomb - to figure out what the pigs are up to. My Review: Having wanted to see Angry Birds  the movie since I first saw the trailer and never getting around to it I was so happy when Netflix decided to put this as an available title and couldn't resist giving this a watch. The film is about Red who ends up going to anger management classes however when pigs show up on Bird Island Red and his two friends Chuck and Bomb try to find out what is happening. However, as the pigs end up being evil the three friends do everything they can to save their homes. I loved this movie a lot more than I thought I would and found myself laughing at it and finding it really rela...