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Beauty and the Beast (film review)

Film: Beauty and the Beast Year: 2017 Genre: Family, Fantasy, Musical Directed By: Bill Condon Starring: Emma Watson, Dan Stevens, Luke Evans About:  A selfish prince is cursed to become a monster for the rest of his life, unless he learns to fall in love with a beautiful young woman he keeps prisoner. Trailer:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3Nl_TCQXuw My Review: Being a fan of Beauty and the Beast and having it as my favourite classic Disney movie I somehow never got around to seeing the 2017 version of the movie. So wanting a movie to watch before work I thought that it would be the perfect time to see this film and having high expectations of it was happily surprised. I liked how this movie showed how the Beast became cursed right at the very start of the movie and showed how he would be able to break the curse. This helped the audience really see the changes which happens within the prince and as a result care for him throughout the movie. I thought that t...

Monster Island (film review)

Film: Monster Island Year: 2017 Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy Directed By: Leopoldo Aguilar Starring:  Johnny Rose, Katie Leigh, Fiona Hardingham About:  When young Lucas finds out he's not really a human; the news changes his whole world. Especially since his first monster transformation happened in front of the most popular kids at school! Trailer:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OF22iX0yocg My Review: Having wanted more of a children's movie to watch in order to relax from work and reading all weekend I decided to give a watch to Monster Island having had it on my To Watch list on Netflix for a while and I found it the perfect film to relax to. The film is about a boy called Lucas who at a party discovers that he is really a monster and that his dad has been lying to him his whole life. Knowing this and finding out about a map to the Monster Island Lucas decides to go and discover the truth about himself and his family. However, when monsters are be...