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ACCORDING to lovable snowman Olaf (voiced by Josh Gad), who is a permafrosted font of wisdom about the natural world, water has memory.
It’s safe to assume that the audience’s memory of Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee’s Oscar-winning adventure will ebb and flow throughout this visually stunning sequel to the highest-grossing animated film of all time.
Water and the other classical elements – air, earth and fire – play pivotal roles in Frozen II.
The realistic movement of aqua has always been a chink in the armour of computer animators. Not so here.
Disney’s platoons of digital wizards repeatedly quench our thirst with jaw-dropping set pieces including a thrilling gallop over crashing waves of an angry sea astride an untamed water horse.
We’ve had six years to commit to memory every note, key change and lyrical flip of Do
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You Want To Build A Snowman?, For The First Time In Forever, Love Is An Open Door and Let It Go.
It would be churlish to expect returning songwriters Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez to ride the crest of those sound waves again on a first listen.
In the sequel, Elsa’s call to arms Into The Unknown soars to dizzying high notes and Kristoff’s faux 1990s rock ballad Lost In The Woods is a hoot, replete with four-legged backing singers. Anna’s solo The Next Right Thing is a beautifully melancholic distillation of grief.
Three years have passed since Elsa (Idina Menzel) ascended the throne of Arendelle.
OVERBLOWN Fast & Furious spin-off. MI6 agent Hattie Shaw (Vanessa Kirby) locates a stolen consignment of a chemical compound which could kill billions of people if released into the atmosphere. Assassin Brixton Lore (Idris Elba) tries to steal the contagion and Hattie’s only option is to inject herself. She has 72 hours to stop a global extinction. Her brother, former British Special Forces operative Deckard Shaw (Jason Statham), races to the rescue, but federal agent Luke Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson) is also on Hattie’s trail. The bickering brutes begrudgingly join forces to protect the younger Shaw.
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An ethereal voice from the enchanted forest beckons her to unlock the secret of a bedtime story told to Elsa and sister Anna (Kristen Bell) by their parents, King Agarr (Alfred Molina) and Queen Iduna (Evan Rachel Wood).
“The truth must be found. Without it, there is no future,” confirms troll king Grand Pabbie (Ciaran Hinds).
Thus, Elsa, Anna, her goofy beau Kristoff (Jonathan Groff ), reindeer Sven and Olaf journey to an ancient stone circle shrouded in swirling mist, which designates a hidden pathway to the
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COMPUTER-ANIMATED sequel. Red (voiced by Jason Sudeikis), speedy livewire Chuck (Josh Gad) and self-combusting worrywart Bomb (Danny McBride) spearhead the birds’ efforts to stay one cluck ahead of the pigs’ leader, Leonard (Bill Hader), and his second-in-command (Awkwafina). The frenemies soon discover a third colony called Eagle Island, where embittered ruler Zeta (Leslie Jones) and her daughter Debbie (Tiffany Haddish) are plotting to overthrow the birds and pigs. Red assembles a crack team – including Chuck’s inventor sister Silver (Rachel Bloom) and Mighty Eagle (Peter Dinklage) – for a daring mission.
Available from November 25 to stream and download and from December 2 on DVD/Blu-ray.