The Secret Of Marrowbone
scenes showing Mr Incredible trying to run the house.
This requires the hulking ex-crimefighter to flex some new muscles.
Violet has got boyfriend problems, Dash faces a difficult maths assignment and the baby is suffering from a superhero’s version of teething troubles.
Elastigirl’s attempts to stop a runaway train is the most exciting part of the film, but a delightful sequence where Jack-Jack discovers his own powers while fighting a raccoon is the most memorable.
The familar plot – and its very predictable twist – is a lot less special. Cinemas are now awash with spandex and what felt fresh in 2004 is now feeling a little stale.
The film could have also done with a little more of Samuel L. Jackson’s Frozone, who appears in the opening action scene but is then left in the cold until the film’s finale.
But never underestimate Pixar’s super-powers.
In the end, gorgeous animation, great voice acting and a witty script really does save the day.
ANDY’S RATING: ★★★ In cinemas on Friday
SOMETHING evil is lurking in the attic in this stylish horror movie from the Spanish director Sergio G. Sánchez.
That may sound painfully familiar but if you have seen The Orphanage – which Sánchez wrote – you will know to expect a big twist to this old set-up.
It’s 1969 and a creepy house is occupied by a small group of siblings who have fled from some unnamed trouble in England to America’s East Coast.
Early in the story, their mother (Nicola Harrison) succumbs to a fatal illness, leaving the children in the care of eldest boy Jack (George MacKay).
He promises to protect his three younger siblings – Sam (Matthew Stagg), Jane (Mia Goth) and Billy (Charlie Heaton) – and hide their mother’s death until he turns 21 and can become their legal guardian.
Then a bullet flies through a window, a dark figure is seen in the woods and Sánchez cuts to black.
When the film jumps forward six months, the mirrors have been covered, the attic is bricked up and there is talk of a ghost in the house.
We don’t find out what happened until a huge twist in the third act. It’s not the most satisfying of finales, but Sánchez’s slow build-up delivers powerful chills. Card no Iss no
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