BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, PG, 129MINS

On general release including Hollywood Plaza, Scarborough

Strong-willed bookworm Belle (Emma Watson) continues to rebuff the amorous advances of preening Gaston (Luke Evans). Belle trades places with her inventor father Maurice (Kevin Kline) as eternal prisoner of an accursed Beast (Dan Stevens). The gloom of incarceration is lifted by the kindness of en- chanted servants including tightly wound clock Cogsworth (Sir Ian McKellen), flirtatious candlestick Lumiere (Ewan McGregor), and clinking teapot Mrs Potts (Emma Thompson) and her teacup son, Chip (Nathan Mack). As petals of an enchanted rose fall, Belle glimpses beneath the fur of her tormented host. Delightful live action remake.