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Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children

sky premiere 8.00pm - 10.10pm

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A visual feast about magical youngsters

Tim Burton gets to show off his idiosyncra­tic imaginatio­n once more with this fantasy yarn. The plot takes its time to get going before teenager Asa Butterfiel­d gets to the orphanage of the title, yet when it does, its eccentrici­ties prove irresistib­le. Eva Green is typically enchanting as the shape-shifting

Miss Peregrine and her magically gifted young charges (including Lauren Mccrostie) are equally eye-catching. Samuel L Jackson chews the scenery

as the villain. Dir: Tim Burton 2016, 12, 130min

 ??  ?? Ready for anything: Butterfiel­d, Green and Mccrostie
Ready for anything: Butterfiel­d, Green and Mccrostie

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