STACK #185 Mar 2020

FILM REVIEWS

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Into the unknown... FROZEN II

Release Date: 04/03/20 Format:

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Sing-Along Version of the Film Song Selection Deleted Scenes & Outtakes Deleted Songs The Spirits of Frozen II Did You Know? Scoring a Sequel Gale Tests Scoring a Sequel Multi-Language Reel Music Videos: “Into the Unknown” (Panic! at the Disco version) & “Lost in the Woods” (Weezer version)

It’s been seven years since the record-breaking original introduced viewers to Disney princess Elsa (Idina Menzel), her sister Anna (Kristen Bell), and pals Kristoff (Jonathan Groff) and Olaf (Josh Gad) – and of course the phenomenal signature tune Let It Go , which is still stuck on repeat in everyone’s heads. Kids have played the disc on a loop ever since, so familiarity with the first film is a given when diving into the sequel,

to elemental forces, this realm could hold the answer to the disappearance of Elsa and Anna’s parents. Deftly recapturing the magic of the original with a new playlist of songs and beloved characters that have matured along with the target audience, Frozen II is bigger and of course a bit darker, and the animation is even more eye- popping and exquisite. AC (See page 16)

although Olaf does provide a hilarious recap. Opening with a bedtime story flashback with huge significance to the events that follow, Frozen II sees Elsa and co. embarking on a journey to an enchanted forest in the far north to discover the source of a mysterious song that is calling to the ice queen. Shrouded in mist and home

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An anti-hate satire. JOJO RABBIT

Release Date: 25/03/20 Format:

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Inside Jojo Rabbit Deleted Scenes Outtakes Audio Commentary by Taika Waititi

DID YOU KNOW?

Taika Waititi discovered in his research that WWII Germany was very vibrant and fashionable. Unlike traditional war films that depict it as dreary and dark, Jojo Rabbit instead presents the town as a seemingly celebratory place, dressing the characters as stylishly as possible.

Taika Waititi is a director prepared to take risks, and no more so than with Jojo Rabbit , a story seen through the eyes of a 10-year-old German lad towards the end of WWII. The boy in question is Johannes “Jojo” Betzler (Roman Griffin Davis, in a stunning debut), who has swallowed Nazi indoctrination hook, line and sinker. As a member of the Hitler Youth, he’s knee-deep in completely unsuitable training

great Mel Brooks once said (of his film The Producers ): “If you can make fun of him, if you can have people laugh at him, you win.” Jojo Rabbit succeeds in this respect. The story is dramatic, incredibly moving and often genuinely funny, with much of the comedy springing from the depiction of the Nazis as complete buffoons, not least Waititi’s ridiculous Hitler. AF (See page 14)

when he discovers that his mother, Rosie (an amazing Scarlett Johansson), is sheltering a young Jewish girl in the walls of his home. This leaves Jojo with a lot of questions, none of which are answered by his imaginary friend, Adolf Hitler (Taika Waititi). Hitler hardly springs to mind when thinking of fodder for comedy, however the

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