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The full trailer for the live action remake of the classic Disney cartoon Dumbo has been released, and it’s going straight to the top of our film watchlist. In 1941 – and despite being only 64 minutes long – Dumbo was pretty revolutionary for its advances in animation techniques. It’s an enduring family favourite and many consider it an essential part of the Disney films canon. It also won an Oscar for best music! That’s quite a lot to live up to, and the new movie has an intriguingly different feel thanks to the direction of Tim Burton (The Nightmare Before Chirstmas, Edward Scissorhands), so you can bet it’ll be an interesting watch. We’re sure the heartfelt story will be in safe hands with Burton, and his impressive cast which includes Danny DeVito, Colin Farrell, Michael Keaton and Eva Green. This new version will be released in 2019. Dumbo tells the tale of a flying elephant who is bullied for his giant ears, separated from his mother and made to perform with...

As the wise ABBA once said, the winner takes it all… And this summer, the Swedish super troupers certainly came out on top, as they invited us dancing queens to take a chance on Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (HWGA), ten years on from the first film. What happened? Audiences yelled gimme, gimme gimme! – and we thanked them for the music (or in non- ABBA speak, it was a success). The name of the game was to try and squeeze out a second musical – when they’d already used most of their major hits. So how could they do it? The cast of Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again Turns out they either had to reuse some of the same songs, or make the most of second-tier tunes. So when all is said and done; while there was clearly money, money, money to be made from a sequel, was it a good idea?   Well Mamma Mia! HWGA had a lot to offer in terms of backstory. You might remember that in the first film, bride-to-be Sophie ( Amanda Seyfried ) invites three mystery men from her mothe...