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'Me Before You' defies Euro 2016 to top UK box office

Edit Screen Daily 13 Jun 2016
Warner Bros’ adaptation falls only 20% as it climbs up two places to dethrone Universal’s Warcraft at number one. Further distributor results to come…WARNER BROS ... X-Men ... The next target is X-Men ... Studiocanal’s release of the reportedly final Ghibli animation grossed $144,000 (£101,476) from its 53 sites, ahead of the bows for Arrietty and The Tale Of Princess Kaguya, among others.PECCADILLO PICTURES ... ....

When Marnie Was There review – Studio Ghibli conjure magical coming-of-age tale

Edit The Guardian 09 Jun 2016
4 / 5 stars ... @PeterBradshaw1. Related ... It is another example of Ghibli’s Anglophilia ... Like other Ghibli films such as Howl’s Moving Castle and Arrietty, the movie is taken from a classic English children’s book, this time Joan Robinson’s Norfolk fantasy adventure from 1967 ... ....

If The Borrowers are 'unviable', what about other children's classics?

Edit The Guardian 04 May 2016
A shocking new report claims that Mary Norton’s miniature people would struggle to survive in real life, casting doubt on many other much-loved characters from childhood reading ... According to Jonathan G Panuelos and Laura H Green’s What Would the World Be Like to a Borrower?, it seems Arrietty, Pod and Homily would have rather a tough time of it ... A figment that won her the Carnegie medal, no less, but still – she was making things up ... ....

Holly Smale: I think every year is the year of the nerd. It will never go out of style

Edit The Guardian 26 Apr 2016
Ex-model turned successful teen author Holly Smale tells us why her Geek Girl series is a story about being yourself, no matter what. Find out why Holly Smale writes funny ... Nope ... Related ... It was a tie between Anne Shirley from Anne of Green Gables and Arrietty from The Borrowers; I loved them both so much I think I absorbed them unintentionally and Harriet is the end result. I adored how fierce Arrietty was, how adventurous and how brave....

New trailer for Studio Ghibli's When Marnie Was There

Edit Empire 19 Apr 2016
The great Hayao Miyazaki may have hung up his brushes but his legacy, Studio Ghibli, slides seamlessly on ... The filmmaker behind this one is Hiromasa Yonebayashi, director on Arrietty in 2010 and a Ghibl animator since Princess Mononoke ... But there are questions ... People. Hayao Miyazaki, Hailee Steinfeld, Ellen Burstyn. ....

'Be the Future' this Southern Downs Youth Week 4 Apr 2016 (Southern Downs Regional Council)

Edit Public Technologies 04 Apr 2016
(Source. Southern Downs Regional Council). There won't be a moment to spare during the Southern Downs Youth Week (April 8 - 17) with a driving simulator, laser skirmish, movie night, youth music showcase and dance activities sure to keep young people busy and enjoying their special week ... CDS will host a movie night on April 15, screening 'Secret world of Arrietty' (G-rated) at 15 Hilton St Stanthorpe ... Original Document ... (noodl. 32884531) ....

Top 10 embarrassing parents in books

Edit The Guardian 24 Mar 2016
From Mrs Weasley sending Ron a howler in front of his friends to Georgia Nicholson’s impatience with both her parents, fictional mums and dads can be excruciatingly embarrassing to their children ... Related ... Poor Adrian ... 2 ... 3 ... 5 ... Arrietty is a borrower – one of a group of tiny people who live in the skirting boards of houses and “borrow” everything they need to survive from humans who subsequently think they have lost the borrowed items ... ... 6....

'Flaked': Will Arnett gets dark on Netflix dramedy

Edit Toronto Sun 10 Mar 2016
Arrested Development could describe what’s ailing Chip, Will Arnett’s character in his new Netflix show, Flaked ... But you’re wrong ... Arnett is also well known as a voice actor, voicing ads and roles in various video games as well as such movies as Ratatouille, Horton Hears a Who!, Despicable Me, The Secret World of Arrietty, and of course, The Lego Movie ... “I’m lucky ... “It all feels like yesterday.”....

Ghibli’s When Marnie Was There Anime Nominated for Oscar

Edit Asia Times 15 Jan 2016
(From Anime News Network) ... The awards ceremony will be held on February 28 ... In his second film, director Hiromasa Yonebayashi (2010’s The Secret World of Arrietty) has shifted the setting from the novel’s Great Britain to a Japanese village on the shores of Hokkaido. Yonebayashi wrote the screenplay with Keiko Niwa (The Secret World of Arrietty) and Masashi Ando (A Letter to Momo, Spirited Away and Paprika) ... Read more ....

Aisling Loftus: 'Tolstoy is quite cruel about women'

Edit The Guardian 10 Jan 2016
As the orphaned and penniless ward Sonya in the BBC’s adaptation of War and Peace, Loftus has captured her character’s journey from little kitten to sterile flower. But has she read the book? Of course she has ... Loftus isn’t a fan ... Related ... That same summer, 2010, she was on stage at the Royal Court in Anya Reiss’s Spur of the Moment, before playing the pocket-sized, catapult-brandishing Arrietty in The Borrowers, also for the BBC ... ....

Why children's authors shouldn't always 'kill the parents'

Edit The Guardian 01 Sep 2015
Writers for young people are often urged to get rid of the parents as a first rule, but Sally Nicholls urges for space to stories about loving families too, whatever their shape and size. Every so often, someone comments on how different all my books are ... Related ... My favourite thing about Mary Norton’s The Borrowers wasn’t the miniature world Arrietty lives in, but the tight little family at the centre of it ... I was a well-loved child ... ....

From Universal Pictures Home Entertainment: When Marnie Was There FROM STUDIO GHIBLI, THE STUDIO THAT BROUGHT YOU THE ACADEMY AWARD®-WINNING SPIRITED AWAY, AND IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ANIMATION DISTRIBUTOR GKIDS, COMES AN UNFORGETTABLE COMING-OF-AGE STORYWHEN MARNIE WAS THERE"****! MAGNIFICENT! As gorgeously animated as anything Studio Ghibli has ever made." --David Ehrlich, Time Out New YorkCOMING TO BLU-RAY™ COMBO PACK AND DVD ON OCTOBER 6, 2015 FROM UNIVERSAL PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMENT

Edit PR Newswire 20 Aug 2015
UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif., Aug ... Based on the beloved novel by Joan G ... The two girls instantly form a unique connection and a friendship that blurs the lines between fantasy and reality ... Directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi (The Secret World of Arrietty), When Marnie Was There is an unforgettable tale featuring gorgeously rendered moonlit seascapes, a luminous orchestral score and powerful portrayals of friendship and belonging ... FILMMAKERS. Cast....

Movie review: 'When Marnie Was There'

Edit The Oklahoman 24 Jul 2015
With co-founder and Japanese animation legend Hayao Miyazaki announcing his retirement from filmmaking last year, his Studio Ghibli animation house has suspended the production of new features ... Photo provided ... 3 of 4 stars ... Director Hiromasa Yonebayashi, who adapted Mary Norton’s book "The Borrowers" into Studio Ghibli’s 2010 film “The Secret World of Arrietty,” draws from another distinctly British tale with “Marnie,” based on Joan G ... ....
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