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Edinburgh International Film Festival · 2014

Edinburgh International Film Festival 2014

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5 films · 4 reviews

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The House Of Magic

Review preview for The House Of Magic

The charm levels are high

Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
An abandoned kitten finds refuge in a magician's house that is filled with talking animals and animated objects

(Country: Belgium; Year: 2013; Director: Jeremy Degruson, Ben Stassen; Writer: James Flynn, Dominic Paris, Ben Stassen; Stars: voices of Murray Blue, Doug Stone, Grant George, George Babbit, Shanelle Gray, Emily Blunt, Ewan McGregor, Ron Perlman, William Shatner, Kiefer Sutherland, Cinda Adams, Sage Sommer, Edward Asner)

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UK premiere

Island Of Lemurs: Madagascar

Lemur documentary.

(Country: Canada, US, Madagascar; Year: 2014; Director: David Douglas; Writer: Drew Fellman; Stars: Morgan Freeman, Hantanirina Rasamimanana, Patricia Wright)

International premiere

The Nut Job

Review preview for The Nut Job

Like the best of the Pixar and Looney Tunes output, Lepeniotis doesn't dwell on his visual gags waiting for each one to get a laugh, instead frequently throwing them out one after the other to good culmulative effect.

Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
Animation about an exiled squirrel and his plan to raid a nut store.

(Country: Canada, South Korea, US; Year: 2014; Director: Peter Lepeniotis; Writer: Lorne Cameron, Peter Lepeniotis, Daniel Woo; Stars: Voices of: Will Arnett, Brendan Fraser, Liam Neeson, Katherine Heigl, Stephen Lang, Maya Rudolph, Jeff Dunham, Gabriel Iglesias, Sarah Gadon, James Rankin, Scott Yaphe, Joe Pingue, Annick Obonsawin, Julie Lemieux, Robert Tinkler)

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UK premiere

Wolfy, The Incredible Secret (Loulou, l'incroyable secret)

Review preview for Wolfy, The Incredible Secret

Unique in humour, unique in form

Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
A young wolf and his best friend, a rabbit, go in search of his heritage in a country of carnivorous hunters

(Country: France, Belgium, Hungary; Year: 2013; Director: Eric Omond; Writer: Grégoire Solotareff, Jean-Luc Fromental; Stars: voices of Malik Zidi, Stéphane Debac, Anaïs Demoustier, Carlo Brandt, Marianne Basler, Léonore Chaix, Sarah-Jane Sauvegrain, Patrick Paroux, Marie Berto, Rémy Roubakha, John Arnold, Paul Bandey)

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UK premiere

Zip & Zap And The Marble Gang (Zipi y Zape y el club de la canica)

Review preview for Zip & Zap And The Marble Gang

It's a well constructed, well paced, well made film, but it's poised and polished and professional where one might hope for something a bit more ramshackle, a mite more rebellious.

Andrew Robertson · 3.5 out of 5
A group of kids rebel against strict rules at their school.

(Country: Spain; Year: 2013; Director: Oskar Santos; Writer: Moisés Gómez Ramos, Jorge Lara, Francisco Roncal, Oskar Santos; Stars: Javier Gutiérrez, Álex Angulo, Claudia Vega, Christian Mulas, Joseba Apaolaza, Marcos Ruiz, Alberto López, Santi Ugalde, Javier Cifrián, Daniel Cerezo, Iñake Irastorza, Raúl Rivas, Fran García, Juan González)

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UK premiere