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14 March 2020•The Week Junior

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elebrated characters including MaryPoppins

andPaddington Bear have appeared inLondon’s

Leicester Squaretohonour some of the most loved

film stars of all time. Eight differentstatueswill be

displayed in the squareuntil this summer,each

honouringadifferentperiod of filmmaking history.

Thefamous duo Laurel and Hardy,whomade

morethan1 00 comedy films between 1927 and

1950, appear together,and thecartoon character

Bugs Bunnycanbeseen chompingacarrot. He first

appeared on screen 80 years ago.Theremaining

statuesre resent GeneKell,the starof the 1952

musicalSingin’in theRain,and thefictional

characters Batman, Mr Bean andWonderWoman.

Leicester Squarehas hadacloseconnection

with the film industry sincethe area’s first cinema

opened in 1930.To this day it is one of the most

popular locations for film premieres in the UK; stars

frequently turn up at its cinemas to see their films

for the first time.

Hugh Bonneville, who has appeared in both

Paddingtonfilms, said the statue of the bear “really

doesrepresentLondon and strangerscoming to

town, and the welcome thatLondoncangive them”.

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The GreatCelebrity BakeOff

forStand Up to Cancer

8pm on 17 March, Channel 4

Four celebrities areready to battle it out in the

bigBakeOfftent whileraising money for charity.

Each of thecontestants, including Scarlett

Moffatt and actor James Buckley,whorecently

appeared onDoctor Who,mustcomplete three

bakes, but only one personcanwin.

Connected trailer

tinyurl.com/TWJ-connected

The trailer for this upcoming Sony Pictures

Animation film starts off asatypicalfamily

drama, with arguments between different

members ofafamily.However,itissoon

revealed that there’salot of action too,asrobots

around theworld start attacking any human

they encounter.

Artemis Fowl trailer
tinyurl.com/TWJ-artemis
The first look at the long-awaited film
adaptation of EoinColfer’shit booksisfinally
here. ArtemisFowl himself appears to have had
amakeover for the film; hisrole as the villain
from the original stories has been switched
to makehim the hero, backed byahostof
magical beings.
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Netflix,DVD

Youmay already know that lots of films from

Japan’sStudio Ghibli have been added to

Netflix inrecent weeks.The CatReturns,made

in 2002, isn’t one of thecompany’sbest

known, but onceyou’vewatchedMy Neighbour

TotoroandKiki’ sDeliver yService,it’sagood one

to try next. It actually started life asashort film

made foratheme park, but the storywas

expanded intoalonger featurefilm. It tells of

agirl called Haru who savesacat from bein

run over.However,she soon discovers

that there’smoretothiscatthanshe

firstthought. Lasting only 75

minutes, this isanice, short and

quite lovely movie.

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Statues honour film heroes

Hugh Bonneville

withPaddington.

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