THE GOOD DINOSAUR (PG)

WHO’S IN IT?

Raymond Ochoa (Mars Needs Moms), Jack Bright (Monsters University), Sam Elliott (The Big Lebowski), Anna Paquin (True Blood), A. J. Buckley (Wishcraft), Steve Zahn (Rescue Dawn), Jeffrey Wright (The Hunger Games), Frances McDormand (Fargo), Marcus Scribner (Black-ish), Peter Sohn (Ratatouille), Alan Tudyk (Serenity)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Peter Sohn (film debut), director; Meg LaFauve (Inside Out), writer; Denise Ream (Cars 2), producer; Jeff Danna (The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus) and Mychael Danna (Life of Pi), composers

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

In an alternative timeline where the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs 65 million years ago never even hit Earth, a young Apatosaurus dinosaur named Arlo (Ochoa) is separated from his family after a freak accident. Lost in the wilderness and surrounded by the things that terrify him the most, Arlo soon comes across a human caveboy whom he names Spot (Bright), and the two bond as they make their way home…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

As if Inside Out wasn’t enough of a treat, Pixar releases its second film of the year which offers a simple, but thought-provoking question: what if the asteroid that made the dinosaurs extinct missed?

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 27TH NOVEMBER 2015

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