The first entirely computer-animated feature film in history is still considered by many to be the greatest. Pixar opted to make toys the subject of their debut feature rather than humans, because their technology wasn't yet up to the job of rendering realistic skin and hair. Despite having an animation crew of just 110 (compared to 800 on The Lion King), the film was richly detailed and full of breathtaking action sequences.
Disney's first feature film, based on the Brothers Grimm fairytale, proved there was a market for quality animated productions, rather then the Mickey Mouse and Silly Symphonies shorts that preceded it.
One of the first films to combine traditional cell animation with computer effects (notably in the wildebeest stampede) - it was the biggest-grossing animated film of all time, until Finding Nemo in 2003.
Hayao Miyazaki was considered "Japan's Walt Disney" long before Spirited Away was released, but it set a new standard for magical and surreal storytelling as well as breathtaking cell animation.
Released at the height of Disney's creative output, Pinocchio was the first animated film to win an Academy Award in a competitive category, the Best Original Song Oscar for When You Wish Upon a Star.
The underwater setting was a huge challenge for Pixar - rendering sunlight passing through water and reflecting on fish scales meant that each 1/24th of a second frame took up to four days.
It took around 100 people three years to complete Tim Burton's gothic fairytale, using miniature models - for each second of film, up to 12 stop-motion moves had to be made.
Animators required a record 327 different colours to make Japan's apocalyptic classic come to life, this was because most of the movie takes place at night, a setting traditionally avoided by animators.
The Fab Four wanted nothing to do with this when it was first mooted so voice actors were used, but the group were so impressed by the psychedelic classic they filmed a scene for the movie's end.
The animated movie about post-revolution Iran combined a host of inspirations; from black and white shadow theatre in the flash-backs to striking comic book colour for present-day scenes.
Karwaan
Producer: Ronnie Screwvala
Director: Akarsh Khurana
Starring: Irrfan Khan, Dulquer Salmaan, Mithila Palkar
Rating: 4/5
Teaching your child to save
Pre-school (three - five years)
You can’t yet talk about investing or borrowing, but introduce a “classic” money bank and start putting gifts and allowances away. When the child wants a specific toy, have them save for it and help them track their progress.
Early childhood (six - eight years)
Replace the money bank with three jars labelled ‘saving’, ‘spending’ and ‘sharing’. Have the child divide their allowance into the three jars each week and explain their choices in splitting their pocket money. A guide could be 25 per cent saving, 50 per cent spending, 25 per cent for charity and gift-giving.
Middle childhood (nine - 11 years)
Open a bank savings account and help your child establish a budget and set a savings goal. Introduce the notion of ‘paying yourself first’ by putting away savings as soon as your allowance is paid.
Young teens (12 - 14 years)
Change your child’s allowance from weekly to monthly and help them pinpoint long-range goals such as a trip, so they can start longer-term saving and find new ways to increase their saving.
Teenage (15 - 18 years)
Discuss mutual expectations about university costs and identify what they can help fund and set goals. Don’t pay for everything, so they can experience the pride of contributing.
Young adulthood (19 - 22 years)
Discuss post-graduation plans and future life goals, quantify expenses such as first apartment, work wardrobe, holidays and help them continue to save towards these goals.
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Captain Marvel
Director: Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck
Starring: Brie Larson, Samuel L Jackson, Jude Law, Ben Mendelsohn
4/5 stars
‘FSO Safer’ - a ticking bomb
The Safer has been moored off the Yemeni coast of Ras Issa since 1988.
The Houthis have been blockading UN efforts to inspect and maintain the vessel since 2015, when the war between the group and the Yemen government, backed by the Saudi-led coalition began.
Since then, a handful of people acting as a skeleton crew, have performed rudimentary maintenance work to keep the Safer intact.
The Safer is connected to a pipeline from the oil-rich city of Marib, and was once a hub for the storage and export of crude oil.
The Safer’s environmental and humanitarian impact may extend well beyond Yemen, experts believe, into the surrounding waters of Saudi Arabia, Djibouti and Eritrea, impacting marine-life and vital infrastructure like desalination plans and fishing ports.