Nim’s Island (movie)

May
16
Posted in Books
by raewyn

Nim is a young girl who lives with her father who is a scientist. Because he studies the sea the two of them live on an island all on their own – no neighbours or shops or movie theatres! When her dad goes to sea leaving Nim on her own, she has to cope with one disaster after another and finally calls on the writer of her favourite storybook hero to come and help her when her dad doesn’t return. What she doesn’t know is that the author is really a woman who suffers from agoraphobia (never leaves her house) and so she begins her own adventure to try to save Nim. A great movie with adventure and fun all the way through.

Hayao Miyazaki

Sep
28
Posted in Facts
by kymberly

Let’s talk Miyazaki!  Hayao Miyazaki is a Japanese filmmaker who makes anime films.  Most of his movies are for children and they are often about witches, wizards and magical creatures.  His most recent film was Howl’s Moving Castle,  based on the book by Diana Wynne Jones.

Now his son Goro Miyazaki has made a film!  Tales From Earthsea screened at the Film Festival last month and is based on the stories of Ursula LeGuin, about wizards and dragons.  If you like magic, you’ll love the films of the Miyazaki family!