Tag Archives: evolution

Fantasia – Frolicking fauns, dancing hippos & Mickey Mouse as a would-be wizard: Disney’s 1940 classic

Posted on 29 November 2010 by Jason Best

Walt Disney’s animated classic Fantasia has just got a high-definition spruce-up on Blu-ray for its 70th anniversary – and watching it is like opening up a time capsule. Originally released in 1940, Disney’s film is both unmistakably of its age … Continue reading →

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Out on DVD | Creation – Paul Bettany shines in Charles Darwin Biopic

Posted on 18 January 2010 by Jason Best

If an earlier film hadn’t already nabbed the title The Greatest Story Ever Told, it would have been eminently suitable for this biopic of the man whose theory of evolution by natural selection displaced God from the universe and stripped … Continue reading →

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The Best view | Creation – Classy biopic of Charles Darwin ruffles the feathers of evolution deniers

Posted on 25 September 2009 by Jason Best

Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection has been described (by philosopher Daniel Dennett) as “the single best idea that anyone has ever had”. That it’s also the most explosive idea anyone has ever had is confirmed by the fuss … Continue reading →

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