Mangan also tells us of his delight in working on something his young sons can watch and enjoy, while explaining the difficulties in bringing Pat to the silver screen to dramatic effect, given the inherent, good nature of the man. He also explains what attracted him to take on this role, and compares his singing voice to that of Ronan Keating’s, who provides the vocals for Pat’s fledging musical career in the movie. Based on the 1960’s animated characters, this DreamWorks film is one of those that produced a lukewarm reaction. Although didactic in the positive sense of the word, it is missing a certain spark to upgrade it into the realm of memorable filmmaking. Teaching kids about ancient civilizations while also trying to deliver on the emotional connection between parents and children is always commendable, but is it enough? Directed by Rob Minkoff (" The Lion King") this story about a smarty-pants dog and his adopted human son received a moderately positive response from audiences and critics. It is hard to know if it will stand the test of time. After running away from the PATBOT 3000 when it breaks the sorting office barrier, the SDS employies suddenly vanish. And later on, when Carbuncle unleashes his army of killer Pats, and robot Jess, it all feels head-scratchingly inappropriate. When adapting a children’s TV show that has an established, expectant audience in already in place, to fully succeed you need to ensure that you remain faithful to the tone and spirit of the much-loved series, and to enlarge cinematically with minimum contrivance. While Postman Pat’s debut on the silver screen may deliver in both aspects, it remains a somewhat alienating production as far as the parents are concerned, with little in here to appease all members of the family.

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Looking for a good family film this Christmas? See Paddington. Or if you've seen that, you could try Get Santa Production and sales outfit Timeless Films is handling worldwide sales on the project and will be presenting new footage from the film at the American Film Market (Afm) (Nov 4-11) next week Break out your Marauder’s Map, Invisibility Cloak and Time-Turner: It’s time for another Hogwarts Alumni Newsletter.Elsewhere, the chart saw new releases A Million Ways to Die in the West and Jimmy's Hall bow at numbers four and ten respectively. Icon Film Distribution CEO Ian Dawson talks about the relaunched company’s strategy to fill a gap in the UK market. One of the stars of the new Postman Pat movie, Rupert Grint, chats to us about the film, Harry Potter, Knightmare and more...

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Some the early robots were based on the title character from the Disney and Pixar movie "WALL•E", Robot B3 from "Lost in Space" and a Dalek from the BBC science-fiction series "Doctor Who". The latter is referred to in the end credits as "Not a Dalek". The former Boyzone star - who is currently a judge on the Australian version of X Factor - described Cowell as "a great businessman... through and through".The empire that he's built is very impressive. He's a great businessman, really, through and through."

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It's at this point things start to get a little weird. Perhaps fearing that the modern tot can't be doing without a goodly dose of threat and peril, the fake Pat is pretty creepy: fixed toothy grin, glowing red eyes, hammering goosestep gait. Pat Clifton, the humble and dedicated postman who's been the star of his own TV series for more than 30 years, gets his moment to shine on the big screen with the release of Postman Pat: The Movie. Starring: Jim Broadbent , Jane Carr , Robin Atkin Downes , Rupert Grint , Susan Duerden , Stephen ManganNo doubt the desire not to bore the hell out of older kids, much less their parents, played a part; more likely, however, is that the filmmakers didn't want to have something too lame on their CV. The 3D feature will see the beloved postman as a contestant in a national television talent competition, reports The Wrap. For the first time in almost two decades, Luxor Jr., the beloved hopping desk lamp that announces the beginning of a new Pixar adventure, will not see the light. This year the Emeryville-based studio will not delight their devoted audiences with a new, moneymaking feature film. Surely the outrageously successful team of animators will have great years to come with the recent announcements of sequels for "Cars" and "The Incredibles," as well as "Finding Dori,""The Good Dinosaur," and "Inside Out," all of which are already in the making. But this year, 2014, seems like an open field for everyone else to play without the menacing thought of a surely successful Pixar movie in the horizon, which are usually hard to beat both financially and critically. Having been denied his yearly bonus by a sinister corporate new broom called Carbuncle (Peter Woodward), Pat, voiced efficiently enough by a reined-in Stephen Mangan, enters the show to win a holiday to Italy, to make good on a promise to his wife. Meanwhile, in the performance, a Patbot performs instead of Pat, unbeknownst to the audience. Wilf arrives, knowing it to be a robot (after defeating a Patbot with a magnet at the sorting officer earlier), uses a magnet to unmask the Patbot. Then, the real Pat interrupts the performance and gives a speech on what's really important and how he forgot to take time for those he really cares about. As Carbunkle releases the first few Patbots to kill off Pat, Simon and Brown, revealing that he has had enough of them hindering his plans, Josh saves them by using Carbunkle's phone to turn off all the Patbots before they can kill Pat, Cowbell and Brown. Little does Pat suspect that his wife and friends from Greendale will arrive in the chaos.