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WE’RE FINDING OUR HAPPY PLACE WITH OUR FAVOURITE BITS OF FEEL-GOOD MOVIE MAGIC. THIS MONTH: RATATOUILLE, A TELEKINETIC GIRL AND A JAILED BEAR

FAR MORE TERRIFYING than anyone working at this magazine, fearsome restaurant critic Anton Ego (voiced by Peter O’Toole) haunts every moment of Pixar’s 2007 classic , the whimsical tale of Remy, a rat who dreams of becoming a chef. Ego is seemingly impossible to impress. But in the climactic scene, when he tastes Remy’s gourmet twist on the (appropriately named) ratatouille, the critic is transported to memories of being served the dish as a child, and his sternness

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