Rabbit Season
Or "Rabbits in Film".
From the innocent and fluffy (Thumper) to the enigmatic and menacing (Frank from "Donnie Darko"); from smart and sassy (Bugs) to weird and wonderful (Rabbit ears boy in "Gummo"!) - the humble bunny has been in our movie psyche since the first one popped out of the first movie magician's hat.
The humble bunny has reflected man's inhumanity to man ("Watership Down"), symbolised his innocence, pure and tainted ("Harvey", "Sexy Beast"), and just given us a few good laughs along the way ("Who Framed Roger Rabbit", "Raising Arizona").
Lest we forget their valuable and long-eared contribution to movie magic.
Pictured: One freaky rabbit in "Donnie Darko".
The Bugs Bunny / Road Runner Movie (1979)
7.3/10
Director: Chuck Jones
Starring: Bugs Bunny, Roadrunner, Wile E Coyote
This brings together full-length cartoon classics and a string of excerpts from many of Chuck Jones' most original productions with newly added materi... Read more
Alice in Wonderland ( Blu-ray ) (2010)
6.5/10
Director: Tim Burton
Starring: Alan Rickman, Crispin Glover, Helena Bonham Carter, Johnny Depp, Stephen Fry, Ti...
Part live action, part computer animated, Tim Burton's take on Lewis Carroll's classic tale follows 19-year-old Alice (Mia Wasikowska) as she leaves h... Read more
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
8/10
Director: Henry Selick
Starring: Danny Elfman, Paul Reubens, Chris Sarandon, Catherine O'Hara
A wonderfully bizarre and visually stunning Yuletide treat from Tim Burton, who uses stop-motion animation to tell the story of Jack Skellington, the... Read more
Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002)
7.5/10
Director: Phillip Noyce
Starring: Everlyn Sampi, Tianna Sansbury, Laura Monaghan, David Gulpilil, Kenneth Branagh
Set in 1930s outback Australia, this is the true story of three Aboriginal girls who are snatched from their mothers' arms in Jigalong, Western Austra... Read more
Alice In Wonderland (1966)
7.2/10
Director: Jonathan Miller
Starring: Wilfrid Brambell, Peter Cook, John Gielgud, Leo McKern, Michael Redgrave, Peter...
Lewis Carroll's classic children's story has long proved fertile ground for Freudian analysis, surrealists, social historians, literary critics and fi... Read more
Hank and Mike (2007)
6/10
Director: Matthiew Klinck
Starring: Thomas Michael, Paolo Mancini, Chris Klein, Joe Mantegna
A twisted, one-of-a-kind comedy about two foul-mouthed Easter Bunnies (Thomas Michael, Paolo Mancini) who get fired and try their hand at an assortmen... Read more
Alice in Wonderland (Disney) (1951)
6.5/10
Director: Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske, Wilfred Jackson
Starring: Kathryn Beaumont, Ed Wynn, Sterling Holloway
Disney animation based on the Lewis Carroll favourite. Join Alice as she falls into the wild world of Wonderland and meets extraordinary characters su... Read more
Donnie Darko ( Blu-ray ) (2001)
8.1/10
Director: Richard Kelly
Starring: Drew Barrymore, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jena Malone, Katharine Ross, Mary McDonnell, No...
During the presidential election of 1988, a teenager named Donnie Darko (Jake Gyllenhaal) sleepwalks out of his house one night, and sees a giant, dem... Read more
Donnie Darko (2001)
8.1/10
Director: Richard Kelly
Starring: Drew Barrymore, Jake Gyllenhaal, James Duval, Jena Malone, Katharine Ross, Mary...
Dark and disturbing, destined-for-cult status tale stars Jake Gyllenhaal as a gifted but troubled 80s high school student whose adolescent horrors tak... Read more
Rise of the Guardians ( Blu-ray ) (2012)
7.3/10
Director: Peter Ramsey
Starring: Alec Baldwin, Hugh Jackman, Jude Law, Isla Fisher, Chris Pine
In this thrilling animated adventure based on William Joyce's "The Guardians of Childhood" book series, Jack Frost relates the tale of how he teamed u... Read more