<strong><span class="s1">Epic<br/> </span>Director: Chris Wedge</strong><br/><strong> Starring: Amanda Seyfried, Beyoncé and Christoph Waltz</strong><br/><strong> <span class="s2">***</span></strong> <span class="s1">Inspired by the William Joyce book <em>The Leaf Men and the Brave Good Bugs</em>, and made by the team behind <em>Ice Age</em> and <em>Rio</em>, this tale has the components of an old-fashioned Disney classic. </span> <span class="s1">The set-up creates a wonderful world where humans, animals and folklore creatures interact. But the tale suffers from too much exposition. </span> <span class="s1">Amanda Seyfried is the teenager M?K who inadvertently discovers a tiny advanced civilisation called the Leaf Men and gets caught up in their war to save the forest. Christoph Waltz is the baddy Mandrake, head of the evil tribe of Boggans. </span> <span class="s1">Aziz Ansari and Chris O’Dowd as molluscs provide the very funny comic interludes. Beyoncé voices the forest queen. But for animated eco adventures, search out cartoons by Japan’s Studio Ghibli.</span> Follow us And follow us on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/thenationalArtsandLife">Facebook</a> for discussions, entertainment, reviews, wellness and news.