Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom review – Aardman’s spooky-season caper sparkles with fun

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There’s trouble afoot when Shaun’s pumpkin-supersizing serum ends up in a balding farmer’s hair growth bottle in this third cinematic adventure Summer is over and Halloween is on the way … not for a fair bit, of course, but if all the UK’s Halloween…

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  • Reported by The Guardian and published Sun, 13 Sep 2026 11:00:03 UTC.

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