Animation movies

Pooh’s Heffalump Halloween Movie (2005)

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010
Genres: Animation | Family
Countries: USA
Actors: Jimmy Bennett | Peter Cullen | Jim Cummings | John Fiedler | Ken Sansom | Kath Soucie | Kyle Stanger | David Ogden Stiers | Michael Gough | Nikita Hopkins | Travis Oates
Directors: Saul Blinkoff
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Your favorite friends from The Hundred Acre Wood are back in the all-new original feature, POOH’S HEFFALUMP HALLOWEEN MOVIE. It’s a hilariously haunted Halloween in the Hundred Acre Wood, and Roo’s best new pal, Lumpy, is excited to trick-or-treat for the first time. That is, until Tigger warns them about the dreaded Gobloon who’ll turn you into a jaggedy lantern if he catches you. But if they catch the Gobloon before it catches them, they get to make a wish. When Pooh eats all the Halloween candy, Lumpy and Roo decide to be “brave together, brave forever and catch the Gobloon. Celebrate the bumpity and spookable Halloween season with Pooh and his pals in their first Halloween-themed film in eight years.

Ponyo (2008)

Thursday, March 4th, 2010
Genres: Adventure | Animation | Family | Fantasy
Countries: Japan
Actors: Yuria Nara | Hiroki Doi | Jôji Tokoro | Tomoko Yamaguchi | Yûki Amami | Kazushige Nagashima | Akiko Yano | Shinichi Hatori | Tokie Hidari | Eimi Hiraoka | Rumi Hîragi | Tomoko Naraoka | Nozomi Ohashi | Kazuko Yoshiyuki | Akihiko Ishizumi
Directors: Hayao Miyazaki
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The son of a sailor, 5-year old Sosuke lives a quiet life on an oceanside cliff with his mother Lisa. One fateful day, he finds a beautiful goldfish trapped in a bottle on the beach and upon rescuing her, names her Ponyo. But she is no ordinary goldfish. The daughter of a masterful wizard and a sea goddess, Ponyo uses her father’s magic to transform herself into a young girl and quickly falls in love with Sosuke, but the use of such powerful sorcery causes a dangerous imbalance in the world. As the moon steadily draws nearer to the earth and Ponyo’s father sends the ocean’s mighty waves to find his daughter, the two children embark on an adventure of a lifetime to save the world and fulfill Ponyo’s dreams of becoming human.

Daffy Duck’s Quackbusters (1988)

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
Genres: Animation | Comedy | Family | Horror
Countries: USA
Actors: Mel Blanc | Mel Tormé | Roy Firestone
Directors: Greg Ford
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In this feature-length film combining footage from classic Warner Brothers cartoon shorts with newly animated bridging sequences, Daffy Duck, after having induced laughter in an ailing millionaire and forestalled the millionaire’s death for a time (as chronicled in _Daffy Dilly (1948)_(qv), is the beneficiary for the deceased millionaire’s assets. But the millionaire’s will clearly stipulates that Daffy must use the money for the common good, by providing a service, and should Daffy think of pursuing selfish aims, the millionaire’s ghost will “repossess” his millions by making them disappear from Earthly existence. Under the pretense of community service, Daffy opens an exorcism agency and employs Porky Pig, Sylvester Cat, and Bugs Bunny to track and eliminate ghosts, ghouls, and other monsters, while Daffy secretly schemes to use his learned “ghost-busting” talents to rid himself of the millionaire’s nagging spirit.

The AristoCats (1970)

Friday, February 26th, 2010
Genres: Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Family | Music
Countries: USA
Actors: Phil Harris | Eva Gabor | Sterling Holloway | Scatman Crothers | Dean Clark | Paul Winchell | Thurl Ravenscroft | Liz English | Gary Dubin | Vito Scotti | Lord Tim Hudson | Nancy Kulp | Pat Buttram | George Lindsey | Monica Evans
Directors: Wolfgang Reitherman
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The beloved, pampered housecat of a retired opera star in 1910 Paris finds herself stranded in the countryside with her three children, the victims of a plot by their owner’s butler to cheat them out of a huge inheritance. They must find their way back to their home and owner, with the help of an independent-minded tomcat and other animal accomplices, while evading the butler and foiling his plan.

Animalympics (1980)

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
Genres: Animation | Family | Sport
Countries: USA
Actors: Gilda Radner | Billy Crystal | Harry Shearer | Michael Fremer
Directors: Steven Lisberger
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Animalympics is all about the Animal Olympics Contest where all the animals around the world gather to take part in everything from skiing in North America to the very long marathon race in humid conditions. With lively music provided by Graham Gouldman, the film is very different to other cartoons, being more of a drama-comedy than cartoon. With a turtle hosting the proceedings and a killer whale competing against a sting ray in the swimming competition.

American Tail, An (1986)

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
Genres: Adventure | Animation | Drama | Family | Musical
Countries: USA
Actors: Erica Yohn | Nehemiah Persoff | Amy Green | Phillip Glasser | Christopher Plummer | John Finnegan | Will Ryan | Hal Smith | Pat Musick | Cathianne Blore | Neil Ross | Madeline Kahn | Dom DeLuise
Directors: Don Bluth
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Fievel is a young Russian mouse separated from his parents on the way to America, a land they think is without cats. When he arrives alone in the New World, he keeps up hope, searching for his family, making new friends, and running and dodging the cats he thought he’d be rid off.

Monkeybone (2001)

Monday, February 15th, 2010
Genres: Animation | Comedy | Fantasy | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Brendan Fraser | Bridget Fonda | John Turturro | Chris Kattan | Giancarlo Esposito | Rose McGowan | Dave Foley | Megan Mullally | Bob Odenkirk | Pat Kilbane | Lisa Zane | Whoopi Goldberg | Sandra Thigpen | Wayne Wilderson | Amy Higgins
Directors: Henry Selick
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Stu Miley is a cartoonist who created a comic strip called Monkeybone which features the rascal monkey of the same name. Stu is in love with a sleep institute worker named Dr. Julie McElroy. When it came to the night where he was going to propose to her, a freak accident happens and Stu falls into a coma. His spirit ends up in Downtown: a purgatory limbo-like existence between life and death. Downtown is a carnival landscape populated by other people, mythical creatures, and other figments and this is where nightmares are entertainment. This is where Monkeybone comes to life and stirs up trouble for Stu. Also, Stu befriends a cat-girl named Kitty. When Stu learns that his sister Kimmy is about to pull the plug on him, he asks Hypnos: The God of Sleep what to do. Hypnos tells Stu that to get back to the living, he has to steal an Exit Pass from Death who lives in the Land of Death. However, Monkeybone and Hypnos have their own agenda with Stu’s body when it comes to making nightmares.

Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths (2010)

Monday, February 15th, 2010
Genres: Animation
Countries: USA
Actors: William Baldwin | Bruce Davison | Tate Donovan | Mark Harmon | Chris Noth | James Woods | Gina Torres
Directors: Sam Liu
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An alternate-universe adventure that will forever change the way comic-book fans view their favorite DC superheroes, Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths finds a heroic Lex Luthor recruiting Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Freen Lantern, The Flash, and J’onn J’onzz) in an attempt to save planet Earth from a villainous Crime Syndicate headed up by Superwoman, Ultraman, and Owlman. Featuring the voices of James Woods, Mark Harmon, Chris Noth, Gina Torres, and Bruce Davison.

$9.99 (2008)

Thursday, February 11th, 2010
Genres: Animation
Countries: Australia | Israel
Actors: Josef Ber | Tom Budge | Joel Edgerton | Leon Ford | Samuel Johnson | Jamie Katsamatsas | Anthony LaPaglia | Ben Mendelsohn | Henry Nixon | Barry Otto | Geoffrey Rush | Claudia Karvan | Leeanna Walsman
Directors: Tatia Rosenthal
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A jobless 28-year-old residing in an apartment with his single father discovers the meaning of life for a bargain-basement price in this stop-motion animation film featuring the voices of Ben Mendelsohn, Barry Otto, Anthony LaPaglia, and Geoffrey Rush. Dave has made it his mission to discover the meaning of life, so when he stumbles across a book claiming to answer just that question for the low, low price of just $9.99, he can’t help but make an impulse purchase. Much to his surprise, the book contains all the answers he’s been searching for, a revelation that compels him to share this newfound information with his neighbors — an eccentric bunch whose stories gradually intertwine to offer a revealing portrait of their hopes, loves, and spiritual beliefs.

The Penguins of Madagascar (2008)

Monday, February 8th, 2010
Genres: Animation | Comedy
Countries: USA
Actors: James Patrick Stuart | Vicki Lewis
Directors:
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The Penguins of Madagascar: Operation: DVD Premiere is a future DreamWorks Animation direct-to-DVD feature starring the characters of The Penguins of Madagascar, a spin-off TV show stemming from the popular Madagascar movie franchise. The two-hour-long DVD, scheduled for release on February 9, 2010, will consist of both all-new content and select adventures from the Nickelodeon-aired series.