25 April (2015)
Animation | Documentary | War
The tragic 1915 Gallipoli Campaign of WW1 is told through the perspective of six New Zealanders who were involved.
Starring: Tainui Tukiwaho, Andrew Grainger, Chelsie Preston Crayford, Fraser Brown, Matt Whelan, Gareth Reeves
Director: Leanne Pooley
The Legend of Sarila (2013)
Adventure | Animation | Family
Three young Inuits set off in search of a promised land to save their clan from starvation.
Starring: Christopher Plummer, Rachelle Lefevre, Dustin Milligan, Tim Rozon, Geneviève Bujold, Natar Ungalaaq, Elisapie Isaac
Director: Nancy Florence Savard
Superman/Batman: Apocalypse (2010)
Action | Adventure | Animation | Sci-Fi
When a spaceship splashes down in Gotham Harbor, Batman and Superman encounter a mysterious Kryptonian with powers as great as Superman’s. When Darkseid gets wind of this, he has the Kryptonian abducted and brought under his control on Apokolips. It’s up to Batman and Superman to retrieve the Kryptonian, forcing them to infiltrate Darkseid’s hostile world where superpowerful threats lurk around every corner.
Starring: Summer Glau, Edward Asner, Andre Braugher, Tim Daly, Kevin Conroy, Susan Eisenberg
Director: Lauren Montgomery
Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League – Gotham City Breakout (2016)
Animation
Fighting crime is a full-time job and Batman NEVER takes a vacation. That is until he finally agrees to let Batgirl and Nightwing take him on a long overdue trip – leaving Gotham City under the watchful eye of the Justice League.
Starring: Sarah Hyland, Troy Baker, Nolan North, Tara Strong, Tom Kenny, John DiMaggio, Grey Griffin
Director: Matt Peters, Melchior Zwyer
Yo-Kai Watch Movie: It's the Secret of Birth, Meow! / Yo-Kai Watch the Movie: The Secret is Created, Nyan / Yôkai Watch: Tanjô no himitsuda nyan (2014)
Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Fantasy
When the evil Yo-Kai Kin, Gin, and Do steal the Yo-Kai Watch from Keita one night so they can help their master Tokio Ubaune prevent humans and Yo-Kai from being friends, Keita finds help in the Yo-Kai Fuyunyan, who takes Keita, Whisper, and Jibanyan back in time 60 years to when the Yo-Kai Watch was first invented by Keita's own grandfather Keizo while he was a boy. Together, the two boys fight Tokio Ubaune and her evil Kaima Yo-Kai minions to save the world from her evil plans.
Starring: Haruka Tomatsu, Tomokazu Seki, Etsuko Kozakura, Yuki Kaji, Tôru Nara, Aya Endo, Chie Satô
Director: Shigeharu Takahashi, Shinji Ushiro
Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016)
Action | Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Family
When Po's long-lost panda father suddenly reappears, the reunited duo travels to a secret panda paradise to meet scores of hilarious new panda characters. But when the supernatural villain Kai begins to sweep across China defeating all the kung fu masters, Po must do the impossible-learn to train a village full of his fun-loving, clumsy brethren to become the ultimate band of Kung Fu Pandas.
Starring: Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman, David Cross, James Hong, Angelina Jolie, Bryan Cranston
Director: Alessandro Carloni, Jennifer Yuh Nelson
Bling (2016)
Animation
Lowly theme park mechanic Sam dreams about his childhood sweetheart Sue. With the misguided belief that only a bling ring can win the girl of his dreams, Sam plans the most perfect night to propose to his one true love. But when supervillain Oscar shows up with an evil scheme involving a ring of his own, Sam's plans are thrown into utter disarray. After mistaking each other's rings for their own, Sam teams up with his robot superheroes to track down his engagement ring and save the city… learning that it's not about the size of the bling, but the size of your heart.
Starring: Taylor Kitsch, Carla Gugino, Tom Green, Jason Kravits
Director: Kyung Ho Lee, Wonjae Lee
Zootopia (2016)
Action | Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Crime | Family
In the animal city of Zootopia, a fast-talking fox who's trying to make it big goes on the run when he's framed for a crime he didn't commit. Zootopia's top cop, a self-righteous rabbit, is hot on his tail, but when both become targets of a conspiracy, they're forced to team up and discover even natural enemies can become best friends.
Starring: Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman, Idris Elba, Alan Tudyk, J.K. Simmons, Nate Torrence
Director: Byron Howard, Rich Moore
Bodacious Space Pirates: Abyss of Hyperspace / Môretsu pairêtsu: Abyss of Hyperspace – Akuu no shin'en (2014)
Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Sci-Fi
Marika Katou, a third year student at Hakuho Girls' Academy, is a legitimate space pirate with a Letter of Marque. Between her studies, leading her school's space yacht club, working part time at Cafe Lamp, and being the captain of the space pirate ship Bentenmaru, Marika's days are very busy. One day, Marika gets a job to rob a high-class passenger ship, and she discovers that on the passenger list is Kanata Mugen, a boy who owns a "galaxy pass". Thus, an adventure featuring a hyperspace race between pirates and one young boy begins.
Starring: Mikako Komatsu, Asami Shimoda, Kana Hanazawa, Haruka Tomatsu, Hisako Kanemoto, Chiaki Omigawa, Shizuka Itô, Masaya Matsukaze
Director: Tatsuo Satô
Lascars / Round Da Way (2009)
Animation | Comedy
Tony and Jose are best friends and petty crooks, but tension strikes the duo when Jose falls for the rich Clemence and wants to go straight.
Starring: Vincent Cassel, Diane Kruger, Frédérique Bel, Vincent Desagnat, Eric Judor, Gilles Lellouche
Director: Emmanuel Klotz, Albert Pereira-Lazaro
The Prophet (2014)
Animation | Drama
An animated feature film, with "chapters" from animation directors from around the world.
Starring: Liam Neeson, Salma Hayek, John Krasinski, Quvenzhané Wallis, Alfred Molina, Frank Langella
Director: Roger Allers, Gaëtan Brizzi, Paul Brizzi, Joan C. Gratz, Tomm Moore, Nina Paley
The Good Dinosaur (2015)
Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Family | Fantasy
What if the cataclysmic asteroid that forever changed life on Earth actually missed the planet completely and giant dinosaurs never became extinct?
Starring: Frances McDormand, Raymond Ochoa, Jeffrey Wright, Steve Zahn, A.J. Buckley, Anna Paquin
Director: Peter Sohn
Detective Conan: Sunflowers of Inferno / Meitantei Conan: Goka no himawari (2015)
Action | Adventure | Animation | Crime | Mystery
Conan tries to track down Kaito Kid, who supposedly steals a replica of one of Van Gogh's Sunflowers paintings during an auction.
Starring: Minami Takayama, Kappei Yamaguchi, Wakana Yamazaki, Rikiya Koyama
Director: Kôbun Shizuno
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip (2015)
Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Music
Through a series of misunderstandings, Alvin, Simon and Theodore come to believe that Dave is going to propose to his new girlfriend in New York City… and dump them. They have three days to get to him and stop the proposal, saving themselves not only from losing Dave but possibly from gaining a terrible stepbrother.
Starring: Bella Thorne, Jason Lee, Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting, Matthew Gray Gubler, Jesse McCartney, Justin Long
Director: Walt Becker
A Warrior's Tail / Savva. Heart of the Warrior / Savva. Serdtse voina (2015)
Adventure | Animation | Fantasy
An international animation project that is coming out in Russian and English languages. It is a fairytale about a grand life journey of a 10-year old boy Savva devoted to help his Mom and fellow village people to break free from the vicious hyenas. Trying to escape from hyenas Savva finds himself in a magical world he had only heard stories of. That is where he meets the white wolf Angee, a hilarious tiny pink creature Puffy, a strange looking semi-baron FAFL and his passenger, as well as Nanty, Shaman's charming daughter. New friends help Savva through his journey to the Magician that lives on a mountain and, as legend has it, might help Savva free his village from the angry hyenas. However, each of them have their own reasons to see the magician that some of them keep only to themselves. On their way to the Magician the friends will face multiple dangers, pleasant and unpleasant surprises, discover terrifying secrets and even have a battle with a monkey army, led by the cruel and treacherous Mom JoZee – a three-headed monkey queen. "SAVVA-Heart of the Warrior" is a story about a big dream, true friendship and growing strong at heart to overcome difficulties together. It is an exciting and bright animated fairytale.
Starring: Maksim Chukharyov, Konstantin Khabenskiy, Fedor Bondarchuk, Sergey Shnurov, Sergey Garmash
Director: Maksim Fadeev
Anthem of the Heart / Kokoro ga sakebitagatterunda (2015)
Animation | Drama | Fantasy
Jun is a girl whose words have been sealed away. She was once a very happy girl, but because of a certain thing she said when she was very young, her family was torn apart. One day, the egg fairy appeared in front of her and sealed away her ability to talk in order to stop her from hurting anybody else. Since this traumatic experience, Jun lives in the shadows away from the limelight. But, one day, she is nominated to become an executive member of the "community outreach council." On top of that, Jun is also appointed to play the main lead in their musical.
Starring: Sora Amamiya, Yoshimasa Hosoya, Inori Minase, Koki Uchiyama
Director: Tatsuyuki Nagai
Justice League vs. Teen Titans (2016)
Action | Animation
After his volatility botches a Justice League mission. Robin/Damain Wayne is sent to work with The Teen Titans a band of young heroes. The young team must really step up to face Trigon after he possesses the League and threatens to conquer the world.
Starring: Rosario Dawson, Christopher Gorham, Shemar Moore, Jerry O'Connell, Jason O'Mara, Stuart Allan
Director: Sam Liu
Monster High: Great Scarrier Reef (2016)
Animation
When the ghouls get pulled into the school pool, they're transported to the gore-geous underwater world of the Great Scarrier Reef. Lagoona realizes she's come home and, in a fintastic mission of the heart, decides to come to terms with her own freaky flaws. Of course she'll need some help from the most creeperiffic friends ever as she confronts a frenemy from her past, competes in a scaretastic dance extravaganza, and fights a terrible beast from the deep!
Starring: Debi Derryberry, Salli Saffioti, Kate Higgins, America Young
Director: William Lau
Norm of the North (2016)
Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Family
Displaced from their Arctic home, a polar bear named Norm and his three lemming friends wind up in New York City, where Norm becomes the mascot of a corporation he soon learns is tied to the fate of his homeland.
Starring: Rob Schneider, Heather Graham, Ken Jeong, Bill Nighy, Colm Meaney, Loretta Devine, Michael McElhatton
Director: Trevor Wall
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Extraordinary Tales (2013)
Animation | Mystery
Five of Edgar Allan Poe's best-known stories are brought to vivid life in this visually stunning, heart-pounding animated anthology featuring some of the most beloved figures in horror film history.
Starring: Roger Corman, Stephen Hughes
Director: Raul Garcia
