Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy?: An Animated Conversation with Noam Chomsky (2013)
Animation | Documentary
A series of interviews featuring linguist, philosopher and activist Noam Chomsky done in hand-drawn animation.
Starring: Noam Chomsky, Michel Gondry
Director: Michel Gondry
The Pagemaster (1994)
Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Mystery | Romance
A cowardly boy who buries himself in accident statistics enters a library to escape a storm only to be transformed into an animated illustration by the Pagemaster. He has to work through obstacles from classic books to return to real life.
Starring: Macaulay Culkin, Christopher Lloyd, Ed Begley, Jr., Mel Harris, Patrick Stewart, Whoopi Goldberg
Director: Joe Johnston
Doraemon the Movie: Nobita's Secret Gadget Museum / Doraemon: Nobita no Himitsu no Museum (2013)
Adventure | Animation
One day, while Doraemon is taking a nap, his bell is stolen. The person who stole Doraemon's bell is mysterious thief DX. By using a Sherlock Holmes set, Nobita discovers that a clue for the case is at a secret tool museum, which is in the future. So, they decide to all go to the future. At the secret tool museum, various secret tools have been stolen by mysterious thief DX.
Starring: Wasabi Mizuta, Megumi Oohara, Yumi Kakazu, Subaru Kimura, Tomokazu Seki, Chiaki, Osamu Mukai
Director: Yukiyo Teramoto
Pororo, the Racing Adventure / Pororo Movie / Pororo gukjangpan super sulme daemohum (2013)
Animation
Curious little penguin Pororo and his friends accidentally cause an airplane to make an emergency landing in their home of Pororo Village. On the airplane are some turtles being shipped to Northpia to deliver ice sleds, or racing ice cars. Nevertheless, Pororo and his friends believe that the turtles are racers, and the turtles end up giving the gang at Pororo Village some lessons and passing on the championship spirit. In the end, Pororo and his friends follow the turtles to Northpia to participate in the race. Upon arriving at icily beautiful Northpia's race, Pororo and his friends wind up unlikely front-runners, ahead of the polar bears, and make it to the finals. However, a more complicated course awaits Pororo and his friends- as does their strongest adversary yet.
Starring: Sun Lee, Mi Ja Lee, Hwan Chin Kim, Su Jung Ham
Director: Young Kyun Park
Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year (2002)
Animation | Family
This is a combination of the 1991 Christmas TV special "Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too" and the addition of "Happy Pooh Year."
Starring: Jim Cummings, Peter Cullen, John Fiedler, Ken Sansom, Paul Winchell
Director: Gary Katona, Ed Wexler, Jamie Mitchell
Mickey's Christmas Carol (1983)
Animation | Family | Fantasy | Short
The classic Disney animated characters play the roles in this animated retelling of the Charles Dickens masterpiece.
Starring: Alan Young, Wayne Allwine, Hal Smith, Will Ryan, Eddie Carroll, Patricia Parris
Director: Burny Mattinson
Les triplettes de Belleville / The Triplets of Belleville (2003)
Animation | Comedy
When her grandson is kidnapped during the Tour de France, Madame Souza and her beloved pooch Bruno team up with the Belleville Sisters–an aged song-and-dance team from the days of Fred Astaire–to rescue him.
Starring: Michèle Caucheteux, Jean-Claude Donda, Mari-Lou Gauthier
Director: Sylvain Chomet
The Raccoon War / Pom Poko / Heisei tanuki gassen ponpoko (1994)
Animation | Comedy | Drama | Fantasy
Faced with the destruction of their habitat due to the growth of Tokyo, a group of tanuki try to defend their homes. They decide to use their transforming talents to try to hold back the new development. Two of them, especially skilled at transforming, are sent to Shikoku to enlist the help of three sages. Meanwhile, the rest of them do their best to disrupt the construction site, at first causing accidents, and then actually haunting the site. However, the humans are very persistent, and soon the tanuki are forced to use more and more extreme measures to save their home.
Starring: Shinchô Kokontei, Makoto Nonomura, Yuriko Ishida, Norihei Miki, Nijiko Kiyokawa, Shigeru Izumiya, Gannosuke Ashiya
Director: Isao Takahata
The Jungle Book: Treasure of Cold Lair (2010)
Adventure | Animation | Family
When Thu, the white Cobra who guards the Treasure of Cold Lair disappears, Baloo, Bagheera, Mowgli and Langur team up to guard the treasure and ward off the humans. The four friends dress up to ‘haunt’ the superstitious humans, driving them away and saving the treasure from being discovered. Join your favourite jungle friends with over 60 minutes of adventure in a treasure quest that’s fun for the entire pack.
Starring: Teresa Gallagher, Jimmy Hibbert, David Holt, Nigel Pilkington, Emma Tate
Director: Tapaas Chakravarti
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Pinocchio (1940)
Adventure | Animation | Drama | Family | Fantasy | Music
Lonely woodcarver Geppetto longs for a child, and his wish is partially granted when the Blue Fairy brings his wooden marionette Pinocchio to life. In order to become a real boy, Pinocchio must prove himself worthy. He sets out into the world, accompanied by his "conscience," Jiminy Cricket. Pinocchio is led astray by the wicked fox J. Worthington Fowlfellow, first to "a life in the theater"- Stromboli's puppet show – and then to Pleasure Island, where boys behave like (and become!) jackasses. Pinocchio redeems himself by saving Geppetto from Monstro, the whale.
Starring: Dick Jones, Cliff Edwards, Christian Rub, Walter Catlett, Mel Blanc, Don Brodie
Director: Norman Ferguson, T. Hee, Wilfred Jackson, Jack Kinney, Hamilton Luske, Bill Roberts
Barbie & Her Sisters in A Pony Tale (2013)
Animation | Family | Fantasy
Barbie and her sisters set off on a Swiss adventure to the majestic Alps, where they are excited to spend the summer at a fun-filled riding academy! Barbie can't wait to find a new horse to bring back to Malibu. Stacie is super excited to prove she's an amazing equestrian. All Chelsea wants to do is ride the big horses, and Skipper… well let's just say she's more interested in writing about the great outdoors than experiencing it. The sisters' vacation gets off to a rocky start, but when Barbie discovers a mysterious wild horse in the woods, their visit becomes truly magical.
Starring: Kelly Sheridan, Kazumi Evans, Claire Corlett, Ashlyn Drummond, Alex Kelly, Tabitha St. Germain
Director: Kyran Kelly
Planes (2013)
Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Family
This spinoff of the beloved Cars films follows Dusty the crop duster, who dreams of flying in a race around the world. But in order to qualify for the competition, he'll have to overcome his fear of heights.
Starring: Dane Cook, Stacy Keach, Priyanka Chopra, Cedric the Entertainer, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, John Cleese
Director: Klay Hall
Strawberry Shortcake: Berry Bitty Mysteries (2013)
Animation | Family | Fantasy
It's mischief, mystery and marvelous fun as Strawberry and her pals face their fears and find some missing VIPs (Very Important Pets) in these delightful tales about friendship.
Starring: Anna Cummer, Janyse Jaud, Andrea Libman, Britt McKillip, Ingrid Nilson
Director: Bob Hathcock
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996)
Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Crime
MTV junkies Beavis and Butt-head awaken one day to find their beloved TV stolen. On their adventure to do a murderous smuggler's wife, they encounter an FBI agent with a predilection for cavity searches, two rather familiar looking ex-Motley Crue roadies, Mr. Van Driessen singing "Lesbian Seagull", a little old lady, and, of course, Mr. Anderson and his trailer.
Starring: Mike Judge, Bruce Willis, Demi Moore, Cloris Leachman, Robert Stack
Director: Mike de Seve, Mike Judge, Yvette Kaplan, Brian Mulroney
Barbie Mariposa and the Fairy Princess (2013)
Animation | Family | Fantasy
Mariposa becomes the royal Ambassador of Flutterfield and is sent to bring peace between her fairy land and their rivals, the Crystal Fairies of Shimmervale. While Mariposa doesn't make a great first impression on their King, she becomes fast friends with his shy daughter, Princess Catania. However, a misunderstanding causes Mariposa to be banished from the fairy land. As Mariposa and Zee return to Flutterfield, they encounter a dark fairy on her way to destroy Shimmervale. Mariposa rushes back and helps Princess Catania save her fairy land and together, the two girls prove that the best way to make a friend, is to be a friend.
Starring: Kelly Sheridan, Maryke Hendrikse, Tabitha St. Germain, Kathleen Barr, Mariee Devereux
Director: William Lau
Hercules (1997)
Adventure | Animation | Family | Fantasy | Musical | Romance
The heavenly Hercules is stripped of his immortality and raised on Earth instead of Olympus, where he's forced to take on Hades and assorted monsters.
Starring: Tate Donovan, Susan Egan, Josh Keaton, Roger Bart, Danny DeVito, James Woods
Narrator: Charlton Heston
Director: Ron Clements, John Musker
Turbo (2013)
Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Family | Sport
A garden snail with dreams of becoming the fastest snail in the world experiences a freak accident that might just allow him to realize his goal.
Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Paul Giamatti, Michael Peña, Luis Guzmán, Bill Hader, Richard Jenkins
Director: David Soren
Turbo (2013)
Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Family | Sport
A garden snail with dreams of becoming the fastest snail in the world experiences a freak accident that might just allow him to realize his goal.
Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Paul Giamatti, Michael Peña, Luis Guzmán, Bill Hader, Richard Jenkins
Director: David Soren
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Despicable Me 2 (2013)
Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Crime | Family | Sci-Fi
Gru is recruited by the Anti-Villain League to help deal with a powerful new super criminal.
Starring: Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, Russell Brand, Miranda Cosgrove, Dana Gaier, Steve Coogan
Director: Pierre Coffin, Chris Renaud
Alvin and the Chipmunks: Halloween Collection (2012)
Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Music
Join Alvin and his brothers Simon and Theodore for this hilarious Halloween adventure. In "Trick or Treason," Alvin wants to be accepted into the Monster Club to get their cool Monster jacket, but the Monster members think it's cool to be cruel. It takes Theadore's friendship with Michael, a misunderstood outcast the other kids call Pumpkinhead, to show Alvin that being a true friend is really a lot more cool than trying to be a popular Monster! There are plenty of laughs and surprises — and music, including Mash — to make this a monstrously fun video any time of the year!
Starring: Ross Bagdasarian, Janice Karman
Director: Janice Karman
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