Category Archives: Animation
The Nut Job
Release 2014
Genre Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family
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Director: Peter Lepeniotis
Writers: Lorne Cameron, Peter Lepeniotis, Robert Reece, Daniel Woo
Stars: Will Arnett, Brendan Fraser, Liam Neeson, Katherine Heigl, Stephen Lang
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1821658/
An incorrigibly self-serving exiled squirrel finds himself helping his former park brethren raid a nut store to survive, that is also the front for a human gang's bank robbery.
Justice League: War
Release 2014
Genre Action, Adventure, Animation, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
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Director: Jay Oliva
Writers: Heath Corson, Bill Finger, Geoff Johns, Jim Lee, Scott Williams
Stars: Sean Astin, Zach Callison, Christopher Gorham, Justin Kirk, Michelle Monaghan
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3060952/
The world's finest heroes found the Justice League in order to stop an alien invasion of Earth.
Up
Release 2009
Genre Adventure, Animation, Family
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Director: Pete Docter, Bob Peterson
Writers: Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Thomas McCarthy
Stars: Edward Asner, Christopher Plummer, Jordan Nagai, Bob Peterson, Delroy Lindo
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1049413/
By tying thousands of balloons to his home, 78-year-old Carl sets out to fulfill his lifelong dream to see the wilds of South America. Russell, a wilderness explorer 70 years younger, inadvertently becomes a stowaway.
Puss in Boots
Release 2011
Genre Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family
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Director: Chris Miller
Writers: Charles Perrault, Tom Wheeler, Brian Lynch, William Davies
Stars: Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Zach Galifianakis, Billy Bob Thornton, Amy Sedaris
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0448694/
The events leading up to the sword fighting cat's meeting with Shrek and his friends.
Arthur Christmas
Release 2011
Genre Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family
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Director: Sarah Smith, Barry Cook
Writers: Peter Baynham, Sarah Smith
Stars: James McAvoy, Hugh Laurie, Bill Nighy, Jim Broadbent, Imelda Staunton
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1430607/
On Christmas night at the North Pole, Santa's youngest son looks to use his father's high-tech operation for an urgent mission.
Gnomeo & Juliet
Release 2011
Genre Animation, Comedy, Family, Romance
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Director: Kelly Asbury
Writers: Rob Sprackling, John R. Smith, Andy Riley, Kevin Cecil, Kelly Asbury, Steve Hamilton Shaw, Mark Burton, Emily Cook, Kathy Greenberg, William Shakespeare
Stars: James McAvoy, Emily Blunt, Ashley Jensen, Michael Caine, Matt Lucas
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0377981/
The neighboring gardens of Montague and Capulet are at war, but the gnomes, Gnomeo and Juliet, are in love.
Megamind
Release 2010
Genre Action, Animation, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
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Director: Tom McGrath
Writers: Alan J. Schoolcraft, Brent Simons
Stars: Will Ferrell, Brad Pitt, Tina Fey, Jonah Hill, David Cross
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1001526/
The supervillain Megamind finally defeats his nemesis, the superhero Metro Man. But without a hero, he loses all purpose and must find new meaning to his life.
Toy Story 2
Release 1999
Genre Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
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Director: John Lasseter, Ash Brannon, Lee Unkrich
Writers: John Lasseter, Pete Docter, Ash Brannon, Andrew Stanton, Rita Hsiao, Doug Chamberlin, Chris Webb
Stars: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Kelsey Grammer, Don Rickles
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120363/
When Woody is stolen by a toy collector, Buzz and his friends vow to rescue him, but Woody finds the idea of immortality in a museum tempting.
Toy Story
Release 1995
Genre Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
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Director: John Lasseter
Writers: John Lasseter, Pete Docter, Andrew Stanton, Joe Ranft, Joss Whedon, Joel Cohen, Alec Sokolow
Stars: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Don Rickles, Jim Varney, Wallace Shawn
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114709/
A cowboy doll is profoundly threatened and jealous when a new spaceman figure supplants him as top toy in a boy's room.
Toy Story 3
Release 2010
Genre Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
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Director: Lee Unkrich
Writers: John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, Lee Unkrich, Michael Arndt
Stars: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Ned Beatty, Don Rickles
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0435761/
The toys are mistakenly delivered to a day-care center instead of the attic right before Andy leaves for college, and it's up to Woody to convince the other toys that they weren't abandoned and to return home.