Category Archives: Animation
LEGO DC: Shazam - Magic & Monsters
Release 2020
Genre Animation
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Director: Matt Peters
Writers: Jeremy Adams
Stars: Greg Ellis, Sean Astin, Dee Bradley Baker, Troy Baker, Zach Callison
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12093878/
When the boy hero Shazam is offered to join the Justice League he is reluctant about it, but when his rivals the Monster Society put the League in peril he's the only one who can save them.
The Willoughbys
Release 2020
Genre Animation, Comedy, Family
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Director: Kris Pearn, Cory Evans, Rob Lodermeier
Writers: Kris Pearn, Mark Stanleigh, Kris Pearn
Stars: Will Forte, Maya Rudolph, Alessia Cara, Terry Crews, Martin Short
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5206260/
Convinced they'd be better off raising themselves, the Willoughby children hatch a sneaky plan to send their selfish parents on vacation. The siblings then embark on their own high-flying adventure to find the true meaning of family.
Klaus
Release 2019
Genre Adventure, Animation, Comedy
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Director: Sergio Pablos, Carlos Martínez López
Writers: Sergio Pablos, Sergio Pablos, Jim Mahoney
Stars: Jason Schwartzman, J.K. Simmons, Rashida Jones, Will Sasso, Neda Margrethe Labba
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4729430/
A simple act of kindness always sparks another, even in a frozen, faraway place. When Smeerensburg's new postman, Jesper, befriends toymaker Klaus, their gifts melt an age-old feud and deliver a sleigh full of holiday traditions.
Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion’s Revenge
Release 2020
Genre Action, Adventure, Animation
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Director: Ethan Spaulding
Writers: Jeremy Adams, Ed Boon
Stars: Joel McHale, Grey Griffin, Jennifer Carpenter, Kevin Michael Richardson, Steve Blum
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9580138/
Plot unknown. Reportedly an animated project based on the long-running Mortal Kombat video game franchise.
Trouble
Release 2019
Genre Animation, Comedy, Family
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Director: Kevin Johnson
Writers: Jordan Katz, Judah Miller, Rob Muir
Stars: Big Sean, Pamela Adlon, Lucy Hale, Marissa Jaret Winokur, Wilmer Valderrama
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6772524/
A pampered dog named Trouble must learn to live in the real world, while trying to escape from his former owner's greedy children.
Trolls World Tour
Release 2020
Genre Adventure, Animation, Comedy
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Director: Walt Dohrn, David P. Smith
Writers: Maya Forbes, Wallace Wolodarsky, Elizabeth Tippet
Stars: Anna Kendrick, Justin Timberlake, James Corden, Ozzy Osbourne, Rachel Bloom
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6587640/
Poppy and Branch discover that they are but one of six different Troll tribes scattered over six different lands devoted to six different kinds of music: Funk, Country, Techno, Classical, Pop and Rock. Their world is about to get a lot bigger and a whole lot louder. A member of hard-rock royalty, Queen Barb, aided by her father King Thrash, wants to destroy all other kinds of music to let rock reign supreme. With the fate of the world at stake, Poppy and Branch, along with their friends, set out to visit all the other lands to unify the Trolls in harmony against Barb, who's looking to upstage them all.
Red Shoes and the Seven Dwarfs
Release 2019
Genre Action, Adventure, Animation
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Director: Sung-ho Hong, Moo-Hyun Jang, Young Sik Uhm
Writers: WoongSub Ahn, Sung-ho Hong, WooChul Jung
Stars: Chloë Grace Moretz, Sam Claflin, Gina Gershon, Patrick Warburton, Jim Rash
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4429160/
Princes who have been turned into Dwarfs seek the red shoes of a lady in order to break the spell, although it will not be easy. A parody with a twist.
Onward
Release 2020
Genre Adventure, Animation, Comedy
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Director: Dan Scanlon
Writers: Dan Scanlon, Keith Bunin, Jason Headley
Stars: Tom Holland, Chris Pratt, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Octavia Spencer, Mel Rodriguez
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7146812/
Set in a suburban fantasy world, two teenage elf brothers embark on a quest to discover if there is still magic out there.
Superman: Red Son
Release 2020
Genre Action, Animation, Sci-Fi
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Director: Sam Liu
Writers: J.M. DeMatteis, Mark Millar, Dave Johnson
Stars: Jason Isaacs, Amy Acker, Diedrich Bader, Vanessa Marshall, Phil Morris
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10985510/
What if baby Kal-El's rocket landed, not in Kansas, but in the Soviet Union? That is the premise of this Elseworld's tale from DC Comics.
Captain Sabertooth and the Magic Diamond
Release 2019
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Director: Marit Moum Aune, Rasmus A. Sivertsen
Writers: Terje Formoe, Karsten Fullu
Stars: Kyrre Haugen Sydness, Siri Skjeggedal, Leonard Valestrand Eike, Ida Leonora Valestrand Eike, Bartek Kaminski
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8048384/
Two young pirates on the search for a lost brother, a vampire with heavy sunburns, a shape shifting queen and a raging ape army. Captain Sabertooth will face plenty of challenges when he sets out to find a lost magic diamond.