Category Archives: Animation
Frozen
Release 2013
Genre Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
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Director: Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee
Writers: Jennifer Lee, Hans Christian Andersen, Chris Buck, Shane Morris, Dean Wellins
Stars: Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, Jonathan Groff, Josh Gad, Santino Fontana
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2294629/
Fearless optimist Anna teams up with Kristoff in an epic journey, encountering Everest-like conditions, and a hilarious snowman named Olaf in a race to find Anna's sister Elsa, whose icy powers have trapped the kingdom in eternal winter.
Despicable Me 2
Release 2013
Genre Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Crime, Family, Sci-Fi
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Director: Pierre Coffin, Chris Renaud
Writers: Cinco Paul, Ken Daurio
Stars: Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, Benjamin Bratt, Miranda Cosgrove, Russell Brand
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1690953/
Gru is recruited by the Anti-Villain League to help deal with a powerful new super criminal.
Rio
Release 2011
Genre Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, Musical
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Director: Carlos Saldanha
Writers: Carlos Saldanha, Earl Richey Jones, Todd R. Jones, Don Rhymer, Joshua Sternin, J.R. Ventimilia, Sam Harper
Stars: Karen Disher, Jason Fricchione, Sofia Scarpa Saldanha, Leslie Mann, Kelly Keaton
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1436562/
When Blu, a domesticated macaw from small-town Minnesota, meets the fiercely independent Jewel, he takes off on an adventure to Rio de Janeiro with this bird of his dreams.
The Wind Rises
Release 2013
Genre Animation, Biography, Drama, Romance, War
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Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, John Krasinski, Emily Blunt, Martin Short, Stanley Tucci
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2013293/
A look at the life of Jiro Horikoshi, the man who designed Japanese fighter planes during World War II.
The Lego Movie
Release 2014
Genre Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
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Director: Phil Lord, Christopher Miller
Writers: Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, Dan Hageman, Kevin Hageman
Stars: Will Arnett, Elizabeth Banks, Craig Berry, Alison Brie, David Burrows
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1490017/
An ordinary Lego construction worker, thought to be the prophesied 'Special', is recruited to join a quest to stop an evil tyrant from gluing the Lego universe into eternal stasis.
Despicable Me
Release 2010
Genre Animation, Comedy, Crime, Family
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Director: Pierre Coffin, Chris Renaud
Writers: Cinco Paul, Ken Daurio, Sergio Pablos
Stars: Steve Carell, Jason Segel, Russell Brand, Julie Andrews, Will Arnett
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1323594/
When a criminal mastermind uses a trio of orphan girls as pawns for a grand scheme, he finds their love is profoundly changing him for the better.
Monsters University
Release 2013
Genre Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
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Director: Dan Scanlon
Writers: Dan Scanlon, Daniel Gerson, Robert L. Baird
Stars: Billy Crystal, John Goodman, Steve Buscemi, Helen Mirren, Peter Sohn
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1453405/
A look at the relationship between Mike and Sulley during their days at Monsters University -- when they weren't necessarily the best of friends.
Turbo
Release 2013
Genre Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, Sport
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Director: David Soren
Writers: Darren Lemke, Robert D. Siegel, David Soren
Stars: Ryan Reynolds, Paul Giamatti, Michael Peña, Samuel L. Jackson, Luis Guzmán
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1860353/
A freak accident might just help an everyday garden snail achieve his biggest dream: winning the Indy 500.