animation
Enchanted
Dir: Kevin Lima
Writ: Bill Kelly
Amy Adams … Giselle
James Marsden … Prince Edward
Idina Menzel … Nancy Tremaine
Susan Sarandon … Queen Narissa
Patrick Dempsey … Robert Philip
Timothy Spall … Nathaniel
Rachel Covey … Morgan Philip
Julie Andrews … Narrator
Enchanted is the story of Giselle, who meets her true love, Prince Edward after he rescues her from a troll. Or maybe an ogre. But before they [...]
Tagged: 8 Stars, Amy Adams, animation, awwww, Bill Kelly, cute, faerie, humour, Idina Menzel, James Marsden, Julie Andrews, Kevin Lima, musical, Patrick Dempsey, Rachel Covey, romance, Susan Sarandon, Timothy Spall
TMNT
Dir & Writ: Kevin Munroe
Comic characters created by Peter Laird & Kevin Eastman
Mitchell Whitfield – Donatello (voice)
James Arnold Taylor – Leonardo (voice)
Mikey Kelley – Michelangelo (voice)
Nolan North – Raphael
Chris Evans – Casey Jones (voice)
Sarah Michelle Gellar – April O’Neil (voice)
Mako – Master Splinter (voice)
Patrick Stewart – Max Winters (voice)
Laurence Fishburne – Narrator (voice)
Ziyi Zhang – [...]
Tagged: 7 Stars, action, animation, Chris Evans, fights, James Arnold Taylor, Kevin Eastman, Kevin Munroe, Laurence Fishbourne, Mako, Mikey Kelley, mindless fun, Mitchell Whitfield, Nolan North, nostalgia, Patrick Stewart, Peter Laird, Sarah Michelle Gellar, sff, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, TMNT, visually stunning, Ziyi Zhang
A Scanner Darkly
Writ & dir. Richard Linklater
Based on the novel by Philip K. Dick
Keanu Reeves – Bob Arctor
Robert Downey Jr. – James Barris
Winona RyderDonna
Woody Harrelson – Ernie Luckman
Rory Cochrane- Charles Freck
I have come to conclusion that I dislike this new animation style of digital-rotoscoping. That is where actors are filmed and then converted into animation using some [...]
Tagged: 6 Stars, A Scanner Darkly, animation, based on book, Dark, humour, Keanu Reeves, Philip K. Dick, Richard Linklater, Robert Downey Jr., Rory Cochrane, sff, sombre, Winona Ryder, Woody Harrelson
Wallace and Gromit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Peter Sallis – Wallace/Hutch
Ralph Fiennes – Victor Quartermaine
Helena Bonham Carter – Lady Campanula Tottington
Peter Kay – PC Mackintosh
The first feature length outing for Wallace and Gromit sees them in the vegetable-protection industry. As AntiPesto they specialise in keeping the village’s prized vegetables safe from the ever hungry mouths of rabbits. In a humane manner. The [...]
Tagged: 8 Stars, animation, cute, Helena Bonham Carter, Peter Kay, Peter Sallis, Ralph Fiennes, Wallace and Gromit, Wallace and Gromit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Howl’s Moving Castle
Lauren Bacall – Witch of the Waste
Christian Bale – Howl
Billy Crystal – Calcifer
Emily Mortimer – Young Sophie
Jean Simmons – Old Sophie
I always meant to see Spirited Away, but never got around to it, so I’m glad I got a chance to see this film, by the same director, in the cinema. Based on the book [...]
Tagged: 8 Stars, animation, based on book, Billy Crystal, Christian Bale, Dianna Wynne Jones, Emily Mortimer, Howl's Moving Castle, Jean Simmons, Lauren Bacall, magic
Corpse Bride
Johnny Depp – Victor Van Dort (voice)
Helena Bonham Carter – Corpse Bride (voice)
Emily Watson – Victoria Everglot (voice)
Tracey Ullman – Nell Van Dort/Hildegarde (voice)
Poor old Victor just can’t get his through his wedding rehearsal, can’t remember his lines, bumps into things, sets the bride’s mother on fire. It is all enough to send anyone running [...]
Tagged: 9 Stars, animation, Corpse Bride, death, Emily Watson, Helena Bonham Carter, Johnny Depp, magic, romance, sff, Tim Burton, Tracey Ullman
Belleville Rendezvous
Dir: Slyvain Chomet
* Betty Bonifassi – Triplets (voice)
* Lina Boudreault – Triplets (voice)
* Mari-Lou Gauthier – Triplets (voice)
* Mich̬le Caucheteux Р(voice)
* Jean-Claude Donda – (voice)
This is film that got quite a lot of attention [...]
Tagged: 7 Stars, animation, Belleville Rendezvous, Betty Bonifassi, French, Jean-Claude Donda, Lina Boudreault, Mari-Lou Gauther, Michele Caucheteux, musical, Slyvain Chomet
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