Subgenre Sampler
Animation: 947 Films to Buy & Rent
From up on Poppy Hill (2011)
- Dir. Goro Miyazaki
Feat. Masami Nagasawa, Jun'ichi Okada
- Studio Ghibli's latest offering is an affecting, nostalgia–laden drama of teenage idealism and high school romance, set during the lead up to…
Gnomeo & Juliet (2011)
- Dir. Kelly Asbury
Feat. James McAvoy, Emily Blunt, Ashley Jensen…
- A charming, if smugly delivered animated tale which reimagines Shakespeare’s most recognisable work in the setting of a garden decorated by…
Gruffalo's Child, The (2011)
- Feat. Helena Bonham Carter, Tom Wilkinson, John Hurt…
- Charming sequel sees the Gruffalo's daughter setting off into the woods to discover the 'big bad mouse' – the only thing her father is afraid…
Happy Feet 2 (2011)
- Dir. George Miller
Feat. Elijah Wood, Robin Williams, Sofia Vergara…
- The all–singing, all–dancing Emperor penguins return to tap up a storm while facing the ever apparent consequences of climate change in…
Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs Evil (2011)
- Dir. Mike Disa
Feat. Hayden Panettiere, Glenn Close, Patrick Warburton…
- Limp sequel has Red Riding Hood and the wolf called into investigate the mysterious disappearance of Hansel and Gretel. Cut rate animation doesn't…
Jock the Hero Dog (2011)
- Dir. Duncan MacNeillie
Feat. Bryan Adams, Donald Sutherland, Helen Hunt…
- The classic South African story of a Staffordshire bull terrier who explores the African wilderness, helping to free mistreated animals along the…
Kung Fu Panda 2: The Kaboom of Doom (2011)
- Dir. Jennifer Yuh Nelson
Feat. Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Jackie Chan…
- The portliest martial–arts panda is back in this beautifully rendered – if entirely unnecessary – sequel. This time around Po finds…
Lego Ninjago (2011)
- The ever popular toy line branches into the chop–socky arena with a planet of ninja's under threat from a skeleton army seeking powerful…
Lego Star Wars: The Padawan Menace (2011)
- Cute expansion of the STAR WARS universe with Yoda and his young charges uncovering a plot to destroy the republic. There's some genuinely amusing…
Letter to Momo, A (2011)
- Dir. Hiroyuki Okiura
- Bittersweet tale young girl recovering from her father's death moves to a small island where strange events start to occur.