Subgenre Sampler
Animation: 947 Films to Buy & Rent
Over the Hedge (2006)
- Dir. Tim Johnson
Feat. Bruce Willis, Garry Shandling, Steve Carell…
- Jovial animation tells of the best laid plans of a scheming raccoon (voiced by Bruce Willis), who recruits a gaggle of forest creatures to invade the…
Paprika (2006)
- Dir. Satoshi Kon
- Mind–altering extravaganza of stolen dream technology from the anime trailblazer behind PERFECT BLUE, forged from the dir’s pet themes of…
Polly World (2006)
- The popular Mattel doll 'Polly Pockets' gets her own animated excursion here, journeying to the amusement park 'PollyWorld' where she takes in the…
Princess (2006)
- Dir. Anders Morgenthaler
Feat. Thure Lindhardt
- Dubious animated revenge fantasy entertains the vigilante streak of a Danish missionary, whose pornstar sister dies at the hands of her pimp…
Queer Duck: The Movie (2006)
- Dir. Xeth Feinberg
Feat. Tim Curry, David Duchovny, Billy West
- Raucously wacky animation set around a flamingly queer duck flapping through a series of bizarre events and around oddball friends like 'Openly…
Reef, The (Shark Bait) (2006)
- Dir. Howard Baker, John Fox IX
Feat. Freddie Prinze Jnr., Rob Schneider, Evan Rachel Wood…
- Animated kid's film with a superb voice over line up that introduces us to a fish who must save his one true love and the Reef that they share.
Renaissance (2006)
- Dir. Christian Volckman
Feat. Daniel Craig, Jonathan Pryce, Ian Holm…
- Painting a typically bleak, oppressive view of the not–to–distant future, this French animation conception realises its dystopian malaise…
Ruby Gloom (TV Series) (2006)
- Super–cute, goth–inflected animation based on the retail character (think pencil–cases, bobble–headed dolls, socks) of the…
Scanner Darkly, A (2006)
- Dir. Richard Linklater
Feat. Keanu Reeves, Robert Downey Jnr., Woody Harrelson…
- Richard Linklater’s latest ‘rotoscope’ animation adapts Philip K. Dick's sci–fi novel into a dystopian proxy for the near future, where…
Shaun the Sheep (TV Series) (2006)
- Further claymation antics from the Aardman workshops, about the misadventures of one Shaun the Sheep (seen in WALLACE & GROMIT – A CLOSE…