APOLLO 10 1/2: A SPACE AGE CHILDHOOD (2022)

 

Written & Directed By: Richard Linklater  Cinematography: Shane F. Kelly Editor: Sandra Adair

Cast: Jack Black, Zachary Levi, Glenn Powell, Bill Sage, Milo Coy, Lee Eddy, Josh Wiggins, Natalie L’Amoreaux 

The story of the first moon landing in the summer of 1969 from two interwoven perspectives. It both captures the astronaut and mission control view of the triumphant moment, and the lesser-seen bottom up perspective of what it was like from an excited kid's perspective, living near NASA but mostly watching it on TV like hundreds of millions of others. It's ultimately both an exacting re-creation of this special moment in history and a kid's fantasy about being plucked from his average life in suburbia to secretly train for a covert mission to the moon.

THE PRINCE OF EGYPT (1998)

 

Directed By: Brenda Chapman, Steve Hickner & Simon Wells Written By: Philip LaZebnik 

Cast: (Voices) Val Kilmer, Ralph Fiennes, Michelle Pfeiffer, Sandra Bullock, Jeff Goldblum, Danny Glover, Patrick Stewart, Steve Martin, Martin Short, Helen Mirren, James Avery, Eden Reigel 

Egyptian Prince Moses learns of his identity as a Hebrew and his destiny to become the chosen deliverer of his people.

ANTZ (1998)

 

Directed By: Eric Darnell & Tim Johnson  Written By: Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz & Todd Alcott  Editor: Stan Webb

Cast: (voices) Woody Allen, Sharon Stone, Gene Hackman, Sylvester Stallone, Jennifer Lopez, Christopher Walken, Dan Aykroyd, Jane Curtain, Anne Bancroft, Danny Glover, John Mahoney, Paul Mazursky, Grant Shaud, Jim Cummings 

Z, the worker-ant strives to reconcile his own individuality with the communal work ethic of the ant colony. Falling in love with the ant-Princess Bala, Z strives to make social inroads, and then ultimately must save the ant colony from the treacherous schemings of the evil General Mandible that threaten to wipe out the entire worker population. Themes of individuality run rampant.

I LOST MY BODY (2019)

Directed By: Jeremy Clapin 
Written By: Jeremy Clapin & Guillaume Laurent 
Based On The Novel By: Guillaume Laurent 
Cinematography: Benjamin Massoubre 


Cast: (Voices) FRENCH VERSION - Hakim Faris, Victoire Du Bois, Patrick D’Assumcao, Bellamine Abdelmalek, Nicole Favart. 

AMERICAN VERSION - Dev Patel, Alia Shawkat, George Wendt, Johnny Mars, Jaarod Pistill 

A story of Naoufel, a young man who is in love with Gabrielle. In another part of town, a severed hand escapes from a dissection lab, determined to find its body again.

MONSTER HOUSE (2006)

Directed By: Gil Kenan 
Written By: Dan Harmon, Rob Schrab & Paul Pettler 
Story By: Dan Harmon & Rob Schrab 
Cinematography: Xavier Perez Geobet 
Editor: Fabienne Eawley & Adam P. Scott 


Cast: Mitchel Musso, Steve Buscemi, Maggie Gylenhaal, Catherine O’Hara, Fred Willard, Jon Heder, Jason Lee, Kevin James, Nick Cannon, Spencer Locke, Kathleen Turner 


13-year-old DJ is observing his neighbor Nebbercracker on the other side of the street in the suburb that destroys tricycles of children that trespass his lawn. When DJ's parents travel on the eve of Halloween and the abusive nanny Zee stays with him, he calls his clumsy best friend Chowder to play basketball. But when the ball falls in Nebbercracker's lawn, the old man has a heart attack, and soon they find that the house is a monster. Later the boys rescue the smart Jenny from the house and the trio unsuccessfully tries to convince the babysitter, her boyfriend Bones and two police officers that the haunted house is a monster, but nobody believes them. The teenagers ask their video-game addicted acquaintance Skull how to destroy the house, and they disclose its secret on the Halloween night

HAPPILY N'EVER AFTER (2006)

Directed By: Paul Bolger, Yvette Kaplan, Greg Tierman & Dino Athanassiou 
Written By: Robert Moreland & Doug Langdale 
Based on a story Idea By: Andre Sikojev 
Cinematography: David Dulac 
Editor: Ringo Waldenberger 

Cast: (Voices) Freddie Prinze Jr., Sarah Michelle Gellar, George Carlin, John Dimaggio, Andy Dick, Jill Talley, Tom Kenny, Sigourney Weaver, Wallace Shawn, Patrick Warburton, Jon Polito, Rob Paulsen 


As the story begins, an alliance of evil fairy tale-doers, led by Frieda, looks to take over Fairy Tale Land and take control of. But when Ella A.K.A. Cinderella realizes her own evil stepmother is out to ruin her storybook existence, she takes a dramatic turn and blossoms into the leader of the resistance effort.

MIRAI (2018)

Written & Directed By: Mamoru Hosoda 
Editor: Shigeru Nishiyama 

Cast: Voice Actors: Rebecca Hall, Daniel Dae Kim, John Cho, Crispin Freeman, Koji Yakusho, Jaden Waldman, Victoria Grace, Kumiko Aso, Masaharu Fukuyama 

The movie follows a 4-year old boy who is struggling to cope with the arrival of a little sister in the family, until things turn magical. A mysterious garden in the backyard of the boy's home becomes a gateway allowing the child to travel back in time and encounter his mother as a little girl and his great-grandfather as a young man. These fantasy-filled adventures allow the child to change his perspective and help him become the big brother he was meant to be.

BATMAN AND HARLEY QUINN (2017)

Directed By: Sam Liu 
Story By: Bruce Timm 
Teleplay By: James Krieg & Bruce Timm 
Editor: Christopher D. Lozinski 

Voices of: Kevin Conroy, Melissa Rauch, Paget Brewster, Loren Lester, John DiMaggio, Rob Paulesen, Mindy Sterling, Bruce Timm

ANOMALISA (2015)

Directed By: Duke Johnson & Charlie Kaufman 
Written By: Charlie Kaufman 
Based On Charlie Kaufman’s Radio Play Under the name: Francis Fragoli 
Cinematography By: Joe Passerelli 
Editor: Garret Elkins 


Cast: (Voices of) David Thewlis, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tom Noonan

 *Please note that some trivia and facts have been republished from imdb among other sources In this review*

SCOOBY DOO & KISS: ROCK AND ROLL MYSTERY (2015)

Directed By: Spike Brandt & Tony Kervone 
Written By: Kevin Shinick 
Story By: Kevin Shinick & James Krieg 
Editor: Bruce A. King 

Starring: The Voices Of: Matthew Lillard, Mindy Cohn, Pauley Perrette, Jennifer Carpenter, Gene Simmons, Eric Singer, Paul Stanley, Fred Welker, Darius Rucker, Kevin Smith, Jason Mewes, Gary Marshall, Penny Marshall, Grey Griffin, Tommy Thayer

FRANKENWEENIE (2012)

Original Idea & Directed By: Tim Burton 
Written By: John August 
Based On The Original Screenplay By: Leonard Ripps 
Cinematography By: Peter Sorg 
Editor: Mark Solomon & Chris Lebenzon 
Music By: Danny Elfman 

Cast: (Voices) Charlie Tahan, Atticus Shaffer, Martin Short, Catherin O’Hara, Winona Ryder, Martin Landau, Conchetta Ferrell, Tom Kenny

MONSTERS UNIVERSITY (2013)

Directed By: Dan Scanlon 
Written & Story By: Dan Scanlon, Robert L. Baird & Daniel Gerson 
Editor: Greg Snyder 

 Cast: (Voices of) John Goodman, Billy Crystal, Helen Mirren, John Ratzenberger, Steve Buscemi, Joel Murray, Sean Hayes, Dave Foley, Aubrey Plaza, Charlie Day, Alfred Molina, Tyler Labine, Nathan Fillion, BillHader,John Krasinski, Bonnie Hunt, Julia Sweeney, Bobby Moynihan

KUNG FU PANDA (2008)

Directed By: Mark Osborne & John Stevenson
Story By: Ethan Rieff & Cyrus Voris
Written By: Jonathan Abel & Glenn Berger
Cinematography By: Yong Duk Jhun
Editor: Claire Knight

Cast: (With the Voices of) Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Lucy Liu, Seth Rogen, Jackie Chan, Dustin Hoffman, Ian McShane, David Cross, James Hong, Randall Duk Kim, Dan Folger, Wayne Knight, Michael Clarke Duncan, Laura Kighlinger

BEBE'S KIDS (1992)

Directed By: Bruce L. Smith
Written By: Reginald Hudlin
Based On Characters By: Robin Harris
Editing By: Tim Ryder & Lynne Southerland

Voices: Faizon Love, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Marques Houston, Nell Cater, John Witherspoon, Tone Loc, George Wallace