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  • 2DTV: Series 3 (2003)
    Review preview for 2DTV: Series 3

    The humour doesn't even reach the promised two dimensions.

    Keith Dudhnath · 1 out of 5
    Animated TV impression sketch show.
  • 9 (2009)
    Review preview for 9

    Ideas of fascism, loss of the soul and post-apocalyptic existence, all ripe for exploration, are given a body swerve in favour of muddled new-age nonsense.

    Amber Wilkinson · 2.5 out of 5
    The post-apocalypse world is back... and this time its animated.
  • Aloha, Scooby-Doo (2005)
    The animated Mystery Inc gang go to Hawaii and become mixed up in a volcanic kidnapping.
  • Arthur And The Invisibles (2006)
    Review preview for Arthur And The Invisibles

    Besson breaks all the rules and doesn’t get away with it.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    An English boy in America seeks the help of miniature medieval Smurflings to save his Gran from being evicted.
  • Alice Through The Looking Glass (2016)
    Review preview for Alice Through The Looking Glass

    Anything can happen and nothing makes sense and reality is a word as plain as it is pointless

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    Alice returns to Wonderland to save the Mad Hatter.
  • Alvin And The Chipmunks (2007)
    Review preview for Alvin And The Chipmunks

    My token seven-year-old sat entranced through the agreeable 90-minute runtime and opined that 'it was really cool'.

    Tony Sullivan · 3 out of 5
    Alvin and the gang try to make it big in the pop industry.
  • Angry Kid (2003)
    Animation shorts about an annoying child.
  • Appleseed (2004)
    Futuristic anime in which a teenage girl battles to save her species.
  • Atlantis - The Lost Empire (2001)
    Review preview for Atlantis - The Lost Empire

    Flat from the start

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    Animated adventure about a quest to find the lost city.
  • Ballerina (2016)
    Review preview for Ballerina

    There is nothing here to be afraid of and a whole bunch of sweetness to wrap around a girl who makes you want to say YES!!

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    Set in 1879, an orphan girl dreams of becoming a ballerina and runs away to Paris where she impersonates someone else and accedes to the position of pupil at the Grand Opera House.
  • Barnyard (2006)
    Learning responsibility is a boyman thing for a cowbull, called Otis, in the funfun farmyard.
  • Bambi (1942)
    Review preview for Bambi

    It's a wonderful story and brings a tiny tear to the eye, even of this cynic.

    Max Blinkhorn · 4.5 out of 5
    Disney classic about a fawn and his bunny buddy.
  • Bee Movie (2007)
    Review preview for Bee Movie

    There's plenty in Bee Movie for people of all ages.

    Keith Dudhnath · 4 out of 5
    A recently graduated bee decides to sue humans for eating honey.
  • Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman (2022)
    Review preview for Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman

    The sense of flow extends to the narrative, which weaves together a series of stories, connected not so much by plot intersection as by existential questions of purpose and loss.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    A giant talkative frog, a lost cat, and a tsunami help a bank employee, his wife and a schizophrenic accountant to save Tokyo from an earthquake and find a meaning to their lives.
  • Bolt (2008)
    Review preview for Bolt

    Bolt has a maturity over its predecessors in that the film doesn't obsess over its need to stick something in your face every few minutes.

    Tony Sullivan · 3 out of 5
    A TV superdog genuinely believes he has superpowers... until he finds himself caught up in an all-too-real life adventure.
  • Buñuel In The Labyrinth Of The Turtles (2018)
    Review preview for Buñuel In The Labyrinth Of The Turtles

    Simó works hard to capture the same oddness of perspective and association that marks out Buñuel's own films, succeeding more often than not.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    Animated feature about the master of Spanish surrealist cinema.
  • Beauty And The Beast (2017)
    Review preview for Beauty And The Beast

    You see the money on the screen, which is good, but not the love

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    Live action version of the Disney animated fairy tale in which a spoilt prince is turned into a beast and a pretty girl from the village proves that looks aren't everything
  • Belleville Rendez-Vous (2002)
    Review preview for Belleville Rendez-Vous

    Everything about this film is a surprise.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 5 out of 5
    Animated tale of a boy who loves cycling, his supportive Gran and a dog called Bruno.
  • Big Hero 6 (2014)
    Review preview for Big Hero 6

    A story of courage, conviction and physics in free fall

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4.5 out of 5
    A young inventor from Nerd School and an inflatable robot battle the terrible power of a deranged scientist
  • The Book Of Life (2014)
    Review preview for The Book Of Life

    Imagination breaches the boundaries of wonder

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4.5 out of 5
    A young man has to journey to the land of the dead and face his greatest fears.
  • The Boss Baby (2017)
    Review preview for The Boss Baby

    The script is hilarious and the CGI's lip-and-eye treatment positively perfect

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Some babies are pukealots. Some babies are squeeze-me-cutsies. This baby has the mind of a merchant banker and the skills of con artist. He takes no prisoners.
  • The Boxtrolls (2014)
    Review preview for The Boxtrolls

    Having set a scene of intriguing grotesquery the plot falls victim of its own invention

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3 out of 5
    A young orphaned boy raised by underground cave-dwelling trash collectors tries to save his friends from an evil exterminator.
  • Brother Bear (2003)
    A Native American boy becomes a bear and learns what it feels like to be hunted.
  • Cars (2006)
    Review preview for Cars

    Let's hope that Pixar hasn't run out of gas.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    A rookie racing car learns humility and down-home values in a rusty old town as Pixar's CGI animators wipe away a tear.
  • Cars 3 (2017)
    Review preview for Cars 3

    It has a kick in its heel and a nice surprise at the end

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    Will Lightning McQueen retain pole position as the young bloods race to take him down? Has new technology made the old hometown garage a sentimental memory?
  • The Cat Returns (2002)
    A teenage Japanese girl becomes betrothed to the Prince of Cats.
  • Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie (2017)
    Review preview for Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie

    No synopsis can do justice to the sense of fun, or the ingenuity of the animation

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    A head teacher is hypnotised by two naughty boys into becoming an unconvincing superhero.
  • Cats & Dogs (2001)
    Review preview for Cats & Dogs

    So silly only a certified boring person would not enjoy.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    Evil cats try to take over the world.
  • Charlotte's Web (2006)
    Review preview for Charlotte's Web

    What is astounding, is the restraint shown by director Gary Winick - nothing takes us from the quiet rural life of America in the Forties.

    Stephanie Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    The farmer's daughter and a talkative spider try to save the life of the smallest piglet in the barn.
  • The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)
    Review preview for The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

    It is a red-blooded, beautiful and brilliant fantasy film, as quintessentially English as Wallace & Gromit.

    Scott Macdonald · 4.5 out of 5
    In a magic kingdom beyond the wardrobe four children, with a lion's army, do battle with a white witch.
  • Chicken Little (2005)
    A story of misfits who save their high school (and the world) from alien invasion.
  • Curious George (2006)
    Review preview for Curious George

    [Curious George] just goes out to entertain and make people feel happy.

    Harry Lockhart · 4 out of 5
    The animated adventures of a man in a yellow hat and a magic monkey from Africa.
  • The Day Of The Crows (2012)
    Review preview for The Day Of The Crows

    Complex and immersive, funny but with a sense of danger lurking in its darker moments, this is the sort of film that children and adults will watch to the end and then want to watch again.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    Animated story of a boy who leads a wild existence deep in the forest until the day he discovers civilised life in a neighbouring village and meets a girl who lives there.
  • Despicable Me (2010)
    Review preview for Despicable Me

    Would be a serious examination of the family in the postmodern age, were it not so laugh-out-loud funny.

    Anton Bitel · 4 out of 5
    A super-villain plots to steal the Moon.
  • Dumbo (1941)
    Review preview for Dumbo

    The pace is perfect and the plot well-developed

    Max Blinkhorn · 5 out of 5
    Circus elephant with big ears beats the bullies thanks to his friendship with a mouse.
  • Deep Water (2006)
    Review preview for Deep Water

    The story is tragic, at times heartbreaking, always enthralling, never dull and ultimately ironic.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4.5 out of 5
    The story of the disastrous 1968 round the world yacht race.
  • Early Man (2018)
    Review preview for Early Man

    Despite a star studded voice cast it lacks the comic invention required to make an impossible dream memorable

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    Stop motion animated cave men and a hog learn to play football and take on the best team in the known universe
  • The Emoji Movie (2017)
    Review preview for The Emoji Movie

    The brave new world of electronic dictatorship is not ready for this. There are no maps.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    Emojis live in a parallel universe inside a teenager's smart phone hoping to help out with his romantic messaging before marauding bots erase them
  • Escape From Planet Earth (2013)
    Review preview for Escape From Planet Earth

    The script encourages smiley faces and it's this, more than the storyline, that helps you love these little guys

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 3.5 out of 5
    Astronaut Scorch Supernova from Baab finds himself caught in a trap when he responds to an SOS from The Dark Planet (Earth's nom-de-death)
  • Family Guy Compendium (1999)
    Review preview for Family Guy Compendium

    Comedy perfection.

    Keith Dudhnath · 5 out of 5
    A surreal and downright hilarious look at the life of a cartoon family.
  • Family Guy: Season 1 (1999)
    TV animated series about a strange family that make The Simpsons look positively normal
  • Family Guy: Something, Something, Something Dark Side (2009)
    Review preview for Family Guy: Something, Something, Something Dark Side

    The parody startS to feel as though it is being stretched very thin.

    Anton Bitel · 2.5 out of 5
    The Family Guy crew feel the Force.
  • Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
    Review preview for Fantastic Mr. Fox

    A fantastic adaptation that manages to surpass its source material while staying entirely true to its spirit.

    Anton Bitel · 4 out of 5
    Animated version of Roald Dahl's tale about a wily fox.
  • Flushed Away (2006)
    Review preview for Flushed Away

    Exciting, adventurous, and flush with visual and verbal gags

    Anton Bitel · 4 out of 5
    A pet mouse flushed down a toilet struggles to find his way home, encountering all manner of adventures along the way.
  • Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001)
    Review preview for Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within

    It is the closest thing to an artistic masterpiece in the field of computer generated optical illusion.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    A select group of scientist soldiers search for earth spirit in devasted America after alien colonisation.
  • Free Birds (2013)
    Review preview for Free Birds

    The script is dangerously low on laughs and appears charmless

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1.5 out of 5
    Two turkeys from opposite sides of the tracks must put aside their differences and team up to travel back in time to change the course of history and get turkey off the holiday menu for good
  • Futurama - Season 1 (1999)
    Review preview for Futurama - Season 1

    The Simpsons took about eight years to become crap, whereas Futurama began to really suck after only a few episodes.

    Gator MacReady · 3 out of 5
    futuristic sci-fi TV animated series from the makers of The Simpsons

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