Subgenre Sampler
Family: 1830 Films to Buy & Rent
- Boss Baby, The (2017)
- Dir. Tom McGrath
- A hit–and–miss Dreamworks animated lark about a suit–wearing, briefcase–carrying baby (voiced by Alec Baldwin) who pairs up…
- Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie (2017)
- Dir. David Soren
- Zany Dreamworks animation where two elementary school pranksters manage to hypnotise their mean–spirited principal into believing he is a…
- Cars 3 (2017)
- Dir. Brian Fee
Feat. Owen Wilson, Cristela Alonzo, Chris Cooper…
- Hailed as a return to form for the vehicular franchise, with Lightning McQueen back as the celebrated stock car racer, now past his prime and facing…
- Changeover, The (2017)
- Dir. Stuart McKenzie, Miranda Harcourt
Feat. Erana James, Timothy Spall, Melanie Lynskey…
- Maragret Mahy's beloved fantasy romance novel is translated into a post–earthquake Christchurch setting, and marks an impressive debut from…
- Coco (2017)
- Dir. Lee Unkrich
Feat. Anthony Gonzalez, Gael Garcia Bernal, Benjamin Bratt…
- A charming Pixar film based on the Mexican holiday The Day of the Dead, that proves to be more than just a bunch of Halloween cliches. The story…
- Despicable Me 3 (2017)
- Dir. Pierre Coffin, Kyle Balda
- Gru (Steve Carell) faces off against new villain Baltazer Bratt (Trey Parker), a former child star who is obsessed with the character he used to play…
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Long Haul (2017)
- Dir. David Bowers
Feat. Jason Drucker, Alicia Silverstone, Tom Everett Scott
- An all–new cast and more "wimpy" mischief graces this fourth installment of the series based on the bestselling book franchise.
- Emoji Movie, The (2017)
- Dir. Anthony Leondis
- The first "textploitation" movie, set inside your smartphone which in fact harbours a bustling micro–city called Textopolis where the emoji…
- Ferdinand (Ferdinand the Bull) (2017)
- Dir. Carlos Saldanha
- A gentle–hearted bull eschews the machismo of the bull–fighting ring in favour of cultivating friendships with a gorgeous array of farm…
- Fireworks (Fireworks: Should We See It from the Side or The Bottom?) (2017)
- Dir. Nobuyuki Takeuchi
- Beautifully romantic Japanese anime set during a school summer vacation, based on Shunji Iwai’s 1993 TV series, “Fireworks”. Refreshingly…