Subgenre Sampler
Family: 1833 Films to Buy & Rent
Ballerina (Leap!) (2016)
- Feat. Elle Fanning, Dane DeHaan
- A runaway orphan travels to Paris with her friend an eccentric young inventor. There she follows her dream of becoming a Ballerina.
Animated dance…
BFG, The (2016)
- Dir. Steven Spielberg
Feat. Mark Rylance, Ruby Barnhill, Jemaine Clement…
- Steven Spielberg directs this adaptation of Roald Dahl's children's classic about a young girl named Sophie who encounters the Big Friendly Giant,…
Dear Eleanor (2016)
- Dir. Kevin Connolly
Feat. Isabelle Fuhrman, Liana Liberato, Jessica Alba…
- Family–friendly drama follows two teenage girls who travel across the U.S. in 1962, during the chaos of the Cuban missile crisis, in search of…
Eagle Huntress, The (2016)
- A 13–year–old nomadic Mongolian girl breaks a 2,000 year–old gender barrier to follow her father and train hunting eagles in this…
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)
- Dir. David Yates
Feat. Eddie Redmayne, Alison Sudol, Dan Fogler…
- This 1920's period fantasy adventure is the first in the HARRY POTTER universe to be adapted for the screen by J. K. Rowling herself. Eddie Redmayne…
Finding Dory (2016)
- Dir. Andrew Stanton, Angus MacLane
Feat. Ellen DeGeneres, Albert Brooks, Ed O'Neill…
- Beautifully rendered sequel to Pixar's FINDING NEMO follows Ellen DeGeneres' forgetful blue tang fish as she searches for her long–lost…
Ice Age: Collision Course (Ice Age 5) (2016)
- Dir. Mike Thurmeier, Galen T. Chu
Feat. Ray Romano, Denis Leary, John Leguizamo…
- More colourful adventures for Manny, Diego, and Sid as they attempt fend off a meteor strike that would destroy the world.
In This Corner of the World (Kono sekai no katasumi ni) (2016)
- Dir. Sunao Katabuchi
- Picturesque war–time animation exploring the everyday challenges faces by Japanese people during WWII. The setting, a small town outside…
Jungle Book, The (2016)
- Dir. Jon Favreau
Feat. Neel Sethi, Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley…
- An eye–popping, effects–driven take on the tale of Mowgli a young boy raised by wolves who's existence is threatened by the tiger Shere…
Kubo & The Two Strings (2016)
- Dir. Travis Knight
Feat. Art Parkinson, Charlize Theron, Ralph Fiennes…
- Another gorgeously animated tale from Laika studios (BOXTROLLS, etc) about a young boy named Kubo who must locate a magical suit of armour worn by…