Subgenre Sampler
Family: 1833 Films to Buy & Rent
Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016)
- Dir. Alessandro Carloni, Jennifer Yuh Nelson
Feat. Jack Black, Bryan Cranston, Dustin Hoffman…
- Charming third outing in the animated franchise has Po and the gang fighting off against a supernatural being intent on destroying the Kung Fu…
Moana (2016)
- Dir. John Musker, Ron Clements
Feat. Aulii Cravalho, Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, Jemaine Clement…
- An epic CGI Disney adventure about a Polynesian girl who sets sail on a daring ocean voyage to find a home for her people.
Features Kiwi voice…
Monster Trucks (2016)
- Dir. Chris Wedge
Feat. Lucas Till, Jane Levy, Amy Ryan…
- A truck–obsessed teen builds a monstrous vehicle out of spare parts in an attempt to escape his troubled small town existence.
My Life as a Zucchini (Ma Vie de Courgette) (2016)
- Dir. Claude Barras
- Expressive, bittersweet French stop–motion animated feature about a boy (Courgette) who must adjust to life in a foster home of orphans, who…
Pete's Dragon (2016)
- Dir. David Lowery
Feat. Bryce Dallas Howard, Robert Redford, Oakes Fegley…
- Inspired Disney remake vastly improves upon its own forgotten 70's adventure that tells the tale of an orphaned boy named Pete and his best friend…
Queen of Katwe, The (2016)
- Dir. Mira Nair
Feat. Madina Nalwanga, David Oyelowo
- The true story of a young girl from the streets of Uganda whose world changes when she is introduced to the game of chess. A widely acclaimed Disney…
Ratchet & Clank (2016)
- Dir. Kevin Munroe, Jericca Cleland
Feat. James Arnold Taylor, David Kaye, John Goodman…
- Noisy adaptation of the popular game in which the galaxy comes under the threat of a nefarious space captain and a mechanic and his newfound robot…
Red Dog: True Blue (2016)
- Dir. Kriv Stenders
Feat. Jason Isaacs, Levi Miller, Bryan Brown
- Prequel to the iconic Aussie hit RED DOG set in remote Western Australia and following the exploits of a scrappy, one–of–a–kind dog…
Red Turtle, The (2016)
- Dir. Michaƫl Dudok de Wit
- The first non–Japanese film to be produced by Studio Ghibli follows a nameless shipwrecked man who meets a giant red turtle on a deserted…
Robinson Crusoe: The Wild Life (2016)
- Dir. Ben Stassen, Vincent Kesteloot
- Fresh animated take on Robinson Crusoe, this time told from the perspective of a daring parrot.