Subgenre Sampler
Family: 1830 Films to Buy & Rent
- When Marnie Was There (2014)
- Dir. Hiromasa Yonebayashi
- Beautifully rendered – but possibly final – Studio Ghibli animated feature focuses on the unlikely friendship between a tomboy and a…
- A Monsterous Holiday (2013)
- Dir. Gordon Crum
Feat. Sean Astin, Kyle Chandler, Brooke Shields
- A fun–loving Halloween romp about the friendship between a science–obsessed teenager and a football–mad Young Frankenstein.
- Adventurer, The - The Curse of the Midas Box (2013)
- Dir. Jonathan Newman
Feat. Aneurin Barnard, Lena Headey, Sam Neill…
- Spiffy period adventure set in Victorian England about a teenager racing to find the eponymous 'Midas Box', a treasure which can turn any object to…
- Amazonia (2013)
- Natural Amazonian wildlife is fused with some narrative excitement in this family–friendly tale of a very cute capuchin monkey – born and…
- Barbie and Her Sisters in A Pony Tale (2013)
- Dir. Kyran Kelly
- Equine–themed inclusion into the Barbie film series, set at a riding academy in the alps.
- Belle and Sebastian (Belle et Sebastien) (2013)
- Dir. Nicholas Vanier
Feat. FĂ©lix Bossuet
- Stirring big screen adaptation of the much–loved children's book about a six–year–old orphan and his friendship with a wild…
- Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013)
- Dir. Cody Cameron, Kris Pearn
Feat. Bill Hader, Anna Faris, James Caan…
- Boy inventor Flint Lockwood's wacky contraption wreaks more havoc in this equally inspired sequel, turning food into dangerous animal hybrids that…
- Croods, The (2013)
- Dir. Kirk De Micco
Feat. Nicolas Cage, Ryan Reynolds, Emma Stone…
- Dreamworks animate the life and times of a Stone Age family as they come to terms with evolution in the prehistoric era.
Though predicable in…
- Despicable Me 2 (2013)
- Dir. Pierre Coffin, Chris Renaud
Feat. Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, Benjamin Bratt…
- Steve Carell's reformed villain is coaxed out of retirement to thwart a powerful new super criminal in this energetic sequel.
- Doc Mcstuffins (TV Series) (2013)
- Imaginative animated series about a young girl who aspires to be a doctor and uses her magic stethoscope to attend to her toys.