Subgenre Sampler
Family: 1838 Films to Buy & Rent
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga' Hoole (2010)
- Dir. Zack Snyder
Feat. Jim Sturgess, Hugo Weaving, Helen Mirren…
- A young owl who is abducted by an evil Owl army, and must escape with newfound friends to seek out the legendary Guardians to stop the menace.…
Lego: The Adventures of Clutch Powers (2010)
- Dir. Howard E. Baker
- Breezy kids pic is the first LEGO movie out of the gate. Clutch Powers – space's greatest explorer – responds to a distress call from a…
Marmaduke (2010)
- Dir. Tom Dey
Feat. Owen Wilson, Emma Stone, George Lopez…
- Breezy family fare with the lovable Great Dane wreaking havoc in a new neighbourhood and plotting a bullying doberman's…
Megamind (2010)
- Dir. Tom McGrath
Feat. Will Ferrell, Jonah Hill, Brad Pitt…
- This zesty Dreamworks animation is a wry take on superheroes, with the fiendish baddie Megamind finding himself at a loose end after dispatching…
Monster High (TV Series) (2010)
- Animated web series based on the Mattel fashion doll franchise Monster High, following a group of teenagers whose parents are all famous monsters.
Moomins and the Comet Chase (2010)
- Dir. Maria Lindberg
Feat. Max von Sydow, Alexander Skarsgard, Stellan Skarsgard…
- Tove Jansson's beloved creatures get an animated outing as Moomintroll and his friends rush to save everyone in Moomin Valley from a ferocious comet.…
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang (2010)
- Dir. Susanna White
Feat. Emma Thompson, Ralph Fiennes, Ewan McGregor…
- Emma Thompson again pens and stars in the second installment about the otherworldly nanny, accompanied again by a staggering array of British…
Nutcracker, The (2010)
- Dir. Andrei Konchalovsky
Feat. Elle Fanning, Nathan Lane, John Turturro…
- A clunky, though nonetheless eye–popping new rendering of Tchaikovsky’s ballet, with Elle Fanning as the young girl who discovers a world of…
Penguins Of Madagascar, The (TV Series) (2010)
- Four penguins from the MADAGASCAR franchise reunite in this lively animated series about their daily adventures at Central Park Zoo. Raucous humour…
Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief (2010)
- Dir. Chris Columbus
Feat. Logan Lerman, Brandon T. Jackson, Alexandra Daddario…
- Striking fantasy that follows a gangly teenager who discovers that he's the son of Poseidon and has inherited some of Dad's powers. Percy soon finds…