Subgenre Sampler
Family: 1833 Films to Buy & Rent
Space Chimps (2008)
- Dir. Kirk De Micco
- Spirited animation adventure in which a group of monkey astronauts are sent on a wormhole mission to a supposedly uninhabited planet where they find…
Speed Racer (2008)
- Dir. Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski
Feat. Emile Hirsch, Christina Ricci, John Goodman…
- The Wachowskis(THE MATRIX) take the wheel in this hyperactive version of 60s animation series SPEED RACER, with the eponymous hero (Hirsch) battling…
Spiderwick Chronicles, The (2008)
- Dir. Mark Waters
Feat. Freddie Highmore, Nick Nolte, Sarah Bolger…
- Enchanting fantasia in the Gothic tradition, centred around three children (including Freddie Highmore as twins!) who move into a dilapidated mansion…
Star Wars - The Clone Wars (2008)
- Dir. Dave Filoni
- Watered down kids animation from the STAR WARS franchise, focusing on the Jedi Knights battle to retain peace in the galaxy during the…
Tale Of Despereaux, The (2008)
- Dir. Sam Fell, Robert Stevenhagen
- Adaptation of the exquisite 2003 book by Kate DiCamillo about a mouse with over–sized ears who dreams of becoming a knight, and his call to…
Tales of the Riverbank (2008)
- Dir. John Henderson
Feat. Stephen Fry, Jim Broadbent, Steve Coogan…
- Based on the classic UK tv series, this tells the story of Hammy Hamster, Roderick Rat and GP the Guinea Pig, who, in the wake of a big storm, embark…
Tamagotchi The Movie (2008)
- Kids movie based on the popular 'virtual pet' toys sees a child from Earth being inadvertently sent to the Tamagotchi Planet, where mischief and…
Tinkerbell (Tinker Bell Movie, The ) (2008)
- Dir. Bradley Raymond
- The feisty fairy from PETER PAN stars in her very own movie set in the land of 'Pixie Hollow,' where she must learn from her fairy friends how to…
Unstable Fables: Three Pigs And A Baby (2008)
- Dir. Howard Baker, Arish Fyzee
- The Jim Henson Company presents this warped take on the classic fairytale 'The Three Little Pigs' – with the trio of portly porkers finding a…
Unstable Fables: Tortoise VS Hare (2008)
- Dir. Howard Baker
- Number two in the Jim Henson Company's 'Unstable Fables' collection, this time round the ultimate underdog tale of 'The Tortoise and the Hare' is…