Subgenre Sampler
Family: 1833 Films to Buy & Rent
Little Polar Bear, The (2001)
- Feat. Mijail Verona, Maximilian Artajo
- Based on the internationally best–selling German picture books set around the Arctic frolics of a young polar bear. Attractively animated too.
Monsters, Inc. (2001)
- Dir. Peter Docter, David Silverman, Lee Unkrich
Feat. John Goodman, Billy Crystal, Jennifer Tilly…
- Discovering that children’s screams can be converted into an energy source (‘Scream Heat’), monsters lurk in their closets to feed the…
Nightmare Room, The (TV Series) (2001)
- Essentially a reprise of the creepy kids TV Series GOOSEBUMPS, this posits a series of spooky scenarios similarly narrated by R.L. Stine.
Osmosis Jones (2001)
- Dir. Pete Farrelly, Bob Farrelly
Feat. Bill Murray, Chris Rock, Laurence Fishburne…
- The Farrelly Bros (KINGPIN) take their comic fixation with bodily functions to extremes by setting this icky animation within the bowels of Bill…
Pokemon 2000 (2001)
- Feature–length delve through the world of those cute, sometimes lethal Japanese balls of coloured fuzz. Ash Ketchum must save the world from…
Princess of Thieves (2001)
- Dir. Peter Hewitt
Feat. Keira Knightley, Malcolm McDowell, Stuart Wilson
- A pre–blockbuster Kiera Knightley plays the daughter of Robin Hood in this Disney re–imagining of the Sherwood legend: sporting the…
Reboot (TV Series) (2001)
- Dir. Steve Ball, Gavin Blair
Feat. Michael Benyaer, Sharon Alexander, Kathleen Barr
- Popular Canadian CGI series set in a computer system where a group of sprites must defend their territory known as the 'Mainframe' from viruses and…
Recess: School's Out (2001)
- Dir. Chuck Sheetz
- Disney cartoon which follows the shenanigans of several cocky schoolkids.
Most importantly they try to foil the plans of their former…
Ripping Friends, The (TV Series) (2001)
- Feat. Eric Bauza, Mark Dailey, Dwayne Hill
- Animated series from John Kricfalusi (REN & STIMPY) where four muscleheaded superheroes humourously flub their assigned roles.
Not quite on a par…
Saddle Club, The (TV Series) (2001-2003)
- Likeable family drama follows the fortunes of the Pine Hollow Stables, horses and the girls who ride them. Sunny characters and storylines make for…