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Director: Des McAnuff    More Info
Starring: Rene Russo, Jason Alexander, Piper Perabo, Randy Quaid, Robert De Niro, June Foray, Keith Scott, Janeane Garofalo, Carl Reiner, Jonathan Winters

 This film version of the TV show (canceled in 1964) mixes animation and live action. Rocky and Bullwinkle remain cartoon characters rescuing Earthlings from Natasha (Rene Russo) and Boris (Jason Alexander) who cross over into the human world where they join Fearless Leader (Robert De Niro) in an evil plot to take over the world. It seems like a good idea, but it goes nowhere.

Director: Hiroaki Goda    More Info
Starring: Bridget Hoffman, Tony Oliver, Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, Sherry Lynn, Barbara Goodson, Tara Jayne, Steve Kramer, William Bassett, Steven Jay Blum, Richard Epcar

 The animation in great in this full-length version of a video series. It is a pleasant film that should hold your attention as the story unfolds of the goddess Belldandy and her mortal boyfriend, Keiichi. Things get sticky when her mentor wants Belldandy to help in his quest to overtake the universe. Actors represent the English-speaking version.

Director: Kathi Castillo    More Info
Starring: Ross Bagdasarian Jr., Janice Karman, Maurice LaMarche, Marion Flynn, Rob Paulson, April Winchell, Elizabeth Daily, Dody Goodman, Frank Welker, Debbie Rothstein

 When Alvin suffers from nightmares about werewolves and becomes convinced that his neighbor is really a werewolf disguised as a human being, his chipmunk friends form a spying mission to get to the bottom of things.

Director: Larry Latham    More Info
Starring: Thomas Dekker, Robert Hays, Susan Boyd, Pat Musick, Candi Milo, Nehemiah Persoff, Jane Singer, Lacey Chabert, Dom DeLuise, Jeff Bennett

 The once-great series is wearing a little thin, but still, there is some fun for the young ones. The mouse crowd, along with new buddy, reporter Nelly, is after the monster that has the Manhattan mice fearing for their furry lives.

Director: Larry Latham    More Info
Starring: Thomas Dekker, Nehemiah Persoff, Dom DeLuise, Lacey Chabert, Pat Musick, Erica Yohn, John Kassir, Rene Auberjonois, David Carradine, Ron Perlman

 Little Fievel the mouse is back. This time he comes across a tribe of American mice holed out in NYC and helps them protect a hidden treasure.

Director: Curt Geda    More Info
Starring: Will Friedle, Kevin Conroy, Mark Hamill, Angie Harmon, Dean Stockwell, Teri Garr, Arleen Sorkin, Tara Strong, Melissa Joan Hart, Don Harvey

 Young Terry McGinnis (voice of Will Friedle), who discovered Batman's secret in the original "Batman Beyond," now receives aid from Bruce Wayne (voice of Kevin Conroy) when the Joker (voice of Mark Hamill) returns to Gotham City.

Director: Hiroyuki Kitakubo    More Info
Starring: Youki Kudoh, Saemi Nakamura, Joe Romersa, Rebecca Forstadt, Stuart Robinson, Tom Fahn, Akira Koteyama, Paul Carr, Fitz Houston, Steve Blum

 Another step forward in animation is made with this short film. Saya (voice of Youki Kudoh), with sword in hand, sets out to hunt down and rid us of powerful creatures that have infested an American Air Force base in Japan.

Director: Margaret Selby    More Info


 The renowned Warner Brothers' animator Chuck Jones is honored in this tribute that includes clips from many of his cartoons; Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Elmer Fudd, Road Runner, and others join in.

Director: Colin Davies    More Info
Starring: Jenna Elfman, Dave Foley, Robert Smith, Matt Frewer, Woody Allen, Hank Azaria, Nancy Cartwright, Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Sylvester Stallone

 Phig (Jenna Elfman) takes viewers on a tour of CyberWorld, a museum of 3-D exhibits in this 48-minute offering on the giant I-Max screen. Amazing animation.

Director: Eric Leighton    More Info
Starring: D.B. Sweeney, Alfre Woodard, Julianna Margulies, Joan Plowright, Ossie Davis, Samuel E. Wright, Della Reese, Max Casella, Peter Siragusa, Hayden Panettiere

 Disney's computer animated technology is excellent in this story about the imminent extinction of dinosaurs during the Mesozoic Age. Warning: this film contains realistic violence that many parents may reasonably consider inappropriate for children.

Director: Doug Lefler    More Info
Starring: Christopher Masterson, Robby Benson, Harry Van Gorkum, Rona Figueroa, Matt Hickey, Henry O, Tom Burke, Ken Shorter, John Woodnutt, Lubomir Misak

 Young stableboy Geoffrey (Christopher Masterson) checks out the cellar and, low and behold, comes face to face with dragon Drake (voice of Robby Benson). Drake and Geoffrey bond, and by story's end, save the kingdom.

Director: Mark Dindal    More Info
Starring: David Spade, John Goodman, Eartha Kitt, Patrick Warburton, Wendie Malick, Eli Russell Linnetz, Kellyann Kelso, John Fiedler, Tom Jones, Patti Deutsch

 In this good Disney comedy, scheming ex-administrator Yzma (voice of Eartha Kitt) turns the Emperor Kuzco (voice of David Spade) into a talking llama. Now, with the help of the llama herder, Pacha (voice of John Goodman), Kuzco tries to find his way back to the palace.

Director: Ian Harrowell    More Info
Starring: Bill Farmer, Jason Marsden, Pauly Shore, Bebe Neuwirth, Vicki Lewis, Jeff Bennett, Jim Cummings, Rob Paulsen, Brad Garrett, Kath Soucie

 Goofy and his son, Max, are back into more adventures as Max heads to college. So, Goofy also enrolls and the fun begins. Direct-to-video follow-on to "The Goofy Movie."

Director: Charles Grosvenor    More Info
Starring: Thomas Dekker, Michael York, Thomas Dekker, Michael York, Anndi McAfee

 When baby brontosaurus Littlefoot (voice of Thomas Dekker) tells about seeing a bright light in the sky that landed on a mountain, no one pays attention to him. Later, rumors spread that what Littlefoot saw was really a magic rock. That gets the attention of shifty Uncle Petrano who sets plans in action to steal the rock–but not without Littlefoot and his buddies in hot pursuit.

Director: Kunihiko Yuyama    More Info
Starring: Veronica Taylor, Rachael Lillis, Eric Stuart, Madeleine Blaustein, Ted Lewis, Ikue Ootani, Michelle Goguen, Eric Rath, Neil Stewart, Amy Birnbaum

 In this second "Pokemon," the plot revolves around Pokemon villain The Collector/Lawrence III (voice of Neil Stewart) whose efforts to change weather patterns are interrupted by Pikachu (voice of Ikue Ootani), Misty (voice of Rachael Lillis), and the rest of the Pokemon gang.

Director: Bibo Bergeron    More Info
Starring: Kevin Kline, Kenneth Branagh, Rosie Perez, Armand Assante, Edward James Olmos, Elton John, Jim Cummings, Frank Welker, Tobin Bell, Duncan Marjoribanks

 In this animated DreamWorks production, two con men–Miguel (voice of Kenneth Branagh) and Tulio (voice of Kevin Kline)–cheat at dice and get their hands on a map to the legendary city of gold: El Dorado. When they finally reach the city (after getting locked in the brig of a ship and managing a perilous escape in a dinghy), residents mistake them for gods. They join forces with the sexy Chel (voice of Rosie Perez), and the adventure accelerates. Great fun!

Director: Stig Bergqvist    More Info
Starring: Christine Cavanaugh, Elizabeth Daily, Cheryl Chase, Susan Sarandon, Kath Soucie, John Lithgow, Joe Alaskey, Michael Bell, Tim Curry, Debbie Reynolds

 The Rugrats are back; this time they head to Paris and end up warding off the impending marriage of Chuckie Finster's (voice of Christine Cavanaugh) father (voice of Michael Bell) to the child-hating Coco LaBouche (voice of Susan Sarandon).

Director: Evan Ricks    More Info
Starring: Brendan Fraser, Jennifer Hale, Mark Hamill, Leonard Nimoy, John Rhys-Davies, Robert Allen Mukes, Jeff Wolverton, K.W. Miller, Clint Carmichael

 Animation techniques keep getting better, and this one uses "3-D motion capture" (live actors' animation is transferred to the animated characters), which brings natural movement to new heights. As for the story, Sinbad (voice of Brendan Fraser) helps a princess (voice of Jennifer Hale) conquer evil wizard Baraka (voice of Leonard Nimoy).

Director: Jun Falkenstein    More Info
Starring: Jim Cummings, Nikita Hopkins, Ken Sansom, John Fiedler, Peter Cullen, Andre Stojka, Tom Attenborough, John Hurt, Kath Soucie, Frank Welker

 Tigger (voice of Jim Cummings) sets off through the woods to find his own family of "tiggers" but, in the process, learns that his real family is Winnie the Pooh, Roo, Rabbit, Piglet, Eeyore, Owl, and, of course, Christopher Robin.

Director: Don Bluth    More Info
Starring: Matt Damon, Drew Barrymore, Bill Pullman, Janeane Garofalo, John Leguizamo, Nathan Lane, Ron Perlman, Tone Loc, Jim Breuer, Jim Cummings

 In this animated sci-fi film, the year is 3028 A,D., and the alien Drej destroy Earth. Only young Cale (voice of Matt Damon) holds the key to survival–a genetically coded map pointing to the gigantic spaceship, "Titan"–but the Drej are in hot pursuit.

Director: Phil Mendez    More Info
Starring: Rhett Akins, Mark Wills, Lee Ann Womack, Alecia Elliott, Betty White, Richard Kind, Hank Williams Jr., Don Knotts, Waylon Jennings, Charlie Daniels

 In this animated adventure based on Mark Twain's classic novel, the characters are presented as animals. For example, Tom (voice of Rhett Akins) and Becky (voice of Lee Ann Womack) are cats, while Huck (voice of Mark Wills) is a fox. As in Twain's story, Tom falls in love with Becky; Tom and Huck step in and save the accused after witnessing a murder; and, of course, they find that buried treasure. The young ones should like this toe-tapping, western-music filled with songs by Hank Williams Jr., Waylon Jennings, and Lee Ann Womack.

Director: Terry L. Noss    More Info
Starring: Jason Alexander, Mary Steenburgen, Reese Witherspoon, Seth Green, Carol Burnett, Joe Mantegna, Dee Bradley Baker, Sam Gifaldi, Little Richard, Kath Soucie

 E.B. White's popular children's book comes to the screen in this lackluster version of a family of swans that includes a mute son (voice of Dee Bradley Baker) who learns to communicate–first through the written word and, finally, with a stolen trumpet.

Director: Yoshiaki Kawajiri    More Info
Starring: Andrew Philpot, John Rafter Lee, Pamela Adlon, Wendee Lee, Michael McShane, Julia Fletcher, Matt McKenzie, John Di Maggio, Alex Fernandez, Jack(2) Fletcher

 Since the original film, the vampires have lost some of their control due to bounty hunters, including our human/vampire D (voice of Andrew Philpot), the vampire hunter. This time he is hired to recover a woman from a powerful vampire, and he is competing with a human family of males to save her. But wait, was she captured or did she go on her own volition? Violent and R-rated all the way. This is the English-dubbed version of the animated film.

Director: Gary Trousdale    More Info
Starring: Michael J. Fox, James Garner, Cree Summer, Don Novello, Phil Morris, Claudia Christian, Jacqueline Obradors, Florence Stanley, David Ogden Stiers, John Mahoney

 Young Milo Thatch (Michael J. Fox) joins an expedition that is searching for the lost continent of Atlantis. While Milo is intent on scientific research, other members of the team–Commander Lyle T. Rourke (James Garner) and Helga Sinclair (Claudia Christian)–have plans for wealth gained from knowledge of Atlantis' mystical power source. Good animated Disney fare.

Director: Lawrence Guterman    More Info
Starring: Jeff Goldblum, Elizabeth Perkins, Alexander Pollock, Sean Hayes, Susan Sarandon, Michael Clarke Duncan, Tobey Maguire, Joe Pantoliano, Alec Baldwin, Charlton Heston

 This film–definitely for kids under the age of 10–examines the premise that there is a high-tech war being fought between cats and dogs. Unknown to humans, for years war has been raging between the animals for their places in the animal kingdom. Now, Prof. Brody (Jeff Goldblum) is working on a vaccine to erase human allergies to dogs, and a Persian cat, Mr. Tinkles (voice of Sean Hayes), is determined to stop him because Mr. Tinkles seeks world domination and realizes that the vaccine will give the edge to dogs. Mrs. Brody (Elizabeth Perkins) has found a Beagle puppy, Lou (voice of Tobey Maguire), for their son, Scott (Alexander Pollock). Now Lou is caught in the middle of the "dog vs. cat" war when Mr. Tinkles plots to kidnap the Brody family, reverse the formula, and make all humans allergic to dogs. Excellent special effects include animated faces on real animals.