 Happily N'Ever After 2007   PG, 85 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Fantasy / Comedy
Director: Paul J. Bolger, Yvette Kaplan
Cast: Sigourney Weaver, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Freddie Prinze Jr., Andy Dick, Wallace Shawn, Patrick Warburton, George Carlin, Jon Polito, Michael McShane, John Di Maggio, Lisa Kaplan, Jill Talley, Tress MacNeille, Rob Paulson, Kath Soucie
While the Wizard (voice of George Carlin) is away on a golf outing, the evil Frieda (voice of Sigourney Weaver) plots to take over Fairy Tale Land and bring an end to happy endings. Frieda's stepdaughter, Ella (voice of Sarah Michelle Gellar), is waylaid on the way to meet the prince (voice of Patrick Warburton), Rapunzel is yanked from her tower, and a prince falls asleep after kissing Sleeping Beauty. Now Ella searches for help and turns to the Seven Dwarfs and to Prince Charming's servant, Rick (voice of Freddie Prinze, Jr.), for help in bringing back those happy endings.
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Kaena: The Prophecy 2003  PG-13, 85 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Fantasy
Director: Chris Delaporte, Pascal Pinon
Cast: Kirsten Dunst, Richard Harris, Anjelica Huston, Keith David, Michael McShane, Greg Proops, Tom Kenny, Tara Strong, Dwight Schultz, Gary Martin, John Di Maggio, Ciara Janson
In this animated story from France, the inhabitants on AXIS (a giant, coiled plant that grows in the clouds) are in trouble. Although they have prayed to their gods, no help comes. So, rebel teenager Kaena (Kirsten Dunst) sets off to get answers and along the way meets humanoid space alien Opez (Richard Harris). Opez holds the solution to the problems, but the quest proves more difficult when the Queen of the Selenites (Anjelica Huston) wants Kaena and Opez dead.
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Pirates of Silicon Valley 1999 TV, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Martyn Burke
Cast: Noah Wyle, Anthony Michael Hall, Joey Slotnick, John Di Maggio, Josh Hopkins, Gema Zamprogna, Bodhi Elfman, Allan Royal, John Hertzler, Gailard Sartain
The founder of Microsoft, Bill Gates (Anthony Michael Hall), comes across as a shrewd businessman who gets credit where credit is not due, while the Apple cofounder, Steve Jobs (Noah Wyle), takes on a tyrant persona in this look at the men and operations behind two of the leading computer companies.
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 Princess Mononoke 1997  PG-13, 133 min.
Genre: Animation / Adventure / Fantasy / Thriller
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Cast: Billy Crudup, Claire Danes, Minnie Driver, Billy Bob Thornton, Gillian Anderson, Jada Pinkett Smith, John DeMita, John Di Maggio, Keith David, Corey Burton, Debi Derryberry, Jada Pinkett Smith, Tara Strong
This is one animated adventure film that is NOT for children, but adults will be enthralled. Set in Japan during the Muromachi era, the story is about Ashitaka's (voice of Billy Crudup) search for the cure of a curse that a Tataraba has placed on him. Ashitaka travels far but arrives at his destination only to find himself amidst a battle between the forest animal gods and the iron miners whose work is killing the forest. Now, Ashitaka must attempt to bring peace between humanity and nature.
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 Superman Returns 2006  PG-13, 157 min.
Genre: Animation / Action / Sci-Fi
Director: Bryan Singer
Cast: Brandon Routh, Kate Bosworth, Kevin Spacey, James Marsden, Parker Posey, Sam Huntington, Eva Marie Saint, Frank Langella, John Di Maggio, Kal Penn, Tristan Lake Leabu, David Fabrizio, Ian Roberts, Doug Abrahams, Todd Williams
After disappearing for six years, Superman (Brandon Routh) returns to Metropolis as Clark Kent and finds that the citizens of Metropolis have learned to live without him. Add to that the fact that his beloved Lois Lane (Kate Bosworth) is in a relationship with Richard White (James Marsden), and they have a five-year-old son, Jason (Tristan Lake Leabu). Now, Superman must deal with those problems and, at the same time, face arch-enemy Lex Luthor (Kevin Spacey) on a journey that will take him into the realm of outer space.
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TMNT 2007  PG, 87 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy / Fantasy
aka: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Director: Kevin Munroe
Cast: Chris Evans, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Mako, Kevin Smith, Patrick Stewart, Zhang Ziyi, Laurence Fishburne, Mitchell Whitfield, James Arnold Taylor, Mikey Kelley, Nolan North, John Di Maggio, Kevin Michael Richardson
The Teenage Mutant Turtles–Donatello (voice of Mitchell Whitfield), Leonardo (voice of James Arnold Taylor), Michelangelo (voice of Mikey Kelly), and Raphael (voice of Nolan North)–have grown apart, but strange things are going on in New York City, and Turtle pal April (voice of Sarah Michelle Gellar) helps to bring them together. With aid from April's boyfriend Casey (voice of Chris Evans), the Turtles fight mystical beings that tech-industrialist Max Winters (voice of Patrick Stewart) has resuscitated.
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 Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust 2000 R, 103 min.
Genre: Animation / Action / Horror / Thriller
aka: Vampire Hunter D
Director: Yoshiaki Kawajiri, Jack Fletcher
Cast: 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.
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| 1. Happily N'Ever After (2007)
2. Kaena: The Prophecy (2003)
3. Pirates of Silicon Valley (1999)
4. Princess Mononoke (1997)
5. Superman Returns (2006)
6. TMNT (2007)
aka: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
7. Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (2000)
aka: Vampire Hunter D
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