All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 1996  G, 84 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Fantasy
Director: Larry Leker, Paul Sabella
Cast: Charlie Sheen, Dom DeLuise, Sheena Easton, Ernest Borgnine, Bebe Neuwirth, Wallace Shawn, Jim Cummings, Pat Corley, Hamilton Camp, Dan Castellaneta, Steve Mackall, Tony Jay, George Hearn, Adam Wylie, Kevin Michael Richardson
In this animated feature film, Charlie Barken (voice of Charlie Sheen) is a dog angel and is bored by the eternal bliss of Heaven. Charlie finds relief when another angel, Carface (voice of Ernest Borgnine) tries to steal Gabriel's horn, and Charlie comes to Gabriel's defense. Along the way, Sasha La Fleur (voice of Sheena Easton) sashays her way into Charlie's life, and love blooms.
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A Boy Called Hate 1995 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mitch Marcus
Cast: Scott Caan, James Caan, Adam Beach, Missy Crider, Elliott Gould, Byron Lee Nashold, Kevin Michael Richardson, CeCe Tsou, Duane Davis, Wade Allain-Marcus
After having the word "hate" tattooed on his arm, a troubled teenager (Scott Caan) in Los Angeles adopts "Hate" as his nickname. One night while riding with his gang, Hate is an eyewitness to an attempted rape. He rescues the girl, and his troubles really begin.
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Buzz Lightyear of Star Command:The Adventure Begin 2000  N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Tad Stones
Cast: Tim Allen, Wayne Knight, Nicole Sullivan, Larry Miller, Stephen Furst, Adam Carolla, Diedrich Bader, Patrick Warburton, Kevin Michael Richardson, Charles Kimbrough
Supervillain Zurg (Wayne Knight) forms an alliance with LGM (Little Green Men) and plans to take over the world. Now it is up to Buzz (Tim Allen) and his crew to save the galaxy. This is a big step downward from the previous "Toy" stories.
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The Country Bears 2002 G, 88 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Musical
Director: Peter Hastings
Cast: Haley Joel Osment, Diedrich Bader, Candy Ford, James Gammon, Brad Garrett, Toby Huss, Kevin Michael Richardson, Stephen Root, Christopher Walken, Stephen Tobolowsky, Daryl Mitchell, M.C. Gainey
Based on Disney World's "Country Bear Jamboree," this musical farce involves bears playing in a benefit concert to save their Country Bear retirement home.
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 Lilo & Stitch 2002  PG, 85 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Adventure / Comedy / Drama
Director: Dean Deblois, Chris Sanders
Cast: Daveigh Chase, Chris Sanders, Tia Carrere, David Ogden Stiers, Kevin McDonald, Ving Rhames, Jason Scott Lee, Kevin Michael Richardson, Ashley Rose Orr, Amy Hill, Kath Soucie, Jack Angel
Adventures await the five-year-old Hawaiian girl, Lilo (Daveigh Chase), when she finds alien fugitive Stitch (Chris Sanders), thinks it is a dog, and adopts it as her pet. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Animated Feature.
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The Powerpuff Girls Movie 2002  PG, 87 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Adventure / Comedy / Fantasy
Director: Craig McCracken
Cast: Cathy Cavadini, Tara Strong, Elizabeth Daily, Tom Kenny, Roger Jackson, Tom Kane, Jennifer Hale, Jeff Bennett, Jennifer Martin, Grey DeLisle, Phil LaMarr, Rob Paulsen, Kevin Michael Richardson, Frank Welker
This animated film shows how the pint-sized superheroines on the Cartoon Network series attained the status of popular crime fighters in their troubled city of Townsville. The girls–Blossom (voice of Cathy Cavadini), Bubbles (voice of Tara Strong), and Buttercup (voice of Elizabeth Daily)–do not fit in at Pokey Oaks Kindergarten because they do not know how to control their superpowers. They ask an ape, Mojo Jojo (voice of Roger Jackson) for help, not knowing that he is planning to take over Townsville. But, the girls catch on in time to save the town and, in the process, learn to take responsibility for their superpowers.
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Star Wars: The Clone Wars 2008  PG, 98 min.
Genre: Animation / Adventure / Sci-Fi
Director: Dave Filoni
Cast: Matt Lanter, Ashley Eckstein, James Arnold Taylor, Samuel L. Jackson, Christopher Lee, Dee Bradley Baker, Tom Kane, Nika Futterman, Ian Abercrombie, Corey Burton, Catherine Taber, Matthew Wood, Kevin Michael Richardson, David Acord, Anthony Daniels
While fighting in the Clone War to restore peace to the universe, Anakin Skywalker (voice of Matt Lanter) and Obi-Wan Kenobi (voice of James Arnold Taylor) learn that "Stinky," the infant son of Jabba the Hutt (voice of Kevin Michael Richardson) has been kidnapped. The Jedi council pulls Anakin out of the battle and sends him with his young apprentice Ahsoka Tano (voice of Ashley Eckstein) to rescue "Stinky." The mission will bring them face-to-face with the villainous Count Dooku (voice of Christopher Lee) and his agent Assajj Ventress (voice of Nika Futterman) who have used the kidnapping to upset the truce between the Jedi and the Hutts in order to move ahead with their plan to rule the universe. Meanwhile, Obi-Wan Kenobi continues to fight a violent battle on the front lines of the Clone War.
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Tarzan & Jane 2002 G, 70 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Adventure
Director: Victor Cook, Steve Loter, Don MacKinnon
Cast: Michael T. Weiss, Olivia d'Abo, Tara Strong, Nicollette Sheridan, Jeff Bennett, Jim Cummings, Kevin Michael Richardson, John O'Hurley, April Winchell, Grey DeLisle, Rene Auberjonois, Alexis Denisof, Phil Proctor
In this Disney direct-to-video/DVD sequel to 1999's "Tarzan," Tarzan (voice of Michael T. Weiss) and Jane (voice of Olivia d'Abo) are about to celebrate their first wedding anniversary. They recount the adventures of the past year, and each searches for the perfect gift for the other in the jungle, with obstacles to overcome in their quests. Not much here–except the closing song–in this 70 minute Saturday morning cartoon.
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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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Tom Sawyer 2000 G, 89 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Musical / Adventure
Director: Phil Mendez, Paul Sabella
Cast: Rhett Akins, Mark Wills, Lee Ann Womack, Alecia Elliott, Betty White, Richard Kind, Hank Williams Jr., Don Knotts, Waylon Jennings, Charlie Daniels, Hynden Walch, Clea Lewis, Dean Haglund, Kevin Michael Richardson, Dee Bradley Baker
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.
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| 1. All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 (1996)
2. Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein (1999)
3. A Boy Called Hate (1995)
4. Buzz Lightyear of Star Command:The Adventure Begin (2000)
5. The Country Bears (2002)
6. Lilo & Stitch (2002)
7. The Powerpuff Girls Movie (2002)
8. Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008)
9. Tarzan & Jane (2002)
10. TMNT (2007)
aka: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
11. Tom Sawyer (2000)
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