Cats & Dogs 2001   PG, 90 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Adventure / Comedy
Director: Lawrence Guterman
Cast: Jeff Goldblum, Elizabeth Perkins, Alexander Pollock, Sean Hayes, Susan Sarandon, Michael Clarke Duncan, Tobey Maguire, Joe Pantoliano, Alec Baldwin, Charlton Heston, Miriam Margolyes, Frank C. Turner, Jon Lovitz, Salome Jens
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.
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 Son of the Mask 2005  PG, 86 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Lawrence Guterman
Cast: Jamie Kennedy, Alan Cumming, Bob Hoskins, Ryan Falconer, Traylor Howard, Steven Wright, Kal Pen, Ben Stein, Magda Szubanski, Jeanette Cronin
In this film–one of the "Mask" series–the Averys' dog brings home a mysterious mask. Tim (Jamie Kennedy) tries on the mask, has sex, his wife (Traylor Howard) becomes pregnant, and the baby is born with the mythological powers of the Mask of Loki. Lo and behold, that mysterious mask turns out to be the Mask of Loki, and Loki (Alan Cumming) wants to retrieve his Mask.
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| 1. Cats & Dogs (2001)
2. Son of the Mask (2005)
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