Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero 1998  N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Animation / Action / Sci-Fi
aka: Batman & Mr. Freeze
SubZero
Director: Boyd Kirkland
Cast: Kevin Conroy, Michael Ansara, Loren Lester, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., George Dzundza, Robert Costanzo, Bob Hastings, Mary Kay Bergman, Marilu Henner, Dean Jones, Jane Alan, Liane Schirmer, Tress MacNeille, Brian George, Ed Gilbert
This is a direct-to-video, animated version of Batman. Mr. Freeze (voice of Michael Ansara) is living at the Arctic Circle with his wife Nora who is cryogenically frozen while awaiting a heart transplant. When a submarine crashes the ice around Freeze's cave home, the seal of Nora's cryo-chamber is broken, and an organ transplant is needed immediately. Freeze's solution: abduct Batgirl (voice of Mary Kay Bergman) whose blood type matches Nora's. This act, of course, leads to Batman (voice of Kevin Conroy) and Robin (voice of Loren Lester) setting out to rescue Batgirl. The animation is good; the plot is filled with violence. So, IF children are not frightened by violence, this is a good film for those old enough to understand the moral lessons behind the story.
|  | |
 Beauty and the Beast 1991  G, 85 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Fantasy / Musical
Director: Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise
Cast: Paige O'Hara, Robby Benson, Jerry Orbach, Angela Lansbury, David Ogden Stiers, Rex Everhart, Richard White, Jesse Corti, Jo Anne Worley, Mary Kay Bergman, Bradley Pierce, Hal Smith, Tony Jay
The animation of this popular fairy tale is a highlight of this Disney film. It is the story of beautiful young Belle (voice of Paige (O'Hara) who is forced to live with a Beast (voice of Robby Benson). She learns to look beneath the surface of another and discovers a gentle kindness hidden behind the beast's gruff exterior. The song "Beauty and the Beast" won an Academy Award as did the musical score. The film was also nominated for Best Picture.
| | |
Deep Blue Sea 1999  R, 105 min.
Genre: Action / Horror / Thriller
Director: Renny Harlin
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Thomas Jane, Saffron Burrows, Jacqueline McKenzie, Michael Rapaport, Stellan Skarsgard, LL Cool J, Aida Turturro, Wayne Knight, Cristos, Frank Welker, Valente Rodriguez, Ronny Cox, Mary Kay Bergman
Scientists are experimenting on sharks in an underwater lab off Mexico when the sharks suddenly become very aggressive, break free from their confined area, and seem determined to consume the good doctors working in the lab.
| | |
 The Hunchback of Notre Dame 1996 G, 95 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Drama / Musical
Director: Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise
Cast: Tom Hulce, Demi Moore, Tony Jay, Mary Wickes, Kevin Kline, Paul Kandel, Jason Alexander, David Ogden Stiers, Mary Kay Bergman, Jim Cummings, Corey Burton, Bill Fagerbakke, Charles Kimbrough, Gary Trousdale, Heidi Mollenhauer
Victor Hugo's powerful 1831 melodrama is brought to the screen by Disney in this animated offering. It glides over the corruption of church and politics and concentrates on hunchback Quasimodo (voice of Tom Hulce) who has been hidden in the bell tower of Notre Dame Cathedral by his adopted father Frollo (voice of Tony Jay). Quasimodo's gargoyle friends–Victor (voice of Charles Kimbrough), Hugo (voice of Jason Alexander), and Laverne (voice of Mary Wickes)– encourage him to attend a festival where he meets sensuous gypsy Esmeralda (voice of Demi Moore) and handsome soldier Phoebus (voice of Kevin Kline). Now, Frollo's cruel tactics rise to the fore as he tries to destroy the gypsies' home. Quasimodo comes to their aid, and, by story's end, Phoebus and Esmeralda go off together, and Quasimodo returns to the bell tower.
| | |
The Iron Giant 1999  PG, 80 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Drama / Sci-Fi
Director: Brad Bird
Cast: Jennifer Aniston, Eli Marienthal, Harry Connick Jr., Vin Diesel, Christopher McDonald, James Gammon, Cloris Leachman, John Mahoney, M. Emmet Walsh, Mary Kay Bergman, Ollie Johnston, Jack Angel, Rodger Bumpass
In this animated feature film, set in 1957, a giant mechanical man (voice of Vin Diesel) drops from the sky and lands near a small town in Maine where he is befriended by young Hogarth Hughes (voice of Eli Marienthal). Although Hogarth's neighbors and the U.S. government worry that the robot is a Soviet weapon, by story's end, the message against weapons and war are very clear. The moral is that humans CAN make choices.
| | |
Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure 2001 G, 70 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Comedy / Drama / Musical
Director: Rob Rooney, Jeannine Roussel
Cast: Scott Wolf, Alyssa Milano, Chazz Palminteri, Jeff Bennett, Jodi Benson, Bill Fagerbakke, Mickey Rooney, Bronson Pinchot, Cathy Moriarty, Mary Kay Bergman
When Lady (voice of Jodi Benson) and Tramp's (voice of Jeff Bennett) son, Scamp (voice of Scott Wolf), rebels and runs away from home, he tries to emulate his father's past lifestyle but finds himself missing the love and security of home.
| | |
Scooby-Doo and the Witch's Ghost 1999 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Comedy / Adventure / Mystery
Director: Jim Stenstrum
Cast: Tim Curry, Scott Innes, Tress MacNeille, Frank Welker, Jane Wiedlin, Peter Renaday, Jennifer Hale, Mary Kay Bergman, B.J. Ward, Kimberly Brooks
Scooby and the gang are invited to a mystery writer's home in New England. When they get there, they find the town haunted by a witch.
| | |
Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island 1998 N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Adventure / Comedy / Mystery
Director: Jim Stenstrum, Hiroshi Aoyama, Kazumi Fukushima
Cast: Scott Innes, Billy West, Mary Kay Bergman, Frank Welker, B.J. Ward, Adrienne Barbeau, Tara Strong, Cam Clarke, Jim Cummings, Mark Hamill, Jennifer Leigh Warren, Ed Gilbert
"Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island" is a magical adventure in animation. The story is about the "grown-up" Scooby-Doo gang–Daphne (voice of Mary Kay Bergman) who is now a TV show hostess, her cameraman Fred (voice of Frank Welker), Shaggy (voice of Billy West), Scooby-Doo (voice of Scott Innes), and Velma (voice of B.J. Ward)–heading for a zombie-infested Louisiana island. They arrive, and Lena (voice of Tara Strong) takes them to the home of Simone (voice of Adrienne Barbeau) whose gardener Beau (voice of Cam Clarke) is suspected of causing bizarre incidents. While they investigate, the gang finds themselves caught between cat creatures and zombies. Luckily, Beau turns out to be an undercover detective, and all ends happily.
| | |
 South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut 1999 R, 80 min.
Genre: Animation / Comedy
Director: Trey Parker
Cast: Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Mary Kay Bergman, Isaac Hayes, Jesse Howell, Anthony Cross-Thomas, Franchesca Clifford, George Clooney, Minnie Driver, Eric Idle, Brent Spiner, Dave Foley, Deb Adair
Cartman, Stan, Kyle, and Kenny (all voiced by Trey Parker and Matt Stone) are ecstatic when an R-rated, Canadian film comes to South Park. But, almost immediately, a vigilante group forms–Mothers Against Canada–with plans for an all-out war. The war rages, and, oh yes, Kenny is killed.
| | |
| 1. Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein (1999)
2. Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero (1998)
aka: Batman & Mr. Freeze
aka: SubZero
3. Beauty and the Beast (1991)
4. Deep Blue Sea (1999)
5. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)
6. The Iron Giant (1999)
7. Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure (2001)
8. Scooby-Doo and the Witch's Ghost (1999)
9. Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island (1998)
10. South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut (1999)
In The News
|
