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.
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Cinderella II: Dreams Come True 2002   G, 73 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Fantasy / Romance
Director: John Kafka
Cast: Jennifer Hale, Christopher Daniel Barnes, Tress MacNeille, Rob Paulsen, Corey Burton, Holland Taylor, Susan Blakeslee, Frank Welker, Russi Taylor, Andre Stojka, Carmen Carter, Gina La Piana, Susan Yezzi
Disney continues the trend of making sequels, first for newer films and now for older classics. This time, it's one of the real classics that gets a follow-on. It is actually three short stories as the Fairy Godmother (voice of Russi Taylor) grants three wishes. Cinderella (voice of Jennifer Hale) brings her home-spun outlook to the aristocratic world, Jaq the mouse (voice of Rob Paulsen) wants to see what it's like to be human, and the once-evil stepsister (voice of Tress MacNeille) finds love. Good for the under-10 crowd. 1 User Review
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| | - | halemybest 04/11/2007 | | jennifer hale is the best i watched her movies and read her books she is amazing especially cinderlla 3 and 2 she is the best |
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The Emperor's New Groove 2: Kronk's New Groove 2005 G, 75 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Comedy
aka: Kronk's New Groove
Director: Saul Andrew Blinkoff, Elliot M. Bour, Robin Steele
Cast: Patrick Warburton, Tracey Ullman, Eartha Kitt, David Spade, John Goodman, Wendie Malick, John Mahoney, John Fiedler, Eli Russell Linnetz, Jessie Flower, Kath Soucie, Tress MacNeille, Jeff Bennett, Patti Deutsch
In this follow-up to "The Emperor's New Groove," Kronk (voice of Patrick Warburton) is now the owner of a restaurant that has not yet established a large clientele. One day, Kronk receives a llama-gram announcing his father's upcoming visit. The news sets Kronk and partner Yzma (voice of Eartha Kitt) into action to make the restaurant appear successful. In the process, a massive cheese explosion erupts in the kitchen, but Kronk's friends come to his aid, and he learns the lesson to be "True to his Groove."
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 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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Hey Arnold! The Movie 2002 PG, 85 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Comedy / Adventure
Director: Tuck Tucker
Cast: Spencer Klein, Francesca Smith, Jamil Walker Smith, Dan Castellaneta, Tress MacNeille, Paul Sorvino, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Christopher Lloyd, Vincent Schiavelli, Maurice LaMarche, Kath Soucie, Christopher Walberg, Sam Gifaldi, Blake McIver Ewing
In this animated film, fourth-grader Arnold (voice of Spencer Klein) enlists the aid of his friends to stop the efforts of a developer who plans to bulldoze landmarks and build a shopping mall.
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Kiki's Delivery Service 1989  G, 103 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Fantasy / Adventure / Comedy
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Cast: Kirsten Dunst, Phil Hartman, Janeane Garofalo, Matthew Lawrence, Debbie Reynolds, Tress MacNeille, Edie McClurg, Kath Soucie, Jeff Bennett, Debi Derryberry, Corey Burton, Sherry Lynn, Matt K. Miller
In this animated, children's film, Kiki (voice of Kirsten Dunst) is a witch who is 13 years old–the age when witches must spend the year attempting survival on their own in order to find their future as witches. Kiki goes off on her odyssey. This nicely-made series of Japanese cartoons was dubbed in English by the Disney crowd in 1998 with a fine cast.
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The Land Before Time VIII: The Big Freeze 2001 G, 75 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Adventure / Fantasy
Director: Charles Grosvenor
Cast: Rob Paulsen, Robert Guillaume, Tress MacNeille, Thomas Dekker, Aria Noelle Curzon, John Ingle, Anndi McAfee, Jeff Bennett, Susan Krebs, Kenneth Mars
The series continues as this direct-to-video entry finds Littlefoot and his friends trying to get through a rough winter. Lessons abound.
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Olive, the Other Reindeer 1999 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Comedy
Director: Oscar Moore
Cast: Drew Barrymore, Dan Castellaneta, Joe Pantoliano, Edward Asner, Peter MacNicol, Tim Meadows, Jay Mohr, Kath Soucie, Diedrich Bader, David Herman, Tress MacNeille, Michael Stipe, Billy West, Mitch Rouse
When one of Santa's (voice of Ed Asner) reindeers breaks a leg, Santa announces he will be relying on "all of the other reindeer." But one dog–Olive (voice of Drew Barrymore)–thinks she hears, "Olive, the other reindeer." Believing that Santa has called on her for help with Christmas Eve deliveries, Olive and her penguin friend Martini (voice of Joe Pantoliano) head for the North Pole.
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 Rover Dangerfield 1991  G, 74 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Comedy
Director: James L. George, Bob Seeley
Cast: Rodney Dangerfield, Susan Boyd, Ronnie Schell, Ned von Leuck, Shawn Southwick, Dana Hill, Sal Landi, Mel Blanc, Barbara Goodson, Bill Farmer, Tress MacNeille, Danny Mann, Bert Kramer, Lara Cody
Rover (voice of Rodney Dangerfield) is a dog that is also an ex-Las Vegas entertainer. Rover has problems adjusting to life away from the neon lights in this imaginative animated film.
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Rugrats Go Wild 2003 PG, 81 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Adventure / Comedy / Fantasy
Director: John Eng, Norton Virgien
Cast: Bruce Willis, Tim Curry, Lacey Chabert, Danielle Harris, Elizabeth Daily, Cheryl Chase, Nancy Cartwright, Kath Soucie, Cree Summer, Flea, Joe Alaskey, Tress MacNeille
Those Rugrats are back, and this time the gang is marooned on an island. But, as luck would have it, they are rescued by a family filming nature documentaries on that very island. Amazing!
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Rugrats in Paris: The Movie 2000 G, 80 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Comedy
Director: Stig Bergqvist, Paul Demeyer
Cast: Christine Cavanaugh, Elizabeth Daily, Cheryl Chase, Susan Sarandon, Kath Soucie, John Lithgow, Joe Alaskey, Michael Bell, Tim Curry, Debbie Reynolds, Tara Strong, Tress MacNeille, Casey Kasem, Jack Riley
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).
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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.
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The Simpsons Movie 2007 PG-13, 87 min.
Genre: Animation / Comedy
Director: David Silverman
Cast: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Harry Shearer, Marcia Wallace, Hank Azaria, Billie Joe Armstrong, Tress MacNeille, Pamela Hayden, Joe Mantegna, Albert Brooks, Tre Cool, Russi Taylor, Tom Hanks
The long-running TV show "The Simpsons" comes to the screen with more adventures of the Simpson family. Lisa Simpson (voice of Yeardley Smith) takes on the environmental-awareness cause to clean up Springfield's lake, while her father, Homer (voice of Dan Castellaneta), remains clueless and even dares his son, Bart (voice of Nancy Cartwright), to skateboard around town in the nude. Matters take a downhill turn when Homer brings a pig home as a family pet, which leaves Marge (voice of Julie Kavner) nagging him to get rid of the pig's droppings. Homer dumps the pig's waste in the lake–an act that results in getting the attention of E.P.A. head Russ Cargill (voice of Albert Brooks) who convinces President Schwarzenegger (voice of Harry Shearer) to have a plastic dome placed over Springfield. Now, it is up to Homer to save Springfield.
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Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation 1992 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Adventure / Comedy
Director: Various Directors
Cast: Jonathan Winters, Edie McClurg, Frank Welker, Charles Adler, Don Messick, Joe Alaskey, Tress MacNeille, Cree Summer, Sorrell Booke, Rob Paulsen, Maurice LaMarche, Kath Soucie
School vacation is beginning, and Plucky Duck, Hampton Pig, Babs and Buster Bunny, and Elmira go on their respective holidays in this animated made-for-video feature.
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Tom and Jerry: The Magic Ring 2002 N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Action / Fantasy
Director: James T. Walker
Cast: Frank Welker, Jim Cummings, Jeff Bennett, Billy West, Jess Harnell, Maurice LaMarche, Tara Strong, Charlie Schlatter, Maile Flanagan, Tress MacNeille
Our long-time cat and mouse–Tom and Jerry (voices of Jeff Bennett and Frank Welker)–duo are back and join the wizardry craze. Their master, a young wizard, must leave for Calcutta to get some material necessary for a spell. Tom is placed in charge of a valuable, magic ring, but it gets stuck (!) on Jerry's head, and the fun begins.
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Wakko's Wish 1999 G, 80 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Musical / Fantasy
Director: Liz Holzman, Rusty Mills, Tom Ruegger
Cast: Jess Harnell, Rob Paulsen, Tress MacNeille, Jeff Bennett, Julie Brown, Maurice LaMarche, Ben Stein, Bernadette Peters, Chick Vennera, Sherri Stoner, Frank Welker, Nancy Cartwright, Paxton Whitehead, Tom Bodett
In this spinoff of the TV series, the first full-length "animaniacs" movie, the gang follows a wishing star that has fallen to Earth. OK family fare, which is not as "wakky" as the series.
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| 1. Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero (1998)
aka: Batman & Mr. Freeze
aka: SubZero
2. Cinderella II: Dreams Come True (2002)
3. The Emperor's New Groove 2: Kronk's New Groove (2005)
aka: Kronk's New Groove
4. Happily N'Ever After (2007)
5. Hey Arnold! The Movie (2002)
6. Kiki's Delivery Service (1989)
7. The Land Before Time VIII: The Big Freeze (2001)
8. Olive, the Other Reindeer (1999)
9. Rover Dangerfield (1991)
10. Rugrats Go Wild (2003)
11. Rugrats in Paris: The Movie (2000)
12. Scooby-Doo and the Witch's Ghost (1999)
13. The Simpsons Movie (2007)
14. Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation (1992)
15. Tom and Jerry: The Magic Ring (2002)
16. Wakko's Wish (1999)
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