Proving that you just can't keep a good animated series down, Bender's Big Score revives the Futurama crew in a full-length feature (reportedly, the first of four which will later be broken down into individual episodes for television broadcast) chock full of the satiric touches that made the Matt Groening series a cult favorite among sci-fi and animation fans. In true Futurama form, the plot of Big Score is proudly ridiculous: At its core, it's about alien telemarketers with a plan to steal Earth's most valuable historical objects, who use e-mail viruses to cripple Planet Express and take control of belligerent robot Bender; the latter carries out their scheme via a time-travel code tattooed on Fry's backside. This allows for all manner of subplots involving Fry's return to the 20 th century, romantic confusion between Fry and Leela (Katey Sagal), and a host of cameos ranging from Kwaanza-bot (Coolio) and Zapp Brannigan to Al Gore (voiced by the real former vice-president, who once again displays an offbeat sense of humor).
Bender's Big Score also features a staggering amount of extras that reflect the show's sense of playful anarchy. Most valuable to longtime fans is the feature-length commentary by Groening, writers Ken Keeler and David X. Cohen, director Dwayne Carey-Hill, and cast members Billy West (Fry), DiMaggio, and Phil LaMarr, which provides a wealth of information on the film's production as well as plenty of laughs from the voice actors. "Futurama Returns!" is a live comic book reading by the cast in front of an enthusiastic convention audience, while "A Terrifying Message from Al Gore" is a short animated promo featuring the ex-veep in an animated promo for his Inconvenient Truth documentary (Gore's commentary for this short is worth the DVD's sale price alone), and "Bite My Shiny Metal X" is an amusing, tongue-in-cheek lesson on the mathematics used to deliver the show's futuristic touches. Perhaps the oddest extra is a full-length episode of Everybody Loves Hypnotoad, a sitcom based around the bizarre title creature that will provoke equal amounts of laughter and exasperation. A small battery of deleted scenes, new character design sketches, and a five-minute promo shot for Comic-Con round out the extras.
A 12-year-old boy named Lewis (voice of Daniel Hansen) has a wild imagination and an extraordinary genius for inventing different types of fantastic devices. He grows up at an orphanage and desperately wants to be adopted. Once he meets his peer Wilbur Robinson (voice of Wesley Singerman) who takes a trip in a time machine from the far-distant future. He invites Lewis to visit his eccentric, close-knit family, and the two set out on a breathtaking time-traveling journey.
While digging two miles below the Earth's surface, workers from LexCorp fortuitously release the intergalactic killing machine Doomsday (voiced by Tom Kenny). Superman (Adam Baldwin) sacrifices himself to stop the robot and save the Earth. People all over the world deeply grieve the loss of their hero. Even Superman's foe, Lex Luthor (James Marsters), deplores his death, provoking a chain of unforeseen events...
For many years the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant, along with the town dwellers, has got rid of its toxic waste and garbage by discharging them into the lake. After the sinking of the barge the band "Green Day" (Billie Joe Armstrong, Tre Cool and Mike Dirnt) was performing on, Lisa Simpson (Yeardley Smith) convinces the locals to clean up the polluted lake. But when her muddle-headed father Homer (Dan Castellaneta) dumps an overflowing silo of "Pig Crap" in it, he involuntarily causes ecological catastrophe. Induced by the treacherous adviser from the EPA, Russ Cargill (Albert Brooks), President Arnold Schwarzenegger (Harry Shearer) orders to put a giant glass dome over Springfield. The Simpsons, however, manage to escape with a whole skin through a sinkhole in their baby Maggie's sandbox and they flee to Alaska. Having heard of the president’s villainous plan to destroy Springfield, Homer’s wife Marge (Julie Kavner) and his kids try to persuade him to return to the town but all to no avail. Therefore Marge, along with the kids, leaves Homer. But a meeting with a medicine woman (Tress MacNeille) drastically changes his outlook and Homer comes to the conclusion that he must defy the president, once known as Terminator, so as to save the home town, which is on a razor's edge, and reunite with his family.
The animated feature film plunges viewers into a fantasy world of futuristic robots, monstrous pirates, scary Cyclopes and other creepy creatures. The Boogeyman (voiced by Fred Willard) has lost his ability to scare naughty kids and wants to come into possession of Horror's Hand, an ancient artifact capable of transforming him into everyone's worst nightmare. Siblings Billy (voiced by Richard Horvitz) and Mandy (voiced by Grey DeLisle) and their sidekicks, Irwin (voiced by Vanessa Marshall) and the Grim Reaper (voiced by Greg Eagles), embark on a perilous quest to find the powerful artifact before it falls into the hands of the Boogeyman and his ominous crew of monster pirates.
This gripping animated feature transports the viewer to a fantasy world inhabited by wizards, sorceresses, prominent heroes, mystic monsters and other magical creatures. The story centers on Dr. Stephen Strange (voiced by Bryce Johnson), one of the most brilliant surgeons, who comes across a horrific car crash that leaves him with serious hand injuries. He begins a wondrous journey to the Tibetan Mountains to seek out healing from the mysterious Ancient One (Michael Yama). However, the Ancient not only heals his wounds but also endows him with the gift of magic that will enable him to confront Dormammu (Jonathan Adams), a powerful evil who is hell-bent on ruling the world.
This wonderful Christmas-themed cartoon begins with Jerry and Tuffy watching Tchaikovsky's the Nutcracker Ballet in the opera house. After the performance, the little mouse goes to the empty stage floor and makes a wish to perform in the spectacular show and that wish magically comes true instantly. The toys come to life and the stage is transformed into an enchanted kingdom. Jerry has a great time, dancing with a Music Box Ballerina and having a splendid dinner with Nellie the doll and Paulie the Christmas Ornament, until mean old cats, led by his sworn enemy Tom, crash the party.
Having graduated from college, Barry B. Benson (voiced by Jerry Seinfeld), a non-conformist worker bee comes to realize that he doesn't like the prospect of devoting his entire life to the hive's Honex Industries. Eager to see the world, Barry resolves to leave the comfort of the hive and sets out on the adventure of a lifetime. Once outside his home, he gets lost and becomes threatened by mortal danger but, fortunately for him, he is rescued by a kind-hearted New York City florist named Vanessa Bloome (Renee Zellweger). Barry becomes instantly enamored of his attractive savior and violates Bee Law #1 - "Don't talk to humans" – in order to express his gratitude to her. Barry and Vanessa develop a close bond which is unexpected for both of them and start living together. Having adapted to life in the large world of humans, Barry goes for an outing and inadvertently finds himself on Honey Farms where he is shocked to discover that people have been enslaving bees for centuries, taking their precious honey, and selling it for their own profit. Consequently, the bee spreads his wings and flies to bring a legal suit against the human honey industry.
Princess Giselle (Amy Adams) becomes a victim of dark Queen Narissa (Susan Sarandon) who has pushed her out of the magic kingdom. Giselle finds herself in the middle of a busy street of modern New York City. She must return back to her realm as quickly as possible to marry Prince Edward (James Marsden) but for the present she needs some help to orient herself in the real world with its lack of magic. Robert (Patrick Dempsey), a divorced lawyer, comes to the pretty stranger's aid.
When billionaire inventor Tony Stark uses break-through technology to physically raise a forgotten city, he awakens an unspeakable evil, giving life to the most vile of all emperors - the Mandarin. Only one man can stop this newly re-emerged force of evil. One who will don a powerful suit of armour forged from iron and advanced technology. To take on the mystical underworld forces of ancient China, he must become The Invincible Iron Man.
In Adria Garcia's fantasy film, the little orphan Tim is very afraid of the dark. That's why each night is a hard trial for him. One night he climbs onto the rooftop of the orphanage to try to cope with his fear. He discovers his favorite star has fallen and then he encounters Cat Shepherd who guides Tim to the magic world beyond the sky to show him how day light and night time are made and the creatures that operate the heavens.
Follows Don Quixote, his "squire", Sancho Panza (Quixote's best friend and the wealthiest man in town), Sancho's donkey, Rucio (who wants to be a horse) and a real horse, Quixote's faithful steed, Rocinante (who hates leaving his stable) on their adventure to duel the "Knight of the Moon" where, if Quixote wins the duel the true identity of Dulcinea will be revealed.
Japan, 2077: A female agent named Vexille is dispatched to Tokyo to investigate whether Japanese are developing robotic technology, which has been banned by the U.N. due to its potential threat to humankind.
Private detective Sam Ruben's clever plan falls apart with the onset of amnesia. Everyone is trying to kill him and he doesn't know why. The classic film noir milieu now comes to you in the form of an animated feature.
The evil stepmother conjures up a spell that reverses all of which the fairy godmother did. Everything that she had made (the dress, the horses and the carriage) which were the reasons why and how Cinderella went to "The Ball". So when all the magic is gone will there be a happily ever after all? What will Cinderella do? Find out in Cinderella III.
Robot Chicken's finest half hour is more savvy than Spaceballs, more inside than Family Guy: Blue Harvest, and funnier, even, than The Star Wars Holiday Special. This Very Special Episode of Comedy Central's stop-motion animated series parodies and goofs on all things Star Wars, from a disgruntled Empire janitor to an ad for Admiral Ackbar Cereal ("Your tongues can't repel flavor of that magnitude"). Twenty three minutes goes by like the jump to hyperspace with such priceless bits as the collect phone call to Emperor Palpatine from Darth Vadar to inform him of the Death Star's destruction, awkward morning-after pillow talk between Luke and Leia ("That was so wrong"), and George Bush's newfound Jedi powers. Co-creators Seth Green and Matthew Senreich and company immerse viewers in the Robot Chicken universe with generous bonus features, including storyboarded deleted scenes (with self-deprecating commentary), behind the scenes footage of animation meetings, and alternate audio takes. Good sport George Lucas, who gave his blessing to this episode, boldly goes where William Shatner went before by voicing himself in a Star Wars convention sketch that concludes with a Lucas-worshiping geek telling his son that meeting his idol was the best day of his life. What about his son's birth? "Not even close," dad replies. But you don't have to have that kind of devotion to Star Wars to be amused by this weather forecast for Cloud City: "Cloudy, followed by clouds."
In 1939, young Professor Bruttenholm destroyed Erzsebet Ondrushko, a female vampire who bathed in the blood of innocents to stay young. Now someone in upstate New York is trying to bring her back, and the elderly Professor Broom has decided to investigate it himself. He takes the top BPRD agents, Hellboy, Liz Sherman and Abe Sapien, who are more worried about his welfare than the return of any vampire. Their tune changes when they face a horde of ghosts, a phantom wolf pack, witches, harpies, a giant werewolf and Erzsebet herself. Hellboy ends up battling the Queen of Witches, the goddess Hecate, who wants him to embrace his true destiny, a destiny that includes the destruction of mankind.
The sameness of everyday life sometimes breeds discontent and Garfield is bored with his life in Cartoon World and sick and tired of reporting to work at the Comic Strip Studio every day with co-workers Wally, Billy Bear, Randy Rabbit, and Bonita. When Odie accidentally drops his bone through a patch in the screen that separates the realm of Cartoon World from the Real World, Garfield impulsively decides to dive headlong into the land of hot dog vendors with little regard for his girlfriend Arlene or owner Jon. Followed by the ever-bumbling Odie, Garfield's initial excitement quickly dims at the prospect of dumpster diving for food scraps and spending the night in an old leaky building. What's more, the neighborhood cats don't believe he's the real Garfield from the funny papers and Garfield knows that now that he's entered the real world, he can never return to Cartoon World. When the local newspaper declares its intention to replace the Garfield comic strip for good, Garfield realizes the enormity of his mistake and begs his Cartoon World co-workers to somehow find a way to bring him and Odie back to Cartoon World before their strip is permanently cancelled. This completely CGI animated full-length Garfield movie is a marked departure from the previous two live-action CGI animated movies (Garfield the Movie and Garfield—A Tale of Two Kitties) and has a distinctly unique look that utilizes three-dimensional character modeling against a seemingly flat background that looks like good video game graphics crossed with a colorful comic strip that's somehow been inflated. (Ages 5 and older)
Barbie plays Rosella in this new musical film. Shipwrecked as a child, Rosella grows up on the island under the watchful eyes of her loving animal friends. The arrival of Prince Antonio leads Rosella and her furry pals to explore civilization and ultimately save the kingdom by uncovering a secret plot.
