Posts Tagged ‘part-live-action’

Fantasia/2000 (1999)

Thursday, June 5th, 2008
Genres: Animation | Family | Music
Countries: USA
Actors: Stokowski, Leopold | Grierson, Ralph | Battle, Kathleen | Martin, Steve | Perlman, Itzhak | Jones, Quincy | Midler, Bette | Jones, James Earl | Jillette, Penn | Teller | Levine, James | Lansbury, Angela | Allwine, Wayne | Anselmo, Tony | Taylor, Russi
Directors: Algar, James
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In this update of Disney’s masterpiece film mixture of animation and music, new interpretations of great works of music are presented. It begins with an abstract battle of light and darkness set to the music of Beethoveen’s Fifth Symphony. Then we see the adventures of a Humpback Whale calf and his pod set to “The Pines of Rome.” Next is the humourous story of several lives in 1930’s New York City, scored with “Rhapsody in Blue.” Following is a musical telling of the fairy tale, “The Steadfast Tin Soldier” set to Dmitri Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto No. 2. Then a goofy Flamingo causes havoc in his flock with his yo-yo to the tune of the finale of “Carnival of the Animals.” This is followed by the classic sequence from the original film, “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” starring Mickey Mouse and followed by “Pomp and Circumstance” starring Donald Duck as a harried assistant to Noah on his Ark. Finally, we see the awesome tale of the life, death and renewal of a forest in a sequence featuring the composition, “The Firebird.”

Arthur and the Invisibles (2006)

Thursday, February 14th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Animation | Family | Fantasy
Countries: France
Actors: Highmore, Freddie | Farrow, Mia | Balfour, Penny | Rand, Doug | LeFevre, Adam | Bejote Njamba, Jean | Blumental, Serge | Madonna | Fallon, Jimmy | De Niro, Robert | Keitel, Harvey | de Jong, Lee | Palminteri, Chazz | Rhoff | Estevez, Emilio
Directors: Besson, Luc
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Arthur is a spirited ten-year old whose parents are away looking for work, whose eccentric grandfather has been missing for several years, and who lives with his grandmother in a country house that, in two days, will be repossessed, torn down, and turned into a block of flats unless Arthur’s grandfather returns to sign some papers and pay off the family debt. Arthur discovers that the key to success lies in his own descent into the land of the Minimoys, creatures no larger than a tooth, whom his grandfather helped relocate to their garden. Somewhere among them is hidden a pile of rubies, too. Can Arthur be of stout heart and save the day? Romance beckons as well, and a villain lurks.

Osmosis Jones (2001)

Monday, May 7th, 2007
Genres: Action | Animation | Comedy | Crime | Drama | Romance | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Shannon, Molly | Murray, Bill | Stein, Ben | Silver, Joel | Rock, Chris | Fishburne, Laurence | Hyde Pierce, David | Norwood, Brandy | Shatner, William | Howard, Ron | Kid Rock | Olson, Kenny | Krause, Jason | C., Joe | Eulinberg, Stefanie | Bones, Jimmie | Uncle Kracker | Adams, Jonathan | Alazraqui, Carlos
Directors: Farrelly, Bobby | Farrelly, Peter
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Frank Detomello catches a cold. The inside of his body is known as the “City of Frank” to its inhabitants, two of which - white blood cell cop Osmosis Jones, and cold tablet Drixorial - team up to fight the invading viruses intent on taking over the City.

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)

Thursday, February 15th, 2007
Genres: Action | Adventure | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Countries: Italy | UK | USA
Actors: Paltrow, Gwyneth | Law, Jude | Ribisi, Giovanni | Gambon, Michael | Bai, Ling | Djalili, Omid | Olivier, Laurence | Jolie, Angelina | Baxter, Trevor | Curry, Julian | Law, Peter | Rumney, Jon | Bonfils, Khan | Gyatso, Samta | Hilyer, Louis
Directors: Conran, Kerry
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Set in New York City circa 1939, the film centers on a reporter who notices that the world’s scientists are disappearing. Teamed with a skilled pilot and an adventurous colleague, it’s up to her to thwart the plans of a mad scientist bent on world domination.