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Ant
Bully — Warner Bros.
Synopsis: This one will make you think twice about how you
treat ants. Lucas Nickle floods an ant colony and the next
thing he knows he’s the size of an insect and repairing
the destruction he wreaked from above. |
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Arthur
and the Invisibles (Arthur and the Minimoys)
- MGM
Synopsis: In pursuit of hidden treasure that will save his
grandfather’s house from destruction, young Arthur
ventures in to the land of the Minimoys, tiny people living
in a harmonious society. |
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Barnyard
— Paramount
Synopsis: Find out what happens when the farmer’s
not around. These cows are determined to have a good time,
but eventually someone needs to get a handle on the laissez-faire
barn crew, and that responsibility falls on Otis. |
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Cars
— Disney/Pixar
Synopsis: This automobile melodrama centers on Lightning
McQueen, a hotshot stock car who gets held up in Radiator
Springs on his way to the big race. CG-animated racecars?
We should have seen this coming. But, we’re breathing
easy because the toon specialists over at Pixar are just
the kind of people you want behind an animated body shop. |
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Curious
George - Universal, Feb. 10
Synopsis: Will Ferrell stars as The Man in the Yellow Hat,
a gentleman who looks after his pet monkey - an inquisitive
and wonderful creature whose enthusiasm often gets the best
of him. |
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Everyone’s
Hero — Fox
Synopsis: Yankee Irving undertakes a thousand-mile journey
to New York to help Babe Ruth and the Yankees win the World
Series. Christopher Reeve was working on this inspiring
tale of love between a father and son at the time of his
death. |
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Flushed
Away — Dreamworks
Synopsis: A posh-living uptown rat gets a new taste of reality
when he’s flushed down the toilet and comes out the
other end in London’s sewers. This project is the
first CG-animated feature from the team at Aardman.
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Happy
Feet — Warner Bros.
Synopsis: From the playful mind of Babe: Pig in the City
director George Miller, this melody-filled penguin tale
is set in Antartica, home of the Emperor penguins who
find their soul mates through song. When Mumble is born,
it turns out he can’t sing but has major skills
when it comes to tap-dancing. |
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Ice
Age 2: The Meltdown — Fox
Synopsis: The sequel to the 2002 hit finds Diego, Manny
and Sid scrambling in the post-Ice Age meltdown to warn
all of the valley animals before they’re hit with
a major flood. |
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Monster
House — Sony
Synopsis: There goes the neighborhood! Three teens realize
that their neighbor’s house is actually a true-blue
monster in this latest pic to utilize the ImageMovers Performance
Capture system that helped producer Robert Zemeckis bring
previous effort The Polar Express to the screen. |
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Open
Season — Sony
Synopsis: A deer and a domesticated grizzly become fast
friends hiding out together in the forest during hunting
season. |
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Over
the Hedge — DreamWorks
Synopsis: In this adaptation of T. Lewis’ and Michael
Fry’s forest crittertastic comic strip, R.J. the raccoon
introduces his new animal friends to the feasting possibilities
available in a new suburban development. They soon realize,
however, that the lifted leftovers from humans may come
with a price as their comfortable forest life is threatened.
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Paprika
- Sony, TBA
Synopsis: When a machine that allows therapists to enter
their patient's dreams is stolen, all hell breaks loose.
Only a young female therapist can stop it: Paprika. |
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Renaissance
— Miramax Films
Synopsis: This black & white, neo-noir, sci-fi crime
thriller is set in Paris in the year 2054. The city has
become a labyrinth where all actions are monitored and recorded
as an all-powerful corporation infuses its products and
messages into all aspects of human life. The pic has drawn
comparisons to Blade Runner and Sin City. |
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Scanner Darkly — Warner Indie
Synopsis: Based on the drug experiences of Philip K. Dick
(author of the novel), A Scanner Darkly visits the O.C.
suburbs in the midst of a paranoid future where the controlling
government forces friends to spy on each other. Richard
Linklater delivers a rotoscoped commentary highlighting
the pitfalls of the war on drugs. |
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The
Wild — Disney
Synopsis: When a teenage lion is accidentally shipped from
the New York Zoo to Africa, his animal pals must band together
to try and bring him home. Let the Madagascar comparisons
begin! |
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