Lyra Belaqua, living in Oxford's Jordan College, is not but a young girl living among scholars. Her world may seem diverse, from physical embodiments of souls that take the shape of an animal, but similar with people around you to become friends and enemies. She is thrown into a perilous adventure when she overhears a conversation of an extraordinary microscopic particle, Dust. This particle is said to unite different worlds, and is feared by many who want to destroy it forever. As Lyra is flung into the middle of this horrible struggle, she meets wondrous creatures both big and small, and villains who are not what they seem. Gobblers, that kidnap children, will turn out in the most unexpected places. And a magical compass of gold that will answer any question if one is skilled enough to read it. Lyra's adventure continues throughout these three books, and the first is about to be told.
The siblings Noah (Chris O'Neil) and Emma Wilder (Rhiannon Leigh Wryn) find a magic box containing high tech devices that resemble toys. Playing with a cute rabbit called Mimzy has a wholesome effect on the kids. Noah and Emma grow wiser by leaps and bounds, reaching actually a genius level IQ. And what is more, they develop the abilities to levitate, move objects via telekinesis, and communicate telepathically with their own and other species. When the kids’ workaholic parents Jo (Joely Richardson) and David (Timothy Hutton), as well as their science teacher Larry White (Rainn Wilson), ultimately notice amazing changes in them, they find themselves drawn into a bizarre new world.
The mail in the north used to be delivered by dogsled, but the success of airplane delivery leaves Balto and the other sled dogs feeling neglected. However, when a delivery plane crashes on a mountain side, the sled dogs get the opportunity to show their worth. This story also prominently features Balto's son, Kodi, who was among the puppy litter that we met in Balto II: Wolf Quest.
This hilarious animated movie follows the adventures of two thick friends, Timon the meerkat (voiced by Nathan Lane) and Pumbaa the warthog (voiced by Ernie Sabella). On their journey they encounter a series of colourful characters, Simba the lion (voiced by Shaun Flemming), his love interest, Nala (voiced by Moira Kelly), Rafiki the wise monkey (voiced by Robert Guillaume), and Shenzi the hyena (voiced by Whoopi Goldberg).
This futuristic computer animation story is about a young robot named Rodney (Ewan McGregor) who builds other robots to make the world a better place. "Robots" is an amusing and emotional journey that pushes the boundaries of animation, while introducing characters rich with whimsy, heart and soul. As the story unfolds, Rodney faces opposition from an evil corporation headed by Big Weld (Mel Brooks) and finds some unlikely allies in the form of a ragtag group of misfit robots called the Rusties. Soon Rodney meets Cappy (Halle Berry), a beautiful, dynamic and savvy bot with whom Rodney is instantly smitten.
Obelix falls for a new arrival in his home village in Gaul, but is heartbroken when her true love arrives to visit her. However, the lovers are kidnapped by Romans; Asterix and Obelix set out to rescue them on a dangerous journey that will involve gladiators, slavers and beauracracy - and a personal encounter with the Emperor himself, Julius Caesar...
Two orphans, Prosper and Bo, are escaped from their cruel aunt and uncle. In Venice they meet a mysterious boy who calls himself "the Thief Lord." From their home base of an old cinema theater, the children steal from the rich to support themselves and soon capture the interest of an awkward detective. When a detective assigned the task of bringing the youngsters in becomes privy to their impoverished plight, he joins them in solving the mystery of a powerful merry-go-round that appears to have special powers. The Thief Lord invites them on a magical adventure to a land of forgotten mysteries that will change their lives forever.
Remember the good old fairytale movie Jumanji? Two constantly quarreling brothers found themselves propelled into deepest, darkest space while playing a mysterious game they found in the basement of their old house. When Danny and Walter look up through the gaping hole in their roof, they discover, to their horror that they are in the outer space. As the boys try to figure out a way back home, they meet a stranded astronaut, they must survive meteor showers, angry lizard-like aliens, a rocket-propelled robot run amok and an intergalactic spaceship battle. Unless they finish the game and reach the planet Zathura, they are doomed to be trapped in outer space forever.
A gangster movie where all the gangsters are children. Instead of real bullets they use "splurge guns" that cover the victim in cream. The story tells of the rise of "Bugsy Malone" and the battle for power between "Fat Sam" and "Dandy Dan".
Taran is an assistant pigkeeper with boyish dreams of becoming a great warrior. However, he has to put the daydreaming aside when his charge, an oracular pig named Hen Wen, is kidnapped by an evil lord known as the Horned King. The villain hopes Hen will show him the way to The Black Cauldron, which has the power to create a giant army of unstoppable soldiers. With the aid of a stubborn princess, an exaggerating bard, and a pestering creature called Gurgi, Taran will try to save the world of Prydain from the Horned King. As the new friends face witches, elves, magic swords, and the Cauldron itself, Taran starts to learn what being a hero really means and that some things are more important than glory.
Long before humans appeared on the planet, dinosaurs ruled the earth. On a little off-coast island, a clan of lemurs finds a dinosaur egg, hatching. Since there are no parents, the lemurs take care of the newborn, Aladar. Years later, a medium meteor goes down close to the island and the shockwave forces its inhabitants to flee to the continent. There, Aladar and his family meet other dinosaurs for the first time as well as real dangers. The destruction caused by the meteor here has also forced a herd of different herbivores to move to a remote valley that can provide food and protection against the carnivorous predators following after. Since Aladar grew up with a different understanding of the ways of the world, his way of helping others first isn't accepted within the herd, but soon it is proven that reason may be better than panic.
A young girl inhabits an isolated island with her scientist father and communicates with a reclusive author of the novel she's reading. It is an existence that mirrors that of her favorite literary character, Alex Rover, the world's greatest adventurer. But Alexandra, the author of the Rover books, leads a reclusive life in the big city. When Nim's father goes missing from their island, a twist of fate brings her together with Alexandra. Now they must draw courage from their fictional hero, Alex Rover, and find strength in one another to conquer Nim's Island.
When the four greatest arch super-criminals ever to plague Gotham City join forces, their only objective can only be the entire world! Armed with Penguin-personalized a pre-atomic submarine, an army of ruthless pirates, exploding sharks and octopi, and an arsenal of polaris missiles, the Penguin, the Joker, the Riddler and Catwoman have set their sights on the United World Security Council! Can the dynamic duo, Batman and Robin, stop the United Underworld before its too late? Will they save the Security Council from almost certain dehydration? Can they possibly save the free world from the four most powerful villains it has ever seen? One hint: The worst is yet to come...!
The mostly wordless, hopelessly gawky but good-natured and sweet Mr. Bean (Rowan Atkinson) is about to leave the misty Albion for southern France to spend his vacation baking in the sun. As might be expected, Mr. Bean can only dream about a tranquil trip. He unwittingly gets plunged into a string of serious mishaps and lucky coincidences, from violent efforts to catch the train to an unplanned screening of his personal video footage at the Cannes Film Festival.
This feature-length animation takes place between the original "Lilo and Stitch" and "Stitch: The Movie", and follows the same characters having new problems. As the film begins, everything seems to be going smoothly, but Lilo (Dakota Fanning) and her older sister Nani (Tia Carrere) soon discover that there are the major genetic failure in their alien friend so their plans to take part in the big hula dance festival may get crushed as well as the Stitch's possibility to stay with the new family that loves him.
Jumanji is a board game, magic and dangerous, as two teenagers found it out and buried Jumanji in distant 1869. Now the young descendant of the same family Alan Parrish (Adam Hann-Byrd, Robin Williams) digs the game out and begins to play it along with his mate Sarah (Laura Bell Bundy, Bonnie Hunt). Then the game makes it clear that it is really perilous as the boy flies away into the distant jungle. Later, other members of the family begin expirience the shock of using the game, they should try to return Alan Parrish from the magic depths of the game keeping in mind that all the monstrous entities which are bred by it will disappear in the only certain case: if the game will be won.
Based on the beloved children's books, The Little Polar Bear is a wondrous, warmhearted feature-length tale sparkling with snowbound adventure, breathtaking animation and a gentle message about accepting others - even if they're different! Lars is a young polar bear who finds the big, frosty world just a little overwhelming. Then he meets Robbie, who's funny, friendly, and a seal! Everyone, of course, knows that bears and seals can't be pals. Everyone but Lars and Robbie. Before long, their friendship helps all the other polar bears and seals learn to get along. But this new way of life is threatened when a huge, metallic "monster" sails into their world - and begins eating all their fish! To save his family and friends, little Lars will travel to exotic far-away places and make all kinds of new animal friends, in a brilliantly animated, unbearably exciting story certain to captivate imaginations young and old alike!
Lucas is a ten-year kid whose family has just moved to a new town, and he is having troubles with the local bullies. Tired from it, the boy looks for someone he can push around - and he soon finds a way to take out his frustration on the ants living in his lawn. Tired of weathering constant attacks on their colony, ants shrink Lucas to their size and sentence him to live among them until he learns the errors of his ways through some labour-therapy. Lucas realizes how a world he never knew existed lives and soon joins forces with his new friends to struggle against an exterminator (Paul Giamatti) who threatens their colony. This computer-animated comedy-adventure is post-scored with the voices of Julia Roberts, Regina King, Alan Cumming and the other actors.
A shipping disaster in the 19th Century has stranded a man and woman in the wilds of Africa. The lady is pregnant, and gives birth to a son in their tree house. Soon after, a family of apes stumble across the house and in the ensuing panic, both parents are killed. A female ape takes the tiny boy as a replacement for her own dead infant, and raises him as her son. Twenty years later, Captaine Phillippe D'Arnot discovers the man who thinks he is an ape. Evidence in the tree house leads him to believe that he is the direct descendant of the Earl of Greystoke, and thus takes it upon himself to return the man to civilization.
Molly Mahoney is the awkward and insecure manager of Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium, the strangest, most fantastic, most wonderful toy store in the world. But when Mr. Magorium, the 243 year-old eccentric who owns the store, bequeaths the store to her, a dark and ominous change begins to take over the once remarkable Emporium.
