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The Nightmare Before Christmas 3D
Genre : Adventure, Animation, Musical, Fantasy
Director : Henry Selick
Cast : Chris Sarandon (Voice of Jack Skellington), Catherine O'Hara (Sally)

Every year on Halloween, the monsters of Halloween Town come out and trick-or-treat. Jack Skeleton, the king of the town, feels bored and unhappy with the same routine so he takes a walk in the woods. He discovers a tree which leads him to the Christmas Town, which he never know existed. He is fascinated with the idea of Christmas and decides to take it over. He kidnaps Santa Claus and sets out to give presents to children on his own. However, those presents, such as worms and monsters, are scary and people are frightened by the toys Jack delivered. They even cancelled Christmas as the real Santa Claus is missing. Realizing he has made a mistake, Jack is willing to do anything to set things right.

Contributed by : © 2007 Disney Enterprises, Inc.
Last updated date :30 October 2007 more >>

Surf's Up
Genre : Adventure, Animation, Comedy
Director : Ash Brannon, Chris Buck

A film crew follows Cody Maverick, an up-and-coming surfer, to document his experiences as he enters his first professional competition. Cody has always dreamt of something bigger than a job at the fish factory. His family is unsupportive and does not understand why he has to be different from everyone else. Inspired by his surfing idol Big Z, Cody leaves his family and home to travel to Pen Gu Island for the Big Z Memorial Surf Off, an annual surfing competition. Unexpectedly he comes face-to-face with Big Z and finds out the true reason why he pretends to die years ago. Cody also learns that a true winner is not always the one who comes in first.

Release date: 2 Aug 2007

Contributed by : TM & © 2007 Sony Pictures Animation Inc. All rights reserved.
Last updated date :10 August 2007 more >>

Ratatouille
Genre : Adventure, Animation, Comedy
Director : Brad Bird
Cast : Patton Oswalt (Voice of Remy), Lou Romano (Linguini)

All his life, Remy, has had a gifted sense of smell and a most unusual dream for a rat: to cook in a restaurant. He is inspired by the famous chef Auguste Gusteau, whose motto "anyone can cook" has been Remy's inspiration. When fate places him in the city of Paris, he finds himself ideally situated beneath the restaurant of his hero, Auguste Gusteau. He forms an unlikely partnership with Linguini, the restaurant's garbage boy who accidentally discovers Remy's talents. Together, they cook really amazing dishes. This makes other people suspicious of Linguini's sudden ability to cook. This also sets in motion a series of fun and exciting events that turns Paris upside down.

Contributed by : © Disney / Pixar
Last updated date :27 July 2007 more >>

Shrek the Third
Genre : Adventure, Animation, Comedy
Director : Chris Miller, Raman Hui
Cast : Mike Myers (Voice of Shrek), Eddie Murphy (Donkey), Cameron Diaz (Princess Fiona), Arthur (Justin Timberlake)

When Shrek married Princess Fiona, the last thing he wanted was to rule Far Far Away. However, when his father-in-law, King Harold becomes really ill, Shrek is summoned to take his place. He just wants to go back to his swamp so he and Donkey go looking for another heir, which is Fiona's cousin Arthur. While they are searching for Arthur, Shrek's enemy Prince Charming is plotting an evil plan to seize the throne. It's going to take a huge effort for Fiona, Shrek and Arthur to save their kingdom of Far Far Away.

Contributed by : © 2007 DreamWorks Animation LLC
Last updated date :3 July 2007 more >>

Flushed Away
Genre : Adventure, Animation, Comedy
Director : David Bowers, Sam Fell
Cast : Hugh Jackman (Voice of Roddy), Kate Winslet (Rita)

Roddy is a mouse who lives the life of a beloved pet in a rich upper-class flat. A sewer rat intrudes in his home one day and Roddy plans to rid himself of the pest by luring him into the "whirlpool" of the toilet. However, it is Roddy who winds up being flushed away into the sewer world beneath the streets of London. There Roddy meets Rita, a hard-working scavenger who works in the sewers. She has stolen a valuable gem from crime boss The Toad. So he is chasing her all the way to retrieve the gem back. Unfortunately, Roddy makes a mistake and gets them both caught and it's up to Rita to save them both.

Contributed by : © 2007 DreamWorks Animation LLC and Aardman Animations Ltd. Flushed Away™ DreamWorks Animation LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Last updated date :22 March 2007 more >>

Meet the Robinsons
Genre : Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Science Fiction, Fantasy
Director : Steve Anderson
Cast : Daniel Hansen (Voice of Lewis), Wesley Singerman (Wilbur), Steve Anderson (Bowler Hat Guy)

Lewis, the brilliant inventor, is an orphan who dreams of finding a family. His latest invention, the Memory Scanner, will extract his only memory of his birth mother. But before he can find her, it is stolen by Bowler Hat Guy. Just when Lewis has given up hope, his journey takes an unexpected turn when a mysterious stranger named Wilbur Robinson whisks him away to a world where anything is possible...the future. In that amazing world, they are trying to hunt down the villain and save the future. The Robinson family will help lead Lewis on an amazing and hilarious adventure with heartfelt results.

Contributed by : © 2006 Disney Enterprises, Inc.
Last updated date :1 March 2007 more >>

Happy Feet
Genre : Adventure, Animation, Comedy
Director : George Miller
Cast : Elijah Wood (Voice of Mumble), Brittany Murphy (Gloria), Robin Williams (Lovelace)

In the nation of Emperor Penguins, deep in Antarctica, you're nobody unless you can sing ¨C which is unfortunate for Mumble, who is the worst singer in the world. He can, however, tap dance really well. As fate would have it, his only friend Gloria is the best singer around but his tap dancing makes her feel embarrassed sometimes.

Recently, there is a depletion of fishes around the South Pole area. The Elders of the Emperor Land blames Mumble's dancing feet for disturbing the natural order. They ultimately cast him out of the community. Mumble must now set out a new journey across Antarctic to prove them wrong.


Release date: 21 December 2006



Contributed by : Village Roadshow Pictures / TM & ©2006 Warner Bros. Ent. Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Last updated date :29 November 2006 more >>

Over the Hedge
Genre : Adventure, Animation, Comedy
Director : Tim Johnson, Karey Kirkpatrick
Cast : Bruce Willis (Voice of RJ), Steve Carell (Hammy)

It's spring time again. After a long nice sleep during the winter, a group of woodland animals wake up to discover that a tall, green thing has mysteriously cropped up right through the middle of their home. RJ the raccoon explains that the world beyond the green hedge is the gateway to the good life where strange creatures called humans live to eat, rather than eat to live. He then leads his animal friends to intrude in humans' houses for the leftovers in garbage bins.

With a bunch of animals barging in the neighbourhood, humans are determined to drive the animals out with the help of the Verminator, a man who is hired for pest control.

Contributed by : TM & © 2006 DreamWorks Animation LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Last updated date :5 November 2006 more >>

The Ant Bully
Genre : Adventure, Animation, Comedy
Director : John A. Davis
Cast : Nicholas Cage (voice of Zoc), Zach Tyler Eisen (Lucas Nickle), Paul Giamatti (Stan Beals)

Recently moved to a new city, 10-year-old Lucas Nickle has not made any friends. To make things worse, the neighborhood bully Steve does not give up any opportunity to push him around. Being teased and isolated, he in turn vents his frustration by picking on and destroying his backyard ant hills.

What Lucas is not aware of is that the ants he bullies are members of a complex society, with structures, names and relationship, responsibilities and emotions. With no more tolerance to Lucas the Destroyer's barbarian act, the wizard ant Zoc creates a magic potion that shrinks Lucas down to ant size. Lucas is then brought to the ant hills where he is tried and sentenced to be living among the ants. Through scary expeditions and experiences, he starts to develop friendships with the ants.

However, Lucas' bonding with the ants is put to a test when the local exterminator, Stan Beals, comes to work. He is hired by Lucas to kill bugs when he was still his original size. Lucas and the ant colony are now facing the most gigantic enemy in the world.

Acknowledgements: Warner Bros. (F.E.) Inc.
Last updated date :4 August 2006 more >>

Monster House
Genre : Adventure, Animation, Comedy
Director : Gil Kenan
Cast : Mitchel Musso (Voice of D.J.), Sam Lerner (Chowder), Spencer Locke (Jenny)

Twelve-year-old D.J. thinks that there is something weird about the old man Nebbercracker's house across the street. Having too much time on hands, he spies the house using his telescope. He notices that things keep disappearing into that strange house: basketballs, toys and even pets.

It's the day before Halloween. D.J. and his candy-loving friend Chowder watch their basketball wandering onto Mr. Nebbercracker's house. The ball is then swept into it. It also tries to swallow their new friend Jenny. No one believes their claims that the house is alive, so it's up to them to investigate.

In order to stop the house from swallowing everything inside, they must strike at its heart - the furnace in the basement. Their little plan goes awry and the fury house chases them down the street. However, the three kids are very determined to fight back and restore their neighborhood into a safe place for trick or treaters.

Acknowledgements: Edko Film Co., Ltd.
Last updated date :4 August 2006 more >>