Minions & Monsters

In the early days of Hollywood, a couple of unusually clumsy minions got the film industry off to a rousing start – but also ended up battling a deceitful monster.…

Toy Story 5

Bonnie still enjoys playing with her toys, but finds it hard to make new friends; things change dramatically when she gets a tablet called Lilypad. The eternal debate over how…

Hoppers

19-year-old environmental activist Mabel uses an avatar in the shape of a robotic beaver to infiltrate animals, hoping to save a glade threatened by the construction of a beltway. A…

Swapped

One day on an island, a young Pookoo makes a fatal mistake involving a Javan bird and a magical pod that causes bodies to be swapped. A fantasy involving animals…

The Journey to Melonia

After a shipwreck, a motley group of people end up in a paradise island called Melonia; two of them have sinister plans related to a nightmarish place called Plutonia. Per…

Howl’s Moving Castle

A young hatter called Sophie encounters a witch who turns her into an old woman; she finds an ally in a wizard called Howl. Hayao Miyazaki found inspiration in both…

Kiki’s Delivery Service

13-year-old witch Kiki takes her cat Jiji and flies away on her broomstick, leaving her family to find an independent new life in a city. Hayao Miyazaki followed up on…

Zootopia 2

Judy and Nick are now partners at the Zootopia Police Department and find themselves working a case that leads to a snake and a powerful family. It took a decade…

My Neighbor Totoro: A Friend in Need

Photo: Ghibli When it came to animation, 1988 was an interesting year. In the U.S., Disney released Oliver & Company, an animated take on ”Oliver Twist” that earned a profit…

Oliver & Company

An orphaned kitten in New York City called Oliver makes friends with a group of street dogs who hang out with Fagin, a petty thief. The last film Disney made…