Animation
Animation refers to the process in which each frame of a film or movie is produced individually, whether generated as a computer graphic, or by photographing a drawn image, or by repeatedly making small changes to a model, and then photographing the result. When the frames are strung together and the resulting film is viewed at a speed of 16 or more frames per second, there is an illusion of continuous movement (due to the persistence of vision). Generating such a film is very labour intensive and tedious, though the development of computer animation has greatly sped up the process.
Here Alice has assembled all the very best of this craft; scroll below alphabetically or search using the sub-categories in green on the left. 'Family Animation', 'Classic Animation', 'Cult Animation' or 'JapanAnime'.
Right: Nick Park's endearing Wallace and Gromit.
The Black Cauldron (1985)
6.5/10
Director: Richard Rich, Ted Berman
Starring: Grant Bardsley, Susan Sheridan, Voices Of, John Hurt
Disney's expensive, ambitious, long awaited feature about a young boy who must find a powerful black cauldron before it falls into the hands of the ev... Read more
The Bold, The Brave, and the Best of Australian Animated Shorts (2012)
This two disc set, complied by animator Anthony Lucas and presented by the Sydney-based short film festival Flickerfest, compiles twenty-eight Austral... Read more
The Book of Life (2014)
7.3/10
Director: Jorge R Gutierrez
Starring: Diego Luna, Zoe Saldana, Channing Tatum, Ron Perlman, Christina Applegate, Ice C...
From producer Guillermo del Toro and director Jorge R. Gutierrez comes a breathtaking animated comedy with a dazzling visual style unlike anything you... Read more
The Book of Pooh: Stories From The Heart (1999)
6.4/10
Starring: Pooh, Piglet, Tigger
The beloved bear and his playful pals meet up in Christopher Robin's room where they discover Christopher's treasured storybook filled with endearing... Read more
The BoxTrolls (2014)
6.8/10
Director: Anthony Stacchi, Graham Annable
Starring: Ben Kingsley, James Urbaniak, Jared Harris, Toni Collette, Simon Pegg, Nick Fros...
Based on Alan Snow's book Here Be Monsters!, The Boxtrolls is, first and foremost, a magnificent work of design. Visually, the movie looks like a visi... Read more
The BoxTrolls ( Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D ) (2014)
6.8/10
Director: Anthony Stacchi, Graham Annable
Starring: Ben Kingsley, James Urbaniak, Jared Harris, Toni Collette, Simon Pegg, Nick Fros...
Based on Alan Snow's book Here Be Monsters!, The Boxtrolls is, first and foremost, a magnificent work of design. Visually, the movie looks like a visi... Read more
The Brak Show: Volume 1 (2000)
7.2/10
Director: Jim Fortier, Pete Smith
The absent-minded space pirate from 'Space Ghost Coast to Coast' has his own sitcom! Brak lives in a normal neighbourhood, with a normal family, in n... Read more
The Brothers Quay: 1979-2003 (2003)
8.4/10
Director: The Brothers Quay
This 2-disc set celebrates the work of the amazing identical twin animators, The Quay Brothers, who have produced a unique body of work, and made a ma... Read more
The Bugs Bunny / Road Runner Movie (1979)
7.3/10
Director: Chuck Jones
Starring: Bugs Bunny, Roadrunner, Wile E Coyote
This brings together full-length cartoon classics and a string of excerpts from many of Chuck Jones' most original productions with newly added materi... Read more
The Care Bears Adventure In Wonderland (1987)
5.7/10
Director: Raymond Jafelice
The cuddly Care Bears star in this charming feature length adaptation of the classic story of "Alice in Wonderland". A young girl named Alice and the... Read more