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.
Detective Pikachu (Blu-Ray) (2019)
6.8/10
Director: Rob Letterman
Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Justice Smith, Kathryn Newton, Ken Watanabe, Bill Nighy
Ace detective Harry Goodman goes mysteriously missing, prompting his 21-year-old son, Tim, to find out what happened. Aiding in the investigation is H... Read more
Detective Pikachu (2019)
6.8/10
Director: Rob Letterman
Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Justice Smith, Kathryn Newton, Ken Watanabe, Bill Nighy
Ace detective Harry Goodman goes mysteriously missing, prompting his 21-year-old son, Tim, to find out what happened. Aiding in the investigation is H... Read more
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (2019)
6.9/10
Director: Mike Mitchell
Starring: Chris Pratt, Elizabeth Banks, Will Arnett, Tiffany Haddish, Stephanie Beatriz, C...
The citizens of Bricksburg face a dangerous new threat when LEGO DUPLO invaders from outer space start to wreck everything in their path. The battle t... Read more
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (Blu-Ray) (2019)
6.9/10
Director: Mike Mitchell
Starring: Chris Pratt, Elizabeth Banks, Will Arnett, Tiffany Haddish, Stephanie Beatriz, C...
The citizens of Bricksburg face a dangerous new threat when LEGO DUPLO invaders from outer space start to wreck everything in their path. The battle t... Read more
How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming (2019)
7.5/10
Director: Tim Johnson
Starring: Jay Baruchel, America Ferrera, Cate Blanchett, Craig Ferguson, F Murray Abraham,...
Hiccup and Toothless reunite to remind both their kinds of the inseparable bond between vikings and dragons. It's the festival of Snoggletog on New Be... Read more
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (Blu-Ray) (2019)
7.9/10
Director: Dean DeBlois
Starring: Jay Baruchel, America Ferrera, Cate Blanchett, Craig Ferguson, F Murray Abraham,...
Now chief and ruler of Berk alongside Astrid, Hiccup has created a gloriously chaotic dragon utopia. When the sudden appearance of female Light Fury c... Read more
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019)
7.9/10
Director: Dean DeBlois
Starring: Jay Baruchel, America Ferrera, Cate Blanchett, Craig Ferguson, F Murray Abraham,...
Now chief and ruler of Berk alongside Astrid, Hiccup has created a gloriously chaotic dragon utopia. When the sudden appearance of female Light Fury c... Read more
Ruben Brandt, Collector (2018)
7.5/10
Director: Milorad Krstic
A psychotherapist suffers violent nightmares inspired by legendary works of art. Four of his patients, expert thieves, offer to steal the works since... Read more
Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion (2018)
6.8/10
Director: Alexandre Astier, Louis Clichy
Starring: Christian Clavier, Alexandre Astier, Alex Lutz, Guillaume Briat
After elderly druid Getafix falls out of a tree, he resolves to find a young successor to whom he can entrust the secret formula for the magic potion... Read more
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
8.7/10
Director: Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman, Bob Persichetti
Starring: Shameik Moore, Jake Johnson, Hailee Steinfeld, Mahershala Ali, Brian Tyree Henry...
Teen Miles Morales becomes Spider-Man of his reality, crossing his path with five counterparts from other dimensions to stop a threat for all realitie... Read more