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.
Cartoon Vault - Volume 2 (1942)
Starring: Popeye
253 minutes of classic cartoons feature in this 2 disc set - Disc 1: "Little Monsters" featuring Boisterous Billy, Curious Gavin, Revolting Ronnie and... Read more
Cartoons That Time Forgot (1930)
7.1/10
Director: Ub Iwerks
Celebrating the legendary work of Walt Disney's foremost animator, Ub Iwerks, who struck out on his own in the 1930s. This historical and surreal col... Read more
Catweazle: The Complete Series (1970)
7.9/10
Director: David Lane
Starring: Geoffrey Bayldon, Charles Tingwell
The original loveable wizard is back with his special adventures of magical mayhem! This Box Set contains the complete TV series, featuring an elevent... Read more
Charlotte's Web (2006)
6.3/10
Director: Gary Winick
Starring: Dakota Fanning, Kevin Anderson, Beau Bridges, Voices Of, Julia Roberts, Steve Bu...
E.B. White's famous book gets the big screen treatment and an all-star cast with Dakota Fanning as the farmer's daughter who becomes attached to the r... Read more
Charlotte's Web (1972)
6.3/10
Director: Charles Nichols, Iwao Takamoto
Starring: Agnes Moorehead, Debbie Reynolds, Henry Gibson, Paul Lynde
One of the enduring children's films, this is a story of friendship and salvation, with Charlotte the spider trying to save her friend Wilbur the pig... Read more
Charlotte's Web (Blu-ray) (2006)
6.3/10
Director: Gary Winick
Starring: Sam Shepard, (narrated by)
Based on the beloved children's novel by E.B. White, a young girl named Fern rescues a runty piglet, raises it as her own and names him Wilbur. Howeve... Read more
Charlotte's Web 2: Wilbur's Great Adventure (2002)
4.5/10
Director: Mario Piluso
One of the most beloved stories of all time continues with this heart-warming, music-filled adventure, full of colourful new characters and brand-new... Read more
Chicago 10 (2007)
7.4/10
Director: Brett Morgen
Starring: Hank Azaria, Mark Ruffalo, Nick Nolte, Roy Scheider, Jeffrey Wright, Liev Schrei...
See contemporary history with a forced perspective, mixing bold animation with extraordinary archival footage that explores the build-up to and unrave... Read more
Chicken Little (2005)
5.8/10
Director: Mark Dindal
Starring: Zach Braff, Garry Marshall, Don Knotts, Patrick Stewart, Steve Zahn, Joan Cusack...
The story of Chicken Little (voiced by Zach Braff) gets an animated update, as the well-meaning clucker tries to live down the embarrassment of mistak... Read more
Chicken Run (2000)
7/10
Director: Nick Park, Peter Lord
Starring: Julia Sawalha, Mel Gibson, Miranda Richardson, Voices Of
From "Wallace and Gromit" creators Nick Park and Peter Lord comes this marvelous claymation feature set at Tweedy Chicken Farm in 1950's England. When... Read more