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.
Macross Plus - Collection Two (1994)
Director: Shoji Kawamori
Starring: Animation
'Macross Plus' scores with it's triple-play of dynamic mecha designs, dramatic characters and outstanding music creating a superb four-part anime seri... Read more
Madagascar (2005)
6.9/10
Director: Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath
Starring: Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, Jada Pinkett Smith, Sacha Baron Cohen,...
A pack of not-so-wild animals experience some serious culture shock when they break out of their enclosure in the Big Apple and head off to the Mighty... Read more
Madagascar ( Blu-ray ) (2005)
6.9/10
Director: Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath
Starring: Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, Voices Of, Sacha Baron Cohen, Jada Pin...
A pack of not-so-wild animals experience some serious culture shock when they break out of their enclosure in the Big Apple and head off to the Mighty... Read more
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012)
6.9/10
Director: Eric Darnell, Conrad Vernon, Tom McGrath
Starring: Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, Frances McDormand, Martin Short, Sacha...
In this third chapter of the popular animated franchise, Alex (Ben Stiller), Marty (Chris Rock), Melman (David Schwimmer), and Gloria (Jada Pinkett Sm... Read more
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted ( Blu-ray ) (2012)
6.9/10
Director: Eric Darnell, Conrad Vernon, Tom McGrath
Starring: Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, Frances McDormand, Martin Short, Sacha...
In this third chapter of the popular animated franchise, Alex (Ben Stiller), Marty (Chris Rock), Melman (David Schwimmer), and Gloria (Jada Pinkett Sm... Read more
Madeline's Christmas (1991)
7.2/10
Director: Anon
Starring: Narrated by, Christopher Plummer
In an old house in Paris covered with vines, lived twelve little girls in two straight lines. They left the house at half past nine, the smallest one... Read more
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (Blu-ray) (2021)
7.7/10
Director: Dean Fleischer Camp
Starring: Jenny Slate, Isabella Rossellini
A cash-strapped documentary maker decides to make his newest documentary about a mollusk shell he finds living in his Airbnb with his friends. Read more
Marsupilami: A Tail of Two Cities (2000)
6.3/10
Based on the popular Frencghh/Belgian comic book, the often off the wall, nonsensical, non-speaking antics of an animated creature with an enormously... Read more
Meet the Robinsons (2007)
6.9/10
Director: Stephen J Anderson
Starring: Voices Of, Angela Bassett, Jordan Fry, Tom Kenny, Laurie Metcalf
Disney's 46th animated feature begins with a baby boy being left on the steps of an orphanage. As it turns out, Lewis is a genius inventor and he mak... Read more
Memories (1995)
7.6/10
Director: Katsuhiro Otomo, Koji Morimoto, Tensai Okamura
"Akira" creator Katsuhiro Otomo joins with some of the top talents in anime for an eye-opening trilogy of animated tales, each with their own distinct... Read more