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 Complete Works of Yuri Norstein ( Tale of Tales, Hedgehog in the Fog, Heron and the Crane, Fox and Rabbit ) (1978)
Director: Yuri Norstein
Yuri Norstein is a world renowned Russian animator, whose painstaking attention of detail and craft have become legendary. On this Disc are collected... Read more
The Congress (2013)
6.5/10
Director: Ari Folman
Starring: Harvey Keitel, Robin Wright, Paul Giamatti, Danny Huston, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Jon...
Robin Wright stars as herself in this drama directed by Ari Folman. When mature actress Robin Wright realises that no studio will offer her work anymo... Read more
The Critic: The Complete Series (1994)
8/10
Starring: Jon Lovitz
This acclaimed animated series features Jon Lovitz supplying the voice of a rotund, acerbic New York TV film reviewer who juggles a career of watching... Read more
The Croods (2013)
7.2/10
Director: Chris Sanders, Kirk De Micco
Starring: Catherine Keener, Cloris Leachman, Nicolas Cage, Ryan Reynolds, Emma Stone, Clar...
Animated comedy-adventure follows the world's first modern family, Grug (voiced by Nicolas Cage), his wife Ugga (Catherine Keener), daughter Eep (Emma... Read more
The Croods: A New Age (2020)
7.2/10
Starring: Catherine Keener, Cloris Leachman, Nicolas Cage, Ryan Reynolds, Emma Stone, Clar...
Animated comedy-adventure follows the world's first modern family, Grug (voiced by Nicolas Cage), his wife Ugga (Catherine Keener), daughter Eep (Emma... Read more
The Croods: A New Age (Blu-ray) (2020)
7/10
Starring: Catherine Keener, Cloris Leachman, Nicolas Cage, Ryan Reynolds, Emma Stone, Clar...
Animated comedy-adventure follows the world's first modern family, Grug (voiced by Nicolas Cage), his wife Ugga (Catherine Keener), daughter Eep (Emma... Read more
The Emperor's New Groove (2000)
7.3/10
Director: Mark Dindal
Starring: Voices Of, David Spade, John Goodman, Eartha Kitt, Tom Jones
The most slapstick Disney animated feature in many a moon, this fast-paced romp features David Spade voicing the self-centered ruler of an Incan like... Read more
The Flintstones: Season 1 (1960)
7.5/10
From the moment they arrived on the scene, "The Flintstones" lived up to the words of their immortal theme song: a modern stone age family that is a p... Read more
The Flintstones: Season 2 (1960)
7.5/10
From the moment they arrived on the scene, "The Flintstones" lived up to the words of their immortal theme song: a modern stone age family that is a p... Read more
The Flintstones: Season 3 (1960)
7.5/10
From the moment they arrived on the scene, "The Flintstones" lived up to the words of their immortal theme song: a modern stone age family that is a p... Read more