Cinderella [1950]

Overview

User Rating:7.4/10

Directors:Clyde Geronimi

Wilfred Jackson

Writers:Charles Perrault (from the original classic by)

Bill Peet (story)

Release Date:4 March 1950 (USA)

Genre:Animation | Family | Fantasy | Musical | Romance

Tagline:The greatest love story ever told. (1957 reissue)

Plot

In a far away, long ago kingdom, Cinderella is living happily with her mother and father until her mother dies. Cinderella's father remarries a cold, cruel woman who has two daughters, Drizella and Anastasia. When the father dies, Cinderella's wicked stepmother turns her into a virtual servant in her own house. Meanwhile, across town in the castle, the King determines that his son the Prince should find a suitable bride and provide him with a required number of grandchildren. So the King invites every eligible maiden in the kingdom to a fancy dress ball, where his son will be able to choose his bride. Cinderella has no suitable party dress for a ball, but her friends the mice, lead by Jaques and Gus, and the birds lend a hand in making her one, a dress the evil stepsisters immediately tear apart on the evening of the ball. At this point, enter the Fairy Godmother, the pumpkin carriage, the royal ball, the stroke of midnight, the glass slipper, and the rest, as they say, is fairy tale history.

Cast

Ilene Woods ... Cinderella (voice)

Eleanor Audley ... Lady Tremaine (voice)

Verna Felton ... Fairy Godmother (voice)

Rhoda Williams ... Drizella (voice)

James MacDonald ... Bruno / Gus / Jaques (voice) (as James Macdonald)

Luis Van Rooten ... King / Grand Duke (voice)

Don Barclay ... Doorman (voice)

The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad [1949]

Overview

User Rating:7.3/10

Directors:James Algar

Clyde Geronimi

Writers:Washington Irving (story)

Kenneth Grahame (story)

Release Date:5 October 1949 (USA)

Genre:Animation | Family | Fantasy

Tagline:HEAR BING SING: "THE HEADLESS HORSEMAN" "KATRINA" "ICHABOD CRANE"

Plot

Two stories. The Wind in the Willows: Concise version of Kenneth Grahame's story of the same name. J. Thaddeus Toad, owner of Toad Hall, is prone to fads, such as the newfangled motor car. This desire for the very latest lands him in much trouble with the wrong crowd, and it is up to his friends, Mole, Rat and Badger to save him from himself. - The Legend of Sleepy Hollow: Retelling of Washington Irving's story set in a tiny New England town. Ichabod Crane, the new schoolmaster, falls for the town beauty, Katrina Van Tassel, and the town Bully Brom Bones decides that he is a little too successful and needs "convincing" that Katrina is not for him.

Disney brings animated versions of 2 literary works to the screen here. The first is 'The Adventures of Mr. Toad', based on the characters from Kenneth Grahame's 'The Wind in the Willows'. The second is based on Washinton Irving's masterpiece 'The Headless Horseman', in which schoolteacher Ichabod Crane, smitten with Katrina Van Tassel, attends a party hosted by her father. Town thug Brom Bones, who also has his eye on Katrina, tries to intimidate Ichabod with the chilling story of 'The Headless Horseman', a ghost of a soldier in the revolutionary war who lost his head in a fight. When Ichabod rides home through Sleepy Hollow late at night, he finds himself confronted by the Headless Horseman who wants Ichabod's head for himself! Will Ichabod escape the terrifying, sword-wielding ghost....or will the Headless Horseman claim Ichabod's head for himself?

Cast

Bing Crosby ... Narrator (segment "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow")

Basil Rathbone ... Narrator (segment "The Wind in the Willows")

Eric Blore ... Mr. Toad (voice)

J. Pat O'Malley ... Cyril Proudbottom (voice) (as Pat O'Malley)

John McLeish ... Prosecutor (voice) (as John Ployardt)

Colin Campbell ... Mole (voice)

Campbell Grant ... Angus MacBadger (voice)

Claud Allister ... Rat (voice) (as Claude Allister)

The Rhythmaires ... Additional voices (voice)

rest of cast listed alphabetically:

Oliver Wallace ... Mr. Winky (voice)

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs [1937]

Overview

User Rating:7.8/10

Writers:Wilhelm Grimm (fairy tales) & Jacob Grimm (fairy tales)

Release Date:4 February 1938 (USA)

Genre:Animation | Family | Fantasy | Musical | Romance

Tagline:Walt Disney's New characters in his first full-length production!

Plot

The first, and by far most memorable full-length animated feature from the Disney Studios, "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" may have been superseded technically by many of the films that followed it. But its simple story of a charming little princess saved from the evil deeds of her wicked step-mother, the queen, by a group of seven adorable dwarfs made history when it was first released in December, 1937 and has since become an incomparable screen classic.

Cast

Roy Atwell ... Doc (voice) (uncredited)

Stuart Buchanan ... Huntsman (voice) (uncredited)

Adriana Caselotti ... Snow White (voice) (uncredited)

Eddie Collins ... Dopey / Chipmunk & Squirrel sneezes (voice) (uncredited)

Pinto Colvig ... Sleepy / Grumpy (voice) (uncredited)

Marion Darlington ... Birds (voice) (uncredited)

Billy Gilbert ... Sneezy (voice) (uncredited)

Otis Harlan ... Happy (voice) (uncredited)

Lucille La Verne ... Queen / Witch (voice) (uncredited)

James MacDonald ... Yodeling Man (voice) (uncredited)

Scotty Mattraw ... Bashful (voice) (uncredited)

Moroni Olsen ... Magic Mirror (voice) (uncredited)

Purv Pullen ... Birds (voice) (uncredited)

Harry Stockwell ... Prince (voice) (uncredited)

Legion [2010]

Overview

User Rating:5.0/10

Director:Scott Stewart

Writers (WGA):Peter Schink (written by) and Scott Stewart (written by)

Release Date:5 March 2010 (India)

Genre:Action | Fantasy | Thriller

Tagline:When the last angel falls, the fight for mankind begins.

Plot

An out-of-the-way diner becomes the unlikely battleground for the survival of the human race. When God loses faith in humankind, he sends his legion of angels to bring on the Apocalypse. Humanity's only hope lies in a group of strangers trapped in a desert diner with the Archangel Michael (Bettany).

Cast

Paul Bettany ... Michael

Lucas Black ... Jeep Hanson

Tyrese Gibson ... Kyle Williams

Adrianne Palicki ... Charlie

Kevin Durand ... Gabriel

Jon Tenney ... Howard Anderson

Willa Holland ... Audrey Anderson

Kate Walsh ... Sandra Anderson

Charles S. Dutton ... Percy Walker

Dennis Quaid ... Bob Hanson

Jeanette Miller ... Gladys Foster

Cameron Harlow ... Minivan Boy

Doug Jones ... Ice Cream Man

Josh Stamberg ... Burton

Yancey Arias ... Estevez

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World [2010]

Overview

User Rating:(awaiting)

Director:Edgar Wright

Writers (WGA):Michael Bacall (screenplay) & Edgar Wright (screenplay)

Release Date:13 August 2010 (USA)

Genre:Action | Adventure | Comedy | Fantasy | Romance

Tagline:An epic of epic epicness.

Plot

Scott Pilgrim must defeat his new girlfriend's seven evil exes in order to win her heart.

Cast

Michael Cera ... Scott Pilgrim

Mary Elizabeth Winstead ... Ramona V. Flowers

Kieran Culkin ... Wallace Wells

Chris Evans ... Lucas Lee

Anna Kendrick ... Stacey Pilgrim

Brandon Routh ... Todd Ingram

Alison Pill ... Kim Pine

Jason Schwartzman ... Gideon Gordon Graves

Ellen Wong ... Knives Chau

Satya Bhabha ... Matthew Patel

Mark Webber ... Stephen Stills

other cast:

Mae Whitman ... Roxy Richter

Abigail Chu ... Trisha 'Trasha' Ha

Brie Larson ... Envy Adams

Aubrey Plaza ... Julie Powers

Johnny Simmons ... Young Neil

Erik Knudsen ... Luke 'Crash' Wilson

John Patrick Amedori ... Smoking hipster kid

Ingrid Haas ... Monique

Nelson Franklin ... Comeau

Chantelle Chung ... Tamara

Kristina Pesic ... Sandra

Ben Lewis ... Other Scott

Marlee Otto ... Party Goer #1

Jean Yoon ... Mother Chau

Michael Lazarovitch ... Some Guy Chris

Emily Kassie ... Winifred Hailey

Jessica Martins ... Friend of lead

The Last Airbender [2010]

Overview

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Director:M. Night Shyamalan

Writer (WGA):M. Night Shyamalan (written by)

Release Date:23 July 2010 (India)

Genre:Action | Adventure | Family | Fantasy

Tagline:Four nations, one destiny

Plot

The story follows the adventures of Aang, a young successor to a long line of Avatars, who must put his childhood ways aside and stop the Fire Nation from enslaving the Water, Earth and Air nations.

Cast

Jackson Rathbone ... Sokka

Dev Patel ... Zuko

Nicola Peltz ... Katara

Cliff Curtis ... Firelord Ozai

Noah Ringer ... Aang

Seychelle Gabriel ... Princess Yue

Jessica Andres ... Suki

Shaun Toub ... Uncle Iroh

Aasif Mandvi ... Commander Zhao

Dee Bradley Baker ... Appa / Momo (voice)

Randall Duk Kim ... Old Man in Temple

Ben Cooke ... Avatar Roku

Keong Sim ... Earthbending Father

Katharine Houghton ... Gran Gran

Ali Khan ... Ancient Firebender

Rohan Shah ... Young Prince Zuko

Francis Guinan ... Master Pakku

LA'Tino ... Hero Henchman

J.W. Cortes ... Fire Lord Attendant

Jonathan Brunone ... Fire Nation Soldier

Mayank Amin ... Ancient Fire Nation Soldier / Fire Nation Cyberscan 3D Model

Sammy Cesare ... Fire Nation Soldier

Solomon Kane [2009]

Overview

User Rating:6.3/10

Director:Michael J. Bassett
Writers:Michael J. Bassett (screenplay)
Robert E. Howard (character)
Release Date:23 December 2009 (France)
Genre:Action | Adventure | Fantasy

Plot

Once a mercenary of Queen Elizabeth I fighting Spainards in Africa, He met the Devil's Reaper and discovered he was bound for hell! Barely escaping he soon renounced violence to atone for his past sins, seeking out redemption in a life of peace. That is until the followers of priest turned sorcerer Malachi kidnap a Purtian girl Meredith Crowthorn and brutally slaughter her family before his very own eyes (including butchering her beloved younger brother Edward who Solomon had befriended)! Forcing Solomon to take up arms and return to his violent ways once more to rescue her! In doing so means returning to his birthplace and facing his older brother Marcus who (in his youth) he accidentally left disfigured (and for dead), who now serves as merciless enforcer to Malachi.

Cast

James Babson ... Skinhead

Laura Baranik ... Prisoner

Geoff Bell ... Beard

Matthew Blood-Smyth ... Merton

Brian Caspe ... Priest

John Comer ... Erasmus Woolman

Mackenzie Crook ... Father Michael

Christian Dunckley Clark ... Lieutenant Malthus

Jason Flemyng ... Malachi

Patrick Hurd-Wood ... Samuel Crowthorn

Rachel Hurd-Wood ... Meredith Crowthorn

Ryan James ... Raider

Alice Krige ... Katherine Crowthorn

Rory McCann ... McNess

Andrea Miltner ... Captive

Kenny Mitchell ... Raider

Stewart Moore ... Garrick

Beryl Nesbitt ... Old Crone

Mark O'Neal ... Kanes Soldier

Pete Postlethwaite ... William Crowthorn

James Purefoy ... Solomon Kane

Samuel Roukin ... Marcus Kane

Robert Russell ... Abbott

Ben Steel ... Fletcher

Lucas Stone ... Young Solomon

Gordon Truefitt ... Stable Master

Marek Vasut ... Tattoo

Max von Sydow ... Josiah Kane

Philip Waley ... Alfie the Drunk

Andrew Whitlaw ... Older Monk

Ian Whyte ... Reaper

Anthony Wilks ... Edward Crowthorn

Philip Winchester ... Telford

Avatar [2009]

Overview

User Rating:8.4/10

Director:James Cameron

Writer (WGA):James Cameron (written by)

Release Date:18 December 2009 (India)

Genre:Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Sci-Fi

Tagline:Enter the World

Plot

When his brother is killed in a robbery, paraplegic Marine Jake Sully decides to take his place in a mission on the distant world of Pandora. There he learns of greedy corporate figurehead Parker Selfridge's intentions of driving off the native humanoid "Na'vi" in order to mine for the precious material scattered throughout their rich woodland. In exchange for the spinal surgery that will fix his legs, Jake gathers intel for the cooperating military unit spearheaded by gung-ho Colonel Quaritch, while simultaneously attempting to infiltrate the Na'vi people with the use of an "avatar" identity. While Jake begins to bond with the native tribe and quickly falls in love with the beautiful alien Neytiri, the restless Colonel moves forward with his ruthless extermination tactics, forcing the soldier to take a stand - and fight back in an epic battle for the fate of Pandora.

In the future, Jake, a paraplegic war veteran, is brought to another planet, Pandora, which is inhabited by the Na'vi, a humanoid race with their own language and culture. Those from Earth find themselves at odds with each other and the local culture.

Cast

Sam Worthington ... Jake Sully

Zoe Saldana ... Neytiri

Sigourney Weaver ... Dr. Grace Augustine

Stephen Lang ... Colonel Miles Quaritch

Joel Moore ... Norm Spellman (as Joel David Moore)

Giovanni Ribisi ... Parker Selfridge

Michelle Rodriguez ... Trudy Chacon

Laz Alonso ... Tsu'tey

Wes Studi ... Eytukan

CCH Pounder ... Moat

Dileep Rao ... Dr. Max Patel

Matt Gerald ... Corporal Lyle Wainfleet

Sean Anthony Moran ... Private Fike

Jason Whyte ... Cryo Vault Med Tech

Scott Lawrence ... Venture Star Crew Chief

Toy Story 3 [2010]

Overview

User Rating:(awaiting)

Director:Lee Unkrich

Writers:Michael Arndt (screenplay) and John Lasseter (screenplay)

Release Date:18 June 2010 (USA)

Genre:Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy

Tagline:Twitch

Plot

Woody, Buzz and the whole gang are back. As their owner Andy prepares to depart for college, his loyal toys find themselves in daycare where untamed tots with their sticky little fingers do not play nice. So, it's all for one and one for all as they join Barbie's counterpart Ken, a thespian hedgehog named Mr. Pricklepants and a pink, strawberry-scented teddy bear called Lots-o'-Huggin' Bear to plan their great escape.

Cast

Tom Hanks ... Woody (voice)

Tim Allen ... Buzz Lightyear (voice)

Joan Cusack ... Jessie (voice)

Ned Beatty ... Lotso (voice)

Don Rickles ... Mr. Potato Head (voice)

Michael Keaton ... Ken (voice)

Wallace Shawn ... Rex (voice)

John Ratzenberger ... Hamm (voice)

Estelle Harris ... Mrs. Potato Head (voice)

John Morris ... Andy (voice)

Jodi Benson ... Barbie (voice)

Emily Hahn ... Bonnie (voice)

Laurie Metcalf ... Andy's Mom (voice)

Blake Clark ... Slinky Dog (voice)

Teddy Newton ... Chatter Telephone (voice)

Shrek Forever After [2010]

Overview

User Rating:6.7/10

Director:Mike Mitchell

Writers:Josh Klausner (writer)

Darren Lemke (writer)

Release Date:21 May 2010 (USA)

Genre:Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy

Tagline:The Final Chapter

Plot

A bored and domesticated Shrek pacts with deal-maker Rumpelstiltskin to get back to feeling like a real ogre again, but when he's duped and sent to a twisted version of Far Far Away -- where Rumpelstiltskin is king, ogres are hunted, and he and Fiona have never met -- he sets out to restore his world and reclaim his true love.

Cast

Mike Myers ... Shrek (voice)

Eddie Murphy ... Donkey (voice)

Cameron Diaz ... Princess Fiona (voice)

Antonio Banderas ... Puss in Boots (voice)

Julie Andrews ... Queen (voice)

Jon Hamm ... Brogan (voice)

John Cleese ... King Harold (voice)

Craig Robinson ... Cookie (voice)

Walt Dohrn ... Rumpelstiltskin / Priest / Krekraw Ogre (voice)

Jane Lynch ... Gretched (voice)

Lake Bell ... Patrol Witch / Wagon Witch #2 (voice)

Kathy Griffin ... Dancing Witch / Wagon Witch #1 (voice)

Mary Kay Place ... Guard Witch (voice)

Kristen Schaal ... Pumpkin Witch / Palace Witch (voice)

Meredith Vieira ... Broomsy Witch (voice)

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time [2010]

Overview

User Rating: 6.9/10

Director: Mike Newell

Writers (WGA): Boaz Yakin (screenplay) and Doug Miro

Release Date: 28 May 2010 (India)

Genre: Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Romance

Tagline: Defy the Future

Plot

Set in the mystical lands of Persia, a rogue prince and a mysterious princess race against dark forces to safeguard an ancient dagger capable of releasing the Sands of Time -- a gift from the gods that can reverse time and allow its possessor to rule the world. Written by Walt Disney Pictures

Adopted from the streets of Nasaf by King Sharaman of Persia, young Dastan grows up amongst royalty and quickly earns his place as a mighty warrior and prince. As his brothers Garsiv and Tus plan battle strategies, a spy sends word that the Holy City of Alamut has been supplying weapons to enemies of Persia. Taking matters into his own hands, Tus orders an attack on the sacred city and upon its fall Dastan encounters the beautiful Princess Tamina. When King Sharaman dies under mysterious circumstances shortly after, and Dastan is accused of his murder, he flees with the princess on a harrowing mission to clear his name. Learning from Tamina the true motives behind Alamut's invasion, Dastan must embark on a perilous quest to stop an evil mastermind's plot for ultimate power with a mystical weapon that can control the very fabric of time. Written by The Massie Twins

Cast

Jake Gyllenhaal ... Dastan

Gemma Arterton ... Tamina

Ben Kingsley ... Nizam

Alfred Molina ... Sheik Amar

Steve Toussaint ... Seso

Toby Kebbell ... Garsiv

Richard Coyle ... Tus

Ronald Pickup ... King Sharaman

Reece Ritchie ... Bis

Gísli Örn Garðarsson ... Hassansin Leader

Claudio Pacifico ... Hassansin Porcupine

Thomas DuPont ... Hassansin Whip Man

Dave Pope ... Hassansin Giant Scimitar

Domonkos Pardanyi ... Hassansin Double-Bladed Halberd

Massimilano Ubaldi ... Hassansin Long Razor