Horton Hears a Who! (2008) Watch Full Movie

Yes, Horton Hears a Who! has been dragged into the modern age, nowhere near as hyperactively as the Shrek movies, but not without damage.. doesn't have the brisk economy of the original book, but the animated Horton feels nevertheless close to the sweet, quirky heart of Dr. Seuss.. Horton Hears a Who! is razzle-dazzling and artful, and it builds on Seuss' words by the clever cart-full.. Compared with those mega-budget predecessors, the adaptation sticks pretty close to the text and tone of the b...

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Big Hero 6 (2014) Watch Full Movie

A big, fat happy meal of a movie .... Lazy gags, and it's been done better elsewhere.. Big Hero 6 celebrates nerd culture. And not merely the pop-culture- obsessed version (comic books) but the let's-invent-something-cool kind. Hey, kids, this PG flick asserts, it's good be taken with technology, crushed out on code, wowed by chemistry.. The film moves quickly and keeps the jokes coming, which only means that "Home" would rather keep young viewers occupied than give them something to think about...

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WALL·E (2008) Play Movie

WALL-E is a classic, but it will never appeal to people who are happy with art only when it has as little bite as possible.. The picture feels weirdly, and disappointingly, disjointed, something that starts out as poetry and ends as product.. A relatively harmless bit of animated fun.. WALL-E is Pixar's E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial or its Pinocchio: an archetypal fable about loneliness simple enough -- yet deep enough -- to instantly captivate anyone who sees it.. A master [course] in cunning visu...

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Hop (2011) Full Streaming

Nice, sweet, safe.. If you're 12 or younger, you'll think it's hilarious. If you don't? It's going to be a long 95 minutes.. Not bad, not good.. The whole thing raises questions of the type it is almost embarrassing to contemplate; it's almost like "Donnie Darko," for little kids.. It offers a glimmer of amusement, but only to kids still young enough to believe in the Easter Bunny.. Certainly not terrible, but ultimately forgettable and that means you should skip it.. Nobody seems to be working ...

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Ice Age (2002) Play Movie

The first Disney animated movie since The Little Mermaid that amounts to nothing more than a throwaway.. This Disney comedy makes a self-conscious and largely successful attempt to modernise the studio's format with a jive-ass sensibility.. ... ranks up there in the highest class of animated features.. Real Ice Ages were no jokes. They lasted about 100,000 years and froze most life on the planet. But as long as Leguizamo's Sid and Wedge's Scrat are on screen, this one warms you with laughter.. I...

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Shrek Forever After (2010) Download Full

Who is supposed to be excited by this? What child would care? What adult would care?. An entertaining conclusion to the franchise -- one that parents should happily endure. But let's hope that's all, folks.. Director Mike Mitchell and screenwriters Josh Klausner and Darren Lemke, all relatively new to the franchise, manage to lead the winning returning cast in a fresh direction.. The shout line on the Shrek Forever After poster says it best: It ain't ogre till it's ogre.. A recycling machine tha...

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Song of the Sea (2014) Play Movie

It's a refreshing respite from popular kids' fare, an extended bedtime story that has its share of harrowing moments but gradually wraps the soul in a warm blankie.. "Puss in Boots'' doesn't break any new ground in the storytelling department, and its reliance on go-go-go state-of-the-art action sequences grows wearying by the end, but the movie has a devilish wit that works for parent and child alike.... Don't look for gravity-bound logic here. This is cartoon fantasy, not a literal translation...

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