Hiro is a something of a tech kid prodigy but, having just showcased the merits of micro bots, finds someone else has decided to use them for evil. With the help of an unlikely big white health robot called Baymax and a bunch of enjoyably quirky sidekicks, Hiro takes on the forces of evil in an effort to save the day. A fun film with some good gags, great robots and swell animation.

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Following Cobain from his earliest years in Aberdeen, WA, through the height of his fame, a visceral and detailed cinematic insight of an artist at odds with his surrou find out more...

Originally released in 1988, the wait is over for the UK release of this anime classic, superb animated feature from the Studio Ghibli studio (Miyazaki's animation stable). What sets this film apart from the fantastical films made in the tradition of his peers, it its historical and emotional realism. The focus in Takahata's film is on the story of its two young protagonists, brother and sister Seita and Setsuko, as they flee the destruction of their home and family after the American firebombin find out more...

 

 

Scrat’s pursuit of the nirvana acorn causes yet another continental cataclysm which plunges our three bestest buddies into yet another perilo find out more...

Suzu Urano moves to the small town of Kure in Hiroshima, in 1944, to live with her husband's family. As her home town is bombed, rations tighten and devastation hits, Suzu puts on a brave face. A story of perseverance and the indomitable nature of the human spirit, In This Corner of the World is poignant and heart breaking.

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In an alternate postwar timeline Japan is divided into a Union controlled North and a US controlled South. find out more...

In an alternate reality war is fought as a giant game organised by adults but played by genetically modified Kildren. Eternally facing death these ace pilots stare wistfully at the horizon quoting Camus et al when not patrolling the skies.
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Its 2046 and the world is under threat from a mysterious alien force that seeks to annihilate the human race. Joining the battle as an interstellar pilot Mikako has to leave behind her true love Noboru. As the time and space between the two loves grows they struggle to maintain their connection to each other. find out more...

One night in a bar an old friend tells director Ari Folman about a recurring nightmare in which he is chased by 26 vicious dogs; every night the same number, and though he knows the immediate reason, which relates to the Israeli / Lebanese war of the early 1980s, he is no less haunted. Intrigued by his friend's riddle and tormented by his own lack of memory Ari embarks upon a quest to find all those involved in the battle; now spread across the world, to bring light to a dark and shameful event find out more...

This beautifully animated film shrieks quality, it's the story of three lads who volunteer for queen and country in WW1 but soon find themselves mired in the horrors of trench warfare. It's also the story of that famous Xmas Day 1914, when the squaddies of both sides walked out to play football with each other, but ends with the boys going over the top to an almost certain death. The extras include interviews and a look at animation techniques. find out more...