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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Chico and Rita are two star-crossed lovers. He's a composer and pianist, she's a sultry chanteuse and their love of music brings them irresistably together. This beautiful animation charts the highs and lows of their romance, brimming with heartache and joy. Set against the picturesque backdrops of 1950s Havana, New York, Las Vegas and Paris, it's a romantic epic and a feast for the eyes and ears. 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...

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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As a young boy, the bespectacled Jiro Horikoshi dreams of flying a plane but when he learns he will be unable to become a pilot due to his poor eyesight, he instead decides to be an aircraft designer. On September 1st 1923 Jiro is travelling by train when the Great Kanto earthquake strikes. He assists fellow passenger Naoko and her maid who suffers an injury. He doesn't meet Naoko again till many years later and the two fall in love but she is suffering from tuberculosis and while they try to find out more...

It's the height of the IIWW and country pigeon Valiant has only one ambition, to become a member of the elite Royal Homing Pigeon Service. Against all the odds Valiant, along with his rag-tag band of friends gets to do his bit and in the process becomes a hero. Valiant is an enjoyable CGI adventure, more for the kids than the adults but if you've got to be there..it could be soo much worse. find out more...

A remarkable film which combines animation in the best American tradition with real live actors - all bound together in an archetypal Private Dick plot. Bob Hoskins is marvellous as the detective who has to cope with the peculiarities of the Toons. Anyone who has ever enjoyed a cartoon will love this. find out more...