Bambi is a beautiful baby deer, (doe, to grown-ups), born in the forest and brought up amongst friends like Thumper the rabbit and Flower, the funky skunk. The animation stands up to anything contemporary and the animals are just so darn cute! A real winner. find out more...

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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A delightful animated adaptation of the classic children's book, with the kind natured spider who can weave words and the farmyard pig who becomes her best friend. I loved the book, I loved the film, though I'll grant you.....that was a couple more than a couple of years ago. 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...

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Adam Elliot's follow-up to his short opus 'Harvie Krumpet' is a tour-de-force of jaw-dropping animation, heart-wrenching beauty and exquisite sadness. Ostensibly, it's a tale of friendship between two pen pals; Mary, a lonely eight-year-old girl living in the suburbs of Melbourne, and Max, a forty-four-year-old obese man living in New York and suffering from Asperger's syndrome. The depth of pathos in their quasi-romantic exchanges becomes unbearable at times, but the expertly nuanced narrati find out more...

As Andy goes to college the toys have been accidentally delivered to a day-care centre rather than to the attic. Woody takes command, but can he get them all home?
None of you will need telling what this fantastic Pixar movie is about; fun for the children, but with enough buried fears at its heart, separation, abandonment, the sense of loss as children grow up and away from you, to keep both children and adults emotionally engrossed. find out more...

Animated film that pre-dates the latest animal rights concerns and could give young children nightmares for weeks! A family of frightened rabbits are environmentally evicted and forced to cross dangerous uncharted territories in their search for sanctuary and a new home. A real tear-jerker!

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A haunting animation of an elderly couple's preparation for and reaction to, a nuclear holcaust. Beautifully conceived and with music by David Bowie and Roger Waters. A touching touching and terrifying look through naive and uncomprehending eyes at the horrors of apocalyptic war. Brilliant. find out more...