Tired of the status quo, an unholy alliance of bad guys led by Frieda, Cinderella’s evil stepmother, takes on the good guys. Cinderella (aka Ella) starts out as a damsel in distress (your typical Prince dreamer), but when her own fairy tale takes a radical left turn she is forced to form and eventually lead a resistance group without her Prince Charming.
Set against a backdrop of fractured fairy tales spinning wildly out of control, Ella and her unknown true love Rick, the palace dishwasher, ultimately must choose their own destinies in a world of happy endings gone wrong.
The race for control of the kingdom is on, and the power mad Frieda, fuelled by a total disdain for goodness, is set to change the age-old storyline to “Happily Never After”!
STARRING THE VOICES OF: Sigourney Weaver, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Freddie Prinze Jr., George Carlin, Michael McShane, Patrick Warburton, Andy Dick, Wallace Shawn, Jon Polito
DIRECTOR: Paul J. Bolger
STUDIO: Lionsgate
RATING: PG (For some mild action and rude humor)
An adaptation of Dr. Seuss’s 1954 children’s book, “Horton Hears a Who” is about an imaginative elephant (Jim Carrey) who hears a cry for help coming from a tiny speck of dust floating through the air. Suspecting there may be life on that speck and despite a surrounding community that thinks he has lost his mind, Horton is determined to help. Steve Carell voices the mayor of Who-ville, a distinguished figure of a very small size, too small to be seen by the elephant’s eyes. “Horton Hears A Who” just may become one of 2008’s highest grossing animated films.
The Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything: A Veggie Tales Movie
“The Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything: A Veggie Tales Movie” opens in modern day suburbia at the local pirate themed restaurant, where derring-do and turkey legs go hand-in-hand five nights a week. But not for Sedgewick, Elliot and George (Mr. Lunt, Larry the Cucumber and Pa Grape). While they love all things piratical and dream of taking the stage in the big show, Elliot’s timidity, Sedgewick’s laziness and George’s lack of self-confidence relegate them to busing tables and refilling drinks. When they finally do get up the courage to audition, the three would-be swashbucklers manage only to destroy half the stage set. Out of luck and out of work, they stand dejectedly outside the restaurant as a strange, ancient-looking metal ball lands at their feet. It is a “Helpseeker,” sent from another time and place in search of heroes. After scanning the three moping misfits, it sets in motion events that will send them back to the 17th century to face real pirates in a real pirate adventure, and in the process challenge everything they believe about themselves.
STARRING The Voices of: Mike Nawrocki, Phil Vischer, Tim Hodge, Colleen Curtis, Andy Youssi
DIRECTOR: Mike Nawrocki
STUDIO: Universal Pictures
RATING: G
