Year: 2009

Based on characters from the TV series, this movie follows Leela and Fry, along with a host of others. Fry joins a mysterious alliance and has to try and put a stop to a strange species know as the “Dark Ones” from exterminating all life in the universe. Meanwhile, Leela joins a group of ecology-obsessed women to save an archaic life form living on an asteroid that is on the verge of extinction.

Year: 2009

This is an animated movie based on the anime miniseries featuring the character Afro Samurai. The story in the movie follows Afro as he tries to punish the man who killed his father, an outlaw called Justice. During the course of the movie, Afro grows from a boy to a man, becoming a master swordsman, bent on retribution and to gain the Number One status.

Year: 2008

Animated movie starring Barbie in an adaptation of the holiday classic story, A Christmas Carol. Barbie is Eden Starling, who is a famous singer with an entourage of performers, including one of her best friends, Catherine. On Christmas Eve, Eden demands that all of her employees help her rehearse for her new show, instead of spending time with their families for the holidays. That night, Eden is visited by the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future. The ghosts persuade Eden that she must change her ways and treat her friends better.

Year: 2008

When a lazy Panda named Po (Jack Black) is chosen by an ancient prophecy to become a Kung Fu master, his lifelong dream is fulfilled. Po gets the opportunity to train with his heroes, the Furious Five and their leader Master Shifu (Dustin Hoffman). However, time is short and Po must work harder than ever before if he is to fulfill the prophecy and defeat the dangerous snow leopard Tai Lung (Ian McShane).

Year: 2008

In this animated comedy an American White Shepherd named Bolt (John Travolta) is separated from his home. With the help of two companions, a cat named Mittens (Susie Essman) and a hamster named Rhino (Mark Walton), Bolt must try and find his way back home. On his adventuresome journey, Bolt realizes that his life as a superhero action dog is not true and that he was actually the costar in a Hollywood television show.

Year: 2008

After humans littered the planet to death and abandoned it, the only life on Earth is a little trash collecting robot named WALL-E (Ben Burtt) and his pet cockroach. One day a new robot, Eve (Elissa Knight) arrives on the planet, sent to determine whether or not human life can be sustained. WALL-E falls in love with Eve and protects her until a ship arrives and carries them back to the human’s space ships. Eve and WALL-E uncover a plot that will prevent the humans from returning to Earth.

Year: 2008

Picking up where Madagascar left off, Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, begins with the stranded New York Zoo animals leaving Madagascar. They arrive in Africa where Alex the Lion (Ben Stiller) meets his family. All of the animals find a place in their respective herds. Alex learns that he must perform a rite of passage and mistakenly believes it to be a dance off. When the ugly truth hits Alex, it affects not only the entire lion pride but the other animals as well.

Year: 2009

Life gets turned upside down for Susan Murphy (Reese Whitherspoon) when she is transformed into a giant at her wedding. As a new member of a secret government agency, Susan meets other creatures who have been drastically changed through experimentation. Wanting nothing more than to return to her old life Susan must come to terms with her new size and help her companions defeat an alien threat to the planet. Hugh Laurie, Seth Rogen, and Will Arnett also lend their voices in this animated adventure.

Year: 2009

In this animated tale, a bored and lonely girl named Coraline (Dakota Fanning) discovers a small door in her new apartment that leads to an alternate world. In this world her parents and neighbors look identical but their eyes have been replaced with buttons. The new parents are fun and attentive and Coraline likes her new world. But when the Other Mother tries to replace Coraline’s eyes with buttons Coraline tries to leave but cannot get through the door anymore. Coraline must outsmart the Other Mother in order to escape this scary new world and return to her own.