Taking Stock

Frankenweenie is the touching story of a boy and his dog. When young Victor unexpectedly loses his beloved dog Sparky, he uses science to bring his best friend back to life – with just a few minor changes. He tries to hide his creation, but when Sparky manages to escape, Victor’s classmates, teachers, and the town’s other inhabitants learn that resurrection can have horrible consequences.

With the help of raw chimpanzee strength, the clever penguins managed to fix the airplane in which our protagonists crashed while flying from Madagascar to Africa, and so they have gone to have some fun at a casino in Monte Carlo. But they left Alex the Lion, Gloria the Hippopotamus, Marty the Zebra and Melman the Giraffe behind, and so the foursome is forced them to swim the Mediterranean Sea. They need to find the penguins, because without them they have no chance of returning home. The appearance of wild (though friendly) animals at the epicentre of the European entertainment world understandably causes a ruckus, and Captain Chantal DuBois is charged with capturing the animals. She is an elite animal control officer, and her work is her life. The idea of adding the capture of a giraffe, lion, zebra and hippo to her résumé causes her to expend almost superhuman efforts to catch them at all costs.

Our fearless hero is called Norman, he is 11 years old, he loves horror movies, and he talks with his dead grandmother. Norman has a special power, call it a sixth sense: He sees ghosts and knows how to get along with them, which might come in handy during this very dangerous situation. But before Norman can lead the local resistance against the living dead, he must endure all the trials and tribulations suffered by most children who are outsiders with special powers. His parents don’t understand him, his older sister looks down her nose at him, his classmates bully or at best ignore him, and the only person he gets along with is the fat boy Neil, who doesn’t have any friends either. He also gets along with most of the local ghosts, but they don’t count. Norman’s life takes an unexpected turn when his strange uncle reveals that the town will soon be afflicted by an ancient curse.

Imagine a place where people are so sad that they have lost all lust for life. Imagine a city where only one shop is prospering – a shop that sells poisons, rope, and other suicide aids. The owners of this shop have just given birth to a new child that turns out to be the embodiment of optimism and love for life. The family’s business slowly begins to crumble...

The film tells the story of a band of jolly but luckless pirates who cross the seven seas while experiencing adventures fit of Baron Munchhausen. The comedy begins when the Pirate Captain and his crew go into battle against their enemy, Black Bellamy, in order to win the sought-after “Pirate of the Year” award. Their journey takes them from the Caribbean to Victorian London, where they meet an all-powerful enemy who is determined to eradicate pirates from the surface of the earth once and for all. The pirates discover that their search is a victory of good-hearted optimism over the boring violence of common sense.

Since ancient times, the harsh and mystery-shrouded land of Scotland has been home to legends of grand battles and heroic deeds. One such legend is the story of the brave princes Merida, who goes against tradition and takes her fate into her own hands. King Fergus and Queen Elinor have their hands full with their headstrong daughter Merida, for the red-haired princess is determined to go her own way. She even rebels against the old ways by taking on three respectable lords: the strong Lord MacGuffin, the sulky Lord Macintosh and the quarrelsome Lord Dingwall. Through her actions, Merida inadvertently causes chaos in the kingdom, and so she asks a mysterious witch for help. The witch obliges, but in her own way. Now Merida must use all her skill and the help of her friends – including her crafty and mischievous triplet brothers – to break the curse before it is too late.