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Out (2020), an American computer-animated short film, follows the story of Greg and his boyfriend Manuel as they prepare to move. As they pack up Greg’s belongings outside his townhouse, a magical cat and dog appear. The cat grants Jim’s collar with special powers while inside, Manuel encourages Greg to come out to his parents who have arrived unexpectedly to assist with the move. In a hurried moment, Greg hides a photo of them together and Manuel discreetly slips out through the back door. As they hold onto Jim’s collar, Greg playfully wishes that he could become a dog, leading to their minds switching bodies in a magical twist of events.

Onward (2020), a urban fantasy adventure facilitated by Pixar Animation Studios and distributed through Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, takes place in a world filled with mythical beings. Millennia ago, magic was a common occurrence but mastering it proved to be a challenge. However, as time passed and technology advanced, magic lost its significance and was mostly abandoned. In the present day, self-doubting elf Ian Lightfoot and his impulsive brother Barley are navigating their teenage years. On Ian’s sixteenth birthday, their mother Laurel presents them with a gift from their late father Wilden: a magical staff, a rare Phoenix gem, and instructions for a ...

Loop (2020) is an American computer-animated drama short film directed and written by Erica Milsom, with the story being co-written by Adam Burke, Matthias De Clercq, and Milsom. Produced by Pixar Animation Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, it follows the story of Renee, a 13-year-old non-verbal autistic girl. Sitting in a canoe, she plays with a sound app on her phone. When Marcus shows up late to the camp counselor’s instructions, he is ...

Wind (2019) is a recent American short film, both written and directed by Edwin Chang. Produced by Pixar Animation Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, the film follows the story of Ellis and his Grandmother. The two live in a mysterious sink-hole filled with floating rocks and debris from discarded objects and machinery. Despite their challenging living conditions, they have managed to build a small home out of the trash and sustain themselves on potatoes – the only crop that grows in their environment. Each day, Grandma tasks Ellis with floating out attached to a cord to gather useful ...

Float (2019), an American computer-animated short film, tells the story of a father and his son, Alex. While playing in their front yard, the dad plucks a dandelion and blows off its seeds, causing Alex to magically float in mid-air. Initially amazed by this phenomenon, the father quickly ushers Alex back inside their home as onlookers begin to notice. As time passes and Alex grows into a toddler, he continues to float around their dimly lit house. When they go for a walk outside, the father keeps a tight grip on him and adds rocks to his backpack in an effort to weigh him down. As they come across a playground, Alex liberates ...

Kitbull (2019) is an animated short and viral video created by Rosana Sullivan, produced by Pixar Animation Studios, and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. It is the third film in Pixar’s SparkShorts program. A feline resides among the trash cans behind a building in San Francisco’s Mission District. While scavenging for food on the streets, the cat is offered a meal by a passerby but quickly flees. It takes shelter in a cardboard box within a rundown building’s garbage heap. Eventually, a friendly pit bull joins the cat in a doghouse behind the building. Despite initially ...

Scooby-Doo! and the Curse of the 13th Ghost (2019) is an American animated direct-to-video comedy mystery film produced by Warner Bros. Animation and distributed by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, and the thirty-second entry in the direct-to-video series of Scooby-Doo films. Prior to The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo, audiences are shown a prologue featuring a young Vincent Van Ghoul and his partner Mortifer sealing the final ghost into the Chest of Demons. Unfortunately, Mortifer is attacked and assumed to be killed by minion ghosts while Vincent manages to escape with a heavy heart. During the opening credits, Vincent recounts the series events where ...

Scooby-Doo! Return to Zombie Island (2019) is an animated mystery film from Warner Bros. Animation and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. Serving as the thirty-third installment in the direct-to-video series, it is a sequel to the first Scooby-Doo direct-to-video movie, Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island, released in 1998. In this adventure, the gang works together to catch various monsters, including Young Man Withers, who turns out to be a member of the Withers family. After a wild dream sequence involving the Mystery Machine going backwards, Fred discovers that he has sold their van and retired from mystery solving. However, after seeing a news report and ...

Klaus (2019) is an animated holiday adventure comedy from director and writer Sergio Pablos, also known for creating Despicable Me. This production was brought to life through the efforts of Pablos’ company, The SPA Studios, and released by Netflix. The film begins in 19th-century Norway, where the Royal Postmaster General has a plan to change his son Jesper Johansen’s ways. Considered lazy, spoiled, and selfish by his father, Jesper is sent to postman training in hopes that it will improve his character. After seeing Jesper’s lackluster performance, his father assigns him a seemingly ...

An animated supernatural black comedy film, The Addams Family (2019), is based on characters from the cartoon created by Charles Addams. As a result of rejecting anything macabre in nature, an angry mob of villagers interrupts the midnight wedding ceremony of Gomez Addams and Morticia Frump. In the midst of chaos, Grandmama buys Uncle Fester time to evacuate them, along with Gomez and Morticia’s loyal hand servant, Thing. Deciding they’ve had enough of the outside world, Gomez and Morticia relocate to New Jersey – a place they deem undesired by most. There, they stumble upon an abandoned asylum on a ...

DC Showcase: Death (2019) is an American animated short superhero film directed by Sam Liu, written by J.M. DeMatteis and produced by Warner Bros. Animation and DC Entertainment. It is based on the character Death created by Neil Gaiman and Mike Dringenberg. Through flashbacks, we witness the past of Vincent Omata, a resident of Gotham City. As a child, Vincent spent hours drawing on his bedroom floor, despite his father’s disapproval. As an adult, he pursues his ...

An animated film, Wonder Woman: Bloodlines (2019), features the powerful superheroine as the main character. It is part of the DC Animated Movie Universe, and marks the 37th addition to the DC Universe Animated Original Movies. The story follows Princess Diana of Themyscira, who saves Captain Steve Trevor from an attack by Parademons in 2013. Using her purple healing ray, Diana tends to Steve’s injuries before Hippolyta, her mother and queen of the Amazons, imprisons him for breaking their “no men” rule. Despite Hippolyta’s orders, Diana frees Steve after seeing a vision of a coming invasion caused by his arrival. This act causes Hippolyta to ...

Batman: Hush (2019), an animated superhero film, showcases the iconic DC Comics character, Batman. Based loosely on the popular 2002 comic book story arc of the same name, it is the thirteenth movie in the DC Animated Movie Universe. After saving a kidnapped child from Bane’s clutches and retrieving a ransom, Lady Shiva alerts Batman to an unexpected intruder at the Lazarus Pit and asks for his assistance in identifying them. Eager to help, Batman agrees, but during a confrontation with Catwoman who has stolen the ransom money, he is shot by a mysterious vigilante. He falls to the ground and sustains a head injury, but luckily Catwoman steps in to save ...

DC Showcase: Sgt. Rock (2019) is an action-packed animated short featuring the iconic war hero, directed by Bruce Timm and written by Louise Simonson, Walter Simonson, and Tim Sheridan. Produced by Warner Bros. Animation and DC Entertainment, it was originally released alongside Batman: Hush. After waking from a coma following a devastating battle, Sgt. Rock is given a mission by Lt. Matthew Shrieve to capture a female German Nazi scientist, with the assistance of a ...

An animated superhero film, Justice League vs. the Fatal Five (2019), was created by Warner Bros. Animation and DC Entertainment. It is the 35th installment in the DC Universe Animated Original Movies series and features the popular comic book team Justice League, originally created by Gardner Fox. The story takes place in both the 31st and 21st centuries, when three members of the Fatal Five – Mano, Tharok, and Persuader – attack the headquarters of the Legion of Super-Heroes to steal their time sphere. Despite efforts from Star Boy, Saturn Girl, and Brainiac 5 to stop them, the villains ...

Abominable (2019), an animated adventure film from DreamWorks Animation, Pearl Studio, and Zhong Ming You Ying Film, and distributed by Universal Pictures, follows the journey of a young Yeti who escapes from a wealthy businessman’s compound in Shanghai. The man, Mr. Burnish, plans to use the Yeti as evidence of their existence to the world. Meanwhile, teenager Yi lives with her mother and Nai Nai (grandmother) in a busy apartment building. She neglects spending time with her family and friends: basketball fan Peng and his tech-savvy cousin Jin. Once an adept violinist like her father before his passing, Yi has not played since his death. One night on the roof ...

In the animated film Missing Link (2019), written and directed by Chris Butler, Sir Lionel Frost is a determined investigator of mythical creatures. He is determined to prove their existence and gain acceptance into the prestigious ‘Society of Great Men’, led by his rival Lord Piggot-Dunceby. After receiving a letter about a Sasquatch, Lionel strikes a deal with Piggot-Dunceby to join the society if he can provide evidence of the creature’s existence. He sets off to the Pacific Northwest, where he finally encounters the Sasquatch in a forest. Giving him the name ‘Mr. Link’, Lionel discovers ...

Smash and Grab (2019) is a computer-animated short film from Pixar. The story follows two laborer robots, Smash and Grab, on a futuristic planet. They work in a giant train powered by glowing rocks, with Smash breaking them apart and tossing them to Grab. Despite their repetitive task, they try to make their work fun by turning it into a game. However, their power cables prevent them from moving freely or even touching each other. One day, Smash builds a pile of rocks to get a glimpse of the outside world through the train’s window. It discovers that there are free robots who move around easily thanks to spherical batteries that can attach to the same port as ...

An American animated comedy film, The Secret Life of Pets 2 (2019), was created by Illumination and distributed by Universal Pictures. Following the events of the first movie, Max and Duke’s owner, Katie, marries a man named Chuck and has a son named Liam. At first, Max disapproves of Liam but later develops overprotective feelings for him. To help with his symptoms, Katie takes Max to the vet and gets him a dog cone. But when the family goes on a road trip to Chuck’s uncle’s farm, Max is initially uncomfortable with the new environment. Welsh Sheepdog Rooster advises him to let go of his insecurities about Liam and removes his dog cone. After ...

Spies in Disguise (2019) is an American animated spy comedy produced by Blue Sky Studios and distributed by 20th Century Fox. Lance Sterling, a confident agent of H.T.U.V. (Honor, Trust, Unity and Valor), is tasked with retrieving an attack drone from Japanese arms dealer Katsu Kimura in Japan. Despite orders from H.T.U.V. director Joy Jenkins to stay put, Sterling takes matters into his own hands and successfully defeats Kimura and his gang before escaping with the drone. Upon returning to headquarters, Sterling confronts Walter Beckett, a social outcast and MIT graduate who equipped nonlethal weapons into Sterling’s suit. However, after being fired by ...