the Mind’s Chew Toy

Plot: A seventysomething guy befriends a young Wilderness Ranger, and the two have lots of adventures - yet still manage to eat dinner at 3:30 in the afternoon. Animated.

Plot: When a meteorite lands on Susan’s (Witherspoon) car, Susan is covered with an alien liquid that mutates her into a giant monster. Captured by a secret government agency, she meets a ragtag bunch of mutants captured over the years. But, when an alien attack looms, a frantic call from The President (Colbert) offers these monsters a chance to become heroes. Animated.

Plot: A tiny mouse with oversized ears, Despereaux (Broderick) refuses to spend his life cowering in fear. Banished from Mouseworld for being more man than mouse, he befriends a Princess named Pea (Watson) and learns to read. When Pea is kidnapped, Despereaux discovers only he can rescue her. Based on the novel by Kate DiCamillo.

Plot: 700 years after humans have left the Earth due to high levels of toxicity, a cleaner robot named WALL-E (Waste Allocation Load Lifters - Earth Class) has become a bit more self-aware than it’s programmers originally anticipated. When a probe named EVE comes to check on Earth, WALL-E falls immediately in love. When she leaves, he stows away on her ship…and finally discovers what he was meant to do.

Plot: When Po (Black) is unexpectedly chosen to fulfill an ancient prophecy, his dreams become reality as he joins the world of Kung Fu and studies alongside his idols, the legendary Furious Five, under the leadership of their guru, Master Shifu (Hoffman). Before they know it, however, the vengeful Tai Lung (McShane) is headed their way, and it’s up to Po to save the day. Animated.

Plot: When a TV dog star (Travolta) is accidentally shipped from his Hollywood soundstage to New York City, he begins the cross-country journey back with two traveling companions - an abandoned housecat (Essman) and a TV-obsessed hamster (Walton) in a plastic ball - and the delusion his superpowers are real. Animated.

Plot: Manny (Romano), Diego (Leary) Sid (Leguizamo) and Ellie (Latifah) return in this third film in the Ice Age series. Animated.

Plot: A mad scientist’s (Cleese) hunchbacked assistant, Igor (Cusack), dreams of winning the annual Evil Science Competition and becoming a mad scientist in his own right. Animated.

Plot: Two NASA chimps are sent to a galaxy far, far away. One chimp has “The Right Stuff,” and the other, a good natured goofball, has “The Wrong Stuff.” The two chimps find themselves on a strange, uncharted planet, where they embark on a fantastical journey to save its inhabitants from a tyrannical leader. Animated.

Plot: Barry B. Benson (Seinfeld), a bee who has just graduated from college, has his life saved by a florist (Zellwegger) during a trip outside of his hive. As their friendship grows, he discovers humans have been stealing honey, and he files a class action lawsuit against humans. Animated.