By Alonso Duralde, Hollywood.com Staff
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Wednesday, January 28, 2009
21. Toy Story 3
Pixar adds a new dimension to its most beloved franchise; this time, Buzz, Woody and the gang are unceremoniously dumped at a day-care center when their beloved owner, Andy, goes off to college. Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Wallace Shawn, Don Rickles, John Ratzenberger and Estelle Harris will return. (6/8/10)
22. Digger 3D
A grave digger on a killing spree crosses paths with a college student searching for the secret horror behind her nightmares in this new 3-D horror splatterfest. (2009)
23. King of the Elves
Philip K. Dick's fiction has inspired the likes of Blade Runner and Total Recall, but this marks the first time one of his stories has been adapted into a Disney cartoon. A band of elves in modern-day Mississippi crown a human as their king when he helps them defeat a vicious troll. (Christmas 2012)
24. Carnaval 3D: The Magic & the Music
Brett Ratner directs and Quincy Jones produces this 3-D documentary about Brazil's legendary annual street party and festival in Rio de Janeiro. If you hate crowds and have a phobia about pickpockets, this might be the next best thing to being there. (2010)
25. Beauty and the Beast
The only animated film ever to receive a Best Picture nomination — and if Wall-E couldn't manage it, this might wind up being the only one ever to be so honored by the Academy — returns to the big screen in a never-before-seen 3-D version. Get out your handkerchiefs and tuck them under your glasses. (2010)
26. Around the World in 50 Years
This ecologically-minded animated film about a turtle noting the effects of global warming during his half-century lifespan features the voice talents of Jenny McCarthy, Tim Curry, Kathy Griffin, Anthony Anderson, Melanie Griffith, Stacy Keach, Pat Carroll and Ed Begley Jr. (2009)
27. Return to Everest 3D
A team of courageous doctors climbs the legendary mountain to conduct experiments on how extreme altitude affects the human body in this new IMAX documentary. Watch them take blood and tissue samples at 29,035 feet above sea level — in 3-D! (Feb. 2012)
28. The Bear and the Bow
Reese Witherspoon provides the voice of a Scottish princess who renounces her family name in order to pursue her dreams of archery; Billy Connolly, Emma Thompson and Pixar regular John Ratzenberger co-star. (Christmas 2011)
29. Disney's A Christmas Carol
A few years ago, director Robert Zemeckis pioneered motion-capture animation with the holiday tale The Polar Express, featuring Tom Hanks in multiple roles. This year, Zemeckis will use the same technology (updated, obviously) to adapt the Dickens classic, with Jim Carrey playing Ebenezer Scrooge and all three Christmas ghosts, while Gary Oldman co-stars Marley's ghost, Bob Cratchit and Tiny Tim. (11/6/09)
30. Dino Mom
Three time-traveling children are taken in by a motherly dinosaur in this animated adventure co-directed by the maker of the direct-to-video Cinderella II: Dreams Come True. (2009)
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