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Ten-disc set includes: Chicken Run (2000)From "Wallace & Gromit" creators Nick Park and Peter Lord comes this marvelous claymation feature set at Tweedy Chicken Farm in 1950s England. When Ginger, a mild-mannered hen, learns that the farm's owners plan to turn all of it's inhabitants into chicken pies, she enlists the help of an American rooster named Rocky to plan a great and dangerous escape to freedom. Mel Gibson, Miranda Richardson and Julia Sawalha provide the voices in this family film that slyly spoofs WWII prisoner-of-war dramas. 84 min. C/Rtg: G The Road To El Dorado (2000)Musical animated adventure set in Spain in 1519, where con artist pals Miguel and Tulio, who have acquired a map to the legendary golden city of El Dorado, become stowaways on Cortes' journey to America. After they are jailed on the explorer's ship, they escape to El Dorado, where they face off against an evil high priest and Tulio falls for Chel, a Mayan girl. Voices by Kevin Kline, Kenneth Branagh, Rosie Perez, and Armand Assante; features songs by Elton John and Tim Rice. 89 min. C/Rtg: PG Sinbad: Legend Of The Seven Seas (2003)In this magical animated fantasy, legendary sailor/thief Sinbad and his crew must sail to the (literal) ends of the Earth-home of Tartarus, the realm of the dead-in order to retrieve the stolen Book of Peace from the Goddess of Chaos, Eris, and save the life of his good friend, Prince Proteus of Syracuse. With voices by Brad Pitt, Michelle Pfeiffer, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and Joseph Fiennes. 86 min. C/Rtg: PG Monsters vs. Aliens (2009)Transformed into a giant after being hit by a meteor, Susan (voiced by Reese Witherspoon) is taken to a secret government prison that houses a group of bizarre creatures. But when an evil alien (Rainn Wilson) launches an attack on Earth, Susan and her fellow monsters-the gelatinous B.O.B. (Seth Rogen), Dr. Cockroach (Hugh Laurie), and the Missing Link (Will Arnett)-are the only ones who can save the planet. Paul Rudd, Amy Poehler also supply voices for this computer-animated sci-fi tale. 94 min. C/Rtg: PG Megamind (2010)At long last, the alien super-villain Megamind has vanquished his arch enemy, the heroic Metro Man. Bored out of his skull, he creates a new superhero named Titan (but spelled Tighten) just to have someone to fight. But when his creation proves to be even more evil than he is, Megamind may be the only one who can save Metro City-and feisty reporter Roxanne-from certain doom. Action-packed animated adventure features the voices of Will Ferrell, Tina Fey, Jonah Hill, and Brad Pitt. 96 min. C/Rtg: PG Rise Of The Guardians (2012)In this thrilling CGI adventure based on William Joyce's "The Guardians of Childhood" book series, Jack Frost relates the tale of how he teamed up with Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy, the Easter Bunny, and the Sandman to face off against the evil Pitch the Boogeyman. As Jack yearns for love and acceptance, he and his offbeat colleagues fight to protect the magic of childhood for little ones everywhere. With the voices of Chris Pine, Alec Baldwin, Hugh Jackman, Isla Fisher, and Jude Law. 97 min. C/Rtg: PG Penguins Of Madagascar (2014)The spycraft shenanigans of Skipper, Kowalski, Rico, and Private take center stage in their feature film-headlining debut, as they apply their tactical skills against the machinations of resentful octopus mastermind Dave (voiced by John Malkovich). Can they stop his plans, and stop being one-upped by wolf operative Classified (Benedict Cumberbatch) and his North Wind task force? Animated hit also features the voices of Tom McGrath, Chris Miller, Annet Mahendru. 92 min. C/Rtg: PG The Croods: A New Age (2020)Fun follow-up to the 2013 animated caveman comedy finds Grug (voiced by Nicolas Cage) and family finally decamping in a new home-and, unfortunately, getting snooty new neighbors in the more evolved, fancy simple machine-owning Phil and Hope Betterman (Peter Dinklage, Leslie Mann). As the class clashes between the hominid households intensify, can they pull together to face a common danger? With the voices of Emma Stone, Ryan Reynolds, Catherine Keener. 95 min. C/Rtg: NR Puss In Boots: The Last Wish (2022)With his cavalier adventuring causing him to burn through eight lives, Puss in Boots (voiced by Antonio Banderas) settled for reluctant retirement in a cat lady's colony. Tipped to the existence of a miraculous "Wishing Star," he set off on a quest to get his paws on it-and ran headfirst into Kitty Softpaws (Salma Hayek) and other fable folks with their own agendas for the prize. Second "Shrek" spinoff also features the voices of Harvey Guillén, Florence Pugh, Olivia Colman, John Mulaney. 100 min. C/Rtg: PG Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken (2023)Navigating high school in her coastal town was difficult enough for 15-year-old Ruby Gillman (voiced by Lana Condor), but then she found out why her family admonished her never to go near the ocean-as it transformed her into her true form as a towering sea monster. Can she return to the life she knew, especially when her aquatic regent grandmom (Jane Fonda) pushes her to claim her heritage? Fun animated offering also features the voices of Toni Collette, Annie Murphy, Will Forte, Sam Richardson. 90 min. C/Rtg: PG