Hollywood finally figured out that animation makes the big buck movies.  Not only has the Academy Awards churned out a new category Oscar for Best Animated Film, but 2006 will most likely be the year in which the most animated films are released.  The last two weeks had ICE AGE 2: THE MELTDOWN top the box-office charts.  This week with Disney’s THE WILD opening, it will be the animated features that will be the top of the box-office.

The project of L’ENFANT started with the Dardenne Brothers in a small Belgian town, watching a teen girl pushing a pram but appearing to go nowhere.  Missing was the child’s father.  The Dardennes decided to weave a tale around the absent figure.

Mo’Nique stars as foul-mouthed aspiring fashion designer, Jasmine Biltmore in FAT CHICK comedy PHAT GIRLZ.  But before Jasmine gains success, she has to come to terms with her size, her friends and her man.

Sophie Scholl was a member of the White Rose, a peaceful German resistance group fighting against the Nazi regime.  Set in Munich of 1943, the film is comprised of three parts – the first is the reenactment of the activities following her arrest; the second and longest portion, the interrogation under expert official Robert Mohr and finally her thoughts and trial leading to her execution.  Filmed in chronological order – films done in this way always wring out the actors’ best performances as the film progresses as in the case of this film – and with actual settings where the events took place, SOPHIE SCHOLL feels like an accurate and meticulous piece of filmmaking.  Chosen as Germany’s entry to this year’s Best Foreign Film Oscar, SOPHIE SCHOLL gives the impression that this is Germany’s attempt at purging itself of the atrocities occurred during World War 2.

Plot: Down on their luck and desperate for cash, Mutsuru and Maki kidnaps a young girl and hide out in an abandoned school. Soon they realize that the girl isn’t what she seems to be.