In order to please his father Santa, young Arthur Christmas needs to personally deliver a gift to a very sad young girl who has nearly given up hope of ever having a Merry Christmas again. He gets help from Grandsanta (Santa's father) and Byrony, an employee from the Giftwrap Battalion who is a low ranking elf at the North Pole). They must make the delivery before Christmas morning after it missed the Christmas Eve deadline. Arthur has only an old sled to get him there and many roadblocks along the way, including those who go along to help. If only he could be like his older brother Steve who is very capable and oh so cool!rthur Christmas is voiced by James McAvoy (X-Men: First Class, Atonement). Hugh Laurie from Street Kings, Flight of the Phoenix is the voice of Steve Christmas, that oh so capable older brother of Arthur. anta is the man in charge and his voice is provided by Jim Broadbent from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2. ill Nighy (Love Actually, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1) is the 136 year old Grandsanta who absolutely hates how high tech and modern their underground North Pole operation has become.hat lowly little elf Byrony is voiced by Ashley Jensen who provided voices in How to Train Your Dragon, Gnomeo & Juliet.

One of the most anticipated animated sequels of 2013, Despicable Me 2 follows the return of an ex-villain and now parental-superhero, Gru, his pretty restless "girls" and incredibly funny yet faithful minions. Now they have to withstand the next evil mind voiced by unparalleled Al Pacino. The first movie, Despicable Me released in 2010 and, as the introductory one, won the hearts of the viewers by the immediacy of its leading character turning from evil to good, unlike the 2013 movie where most of the characters are familiar to us, despite the main antagonist. Here in 2013 Despicable Me 2 the film's plot comes to the fore and the creators promised not to deceive our expectation. As in the original movie there are lots of unpredictable scenario turns and screenwriters' tricks for which we unquestionably owe Ken Daurio and Cinco Paul, two figures standing behind the previous film and another animated big hit, The Lorax. The next big thing of the movie are the voices: Steve Carell, Miranda Cosgrove, Kristen Wiig and Russell Brand are on the place voicing Gru, Margo, Miss Hattie and Dr. Nefario accordingly, in the manner they did in the first Despicable Me, which makes this movie a win-win option both for parents and kids.

The Pirates! Band of Misfits is yet another animated film with 3-D action and plenty of familiar voices from top notch actors that the kids will love. Around Christmas is always a favorite time of year for family oriented films and this year there are a lot of them! In "The Pirates" we see the Pirate Captain with a mission in mind to out do their rivals who are Black Bellamy and also Cutlass Liz. They are in the competition for an award for Pirate of the Year. Along the way the Captain hand crew travel from the shore on Blood Island deep into the fog bound streets of old Victorian London.his is stop motion buy still has plenty of computer graphics that do a lot for the visual elements such as rolling sea and spectacular scenery. The CG technology allows for more visual and expanded scenery plus adding that old wooden boat that could not possibly actually float in real time. But it's fun!oices include Hugh Grant as Pirate Captain, Cutlass Liza is voiced by Salma Hayek, Jeremy Piven is the voice of Black Bellamy, and as Queen Victoria we hear Imelda Staunton. All come together to create a family fun movie for the holidays!

Those adorable though sometimes ornery Chipmunks, Alvin, Theodore, and Simon return to the big screen just in time for a Christmas romp that takes them to a tropical island. The paradise they encounter is accidental when they wind up going overboard while on a cruise ship. Seems the ever busy chipmunks were playing around while on board and before they knew what happened, they found themselves deserted on an island. But the island turns out to be anything but deserted! Directed by Mike Mitchell (Shrek Forever After, Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo) and the writers Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger put together an uproariously funny animated flick here that also stars the voices of Justin Long gives the voice of Alvin in this and several other Chipmunk movies plus Going The Distance as an actor), Jesse McCartney in a repeat role as the voice of Theodore (also as an actor in TV series Greek and Young Justice). Simon comes to life with the voice of Matthew Gray Gubler (he again gave voice to other Chipmunk movies plus TV series Criminal Minds as an actor). As always, these are fun filled romps that always entertain kids of all ages!