Movies Starring Amy Birnbaum
Pokémon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew
Veronica Taylor, Amy Birnbaum, Eric Stuart, Ikue Ootani, Rachael Lillis, Madeleine Blaustein, Mike Pollock, Sean Schemmel, Jason Griffith, Oliver Wyman, Darren Dunstan, Kôichi Yamadera, Dan Green
DIRECTOR:Darren Dunstan
Lucario and the Mystery of Mew, the eighth Pokémon movie, ranks as one of the best features in this popular franchise. Director Kunihiko Yuyama and writer Hideki Sonoda sensibly keep the adventures and threats to a scale that's appropriate for the characters. (The first movies put the world at risk, and while Ash Ketchum is a good kid, he's not someone who can credibly save the planet.) Ash, Brock, Max, and May journey to Cameron Palace for a tournament that celebrates the valor of Prince Aaron, who saved the realm from destruction 1,000 years ago. Ash and Pikachu win, but the mischievous Mew kidnaps Pikachu, whom he's befriended. Prince Aaron's Pokémon companion Lucario awakens from the victor's staff to lead Ash and the gang to the Tree of Beginning, a mountain that is also a living entity. Ash risks his life to rescue Pikachu, proving the depth of their friendship to Lucario. The film includes lots of CG effects, most of which work well with the drawn animation: the earlier Pokémon films tended to look like two different movies spliced together.
Pokémon: Destiny Deoxys
Beware. The face of the earth is falling apart.
Veronica Taylor, Eric Stuart, Amy Birnbaum, Madeleine Blaustein, Rachael Lillis, Kayzie Rogers, Ikue Ootani, Tara Jayne, Mike Pollock, Sebastian Arcelus, Matt Davidson, Darren Dunstan
DIRECTOR:A comet bearing a deadly Pokemon creature crash-lands onto Earth, terrorising a nearby high-tech city, where Ash, Pikachu and friends are currently visiting...
Pokémon: Jirachi - Wish Maker
An All-New Movie -PLUS- Never-Before -Seen Pokémon Short
Veronica Taylor, Eric Stuart, Madeleine Blaustein, Rachael Lillis, Amy Birnbaum
DIRECTOR:Eric Stuart
Ash, Pikachu and friends (minus Misty) were visiting a festival celebrating the appearance of a comet when they stumble upon a mysterious rock-like crystal...
Pokémon 3: The Movie
This Spring The Unknown Spells Adventure
Veronica Taylor, Rachael Lillis, Eric Stuart, Madeleine Blaustein, Ikue Ootani, Amy Birnbaum, Dan Green, Stan Hart, Lisa Ortiz, Kathy Pilon
DIRECTOR:When Molly Hale's father goes missing, the strange Pokemon that he was studying come to Molly by the power of the strange little blocks. The Pokemon, the Unown, create Entei to act as Molly's father, and, because of her wish to have a mother too, Entei only goes and kidnaps Delia Ketchum, who just happens to be Ash's mom. So Ash, Misty and Brock go to the Hale mansion to stop these strange events once and for all...before time runs out for life as we know it.
Pokemon: Mewtwo Returns
Veronica Taylor, Ikue Ootani, Rachael Lillis, Eric Stuart, Madeleine Blaustein, Jimmy Zoppi, Dan Green, Ken Gates, Ted Lewis, Kerry Williams, Amy Birnbaum
DIRECTOR:Masamitsu Hidaka
In this direct-to-video sequel to Pokémon: The First Movie, Ash, Misty, and Brock continue exploring the Johto region, then have to rescue Pikachu after Jessie and James of Team Rocket kidnap him. The search leads them to the hidden plateau where Mewtwo has established a haven for the cloned Pokémon from the previous film. The evil Giovanni is plotting to recapture Mewtwo and renew his efforts to create an army of bio-engineered Pokémon. Aided by the reluctant Meowth, Ash and his friends defeat Giovanni and his henchman.
