Bolt (2008)

The only film to come out of Disney’s own computer animation department (as opposed to Pixar) that I’ve wanted to see. The plot about a ‘super powered’ dog (John Trevolta) who doesn’t know he’s an actor, attempting to return to his owner/co-star person (Miley Cyrus, appropriately cast) after an accidental separation, borrows heavily from other Disney properties like Toy Story, Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey, and one particular episode of Chip N’ Dale Rescue Rangers ("Flash the Wonder Dog"). Better then average kids movie has heart, as well as a scene stealing hamster (Mark Walton) who makes the movie. James Lipton has an amusing cameo-role as the ‘Truman Show’ type director of Bolt’s network TV series (which by the way looks prohibitively expensive to produce for television). 3 ½ out of 5.