Feathers fly in “Valiant,” Vanguard Animation’s debut film about the dangerous missions of carrier pigeons during World War II. It’s perhaps the first animated kids’ film that can claim to be “based ...

VALIANT. Animated, with the voices of Ewan McGregor, John Cleese, Tim Curry, Ricky Gervais, Jim Broadbent. Director: Gary Chapman (1:16). G. 2 Stars. The title character of the animated World War II ...

Valiant is an animated movie that is easily available to watch and stream online. In the 2005 comedy film, a tiny wood pigeon named Valiant joins the elite Royal Homing Pigeon Service to serve Britain ...

Valiant in name. But Valiant in aim? Or effort? It’s a “stiff upper beak” comedy about heroic British homing pigeons fending off Nazi falcons as they bravely carry messages from the French Resistance ...

Valiant, a CGI animated family comedy from Vanguard Animation, tells the story of a little wood pigeon, Valiant, with big dreams. He, along with his misfit friends, joins the very elite Royal Homing ...

The animated tale “Valiant” certainly is not a documentary about pigeons, yet it captures the essence of those omnipresent urban scavengers: Mildly annoying, sometimes really aggravating, often so ...

I’m pretty sure that the point of computer-generated animation is not to make the audience feel as though it’s been trapped inside a large plastic box for an hour and a half, but given how often I ...

IF your kid has a poster of Adm. Nelson rather than 50 Cent over his bed, if he remembers newsreels and the Normandy invasion – in short, if your kid is a 70-year-old British man – then by all means ...

THE ANIMATED tale “Valiant” certainly is not a documentary about pigeons, yet it captures the essence of those omnipresent urban scavengers: mildly annoying, sometimes really aggravating, often so ...

THE nation’s feathered and furry friends, including a Poynton pigeon, are being honoured for their services during war and terrorist attacks since 1943. Many animals have been enlisted to play their ...

The mystery of a champion racing pigeon who went missing on a 500-mile journey from the south of France has been solved. In a story reminiscent of the computer-animated film Valiant about pigeons in ...