Futurama-Beast With a Billion Bucks (2008)

Editor's Note The alliteration of the letter "B" hits warp-speed with THE BEAST WITH A BILLION BACKS, the follow-up to BENDER'S BIG SCORE. This second of four feature-length adventures continues the legacy of FUTURAMA, the revived television series as beloved as it is animated. In this entry from creator Matt Groening (THE SIMPSONS), Fry, Leela, Bender, Professor Farnsworth, and the rest of the crew engage in a battle with a hideous, planet-sized monster until the whole ordeal manages to turn itself into a sizzling romance of epic proportions. Fans can count on Bender being a jerk, Fry being dim-witted, Leela having one eye and being sexy, Professor Farnsworth being hilariously old, and Hermes being a bespectacled Jamaican. Guest stars Brittany Murphy (SIN CITY), comedian David Cross (ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT, MR. SHOW), physicist extraordinaire Stephen Hawking, and the voice of Homer Simpson himself, Dan Castellaneta, are all along for this madcap ride of satire and buffoonery.

	Billy West - Voice Of
	Brittany Murphy - Voice Of
	Christopher Tyng - Original Music By
	Claudia Katz - Producer
	Dan Castellaneta - Voice Of
	David Cross - Voice Of
	David Herman - Voice Of
	Frank Welker - Voice Of
	John Di Maggio - Voice Of
	Katey Sagal - Voice Of
	Matt Groening - Executive Producer
	Matt Groening - Based On Characters Created By
	Maurice LaMarche - Voice Of
	Michael Rowe - Screenplay
	Paul D. Calder - Editor
	Peter Avanzino - Director
	Phil LaMarr - Voice Of
	Stephen Hawking - Voice Of
	Tress MacNeille - Voice Of

Empire
3 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he dialogue crackles, Stephen Hawking's cameo as a blithe professor is a delight, and who's never wanted to see Bender's robot army?" 08/01/2008 p.163