Dashing Through the Snow (2023)Director: Tim StoryScreenwriters: Paula Pell, Scott RosenbergStarring: Chris ‘Ludacris’ Bridges, Madison Skye Validum, Teyonah Parris, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Lil Rey Howery, Oscar Nuñez The majority of Christmas movies for kids follow a similar pattern: a jaded grown up is sick to their back teeth with the festive season, and they are […]
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This Captain Hook is not a gentleman pirate but a neurotic and paranoid man-child who overcompensates massively for ageing and for his sad history with Peter by vainly dying his greying hair and attaching a particularly mean-looking butcher’s meat hook at the end of his arm. Lowery’s film stands out as one of the few
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Hocus Pocus 2 (2022) Director: Anne Fletcher Screenwriter: Jen D’Angelo Starring: Whitney Peak, Belissa Escobedo, Lilia Buckingham, Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Najimy Hocus Pocus 2 is a testament to nostalgia, girl power, and Walgreens. After an almost 30-year hiatus, the witchy franchise has dished up another potion of movie-making magic in the much-anticipated
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Pinocchio (2022) Director: Robert Zemeckis Screenwriters: Robert Zemeckis, Chris Weitz Starring: Tom Hanks, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Cynthia Erivo, Luke Evans, Benjamin Evan Ainsworth, Kyanne Lamaya, Keegan-Michael Key, Lorraine Bracco, Giuseppe Battiston, Sheila Atim, Jamie Demetriou, Lewin Lloyd In 1940 Walt Disney Productions released Pinocchio, the studio’s second animated feature following the smash hit that was Snow
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Prey (2022) Director: Dan Trachtenberg Screenwriters: Patrick Aison, Dan Trachtenberg Starring: Amber Midthunder, Dakota Beavers, Dane DeLiegro, Stormee Kipp, Michelle Thrush, Julian Black Antelope, Stefany Mathias, Bennett Taylor, Mike Paterson, Neldon Leis 35 years ago John McTiernan released Predator, an oiled-up, muscle-bound, gun-toting actioner about a black ops team led by Arnold Schwarzenegger on a
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Turning Red (2022) Director: Domee Shi Screenwriters: Domee Shi, Julia Cho, Sarah Streicher Starring: Rosalie Chiang, Sandra Oh, Ava Morse, Hyein Park, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Orion Lee, Wai Ching Ho, Tristan Allerick Chen, Lori Tan Chinn, James Hong Turning Red, the feature directorial debut of Domee Shi (Oscar-winner for the animation short Bao) is one of
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Home Sweet Home Alone (2021) Director: Dan Mazer Screenplay: Mikey Day, Streeter Seidell Starring: Archie Yates, Aisling Bea, Ellie Kemper, Rob Delaney, Kenan Thompson, Timothy Simons, Ally Maki, Pete Holmes, Chris Parnell, Devin Ratray When Disney purchased Fox in 2019, the House of Mouse – already on course to milk every possible cash cow they
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Mulan (2020) Director: Niki Caro Screenwriters: Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver, Elizabeth Martin, Lauren Hynek Starring: Yifei Liu, Donnie Yen, Gong Li, Jet Li, Jason Scott Lee, Yoson An, Tzi Ma, Rosalind Chao After many months of release date-wrangling, Disney’s latest live-action remake/reimagining is finally here. Mulan sees a talented female director given a mega budget
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