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As long as they keep making money, Disney is going to continue cranking out live-action remakes of its animated classics, even if it means sacrificing its magic in the process. All art is subjective, which means there's no universal truth to declaring what determines the "best" or "worst" of these reimaginings, but I can say with confidence that Rachel Zegler is, hands down, the best live-action Disney Princess we've ever seen. Mind you, I have a deep affinity for Lily James' absolutely perfect portrayal of Cinderella, but I also lamented that she didn't get to sing "A dream is a wish your heart makes." Meanwhile, I'm far less critical of Emma Watson's Belle than most critics, mostly because the "Beauty and the Beast" retelling isn't great, but I can still admit something was lacking to transcend the character into the kind of unignorable magnetism inherent in all Disney Princesses.

Netflix is looking for contestants for an upcoming Willy Wonka-inspired series called The Golden Ticket. Those interested are invited to apply online for the chance to "step inside" the fabled factory.

The Golden Ticket will see a group of lucky contestants given the chance to visit the wonderland of Roald Dahl's original 1964 novel,Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, by getting their hands on a coveted golden ticket. A filming location and premiere date for The Golden Ticket has yet to be announced, but the competition series is currently accepting applicants. Wonka fans who are 18 years and older and United States residents are encouraged to apply on Netflix's website to compete in the "immersive factory" for a "huge" prize.

Netflix teased the obstacles contestants will face. "To achieve sweet success in this high-stakes social experiment, players will have to adapt and strategize, as a golden ticket only gets you so far,...

As most schoolchildren know, the novels of Roald Dahl are whimsical, delightful, and full of spite. Dahl's stories were rarely sentimental screeds about the magic of childhood, angling instead to describe how horrible kids have it. In most of Dahl's novels, adults are depicted as horrid and abusive, screaming at children and often physically harming them, all while the children live in poverty and destitution. Kids are only free once they stand up to the evil adults in their lives and find a way out of their miserable, Dickensian surroundings. 

The films based on the works of Roald Dahl rarely capture the author's impeccable sense of childhood misery. The films, often made by American studios, tend to skew more traditionally "Hollywood," giving them happier endings, more action-packed scenes, and fewer moments of gentle, unusual whimsy. Naturally, Dahl disliked the films based on his books, mostly stemming from his overwhelming...

Anne Hathaway’s Last 5 Films At The Worldwide Box Office(Photo Credit – Instagram)

Anne Hathaway is a renowned Hollywood actress known for her versatile performances in different kinds of films, from Devil Wears Prada to Les Miserables, Interstellar, and more. She has won several accolades in her career, including an Academy Award for her outstanding performance in Les Miserables. The actress is reportedly set to reunite with Christopher Nolan for his next The Odyssey, and it is indeed a long wait, till then, let’s browse through the last five films of the Oscar-winning star.

Hathaway got her breakthrough with Disney’s The Princess Diaries, and after multiple family films, she transitioned to more mature roles in movies like Brokeback Mountain. However, she proved to be an adept performer in all the genres. Her comedy-drama The Devil Wears Prada achieved a cult status over the years and became one of...

“The Wretched” sequel is happening.

Five years after the film’s original release, Brett and Drew Pierce (“Deadheads”) and their Little Runway Productions will begin production on “The Wretched 2” this September in Oregon, with casting underway.

The Pierce brothers — who are returning as writers, directors and producers — said in a statement to Variety, “Independent horror has been staking out its claim at the box office in the last couple of years with films like ‘Terrifier 3’ and ‘Late Night With the Devil,’ and audiences are craving more from these original stories and voices. It just seems like the right time to bring our Witch back as she was born out of us wanting more from our creature features that we just weren’t getting. We’re going to push this story and the body horror into uncomfortable places.”

Written and directed by Brett and Drew Pierce, “The Wretched” follows a...

I have become so accustomed to defining children’s or family films in this era as animated that when you come upon one that doesn’t fall into that easy definition it is a welcome shock to the system. The Legend of Ochi, premiering today in the Family Matinee section of the Sundance Film Festival, is a throwback, one of those films clearly inspired by more adventurous PG entertainments of the past and never talking down to its intended audience. As a result, the A24 release is a breath of fresh air and a stunning visual treat that will appeal well beyond the youngest members in the household.

With cinematic inspirations like The Black Stallion, My Neighbor Tortoro, Roald Dahl’s The Witches, Princess Mononoke and clearly Steven Spielberg’s masterpiece, E.T. The Extra Terrestrial, director/writer Isaiah Saxon, with his feature debut, has accomplished a striking bit of world-building,...

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings.

Film Forum

Michael Roemer’s Dying and Pilgrim, Farewell, screen (watch our exclusive trailer debut); AI: From Metropolis to Ex Machina continues; a print of The Music Man screens on Sunday.

Anthology Film Archives

Wandering Women features films by Barbara Loden, Sembène, Ken Loach, Masao Adachi and more.

IFC Center

Eraserhead, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, Mulholland Dr., and Inland Empire all screen; the classic rock doc Dig! returns with an extended recut Seven and Jennifer’s Body show late.

Roxy Cinema

Fat City screens on 35mm this Saturday alongside the return of City Dudes; Brick plays Friday.

Museum of Modern Art

A major highlight of any filmgoing year, To Save and Project continues.

Museum of the Moving Image

See It Big! Let It Snow brings The Shining, Larisa Shepitko’s The Ascent, and a 35mm print of The Gold Rush...

Robert Eggers reminds me of the babe. What babe? The babe with the power to finally, at long last, bring a sequel to Jim Henson‘s Labyrinth into the world! A day after announcing his Werwulf film project for Focus Features and Nosferatu coming to digital platforms, Robert Eggers confirms he’s writing and directing a Labyrinth sequel for TriStar Pictures. I am freaking the f**k out, friends. Labyrinth is one of my favorite films of all time, and the thought of Eggers taking the reins for a sequel to Jim Henson’s 1986 classic fantasy film is giving me life!

Plot details for Eggers’s Labyrinth sequel remain more mysterious than Jareth’s magnificent package, though sources say the film is a sequel, not a remake, to Henson’s timeless, puppet-populated masterpiece. Eggers will write the script with Sjón, his writing partner for 2022’s The Northman. The duo is...

Clint Eastwood started his acting career in the mid-1950s with various smaller and uncredited parts in both film and TV before landing his first major TV role as Rowdy Yates in Rawhide. This part and his co-starring role for 217 episodes helped transition his career from TV actor to internationally known film superstar, with his breakout roles in the Dollars Trilogy as 'The Man with No Name'. The 1960s were a decade that transformed Eastwood's career and turned him into one of the most important figures in the cinematic landscape.

Eastwood's starring roles in iconic Westerns A Fistful of Dollars and The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly launched him into the mainstream and showed his undeniable star power. They showed his ability to portray an intense, quiet, yet charismatic lead that helped change not only his career but the genre as a whole, focusing on a...

Clint Eastwood has been a Hollywood icon since he soared to stardom thanks to playing the Man With No Name in Sergio Leone's Dollars Trilogy. Having become one of the film industry's best stars and directors in the years since, the A-lister has taken on dozens of projects, racking up one of the most impressive careers in cinema. However, like most actors, he has his fair share of critical flops and box office failures too.

Best known for his work in the Western and thriller genres, Eastwood has endeared himself to generations of movie fans as a symbol of masculinity and the rugged American spirit. Typically playing the role of macho and abrasive antiheroes, the actor is far from perfect, and some movies show this. While he rarely makes a bad movie, particularly since becoming an icon, he still has his share of stories that, uncredited roles aside, simply...

Related Images invites readers behind the scenes and into the sketchbooks of working filmmakers to learn more about their creative processes.Elizabeth Sankey’s Witches is now showing exclusively on Mubi.Witches.Title cards are an underappreciated art and a powerful tool for every director. They can punctuate a moment, make it more comic, shocking, or beautiful. They can hold your hand and lead you sweetly down the garden path of the story you’re about to experience, or they can undermine your expectations and throw you for a loop. Even their placement in the runtime can have a huge impact. In the black-metal revenge thriller Mandy (2018) Panos Cosmatos waits 75 minutes before abruptly kicking his title card onto the screen. Conversely Luca Guadagnino places the card for Call Me by Your Name (2017) at the end of the film to enhance Elio’s heartbreaking stare into the fire, intensifying his crushing...

There is something about the dark fantasy movie genre that just isn't easily replicated. While many a fantasy movie has transported audiences to new and expansive worlds with epic stories of big adventures, historically the genre has also been limited by both technology and budgets that restrain movies from achieving the potential of the stories being told.

The dark fantasy genre, however, often tells smaller scale stories inspired by fairy tales, focusing on eerie atmosphere, stellar creature and set design rather than VFX spectacle. Still, many dark fantasy movies have fantastic special effects that feel as grand and epic as big budget blockbusters. Even in animation, the dark fantasy genre has delivered some of the best and scariest works in the medium.

From the apogee of the genre in the 80s, to modern examples, this list pins down the 10 best dark fantasy movies out there.

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Here is Tom Hanks' Forrest Gump reunion movie, but the film's release proves that it is good that a Forrest Gump sequel never happened. While Tom Hanks and Robert Zemeckis have collaborated since Forrest Gump, with the duo working on Cast Away, The Polar Express, and 2022's Pinocchio remake, Here is the first time that Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, and Robert Zemeckis have all worked together since the 1994 classic. While Here may not be a proper Forrest Gump sequel, the movie's performance has proven that it may be a good think that Forrest Gump 2 never happened.

Ever since Forrest Gump was released in 1994, many fans of the Robert Zemeckis film have been clamoring for a sequel. However, one still hasn't happened. While a second film has been discussed in the past, with a story even being planned, Tom Hanks and Robert Zemeckis haven't made Forrest Gump 2. Hanks and Zemeckis both...

“Here” is here.

Robert Zemeckis’ latest, which serves as a reunion with his “Forrest Gump” stars Tom Hanks and Robin Wright, along with that film’s writer Eric Roth, serves as an adaptation of Richard McGuire’s celebrated graphic novel. The movie takes place with a single, locked off location – a suburban living room. Through that living room, though, Zemeckis shows a truly incredible passage of time and zeroes in on the life of a couple (Hanks and Wright) as they maneuver through their own story.

It’s the kind of story that only Zemeckis could tell – epic and yet intimate, technologically advanced but also seamless, universal and specific, elaborate and plainspoken.

But how can you watch “Here” – will you have to leave your living room to watch the story of somebody else’s living room? Well, we’ve got you covered.

What is the release date?

“Here” hits theaters on November 1.

Is it streaming?...

It’s shaping up to be a Huston family Christmas.

Siblings and Hollywood royalty Anjelica and Danny Huston are teaming on a new project, The Christmas Witch Trial of La Befana, a hybrid animated and live-action feature film that is currently shooting in Los Angeles and Ontario, Canada.

HighballTV confirmed the details of the film, which was written by David James Brock and HighballTV’s Melissa D’Agostino based on an idea they conceived with Matt Campagna who is also directing with D’Agostino, a frequent creative partner. Johnathan Sharp is producing.

The plot follows a peculiar court case that unspools after the children in a rural Italian village kidnap their legendary Christmas witch, played by Huston, and put her on trial in an attempt to stop her annual judgment from their lives. While casting a spell through witches, fantasy and Italian folklore, the project is said to touch on universal themes of grief,...

Robert Zemeckis reunites with Tom Hanks and Robin Wright for an ugly de-aged nightmare that boringly follows the same house throughout time

A swirl of concern and outright fear has long been following Robert Zemeckis’s unusual big bet Here, a 30-year reunion for his Forrest Gump co-stars Tom Hanks and Robin Wright. The film, based on Richard McGuire’s comic strip turned graphic novel, was heralded as the most ambitious use of digital de-aging yet, following the pair through the decades, from teenage years to final days, as part of an ensemble of characters who have lived in the same space over time. Early stills, and a trailer, had clued us into the film being plainly terrifying but nothing had quite prepared us for just how unforgivably dull it would also be. Here lies the year’s most eerie and embarrassing misfire.

Zemeckis was once a director who knew...

Robert Zemeckis has always been a filmmaker who doubles as a magician. His films are loaded with neat little tricks, and, as is the case with any good magician, you find yourself wondering how he pulled them off. His debut "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" used clever editing, archival footage, and stand-ins to recreate the Beatles' debut on The Ed Sullivan Show. The "Back to the Future" trilogy is bursting with eye-popping special effects. "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" seamlessly blended live-action and animation. "Death Becomes Her" is overloaded with gross-out gags. "Forrest Gump" found fun little ways to insert Tom Hanks into moments of televised American history. The list goes on and on. But at some point, the trickery began to overwhelm the process. His "Beowulf," "The Polar Express," and "A Christmas Carol" embraced heavy motion-capture animation with ghastly, uncanny valley results ("The Polar Express" has somehow become a recurring...

Critics' reviews for Tom Hanks' new movie, Here, have arrived, but they are not so great. Based on the 2014 graphic novel by Richard McGuire, Here tells the story of multiple generations of couples and families who have lived in the same house spanning centuries. Killers of the Flower Moon screenwriter Eric Roth co-wrote the film with Oscar-winning filmmaker, Robert Zemeckis, who also produced and directed the film. Here stars Tom Hanks and Robin Wright in lead roles, reuniting onscreen for the first time since co-starring in Zemeckis' 1994 movie Forrest Gump, along with Paul Bettany and Kelly Reilly.

The first reviews for Here are in, and critics have found themselves generally unimpressed with the Forrest Gump reunion. The Daily Beast called the Robert Zemeckis movie "an embarrassment." IndieWire echos the same sentiment, calling out the director for wasting "a de-aged Tom Hanks and Robin Wright." IGN points out that the movie...

Stanley Tucci recently opened up about the unexpected challenges he faced in his acting career after his acclaimed role in The Devil Wears Prada.

Despite the film’s immense success, Tucci, now 63, revealed in a Vanity Fair interview that finding work afterward was difficult.

“After The Devil Wears Prada, I couldn’t get a job, and I didn’t quite understand that, but that’s just the way it was. So I went and did stuff that I didn’t necessarily want to do, but I did it,” Tucci shared while promoting his latest project, Conclave.

Reflecting on His Career

Under the direction of editor Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep), he portrayed magazine art director Nigel Kipling in Prada, who assisted the lead heroine Andrea Sachs (Anne Hathaway) in navigating the fast-paced fashion world.

The David Frankel-directed film was a critical and commercial success, grossing over $326 million globally and earning...

Halloween is almost here, and so are celebrities who show their creativity through amazing costumes. Anne Hathaway, whose career has taken her through many different genres and an Oscar, is already going viral with her costume this year.

In a post shared on her Instagram account on Oct. 25, Anne Hathaway debuted her "Boo York City" character for this year. The post went viral, with over 1 million likes in less than 24 hours. The inspiration for her character is uncertain, but it can range from Monster High to Harley Quinn, and it was a huge hit with her followers.

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Everyone knows Anne Hathaway has many talents. Acting is her main job, and she's terrific at it, as highlighted by her Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for 2012's Les Misrables. However, her former roles also proved singing is one of her strong suits.

From an evil queen pondering “Mirror, mirror on the wall: Who is the fairest of them all?” to Three Weird Sisters chanting “Double, double toil and trouble! Fire burn, and cauldron bubble,” witchcraft has been something of a skeleton key across centuries of storytelling on screen and in print. As old as ghost stories themselves, witches are fabled beings — typically more human than creature, but sometimes vice versa — known for using magic to abuse and manipulate us mere mortals.

Some witches feed on children; see Roald Dahl‘s “The Witches” and its two film adaptations starring Anjelica Huston and Anne Hathaway respectively. Some witches just want to be loved; consider the appropriately-named “The Love Witch” or the middle chunk of “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.” Others crave beauty, youth, power, or something altogether more sinister; think the unending greed examined in Luca Guadagnino’s astounding re-imagining of Dario Argento’s “Suspiria.

Netflix is conjuring up an entire haunted house’s worth of ways for fans to celebrate Halloween, with a screening series, “Stranger Things” merch tie-ins including new Squishmallows, live experiences and costume suggestions. The push to keep viewers engaging with spooky content throughout the month, both in-person and on streaming, includes the new Netflix & Chills Halloween hub, headlined by videos that guide viewers through themed rows such as “Killer Costume Ideas” and “Halloween Party Playlist.”

On the merchandising front, Squishmallows is collaborating with the series to launch four new “Stranger Things”-inspired Squishmallow plush toys including Max Mayfield and Vecna exclusively on Walmart.com in November. Other merchandise inspired by the show includes a a life-sized 7-foot-tall inflatable Demogorgon, “Stranger Things” pumpkin decorating and carving kits and a Hellfire Club party bundle.

The streamer is also celebrating “Stranger Things” with a Halloween screening event featuring the Season 2 Halloween episode “Trick or Treat,...

During the latest episode of Agatha All Along, "Through Many Miles of Tricks and Trials," we see Agatha (Kathryn Hahn) and her coven of witches, plus Teen (Joe Locke), go up against their first trial along The Witches Road. However, despite the dark stakes, poisoned wine, and vivid hallucinations, one moment in particular stood out as truly frightening. That is the moment when Sharon (Debra Jo Rupp) says to the rest of the witches Wanda? Wanda, Im begging you. Let him breathe, please. Its such a different look at Debra Jo Rupp in this role, and comes out of almost nowhere. We knew the wine was poisoned by this point, identified by Jen (Sasheer Zamata) as Alewifes Revenge. However, it's still shocking how the hallucinations are not abstract horror, but cause the victim to go through traumatic hallucinations which appear to be tied to their past.

Quick Links Rings of Power Confirms Celebrimbor Knows of Sauron's Manipulation Rings of Power Has Celebrimbor Wanting to Outdo Sauron

The following contains spoilers for The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Season 2, Episode 5, "Halls of Stone," now streaming on Prime Video.

In The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Season 2, fans are witnessing the full game that Sauron played in Middle-earth's past. It's rewriting J. R. R. Tolkien's lore, expanding the story of his shape-shifting to Annatar. This allows him to work in a different form at the Eregion Forge and make the mystical rings.

Ironically, Season 2 confirms the most irredeemable character in the show isn't Sauron, but the master Elven forger, Celebrimbor. There's also a huge reason why Celebrimbor is to blame for what transpired down the line with the One Ring, no matter how evil Sauron is.

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“Sabrina the Teenage Witch” is a certified Criterion title, believe it or not.

The beloved franchise about a beloved occult teen, iconically played by Melissa Joan Hart, is officially amongst the new streaming selections for the Criterion Channel. “Sabrina the Teenage Witch” centered on Sabrina (Hart), a high school student who lives with her two aunts Hilda (Caroline Rhea) and Zelda (Beth Broderick) as she navigates coming into her powers. Her cat Salem (Frank Conniff) also provides snarky spiritual guidance.

The ABC-produced franchise was based on the comic book series that debuted in 1971. The “Sabrina the Teenage Witch” show is available to stream on Paramount+ as of 2023.

The 1996 TV movie was a spinoff of the TV series, and was followed by 1998’s “Sabrina Goes to Rome” and 1999’s “Sabrina Down Under.”

Now, “Sabrina the Teenage Witch” joins Criterion’s “Witches” programming for October 2024, ushering in the 40-year anniversary of the Criterion platform.

The Criterion Channel’s at its best when October rolls around, consistently engaging in the strongest horror line-ups of any streamer. 2024 will bring more than a few iterations of their spooky programming: “Horror F/X” highlights the best effects-based scares through the likes of Romero, Cronenberg, Lynch, Tobe Hooper, James Whale; “Witches” does what it says on the tin (and inside the tin is the underrated Italian anthology film featuring Clint Eastwood cuckolded by Batman); “Japanese Horror” runs the gamut of classics; a Stephen King series puts John Carpenter and The Lawnmower Man on equal playing ground; October’s Criterion Editions are Rosemary’s Baby, Night of the Hunter, Häxan; a made-for-tv duo includes Carpenter’s underrated Someone’s Watching Me!; meanwhile, The Wailing and The Babadook stream alongside a collection of Cronenberg and Stephanie Rothman titles.

Otherwise, Winona Ryder and Raúl Juliá are given retrospectives, as are filmmakers Arthur J. Bressan Jr. and Lionel Rogosin.

Diana Bishop got her philosophy doctorate at the University of Oxford, she’s one of the youngest ever to be tenured at Yale, and she’s a published author. She’s also a witch — but she’d prefer to ignore that part of her identity. She’s not well-versed in magic, and she’d like to keep it that way. In fact, she can barely control her powers. But when a research fellowship brings her back to Oxford, England, and she stumbles upon a centuries-old manuscript that every supernatural creature is salivating to get their hands on, it puts her in grave danger. Luckily, she finds protection from an unlikely source: an elusive vampire. The fantasy series A Discovery of Witches, based on the All Souls book series by Deborah Harkness, stars Teresa Palmer, Matthew Goode, and Edward Bluemel.

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There are three seasons of the fantasy series.

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Sailor Moon is five seasons long, with a new story arc for each season. Each story arc has a different set of villains, including a main protagonist (often controlled by a grand puppeteer character), and a set or two of minor villains and henchmen.

I can't recommend Oddity enough to Daily Dead readers. From writer / director Damian Mc Carthy the film plays like an Amicus horror film segment, with excellent acting, and enough scares to keep you on the edge of your seat from start to finish. I had the chance to talk with Damian Mc Carthy, who spoke about his love of horror, and the making of the film:

I loved Oddity and it's very clear from watching the film how much you love the horror genre. Can you talk about your early experiences watching horror movies?

Damian Mc Carthy: My parents had a VHS store when I was growing up, so I was always in the horror section. My dad was a big horror fan, so he was always showing me '80s movies, like Poltergeist and Alien. So that's where the love of it began, and I just wanted to know more about it,...

Since we’re talking about the short films, I’ll accordingly keep this brief. Here are five reasons why “The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar” will win the Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.

1. It’s the clear standout in the category.

All five nominees are exceptional — the others being “The After,” “Red, White and Blue,” “Invincible” and “Knight of Fortune.” In a less competitive year, any one of them could easily walk away with the prize. But it’s simply too hard for anything to top “Henry Sugar.” Based on the short story of the same name by celebrated children’s author Roald Dahl, the film is seamlessly adapted to the screen with the same charm, wit and magic of the original tale. “Henry Sugar” features superb acting, exquisite costume and production design, beautiful cinematography and sharp editing. It holds an outstanding 95% “Certified Fresh” rating on Rotten Tomatoes,...

Anne Hathaway has worked hard to establish herself as one of the best actresses in all of Hollywood, as her grace and elegance in every single role have won the hearts and minds of not just fans, but peers as well.

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Hathaway is known for her incredible roles in films such as The Princess Diaries, The Dark Knight Rises, Les Miserables, and many more. With that said, Anne Hathaway’s The Idea of You has been haunting fans for a very good reason.

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The Idea of You portrays a May-December romance centered around Solène (played by Anne Hathaway), a single mother who...

This article contains spoilers for "Five Nights at Freddy's."

There's an endless debate between film fans on what it is exactly that makes a film "camp." For some, it's a shorthand to mean "so bad, it's good," while others (like myself) view it as a sacred form of presentation. Camp films are often exaggerated to the point of absurdity, tiptoeing the line of the uncanny, and with a sense of humor that is either unintentionally brilliant or delivered with tongue planted firmly in cheek. Of my 15 favorite movies of all time, more than half of the titles could be argued as camp classics. While there are plenty of universally understood camp films, the intentional lack of a formal metric means that a film's camp status will change from viewer to viewer, determined by vibes and a "you know it when you see it" attitude.

My first camp film was Tim Burton's oft-maligned alien comedy,...

Despite how prevalent they are in spooky media, you’d be surprised at how rare it used to be for traditionally recognizable witches to be the main antagonists in scary movies. Sure, we got the eerie crones of the pseudo-documentary Haxan and even a dancing coven in Suspiria, but for the longest time, witches were relegated to humorous stereotypes akin to the Sanderson Sisters rather than anything truly terrifying. It’s only recently that modern classics like The Witch and Gretel and Hansel have made potions and broomsticks scary again, revisiting the disturbing origins of these myths in ways that genre films of the 20th century simply couldn’t handle.

There are a few exceptions to this rule, however, and one of my favorites just so happens to be a bizarre trilogy that dared to ask what would happen if a potion-brewing maniac from the early days of America found himself transported to modern times.

Haunted Mansion is a fantasy horror film directed by Justin Simien, from a screenplay by Katie Dippold. Based on Disney’s theme park of the same name, the film revolves around a mother and a son who hire a motley crew to get rid of the supernatural entities living in their house. Haunted Mansion stars Lakeith Stanfield, Rosario Dawson, Tiffany Haddish, Owen Wilson, Danny DeVito, Chase Dillon, Jamie Lee Curtis, Winona Ryder, and Jared Leto. So, if you loved the Disney film here are some similar movies you could watch next.

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Synopsis: Suit up for classic comedy! Peter Venkman (Bill Murray), Ray Stantz (Dan Aykroyd), Egon Spengler (Harold Ramis) and Winston Zeddemore (Ernie Hudson) take a chance on going freelance, de-haunting houses in a new ghost removal service. As soon as they open their doors, their first order of business becomes...

Modern kids entertainment is often too concerned about upsetting children to give horror a chance, but kids can handle more than we give them credit for. Kids found horror through gaming, social media, and internet culture, leading to the popularity of games like Five Nights at Freddy's. Kids horror dominated culture in the '90s and 2000s, with films like The Witches and Goosebumps, but has since faded due to controversy and parental concerns.

From books to video games to film and television, horror continues to be one of the most popular genres of storytelling in nearly every medium. There's something about being scared by entertainment that people can't get enough of. While horror continues to thrive to this day, most of it is made with mature audiences in mind, with kids content being left out of the equation in recent years. There are a few exceptions, but for the most part,...

“Nothing is what it seems.” A seemingly offhand remark made early in Don’t Look Now is slowly revealed to be the theme around which the film revolves.

Nicolas Roeg’s directorial efforts may not have always connected with audiences immediately, but his impressionistic approach has aged like fine wine. Don’t Look Now, in particular, was decades ahead of its time upon its release in 1973.

The screenplay — written by Allan Scott and Chris Bryant (The Awakening), based on a 1971 short story by Daphne du Maurier — analyzes the psychological effects of trauma through a horror lens; a motif we’ve seen explored many times over in recent years, from Ari Aster’s filmography to David Gordon Green’s Halloween trilogy.

Following the tragic drowning of their young daughter, architect John Baxter and bereaved wife Laura travel from their English country home to Venice to oversee the restoration of a church. After a...

Classic Hollywood stars, known for their work in other genres, also took on roles in horror movies, delivering iconic performances. Famous actresses like Barbara Stanwyck and Joan Crawford showcased their talent in psychological horror films, proving their versatility. Notable actors such as Charlton Heston and Gregory Peck dipped their toes into the horror genre, adding depth to their filmography.

Many actors choose to stay away from horror movies for different reasons, so it might come as a surprise that some classic Hollywood actors, known for their works in other genres, appeared in at least one horror movie. The horror genre has seen a variety of actors, many of them known for their performances in other genres, while others dedicate most of their careers to appearing in scary movies. However, what might seem surprising to many, is to know that some classic Hollywood stars also gave the horror genre a chance at some point.

Warner Bros. Pictures’ second Wonka trailer features Willy meeting his first Oompa Loompa, showing off wacky inventions, and then running into trouble when his candy wows chocolate-lovers. The gorgeous, nearly three-minute trailer reveals new footage but primarily focuses on the relationship between Wonka (Timothee Chalamet) and Lofty the Oompa Loompa (Hugh Grant).

In addition to Oscar nominee Timothee Chalament (Call Me By Your Name) as the titular character, the fantasy film stars Calah Lane (The Day Shall Come), Emmy winner Keegan-Michael Key (Schmigadoon), Paterson Joseph (Noughts + Crosses), Matt Lucas (Paddington), Mathew Baynton (The Wrong Mans), Oscar nominee Sally Hawkins (The Shape of Water), Rowan Atkinson (Johnny English), Jim Carter (Downton Abbey), and Oscar winner Olivia Colman (The Favourite).

Additional stars include Natasha Rothwell (White Lotus), Rich Fulcher (Marriage Story), Rakhee Thakrar (Sex Education), Tom Davis (Paddington 2), and Kobna Holdbrook-Smith (Zack Snyder’s Justice League).

Paddington‘s Paul King...

Timothée Chalamet stars as a young Willy Wonka in the upcoming film Wonka, promising an irresistibly vivid and inventive spectacle. The film is a prequel to Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, telling the story of how Willy Wonka became the beloved character we know today. Wonka boasts an all-star cast including Keegan-Michael Key, Sally Hawkins, Rowan Atkinson, Olivia Colman, and Hugh Grant, among many others.

Academy Award nominee Timothée Chalamet is a young Willy Wonka in the latest trailer for Wonka. Coming courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures, and starring Chalamet in the title role, this irresistibly vivid and inventive big screen spectacle will introduce audiences to a young Willy Wonka, chock-full of ideas and determined to change the world one delectable bite at a time—proving that the best things in life begin with a dream, and if you’re lucky enough to meet Willy Wonka, anything is possible.

Netflix has successfully adapted Roald Dahl's works with respect and creativity, and there is potential for them to adapt other children's authors like Enid Blyton. The success of Wes Anderson's take on Dahl's short stories shows Netflix's commitment to honoring the original material and exploring new interpretations. There is a need for imaginative and intelligent adaptations of children's books, and Netflix has the opportunity to fill this gap by bringing classic literature, like Blyton's The Faraway Tree, to a new generation.

After Netflix bought the rights to Roald Dahl's entire catalog of works, audiences were intrigued by what they would do with the material. Dahl is a prolific British children's author who has created some of the most memorable stories within the medium. From the Bfg to Matilda and Charlie and the Chocolate Family, there have been many different attempts to take these narratives to the big screen.

Wes Anderson will adapt three additional Roald Dahl short stories, including "The Swan," "Poison," and "Ratcatcher," for "The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar" anthology. Anderson describes the short films as "very, very strange" and reveals that "Ratcatcher" comes from an obscure Dahl book set in rural England. Anderson expresses his opposition to censorship and editing of Dahl's works, stating that once a piece of art is done, it should not be modified, and that only the author should have the authority to make changes.

While speaking with press at the Venice Film Festival, auteur Wes Anderson revealed that he will adapt three additional Roald Dahl short stories to add to The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar anthology (via Variety). One of those stories, The Swan, is part of Dahl's short story collection The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More, published in 1977, while the other two, titled Poison and Ratcatcher,...

Wes Anderson’s new short film, The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, marks the second time the director has made an adaptation of a work by the celebrated author Roald Dahl. So, it’s no surprise that when he held a press conference at the Venice Film Festival for the premiere on Friday, September 1st, he was asked about his thoughts on the edits publishers made to Dahl’s books for a recently released collection meant for kids, which included rewrites intended to remove “offensive” language.

“Certainly no one who is not an author should be modifying somebody’s book,” he said at the press conference. “I don’t even want the artist to modify their work… I understand the motivation for it, but I’m in the school where, when the piece of work is done, we participate in it. The audience participates in it. We know it. So,...

Released in 1991, Drop Dead Fred is an American comedy starring Phoebe Cates as a woman having just been left by her partner, and featured Rik Mayall as her repressed childhood imaginary friend/imp/demon. Most famed now for English comic actor Mayall's hurried and exhaustingly manic performance as the red-haired/green-suited Fred, the movie itself has found a second lease in life through its take on mental health in the most creative, appropriately imaginative, and colorful of ways.

Time is a healer. And Drop Dead Fred is an entity that, with a changing and now more nuanced approach to mental health in general, can have its straight jacket torn off and its subject inside re-analyzed. On release, the film was pretty much universally panned. Writing for The Chicago Tribune at the time, Gene Siskel had no love lost as he pitied the movie with zero stars and called it "easily...

The Sandman proved to be a critical success for Netflix after the cast managed to bring the iconic comic book characters to life. Based on the Neil Gaiman comic book series, which ran from 1989-1996, The Sandman mainly follows the life of Dream/Morpheus (Tom Sturridge), who is forced to track down totems of power after he is captured by a wizard and imprisoned in a glass bottle for 106 years later. However, complications soon arose when Dream/Morpheus discovers that many of these totems are in the hands of several powerful entities, and he must bargain with them if he wants to restore his kingdom, the Dreaming, back to its natural state.

While Sturridge perfectly embodies Morpheus/Dream's stubborn and complex personality, he isn't the only character to stand out in The Sandman. Also among the cast are several recognizable and high-profile stars, including Gwendoline Christie, David Thewlis, Joely Richardson,...

Sinqua Walls and Jack Harlow in White Men Can’t Jump Screenshot: 20th Century Studios/Youtube 30 years ago, cinema asked a question: Can white men jump? 1992's White Men Can’t Jump seemed to provide a sensible answer, but as is the scientific way, one test isn’t always enough. It may have taken Hollywood a second,...

Clockwise from left to right: The Bfg (1989); Fantastic Mr. Fox; Matilda; Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory; The Witches (1990) Screenshot: ITV/Searchlight Pictures/Sony Pictures/Paramount Pictures/Warner Bros. Pictures Like so many slightly odd, library-obsessed kids, some of my earliest youthful fantasies (and nightmares) were a product of Roald Dahl’s mind.

Netflix has landed the feature film rights to Kotaro Isaka’s novel, “Seesaw Monster.” The film version is set to star Anne Hathaway and Salma Hayek Pinault as rivals forced to work together.

Isaka is best known for writing “Maria Beetle,” which was adapted into 2022’s comedic thriller “Bullet Train” starring Brad Pitt. “Seesaw Monster” is not related to the Japanese author’s “Hitman” trilogy, which includes “Maria Beetle” and “Three Assassins,” the inspiration behind the 2015 movie “Grasshopper.”

Plot details for “Seesaw Monster” haven’t been revealed, but Netflix describes the movie as “an action-comedy two-hander” between Hathaway and Hayek Pinault. Olivia Milch, whose credits include writing, directing and producing Netflix’s “Dude” and co-writing “Ocean’s 8,” is penning the screenplay. It’s unclear who will direct the film.

Hathaway and Hayek Pinault will also serve as producers alongside Akiva Goldsman, Gregory Lessans, Ryosuke Saegusa and Yuma Terada. Executive producers include Jose Tamez,...

Anne Hathaway comments on the popular The Devil Wears Prada theory that Nate is the true villain of the movie. The 2006 classic stars Hathaway, Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt, and Adrien Grenier, and was major hit in the early 2000s. The Devil Wears Prada tells the story of aspiring journalist Andy (Hathaway), who lands what seems to be a dream job at a prestigious fashion magazine. However, when she gets there, the job is not all she thought it would be, as she suddenly finds herself as a personal assistant to cold and demanding editor-in-chief Miranda Priestly, played brilliantly by Streep and inspired by Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour.

In the movie, Miranda appears to be the obvious villain, making Andy's life a living hell. Instead of writing stories as she so desperately wanted, Hathaway's Andy finds herself doing absurd tasks and getting more and more isolated from friends and family, as...

It’s easy to take Anne Hathaway for granted. She’s that smart tall girl who always does her homework, raises her hand, and knows the answer. She’s been in demand in Hollywood since her 2001 breakout in “The Princess Diaries” and she’s been rewarded for her doing her best: She earned a Best Actress Oscar nomination for her recovering addict in Jonathan Demme’s 2009 drama “Rachel Getting Married, and she won the Supporting Actress Oscar in 2013 for her moist and skeletal singing of “I Dreamed a Dream” in “Les Misérables.”

And then, social media slagged Hathaway for her goody-two-shoes perfectionism. At last week’s Elle annual Women in Hollywood tribute, Hathaway admitted that her time in the virtual hate box left scars. “Ten years ago, I was given an opportunity to look at the language of hatred from a new perspective,” she said. “For context — this was a...

In what has been heavily buzzed around town, Jesse Ehrman has been named President, Production and Development at Warner Bros Pictures.

The studio has also upped Cate Adams, Peter Dodd and Sheila Walcott to SVP Production, Warner Bros Pictures.

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Additionally, studio veteran Kevin McCormick will continue in his role as EVP Production, working closely with Ehrman.

The announcements were made Thursday by Michael De Luca and Pamela Abdy, Co-Chairs and CEOs, Warner Bros. Pictures Group.

As the new David Zaslav regime has taken over the studio in the newly minted merger of WarnerMedia and Discovery, the motion picture division saw a string of exits including Motion Picture Group chairman Toby Emmerich,...