HOCUS POCUS 2 (2022)

 

Directed by: Anne Fletcher

Starring: Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Najimy, Doug Jones, Sam Richardson, Whitney Peak, Belissa Escobedo, Lilia Buckingham, Tony Hale, Froy Gutierrez, Ginger Minj, Kornbread Jete, Kahmora Hall, Hannah Waddingham

103 minutes

(PG - some language, scary sequences)

PLOT:

In 1653, in Salem, the teenager Winifred Sanderson is banned from the village by the local Reverend Traske after refusing to get married with John Pritchett. She causes a havoc in the town and runs with her sisters Sarah and Mary to the forbidden forest, where they meet the Witch Mother that gives a magic spell book to Winifred. On the present days, in Salem, people are celebrating Halloween and the aspirant witch Becca will celebrate her sixteenth birthday with her friend Izzy. They both miss their friend Cassie that is dating a school mate. When the owner of a magic store Gilbert gives a magic candle to Becca as birthday gift, she goes to the forest with Izzy and they summon the Sanderson sisters. Winifred Sanderson, Sarah and Mary return seeking children to eat and revenge against the Traske's descendants. What can Becca and Izzy do to stop the sisters?

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HOCUS POCUS (1993)

 

Directed by: Kenny Ortega

Screenplay by: Mick Garris, Neil Cuthbert

Starring: Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Najimy, Thora Birch, Omri Katz, Vinessa Shaw, Amanda Shepherd, Larry Bagby, Tobias Jelinek, Stephanie Faracy, Charles Rocket, Doug Jones, Sean Murray, Jason Marsden, Steve Voboril, Norbert Weisser, Kathleen Freeman, Joe Malone, Garry Marshall, Penny Marshall

96 minutes

(PG - some language, scary sequences)

PLOT:

In the year 1693, three sisters, Winifred, Mary and Sarah were executed for their practicing witchcraft, but not before their living book of spells revealed to them an infernal resurrection ritual. 300 years later, teenager Max Dennison is a newcomer to Salem, struggling to adjust after growing up in California. Now, he must spend the evening escorting his younger sister, door to door for trick or treating while their parents enjoy the town Halloween dance. Max's efforts to impress a girl lead him to inadvertently complete the forgotten spell. From there on out, it's a non-stop, fun-filled chase as the witches pursue the children, determined to perform their spells before sunrise or else the witches will be gone forever. Max, Dani, and Allison work together to outrun, outwit, and outlast the evil trio and their magical arsenal, with the fate of all the children of Salem hanging in the balance.

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BLACK PHONE 2 (2025)

 




















Directed by: Scott Derrickson
Starring: Ethan Hawke, Mason Thames, Madeleine McGraw, Jeremy Davies, Demian Bichir, Miguel Mora, Arianna Rivas, Maev Beaty, Graham Abbey, James Ransone, Anna Lore, Simon Webster, Shepherd Munroe, Chase B. Robertson

114 minutes
(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, violence, gore, drug use)

PLOT:
As Finn, now 17, struggles with life after his captivity, his sister begins receiving calls in her dreams from the black phone and seeing disturbing visions of three boys being stalked at a winter camp known as Alpine Lake.

TRAILER:

CHANCES ARE (1989)

 




















Directed by: Emile Ardolino
Starring: Cybill Shepherd, Robert Downey Jr, Ryan O'Neal, Mary Stuart Masterson, Christopher McDonald, Josef Sommer, Joe Grifasi, Henderson Forsythe, Fran Ryan, James Noble, Marc McClure, Susan Ruttan, Mimi Kennedy, Kathleen Freeman, Dennis Patrick, Martin Garner, Gianni Russo, Lester Lanin

108 minutes
(PG - adult language, adult themes, adult situations)

PLOT:
A reincarnated man unknowingly falls in love with his own daughter from his previous life. Once he realizes this, he tries to end their relationship before angels erase his memory.

TRAILER:

THE RIGHT STUFF (1983)

 

Directed by: Philip Kaufman
Based on the non-fiction book by: Tom Wolfe
Starring: Sam Shepard, Ed Harris, Scott Glenn, Fred Ward, Dennis Quaid, Barbara Hershey, Levon Helm, Lance Henriksen, Scott Paulin, Veronica Cartwright, Jane Dornacker, Harry Shearer, Jeff Goldblum, Kim Stanley, Pamela Reed, Charles Frank, Donald Moffat, Mary Jo Deschanel, Scott Wilson, Kathy Baker, Mickey Crocker, Susan Kase, Mittie Smith, Royal Dano, David Clennon, Scott Beach, John P. Ryan, Eric Sevareid, William Russ, Robert Beer, Peggy Davis, John Dehner, Royce Grones, Anthony Munoz, David Gulpilil, Chuck Yeager

192 minutes
(PG - adult language, adult themes, adult situations)

PLOT:
The post-WWII period in the US is a time of grandeur and hope, wanting to do things bigger and better than had ever been done before. Within the military, this attitude applies largely to flight, where there is a continual race not only to fly faster and higher but do it first and especially before the Soviets. The men that are going to achieve these feats are the ones with the "right stuff". One of those initial targets is to break the sound barrier - Mach 1 - with pilots in the newly commissioned US Air Force at Edwards Air Force Base in California primarily those attempting the feat, many who will die in the process. But with what is happening in the Soviet Union will accelerate the American space program, which will largely usurp the political and public consciousness on those aeronautic feats. However, many within the space program and many pilots downgrade the importance of "man behind the wheel" in getting into space. Regardless, many pilots apply for the seven positions within the first American space program - Mercury - the seven chosen who do whatever they can to make flying expertise an important aspect of the job. In all these situations, the support from the women behind the men is demonstrated, they who have the continual fact of one in four not making it back from a flight in the front of their minds. The motivations of the individuals comprising the pilots, the astronauts and the wives are also shown.

TRAILER:

NEVER BACK DOWN (2008)

 




















Directed by: Jeff Wadlow
Starring: Sean Faris, Cam Gigandet, Amber Heard, Djimon Hounsou, Evan Peters, Leslie Hope, Wyatt Smith, Chele Andre, Tilky Jones, Neil Brown Jr, Lauren Leech, Jonathan Eusebio, Anthony Matos, Daniel Hernandez, Justin A. Williams

115 minutes
(PG-13 - adult language, adult themes, adult situations, violence)

PLOT:
A frustrated and conflicted teenager arrives at a new high school to discover an underground fight club, and meets a classmate who begins to coerce him into fighting.

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THE MOUNTAIN BETWEEN US (2017)

 




















Directed by: Hany Abu-Assad
Based on the novel by: Charles Martin
Starring: Idris Elba, Kate Winslet, Dermot Mulroney, Beau Bridges

112 minutes
(PG-13 - adult language, adult themes, adult situations, some violence, scenes of peril)

PLOT:
Stranded after a tragic plane crash, two strangers must forge a connection to survive the extreme elements of a remote snow-covered mountain. When they realize help is not coming, they embark on a perilous journey across the wilderness.

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