THE WITCHES (2020)

 




















Directed by: Robert Zemeckis
Based on the novel by: Roald Dahl
Screenplay by: Kenya Barris, Guillermo del Toro
Starring: Anne Hathaway, Octavia Spencer, Stanley Tucci, Kristin Chenoweth, Jahzir Bruno, Codie-Lei Eastick, Charles Edwards, Morgana Robinson, Josette Simon, Chris Rock, Miranda Sarfo Peprah, Eugenia Caruso, Ana-Maria Maskell, Orla O'Rourke, Penny Lisle, Simon Manyonda, Philippe Spall, Brian Bovell

104 minutes
(PG - adult language, adult themes, adult situations, sci-fi/fantasy violence)

PLOT:
A young boy and his grandmother have a run-in with a coven of witches and their leader as they gather for a conference to discuss a diabolical plan for world domination, especially targeting children.

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FIDO (2006)

 




















Directed by: Andrew Currie
Starring: Billy Connolly, K'Sun Ray, Carrie-Anne Moss, Dylan Baker, Henry Czerny, Tim Blake Nelson, Sonja Bennett, Alexia Fast, Terry M. Keyes, Aaron Brown, Brandon Olds, Jennifer Clement, Rob LaBelle, Tiffany Lyndall-Knight, Mary Black, Raymond E. Bailey

91 minutes
(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, violence, zombie gore)

PLOT:
In a society where humanity has narrowly won a war against a zombie outbreak and technology allows for zombies to be used as working slaves, a young boy's close friendship with his family's household zombie becomes problematic.

NARUTO THE MOVIE - LEGEND OF THE STONE OF GELEL (2005)

 




















Directed by: Hirotsugu Kawasaki
Starring: (voices) Junko Takeuchi, Maile Flanagan, Chie Nakamura, Kate Higgins, Showtaro Morikubo, Tom Gibis, Akira Ishida, Liam O'Brien, Yasuyuki Kase, Michael Lindsay, Akio Nojima, Douglas Rye, Gamon Kaai, Yuko Kato, Roger Craig Smith, Urara Takano, Kari Wahlgren, Sachiko Kojima, Jennifer Hale, Houko Kuwashima, Megan Hollingshead, Tomoka Kurokawa, Michelle Ruff, Nachi Nozawa, Kyle Hebert

97 minutes
(TV-14 - animated sci-fi/fantasy violence)

PLOT:
Naruto, Sakura and Shikamaru are on a mission to deliver a lost pet to a village when a mysterious knight appears to confront them.

ANIME FEATURE

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THE ROMANCE OF TRANSPORTATION IN CANADA (1952)

 















Directed by: Colin Low
Narrated by: Guy Glover

12 minutes
(NR - suitable for all ages)

PLOT:
A humorous survey of the history of the development of transportation technology in Canada.

Part of the postwar "Canada Carries On" series of shorts.

ACTUAL SHORT:

THE GREAT DICTATOR (1940)

 




















Directed by: Charlie Chaplin
Starring: Charlie Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Jack Oakie, Henry Daniell, Reginald Gardiner, Billy Gilbert, Maurice Moscovich, Grace Hayle, Carter DeHaven, Emma Dunn, Bernard Gorcey, Paul Weigel, Chester Conklin, Esther Michelson, Hank Mann, Florence Wright, Eddie Gribbon, Robert O. Davis, Eddie Dunn, Nita Pike, Peter Lynn, Stanley "Tiny" Sandford, Joe Bordeaux, Val Stanton

125 minutes
(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:
Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.

REVIEW:

KILLJOY (2000)

 




















Directed by: Craig Ross
Starring: Angel Vargas, Vera Yell, Lee Marks, D. Austin, Jamal Grimes, Corey Hampton, Rani Goulant, Napiera Groves, Arthur Burghardt, William L. Johnson, Penny Ford, Dionne Rochelle, Carl Washington

72 minutes
(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, violence, gore)

PLOT:
Deep in an inner city hell, a ghastly figure is killing off the bad guys. A vigilante, or a demon? For the beautiful high school student, Jada, that's the question that will bring her face to face with the killer clown Killjoy.

THE KILLING FIELDS (1984)

 




















Directed by: Roland Joffe
Based on the book "The Death and Life of Dith Pran" by: Sydney Schanberg
Starring: Sam Waterston, Haing S. Ngor, Julian Sands, Craig T. Nelson, John Malkovich, Athol Fugard, Spalding Gray, Bill Paterson, Graham Kennedy, Patrick Malahide, Nell Campbell, Joanna Merlin, Monirak Sisowath

141 minutes
(R - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, violence, scenes of war)

PLOT:
Sydney Schanberg is a New York Times journalist covering the civil war in Cambodia. Together with the local journalist Dith Pran, they cover some of the tragedy and madness of the war. When the American forces leave, Dith Pran sends his family with them, but stays behind himself to help Schanberg cover the event. As an American, Schanberg won't have any trouble leaving the country, but the situation is different for Pran, he's a local and the Khmer Rouge are moving in.

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