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Tom & Jerry

One of the most beloved enemy duos makes a return to the big screen in Tim Story’s Tom & Jerry. When Jerry moves into New York’s finest hotel just before the ‘wedding of the century’, a desperate wedding planner is forced to hire Tom to get rid of the mouse.

A fierce cat-and-mouse battle threatens to destroy the wedding planner’s career, the wedding ceremony itself, and possibly the entire hotel. But a bigger problem soon arises, as a malevolent hotel employee starts plotting against all three. Directed by Tim Story. As actors, e.g. Chloë Grace Moretz, Michael Peña and Colin Jost.

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The Boxtrolls

An orphaned boy raised by underground creatures called Boxtrolls comes up from the sewers and out of his box to save his family and the town from the evil exterminator, Archibald Snatcher.

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Christopher Robin

The little boy who loved adventures with his stuffed animal friends living in the half-hectare forest has grown up and found himself in a difficult situation. Now the task of his childhood friends is to travel to our world and help Christopher Robin bring back the gentle and playful boy that still lives inside him.

Directed by Marc Forster. As actors, e.g. Ewan McGregor, Hayley Atwell and Bronte Carmichael.

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Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

The events take place in the year 1926, when Scamander has just completed his worldwide expedition to find and document a special group of magical creatures. Before returning home, he makes a stopover in New York. However, the planned short stop is prolonged, when a non-magician named Jacob, a lost magic briefcase, and Scamander’s runaway wonders enter the picture, which tend to cause harm to wizards and non-magicians alike.

Directed by David Yates. As actors, e.g. Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston and Alison Sudol. Movie won an Oscar from Best Achievement in Costume Design.

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Maleficent

“Maleficent” is the previously untold story of Disney’s most traditional villain, who became famous in the 1959 classic “Princess Sleeping”. The villain is a young woman who lives an idyllic life in a peaceful kingdom in the middle of the forest, until one day a foreign army threatens the peace of the land.

The villain valiantly defends the kingdom, but falls being victim to betrayal, and his pure heart turns hard as stone. Revenge on his mind, the Evil One engages in a final battle against the successor of the conquering king and places a curse on his newborn daughter, Aurora. As the child grows, Maleficent realizes that Aurora holds the key to peace in the kingdom – and at the same time, perhaps also the key to Maleficent’s true happiness.

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Godzilla vs. Kong

Kong and his guardians start a dangerous journey to find Kong’s true home. They are accompanied by a young orphan girl, Jia, with whom Kong has formed a strong and unique connection. Along the way, however, they unexpectedly encounter a rampaging Godzilla, who is wreaking destruction all over the planet. The battle of the titans — which starts from an unexpected party — is just the beginning of a mystery that has lived peacefully deep in the earth’s core.

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Wonder Woman 1984

Almost 70 years have passed since Diana’s adventures in the First World War. We live in the 80s, when many borders opened and everything was possible. Diana dreams of her youth in Themyscira among people like her, and still misses Steve Trevor, who died decades ago.

Failed advertising man and entrepreneur Maxwell Lord wants riches, power and the respect of others. Dr. Barbara Minerva would like to be noticed. Anyway, everyone’s wishes come true with the help of a magic item, which, however, causes much more bad than good. Impossibilities come at a price, and Wonder Women faces two completely new enemies: Max Lord and Cheetah. Directed by Patty Jenkins.

As actors, e.g. Gal Gadot, Chris Pine and Kristen Wiig.

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Raya and the Last Dragon

Long ago in a fantasy land called Kumandra, humans and dragons lived side by side in harmony. But when an evil force threatened the land, the dragons sacrificed themselves to save humanity. Now, 500 years later, the same evil has returned. A lone warrior, Raya must search for the mythical last dragon capable of uniting a broken country and a divided people.

On his journey, he learns that saving the world requires more than a dragon. Directed by Don Hall, Carlos López Estrad and Paul Briggs. As original voice actors, e.g. Kelly Marie Tran, Awkwafina and Gemma Chan.

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The Witches

A young orphaned boy moves to live with his beloved grandmother in the small town of Demopolis, Alabama. When the boy and the grandmother encounter deceptively stylish, but thoroughly devilish witches, the grandmother rushes our young hero to the safety of a wonderful seaside resort.

Unfortunately, however, they arrive at the hotel at the same moment as the Great Supreme of All, who has summoned witches from all over the world to carry out her nefarious plans. Directed by Robert Zemeckis. As actors, e.g. Anne Hathaway, Octavia Spencer and Stanley Tucci.

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Mulan (Live-action)

When the Emperor of China issues a decree that one man from each family must be handed over to the Imperial Army to defend the country from an invasion from the north, Hua Mulan, the eldest daughter of a respected warrior, steps in for her ailing father. She disguises herself as a man named Hua Jun and faces many trials, in order to survive, she must harness her inner strength and use all her latent abilities.

An epic journey begins that will make him a respected warrior and eventually the respect of the entire kingdom… as well as his proud father.

Directed by Niki Caro. As actors, e.g. Liu Yifei, Donnie Yen and Gong Li.