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The Polar Express

Come along, the fastest train ride of your life awaits you! It’s Christmas Eve. You ride up and down mountain slopes, slide across ice fields, teeter over high bridges and drink hot chocolate served by amazing singing waiters. You are on the high-speed train of the Arctic Circle! The Christmas classic is filmed with dazzling motion capture technology that makes every moment magical. “Who sees, believes,” says the mysterious tramp who travels the tracks with you. You see miracles. And you begin to believe. The train leaves!

Directed by Robert Zemeckis. As original actors and voice actors, e.g. Tom Hanks, Chris Coppola, and Michael Jeter.

The Star

A diminutive but brave donkey named Bo longs for a life outside of his daily toil at the village mill. One day he finds the courage to break free, finally on the adventure of his dreams. On his journey, he joins forces with Ruth, a lovable sheep who has lost her flock, and Dave, a pigeon full of big goals.

Bo and his new friends, accompanied by three clever camels and a group of strange farm animals, follow the star on their journey, becoming the unlikely heroes of the world’s greatest story – the first Christmas. The Star is a description of the Christmas gospel with animal characters. Director: Timothy Reckart.

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone

Harry Potter has lived under the stairs at his aunt and uncle’s house his whole life. But on his 11th birthday, he learns he’s a powerful wizard—with a place waiting for him at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. As he learns to harness his newfound powers with the help of the school’s kindly headmaster, Harry uncovers the truth about his parents’ deaths—and about the villain who’s to blame.

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.

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.

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.

Published: July 26, 2021

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.

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.