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NEW MOVIES: Dec 25-31, 2025, “Marty Supreme,” “Song Sung Blue,” “Anaconda,” “Is This Thing On?”

MARTY SUPREME

Marty Supreme is a 2025 American sports comedy-drama film produced and directed by Josh Safdie, who co-wrote the script with Ronald Bronstein, loosely inspired by American table tennis player Marty Reisman.[7][8] Starring and co-produced by Timothée Chalamet, the film also features Gwyneth Paltrow, Odessa A’zion, Kevin O’Leary, Tyler Okonma, Abel Ferrara, and Fran Drescher in supporting roles.

Marty Supreme premiered at the 2025 New York Film Festival on October 6, 2025,[9] and is scheduled for release in the United States by A24 on December 25, 2025. The film has received widespread acclaim, with many critics praising the direction, screenplay, score, and editing. Chalamet’s performance in the film has also been praised as career-best and career-defining.[10][11][12] The film was named one of the top ten films of 2025 by the National Board of Review and the American Film Institute. It received three nominations at the 83rd Golden Globe Awards: Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, Best Actor for Chalamet, and Best Screenplay for Safdie and Bronstein.

Premise

Marty Supreme is a table tennis drama set in New York City during the 1950s, where up-and-coming table tennis star Marty Mauser goes to hell and back in pursuit of greatness.[13][14]

Cast

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SONG SUNG BLUE

Song Sung Blue is a 2025 American biographical musical drama film written, co-produced, and directed by Craig Brewer. It is based on the 2008 documentary film of the same name by Greg Kohs.[2] The film stars Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson as Mike and Claire Sardina, who perform as the Neil Diamond tribute band Lightning & Thunder. It also stars Michael Imperioli, Ella Anderson, Mustafa Shakir, Fisher Stevens, and Jim Belushi.

Song Sung Blue had its premiere at the AFI Film Festival on October 26, 2025, and will be released in the United States by Focus Features on December 25. Hudson was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy for her performance in the film.

Cast

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ANACONDA

Anaconda is an upcoming American action comedy film[2] serving as a meta–reboot of the 1997 film Anaconda. It was directed by Tom Gormican and written by Gormican and Kevin Etten. The film stars Paul Rudd, Jack Black, Steve Zahn, Thandiwe Newton, Daniela Melchior, and Selton Mello.[3] It is scheduled for release in the United States on December 25, 2025, by Sony Pictures Releasing.

Premise

Four childhood friends—Doug, Griff, Kenny, and Claire, seeking to recapture their youth, travel to the Amazon to film an amateur remake of the 1997 film Anaconda. Their project unravels when a real giant anaconda emerges, turning the light-hearted shoot into a perilous fight for survival. The movie that they’re dying to remake? It might just kill them, literally.[2]

Cast

Additionally, Ice Cube, who appeared in the original film, cameos as himself.[4]

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IS THIS THING ON?

Is This Thing On? is a 2025 American comedy-drama film directed by Bradley Cooper, from a screenplay he co-wrote with Will Arnett and Mark Chappell. The life of British comedian John Bishop loosely inspires it.[4] It stars Arnett, Laura Dern, Cooper, Andra Day, Amy Sedaris, Sean Hayes, Christine Ebersole and Ciarán Hinds.

The film had its world premiere as the closing film of the 2025 New York Film Festival on October 10, and it was released in the United States by Searchlight Pictures on December 19.

Premise

After many years together, Alex and Tess have reached an amicable end to their marriage, thus beginning the awkward stage of figuring out how to live separately while raising two boys and maintaining their friendships. Alex discovers a new hobby and, in the process, learns more about himself and his relationship.

Cast

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12/20/2025 #MartySupreme #SongSungBlue #Anaconda #IsThisThingOn?

NEW MOVIES: Dec 18-24, 2025, “Avatar: Fire and Ash,” “The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants,” “David,” “The Housemaid”

AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH

Avatar: Fire and Ash is a 2025 American epic science fiction film directed by James Cameron, who co-wrote the screenplay with Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver from a story the trio wrote with Josh Friedman and Shane Salerno. Distributed by 20th Century Studios and produced by Lightstorm Entertainment, it is the sequel to Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) and the third installment in the Avatar franchise. Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña, Stephen Lang, Sigourney Weaver, Joel David Moore, CCH Pounder, Giovanni Ribisi, Dileep Rao, Matt Gerald, Kate Winslet, Cliff Curtis, Edie Falco, Brendan Cowell, Jemaine Clement, Britain Dalton, Trinity Bliss, Jack Champion, Bailey Bass, Filip Geljo and Duane Evans, Jr. reprise their roles from the previous films, while Oona Chaplin and David Thewlis join the cast.

Cameron, who had stated in mid-2006 that he would like to make sequels to Avatar (2009) if it was successful, announced the first two sequels in early 2010 following the success of the first film, with the then-untitled Avatar 3 aiming for a December 2015 release. However, the addition of two more sequels (four in total) and the development of new technology required to film performance-capture scenes underwater, a feat never accomplished before, led to significant delays to allow the crew more time to work on writing, pre-production, and visual effects. Avatar: The Way of Water began shooting simultaneously with Fire and Ash in New Zealand on September 25, 2017, and filming wrapped in late December 2020, after over three years of shooting. With an estimated budget of over $400 million, it is one of the most expensive films ever made.

Avatar: Fire and Ash had its world premiere at the Dolby Theatre, Hollywood, on December 1, 2025, and was first released in Germany and the Philippines on December 17, 2025, and in the United States on December 19. The film received positive reviews from critics, who praised the visuals, characters, performances, and action but criticized the runtime and simplicity of the plot.[b] Two additional sequels, Avatar 4 and Avatar 5, are in various stages of production and are scheduled to be released in 2029 and 2031, respectively.

Premise

Shortly after settling in with the Metkayina clan, Jake and Neytiri‘s family grapples with grief because of Neteyam’s death. They encounter a new, aggressive Na’vi tribe, the Mangkwan clan, also called the Ash People. Led by the fiery leader, Varang, the Mangkwans have allied with Jake’s enemy, Quaritch, as the conflict on Pandora escalates to devastating consequences.[7][8]

Cast

  • Sam Worthington as Jake Sully, a former human and Colonel Miles Quaritch’s former informer and later archrival, who fell in love with Neytiri and befriended the Na’vi after becoming a part of the Avatar Program, eventually taking their side in their conflict with humans and transferring his mind into his avatar permanently. In the second film, he and his family have left the Omatikaya clan and joined the Metkayina clan.[9][10]
  • Zoe Saldaña as Neytiri, Jake’s wife, who left the Omatikaya and joined the Metkayina. [9] Saldaña described her character as having become a “full-blown racist” after the events of the second film, particularly towards her adoptive son, Spider, because he is a physical reminder of how humans were the ones who killed her biological son, Neteyam, to the point she has abandoned Eywa’s will, and her husband doesn’t really recognize her anymore.[11]
  • Sigourney Weaver as Kiri, the daughter of Dr. Grace Augustine’s Na’vi avatar, whom Jake and Neytiri adopted.[12]
  • Stephen Lang as Colonel Miles Quaritch, a former human military commander who led the RDA, the human organization colonizing Pandora, and died in their conflict with the Na’vi in 2154. He and other fallen soldiers were later resurrected as Avatar “recombinants.” He seeks revenge against Jake and his family, including his son Miles “Spider” Socorro.[13]
  • Oona Chaplin as Varang, the Na’vi leader of the volcano-dwelling Mangkwan clan.[14][15][16][17] Cameron said of Varang, “Varang is the leader of a people who have gone through an incredible hardship. That hardens her. She will do anything for them, even things that we would consider to be evil.”[18]
  • Cliff Curtis as Tonowari, chieftain of the reef people clan of Metkayina.[19][20]
  • Britain Dalton as Lo’ak, Jake and Neytiri’s second son, and the narrator of the film.[21][22][23]
  • Trinity Bliss as Tuktirey (“Tuk”), Jake and Neytiri’s daughter and their youngest child.[21][24][25]
  • Jack Champion as Miles “Spider” Socorro, the teenage son of Quaritch, born in Hell’s Gate (the human base on Pandora in the first film), who was rescued and adopted by Jake and Neytiri after the latter had previously killed Quaritch.[21][24][26]
  • Bailey Bass as Tsireya (“Reya”), a graceful and strong free diver of the Metkayina and Tonowari and Ronal’s daughter. In the second film, Tsireya emerges as Lo’ak’s love interest.[21][22][27]
  • Kate Winslet as Ronal, a free diver of the Metkayina and Tonowari’s wife, who is pregnant.[28][29][30][31]
  • Giovanni Ribisi as Parker Selfridge, the disgraced former head administrator for the RDA mining operation in the first film.[32][33][34]
  • Joel David Moore as Dr. Norm Spellman, a former scientist of the Avatar Program who chose to side with the Na’vi in the first film.[35]
  • CCH Pounder as Mo’at, the Omatikaya’s spiritual leader and Neytiri’s mother.[36][37]
  • Edie Falco as General Frances Ardmore, Quaritch’s successor as commander of the RDA’s military operations.[38]
  • Brendan Cowell as Captain Mick Scoresby, the former commander of a private sector marine hunting vessel on the planet of Pandora, who previously lost an arm to Payakan.[39][40]
  • Jemaine Clement as Dr. Ian Garvin, a marine biologist employed by Scoresby.[41]
  • Filip Geljo as Ao’nung, a young male hunter and free diver of the Metkayina, Tonowari, and Ronal’s son. [21][22][24]
  • Duane Evans, Jr. as Rotxo, a young male hunter and free diver of the Metkayina.
  • Dileep Rao as Dr. Max Patel, a scientist who worked on the Avatar Program and later supported Jake’s rebellion against the RDA.[42]
  • Matt Gerald as Corporal Lyle Wainfleet, a mercenary who fought and died in the RDA’s battle against the Na’vi in 2154. Years later, the RDA placed his memories into a recombinant.[43]
  • David Thewlis as Peylak, the Na’vi leader of the Wind Traders, who will be featured in Fire and Ash, along with Avatar 4 and 5.[44][45][46]

The film will also see the return of Payakan, the Tulkun who befriended Lo’ak in the second film.[40]

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THE SPONGEBOB MOVIE: SEARCH FOR SQUAREPANTS

The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants is a 2025 American animated adventure comedy film based on the SpongeBob SquarePants television series, created by Stephen Hillenburg. The film is directed by series veteran Derek Drymon and stars the show’s regular voice cast alongside George Lopez, Ice Spice, Arturo Castro, Sherry Cola, Regina Hall, and Mark Hamill. The plot follows SpongeBob as he travels to the depths of the ocean to face off against the Flying Dutchman. It is the fourth theatrical film based on the series, following 2020’s Sponge on the Run.

The film was written by Pam Brady and Matt Lieberman, from a story by Brady and series creatives Marc Ceccarelli and Kaz. It was first developed as a direct-to-streaming film, but the project was retooled into a theatrical feature by February 2022. By April 2023, Drymon had been hired to direct the movie. In July 2024, Hamill was revealed to be voicing the Flying Dutchman in the film in place of Brian Doyle-Murray. John Debney composed the film’s score after having previously scored 2015’s Sponge Out of Water.

The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants premiered at the AFI Film Festival on October 26, 2025, and will be theatrically released by Paramount Pictures in the United States on December 19, 2025.

Premise

Desperate to become a “big guy,” SpongeBob, setting out to prove his bravery to Mr. Krabs, travels to the deepest depths of the ocean to follow the Flying Dutchman.[3]

Voice cast

See also: List of SpongeBob SquarePants characters

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DAVID

David is an upcoming animated biblical musical drama film featuring the character of David from the Book of Samuel in the Old Testament. The film stars the voices of Phil Wickham, Brandon Engman, Asim Chaudhry, Mick Wingert, Will de Renzy-Martin, and Lauren Daigle. It is a follow-up to the five-part television miniseries Young David, which tells the story of a young Israelite shepherd, poet and warrior who is predestined to become the new King of Israel and embarks on a journey from beyond the shadow of an evil Philistine giant to prove to his people that true power lies not in a kingship but in faith and freedom.[2]

David is scheduled to be released in theaters in the United States on December 19, 2025, by Angel Studios.

Premise

In an effort to save the Kingdom of Israel from the Philistines, a young Bethlehem musical shepherd and poet/warrior named David, who is predestined to become the new King of Israel, embarks on a journey from beyond the shadow of the Philistine giant Goliath in an attempt to show the Israelites that true power lies not from within Saul’s kingship but in their faith of God and freedom from their enemies.[2]

Voice cast

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THE HOUSEMAID

The Housemaid is an upcoming American psychological thriller film directed by Paul Feig from a screenplay by Rebecca Sonnenshine, based on the 2022 novel of the same name by Freida McFadden. The film stars Sydney Sweeney, Amanda Seyfried, Brandon Sklenar, Michele Morrone, and Elizabeth Perkins. Its plot follows a young woman with a troubled past (Sweeney) who becomes the live-in housemaid for a wealthy family (Seyfried and Sklenar). Their seemingly perfect life unravels when she discovers their household hides dark secrets.

The Housemaid is scheduled to be released in the United States by Lionsgate on December 19, 2025. The film received positive reviews from critics.

Cast

The film stars Sydney Sweeney, Amanda Seyfried, Brandon Sklenar, and Michele Morrone.

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12/17/2025 #Avatar:FireandAsh #TheSpongeBobMovie:SearchforSquarepants #David #TheHousemaid

NEW MOVIES: Dec 4-10, 2025, “Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair,” “100 Nights of Hero,” “Merrily We Roll Along,” “The Chronology of Water”

KILL BILL: THE WHOLE BLOODY AFFAIR

“Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair” is an epic re-edit of Quentin Tarantino’s “Kill Bill” Volumes 1 and 2, set to be released in theaters on December 5, 2025, featuring new footage and a runtime of over four hours.

Overview

“Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair” combines both parts of Tarantino’s cult classic into a single, unrated film that showcases the director’s original vision. This version includes a new anime sequence and is presented with a classic intermission, making it a unique cinematic experience. 

Plot Summary

The film follows Beatrix Kiddo, also known as The Bride (played by Uma Thurman), who seeks revenge against her former boss and lover, Bill (David Carradine), after he ambushes her wedding, leaving her for dead and stealing her unborn child. To achieve her vengeance, she must confront the remaining members of the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad. 

Director

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100 Nights of Hero

100 Nights of Hero is a 2025 historical fantasy romance film written and directed by Julia Jackman, based on the graphic novel The One Hundred Nights of Hero by Isabel Greenberg, which itself was based on the Middle Eastern folktale One Thousand and One Nights. It stars Emma Corrin, Nicholas Galitzine, Maika Monroe, Amir El-Masry, Charli XCX, Richard E. Grant and Felicity Jones. It follows a woman (Monroe) whose neglectful husband (El-Masry) leaves her alone for a hundred days to test her fidelity, as she becomes entangled in a love triangle with her loyal maid (Corrin) and her husband’s seductive friend (Galitzine).

The film had its world premiere in the Settimana Internazionale della Critica section of the 82nd Venice International Film Festival on 6 September 2025, and was the Closing Night film of the 2025 BFI London Film Festival. It is scheduled to be released in the United States on 5 December 2025 by Independent Film Company and in the United Kingdom and Ireland in early 2026 by Vue Lumière.

Cast

 

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MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG

The Broadway revival, starring Daniel Radcliffe, Jonathan Groff, and Lindsay Mendez, was transformative. Here’s what to know about the show and the movie.

Maria Friedman’s transformative revival of “Merrily We Roll Along” made the show one of the great flop-to-hit comebacks in Broadway history. In the heady days after her production won four Tony Awards in 2024, the company — with a cast led by Daniel Radcliffe, Jonathan Groff, and Lindsay Mendez—spent three days turning the musical into a movie, preserving their performance forever.

The filmmakers shot three performances with a paying audience and also filmed the actors in scenes without an audience, which allowed them to put cameras onstage for tight shots.

https://youtu.be/RQnv4_VEauQ

MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG — Trailer (2025) Daniel Radcliffe

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THE CHRONOLOGY OF WATER

The Chronology of Water is a 2025 biographical psychological drama film written for the screen, co-produced, and directed by Kristen Stewart in her feature film directorial debut, based on the 2011 book of the same name by Lidia Yuknavitch. It stars Imogen Poots as Yuknavitch, along with Thora Birch, Susannah Flood, Tom Sturridge, Kim Gordon, Michael Epp, Earl Cave, Esmé Creed-Miles, and Jim Belushi in supporting roles. Ridley Scott is an executive producer on the film.

The Chronology of Water had its premiere in the Un Certain Regard section of the 2025 Cannes Film Festival on May 16, 2025. The film received positive reviews from critics.

Premise

A young woman finds her voice through the written word and her salvation as a swimmer—ultimately becoming a triumphant teacher, mother, and singular modern writer.

Cast

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12/3/2025 #KillBill:TheWholeBloodyAffair #100NightsOfWater #MerrilyWeRollAlong #TheChronologyOfWater

NEW MOVIES: Nov 27 – Dec 3, 2025, “Wake Up Dead Man,” “Eternity,” “Zootopia 2,” “Hamnet”

WAKE UP DEAD MAN

Wake Up Dead Man [a] is a 2025 American mystery film written and directed by Rian Johnson. It is a standalone sequel to Glass Onion (2022) and the third installment overall in the Knives Out film series. It stars Daniel Craig, who reprises his role as master detective Benoit Blanc.[2][3] The ensemble cast also includes Josh O’Connor, Glenn Close, Josh Brolin, Mila Kunis, Jeremy Renner, Kerry Washington, Andrew Scott, Cailee Spaeny, Daryl McCormack, and Thomas Haden Church.

Wake Up Dead Man had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 6, 2025, and is scheduled to be released in theaters on November 26, then streaming on Netflix on December 12, 2025. The film received positive reviews from critics.

Premise

Detective Benoit Blanc takes on a new case that brings him into the orbit of a charismatic priest, Monsignor Jefferson Wicks, and his devout congregation. When a mysterious death occurs, Blanc must navigate a complex web of secrets and simmering tensions within the community to uncover the truth.

Cast

Joseph Gordon-Levitt cameos as a baseball announcer. Gordon-Levitt, a major collaborator with Johnson, previously had voice cameos in Knives Out as Detective Hardrock and in Glass Onion as the Hourly Dong.

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ETERNITY

Eternity is a 2025 American fantasy romantic comedy film directed by David Freyne, who co-wrote the movie with Pat Cunnane. The film stars Miles Teller, Elizabeth Olsen, Callum Turner, John Early, Olga Merediz, and Da’Vine Joy Randolph. Its plot follows a woman who must choose between two men with whom to spend eternity in the afterlife.

Eternity premiered at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival on September 7, 2025, and is scheduled for release in the United States by A24 on November 26, 2025.

Premise

After death, everybody gets one week to choose where to spend eternity. For Joan, Larry, and Luke, it’s really a question of with whom to spend it. Joan must choose between her first love, who died in a war, and the man she has built her life with.

Cast

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ZOOTOPIA 2

Zootopia 2[b] is a 2025 American animated buddy cop comedy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. The sequel to Zootopia (2016), Jared Bush and Byron Howard direct it,[2] written by Bush, and produced by Yvett Merino.[3] Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman, Idris Elba, and Shakira reprise their roles from the first film, joined by newcomers Ke Huy Quan, Fortune Feimster, Andy Samberg, David Strathairn, Patrick Warburton, and Quinta Brunson. It follows Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde, the previous film’s protagonists, who go undercover to pursue Zootopia’s new and mysterious reptilian resident, Gary De’Snake.

Zootopia 2 premiered at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, on November 13, 2025, and is scheduled to be released in the United States on November 26.

Plot

Sometime after the events of the first movie, Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde have become partners in the ZPD, but their clashing personalities make them an incompatible pairing. After botching a smuggling ring, Chief Bogo threatens to separate them unless they attend a therapy session managed by quokka Dr. Fuzzby. Judy soon thinks that there might be a snake in Zootopia since, during the smuggling job, she found a shredded piece of snakeskin, and some clues dictate that the snake might be at the annual Zootennial Gala, celebrating 100 years since the city’s founding, which is being hosted by a family of lynxes who are descendants of Zootopia’s founder, Ebeneezer Lynxley.

Judy convinces Nick to attend the Gala with her to see if the snake will be there. At the gala, Judy befriends the youngest of the Lynxley family, the awkward Pawbert. Soon, Nick notices a hooded figure on a chandelier and accidentally knocks it down, and the figure emerges to reveal a pit viper. As everyone panics, the viper kidnaps the Lynxley patriarch and Pawbert’s father, Milton, and takes an old journal detailing the creation of the weather walls that was supposed to go on display. Judy catches up with the viper, who convinces her that snakes aren’t bad animals and the journal contains the proof he needs. As Judy begins having second thoughts, Nick arrives and knocks the viper unconscious with a frying pan.

Voice cast

Main article: List of characters in the Zootopia franchise

Additionally, Judy’s younger brothers are voiced by Shakira’s sons, Milan and Sasha.[18]

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HAMNET

Hamnet is a 2025 historical drama film co-edited and directed by Chloé Zhao, who co-wrote the screenplay with Maggie O’Farrell, based on O’Farrell’s 2020 novel of the same name. The film follows the relationship between Agnes and William Shakespeare, and the impact of the tragic death of their 11-year-old son Hamnet on their lives, leading to the creation of William’s play Hamlet. It stars Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal as Agnes and William, respectively, alongside Emily Watson, Bodhi Rae Breathnach, and Joe Alwyn in supporting roles.

Hamnet had its premiere at the 52nd Telluride Film Festival on 29 August 2025 and will receive a limited theatrical release by Focus Features in the United States on 26 November, a wide theatrical release on 12 December, and a release by Universal Pictures in the United Kingdom on 9 January 2026.

Plot

The film follows William Shakespeare (Mescal) and his wife, Agnes (Buckley), as their son, Hamnet, dies at a young age, inspiring Shakespeare to write Hamlet.[2]

Cast

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11/24/2025 #WakeUpDeadMan #Eternity #Zootopia2 #Hamnet

NEW MOVIES: Nov. 20 -26, 2025, “Wicked: For Good,” “Rental Family,” “Altered,” “SISU: Road to Revenge”

WICKED: FOR GOOD

Wicked: For Good (also known as Wicked: Part Two [c]) is a 2025 American musical fantasy film directed by Jon M. Chu and written by Winnie Holzman and Dana Fox. The sequel to Wicked (2024), it adapts the second act of the 2003 stage musical by Stephen Schwartz and Holzman, which was loosely based on Gregory Maguire‘s 1995 novel, a reimagining of L. Frank Baum’s 1900 novel, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, and its 1939 film adaptation. Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande,[b] Jonathan Bailey, Ethan Slater, Bowen Yang, Marissa Bode, Michelle Yeoh, and Jeff Goldblum reprise their roles.[6] Set in the Land of Oz before and during the events of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the plot follows the relationship between Elphaba and Glinda as they come to terms with their new identities as the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good.

Universal Pictures and Marc Platt, who both produced the stage musical, announced the film adaptation in 2012. After a long development and multiple delays, partly due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Chu was hired to direct, with Erivo and Grande cast in 2021. The adaptation was split into two parts to avoid omitting plot points and further develop the characters. Principal photography on both films began in December 2022 in England, was interrupted in July 2023 by the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike, and resumed and concluded in January 2024.

Wicked: For Good premiered at the Suhai Music Hall in São Paulo, Brazil, on November 4, 2025, and is scheduled for release in the United States on November 21.[7]

Premise

Years after the events of Wicked (2024), Elphaba Thropp, now known as the Wicked Witch of the West, continues her fight for animal rights while living as a fugitive. Meanwhile, Glinda Upland, now recognized as Glinda the Good, is a public figure watched over by the Wizard and Madame Morrible. As they face the consequences of their actions, their relationship is put to the test by a series of events—including the surprising arrival of Dorothy Gale from Kansas—that will change the Land of Oz forever.[8]

Cast

Bailey, Erivo, and Grande (L-R) reprise their roles as Fiyero, Elphaba, and Glinda.

Additionally, Keala Settle, Adam James and Alice Fearn reprise their roles from the first movie, Miss Coddle, and Glinda’s parents, respectively, during Glinda’s wedding. Kerry Ellis, one of the actresses who played Elphaba on stage in both the Broadway and the West End productions of the musical, will appear in an undisclosed cameo role.[22] Dorothy Gale, a Kansas farm girl transported to the Land of Oz with her dog Toto, will make an appearance, having a more prominent role compared to the original second act of the musical.[23][24]

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RENTAL FAMILY

Rental Family is a 2025 comedy-drama film directed by Hikari, who co-wrote the script with Stephen Blahut. The film stars Brendan Fraser, Takehiro Hira, Mari Yamamoto, Shannon Mahina Gorman, and Akira Emoto.

An international co-production between the United States and Japan, the film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 6, 2025, and is scheduled for release in the United States by Searchlight Pictures on November 21, 2025.

Premise

A lonely American actor living in Tokyo begins working for a Japanese rental family service, playing stand-in roles in other people’s lives. Along the way, he finds surprising connections and unexpected joys within his new family.

Cast

  • Brendan Fraser as Phillip Vandarploeug, an American actor living in Japan
  • Takehiro Hira as Shinji, the Rental Family agency owner
  • Mari Yamamoto as Aiko, an employee of the Rental Family agency
  • Shannon Mahina Gorman as Mia Kawasaki, a young girl in need of a father figure
  • Akira Emoto as Kikuo Hasegawa, a Rental Family client and retired actor
  • Shino Shinozaki as Mia’s mother, a Rental Family client

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ALTERED

Altered is a 2024 American science fiction action film written and directed by Timo Vuorensola. It stars Tom Felton, Liza Bugulova, Richard Brake, Igor Jijikine and Aggy K. Adams.

Synopsis

Well Go USA Entertainment reports the official synopsis, “In an alternate present where genetic enhancements have become the norm, those who cannot take advantage are pushed into the underground. It’s up to a few brave souls to level the playing field for everyone, but every revolution has its cost.”[1]

Cast

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SISU: ROAD TO REVENGE

Sisu: Road to Revenge (Finnish: Sisu 2; stylized as SI2U) is a 2025 war action film written and directed by Jalmari Helander. It is the sequel to Sisu (2022). Jorma Tommila reprises his role as Aatami Korpi, with Stephen Lang and Richard Brake joining the cast.[6]

It is produced by Petri Jokiranta and Mike Goodridge for Subzero Film Entertainment and Good Chaos, respectively, with Eric Charles overseeing for Sony’s Stage 6 Films. [7] Unlike the previous film, which was set in Lapland, filming for this one took place in Estonia.[6][8]

Sisu: Road to Revenge premiered at the Fantastic Fest on September 21, 2025.[9] It was released in Finland on October 22 by SF Film Finland and in the United States on November 21 by Screen Gems, a division of Sony Pictures Releasing.[10][11][7] Like its predecessor, the film has received a positive reception from critics.[12]

Premise

After returning in 1946 to Soviet-occupied Karelia, where his family was brutally murdered during World War II, Aatami Korpi, “the man who refuses to die,” dismantles his old family house, loads it on a truck, and is determined to rebuild it somewhere safe in their honor. When the Red Army discovers Korpi’s arrival on their soil, Igor Draganov, the man who killed his family, comes back hellbent on finishing the job: kill the legendary ex-soldier by any means necessary.[6][13]

Cast

 

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11/17/2025 #Wicked:ForGood #RentalFamily #Altered #SISU:RoadToRevenge

NEW MOVIES: Nov 13-19, 2025, “Now You See Me: Now You Don’t,” “The Running Man,” “Jay Kelly,” “Rebuilding”

NOW YOU SEE ME: NOW YOU DON’T

Now You See Me: Now You Don’t is an American heist film directed by Ruben Fleischer from a screenplay by Michael Lesslie, the writing duo of Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese, and Seth Grahame-Smith, based on a story by Eric Warren Singer and Lesslie.[2] The film is the sequel to Now You See Me 2 (2016) and the third installment in the Now You See Me film series. The cast includes returning actors Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Dave Franco, Isla Fisher, and Morgan Freeman, alongside new cast members Justice Smith, Dominic Sessa, Ariana Greenblatt, and Rosamund Pike.

Now You See Me: Now You Don’t is scheduled to be released in the United States on November 14, 2025, by Lionsgate. The film has received mixed reviews from critics.

A sequel is reported to be in development.[3]

Premise

The Four Horsemen reunite to recruit three skilled illusionists for a high-stakes heist involving the theft of the world’s largest queen diamond from a powerful family crime syndicate.[3]

Cast

  • Jesse Eisenberg as J. Daniel “Danny” Atlas, the arrogant and ostensible leader of the Four Horsemen.
  • Woody Harrelson as Merritt McKinney, the oldest member of the Four Horsemen, specializing in mentalism and hypnosis.
  • Dave Franco as Jack Wilder, the youngest member of the Four Horsemen, specializing in sleight of hand and cardistry.
  • Isla Fisher as Henley Reeves, the sole female member of the original Four Horsemen specializing, in escapology. She is also Danny’s former assistant and ex-lover.
  • Morgan Freeman as Thaddeus Bradley, a retired magician-turned-debunker and the former grandmaster of the Eye, the secret society, which the Four Horsemen work under.
  • Justice Smith as Charlie
  • Dominic Sessa as Bosco Leroy
  • Ariana Greenblatt as June
  • Rosamund Pike as Veronika Vanderberg, the main antagonist and matriarch of a worldwide crime syndicate.
  • Mark Ruffalo as Dylan Rhodes, a former FBI agent, the grandmaster of the Eye, and the son of the late illusionist Lionel Shrike.[3]

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THE RUNNING MAN

The Running Man is a 2025 science fiction action thriller film produced and directed by Edgar Wright and written by Wright and Michael Bacall. It is the second adaptation of the 1982 novel by Stephen King, following the 1987 film. The cast includes Glen Powell, William H. Macy, Lee Pace, Michael Cera, Emilia Jones, Daniel Ezra, Jayme Lawson, Colman Domingo, and Josh Brolin.

The Running Man premiered at Odeon Luxe Leicester Square, London, on November 5, 2025. It was released in the UK on November 12 and will be released in the US on November 14 by Paramount Pictures. The film has received mixed reviews from critics.

Premise

The film takes place in a game show called The Running Man, in which contestants (“runners”) must evade a team of murderous hunters for 30 days to win $1 billion.[5]

Cast

Additionally, Arnold Schwarzenegger, who played Ben Richards in the 1987 film, makes a photographic cameo as the face of the movie’s $100 bill.[18]

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JAY KELLY

Jay Kelly is a 2025 comedy-drama film directed by Noah Baumbach and written by Baumbach and Emily Mortimer. The film stars an ensemble cast that includes George Clooney, Adam Sandler, Laura Dern, and Billy Crudup. It follows a friendship between a famous actor (Clooney) and his manager (Sandler) as they travel through Europe and reflect on their life choices, relationships, and legacies.[2]

The film had its world premiere in the main competition of the 82nd Venice International Film Festival on August 28, 2025, where it was nominated for the Golden Lion.[3] It will then be released in select theaters on November 14, 2025, followed by its global release on Netflix on December 5.

Plot

Jay Kelly, a well-known actor, finishes a scene where his character dies beside a dog. The animal comes in too early, and he snaps at it. The take ends. Crew members reset equipment while his manager, Ron, and publicist, Liz, hover nearby. They keep him calm and keep things moving, the way they always do.

He wants to spend a few quiet days with his youngest daughter, Daisy, before she leaves for Europe and starts college. He imagines a trip together. She has no interest. She wants to go off with her friends. The space between them has been growing for years, and neither of them knows how to close it.

News arrives that Peter Schneider, the director who once took a chance on Jay, has died. The guilt comes fast. A few months earlier, Schneider had asked Jay to attach his name to a new film to help get financing. Jay refused. The man’s career had been sliding, and Jay knows the rejection hurt him.

At the funeral, Schneider’s son talks about how hard the last few years had been. When the service ends, Jay runs into his old acting-school roommate, Tim, now a child psychologist. Ron tells him to skip the reunion, but Jay joins Tim for a drink. They start with stories from the old days. The mood turns sharp. Tim brings up the girlfriend Jay dated after him and the role that made Jay famous. He says Jay stole both. Words turn into a shove, and then a fight.

Jay leaves the bar bruised and angry. The next morning he drops out of his upcoming film with the Lewis Brothers and books a flight to Europe. Ron warns him that walking away could wreck what’s left of his career. Jay doesn’t care. He tells Ron they’ll call the trip a Dior appearance followed by an award ceremony in Tuscany.

Jay’s assistant tracks Daisy by checking one of her friend’s card transactions. By the time Jay and his team reach Paris, she’s already on a train out of the city. They follow. Onboard, Jay relaxes for the first time in months. People recognize him but treat him like one of them. He jokes, takes pictures, and invites a few to his tribute event. Then word spreads online that Tim is suing him for assault.

He finally finds Daisy in the dining car. The reunion lasts minutes. She figures out he used her friend’s card trail to find her. She’s furious. She and her friends walk off, leaving him with a bottle of sparkling water and a crowd pretending not to stare.

Ron and Liz sit a few cars away. They talk about the years they’ve spent managing Jay. They used to be together; now their lives revolve around his problems. Ron still resents the night she left him at the Eiffel Tower. Liz admits she’s missing time with her own daughter. Neither of them knows what they’re still doing there.

When a thief grabs an old woman’s handbag, Jay runs after him and gets it back. Someone films the chase. By the time they reach Tuscany, the clip has gone viral, and he’s being called a hero. Ron suggests inviting Jay’s father to join them. Jay agrees, thinking maybe that’s something he can still fix.

In Tuscany, the crowds are friendly and the wine flows. Ron leaves to meet another client, Ben Alcock, who fires him on the spot. Ron calls home, hoping for comfort, but the talk is stiff and short. Back at the party, Jay barely notices he’s gone. Later, Ron tells him Tim dropped the lawsuit after lawyers uncovered an old charge in Tim’s record.

Jay’s father arrives looking tired. Not long after, he has a dizzy spell and says he wants to go back to Maine. Jay pleads with him to stay, but the taxi drives off. Jay runs after it until it disappears around the corner.

He stands there for a long time. Then he calls his older daughter, Jessica, and asks her to visit. She refuses. She reminds him of the day she brought him to therapy, when the counselor read a letter she had written about missing him. He walked out before she finished.

Later, dressed in white, Jay kneels alone in a grove of trees. Ron’s cab pulls away. Jay runs after it and begs him to come to the tribute. Ron agrees but tells him their work together is over. Jay finally understands that he’s spent years confusing paid loyalty with love. At the tribute, facing the cameras, he pauses and says quietly, “Another shot.”

Cast

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REBUILDING

Rebuilding is a 2025 American drama film written and directed by Max Walker-Silverman starring Josh O’Connor, Lily LaTorre, Meghann Fahy, Kali Reis and Amy Madigan.

It had its world premiere at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival on January 26, 2025, and is scheduled to be released on November 14, 2025, by Bleecker Street.

Premise

After wildfires take his ranch, cowboy Dusty winds up in a FEMA camp, finding community with others who lost homes, including his daughter and ex-wife.

Cast

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11/12/2025 #NowYouSeeMe:NowYouDon’t #TheRunningMan #JayKelly #Rebuilding

NEW MOVIES: Nov 6-12, 2025, “Nuremberg,” “Sarah’s Oil,” “Grand Prix of Europe,” “Predator: Badlands”

NUREMBERG

Nuremberg is a 2025 American historical drama film written, co-produced, and directed by James Vanderbilt. It is based on the 2013 book The Nazi and the Psychiatrist by Jack El-Hai. In Nuremberg, psychiatrist Douglas Kelley (Rami Malek) is challenged with determining if Hermann Göring (Russell Crowe) is fit to stand trial at the Nuremberg trials. Leo Woodall, John Slattery, Mark O’Brien, Colin Hanks, Wrenn Schmidt, Lydia Peckham, Richard E. Grant, and Michael Shannon have supporting roles in the film.

The film’s world premiere was in the Gala Presentations section of the Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto, on September 7, 2025,[2] where it received a four-minute standing ovation, one of TIFF’s longest standing ovations ever.[3] It was released in the United States and Canada by Sony Pictures Classics on November 7, 2025.

Premise

During the Nuremberg trials, chief psychiatrist Douglas Kelley interviews Nazi military members to determine whether they are fit to stand trial. There, he enters a “battle of wits” against Adolf Hitler‘s right-hand man, Hermann Göring.

Cast

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SARAH’S OIL

Sarah’s Oil is a 2025 American biographical drama film regarding Sarah Rector, being directed, co-produced, and co-written by Cyrus Nowrasteh. It is inspired by the 2014 book Searching for Sarah Rector: The Richest Black Girl in America by Tonya Bolden.[2] It stars Zachary Levi, Naya Desir-Johnson, Sonequa Martin-Green, and Garret Dillahunt.

A young Black girl learns that her land allotment is rich with oil in this story that aspires to teach us a lesson about white predation.

The film was released theatrically on November 7, 2025.

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GRAND PRIX OF EUROPE

Grand Prix of Europe is a 2025 animated sports comedy film directed by Waldemar Fast, created to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the German theme park Europa-Park, and it stars the park’s mascots Ed Euromaus and Edda Euromausi. An international co-production between Germany and United Kingdom, the film stars the voices of Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Gemma Arterton, Hayley Atwell, and Lenny Henry.

Produced by Mack Magic and Warner Bros. Film Productions Germany, the film was released on 24 July 2025 in Germany by Warner Bros. Pictures and on 22 August in the United Kingdom by Kazoo Films.

Plot

Edda is a young female mouse with a talent for racing who works at her family amusement park on the outskirts of Paris and dreams of racing in the Grand Prix of Europe. Her particular hero is racing legend Ed, a male mouse who has won the Grand Prix four times. However, following her mother’s death, the park is struggling, and her father, a retired Grand Prix champion, has taken loans from shady characters who will possess the park if the loans are not repaid in a week. In an attempt to raise money, Edda heads to Paris for the initial race of the Grand Prix, handing out fliers advertising her family’s amusement park to the crowds. However, she finds herself backstage and happens to come across Ed’s racing car, and cannot resist the urge to drive it. Ed catches her in the act and leaps onto the car, just as it speeds through the streets of Paris. Edda crashes the car in a mound of dirt, injuring Ed’s shoulder. Since injury would mean disqualification, a frustrated Ed ultimately agrees to Edda’s plan, in which she secretly takes his place, in return for half the winnings to allow her father to pay off the park’s loans. Ed disguises Edda as a superfan who has won a contest to accompany him to the Grand Prix.

Voice cast

English cast

German cast

  • Hannes Maurer as Ed
  • Maria Koschny as Edda
  • Rubina Nath as Cindy
  • Hans Bayer as Erwin
  • Jan Delay as Enzo
  • Tom Vogt as Nachtkraab
  • Leonhard Mahlich as Magnus
  • Kevin Kraus as Richard

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PREDATOR: BADLANDS

Predator: Badlands is a 2025 American science fiction action film directed by Dan Trachtenberg. It is the sixth live-action film, seventh overall film, and ninth installment in the Predator franchise. The film stars Elle Fanning and Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi.

Predator: Badlands had its world premiere at the TCL Chinese Theatre on November 3, 2025, and was theatrically released in the United States by 20th Century Studios on November 7, 2025. The film received positive reviews from critics.

Plot

Dek is a runt Predator from the planet Yautja Prime. He seeks to prove himself as a hunter for the Yautja Clan in order to earn the approval of his father, Njhorr. With his brother Kwei’s help, Dek plans to hunt the Kalisk, an unkillable apex predator, on the lethal planet Genna. Before he can leave, Dek learns that Njhorr has ordered Kwei to kill him, deeming him too weak to survive. Kwei defies the order and is executed, but activates a transport to send Dek to Genna before his death.

Upon crash-landing on Genna, Dek faces numerous environmental dangers. He reluctantly allies with Thia, a damaged Weyland-Yutani Corporation synthetic, who offers to help him track the Kalisk. Thia explains that she was previously injured by the Kalisk and can guide Dek. They are joined by a native creature named “Bud,” which marks Dek with its spit. Meanwhile, Thia’s synthetic sister, Tessa, is reactivated and begins tracking Dek’s group.

Cast

Further information: List of Predator (franchise) characters
Main cast members Elle Fanning and Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi promoting the film at the 2025 San Diego Comic-Con

Voices

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Nov 6, 2025 #Nuremberg #Sarah’sOil #GrandPrixofEurope #Predator:Badlands

NEW MOVIES: Oct 30 – Nov 5, 2025, “Anniversary,” “Baahubali: The Epic,” “Stitch Head,” “Dorothea”

ANNIVERSARY

Anniversary is an upcoming American thriller film directed by Jan Komasa and starring Diane Lane, Kyle Chandler, Madeline Brewer, Zoey Deutch, Phoebe Dynevor, Mckenna Grace, Daryl McCormack, and Dylan O’Brien.

A close-knit family is caught in the turmoil of a controversial rising movement known as “The Change.” Ellen and Paul witness their lives fall apart when Ellen’s former student, Liz, reappears and starts dating their son. As Liz becomes a part of the Taylor family, tensions rise and loyalties are tested. Liz’s role in “The Change” brings simmering conflicts to the surface, unraveling the family’s fabric just as the nation itself stands on edge amid an alarming and challenging period of uncertainty.

Anniversary is scheduled for release on October 29, 2025.

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BAAHUBALI: THE EPIC

Baahubali: The Epic is an upcoming Indian Telugu-language epic action film directed and co-edited by S. S. Rajamouli. It is a re-edited and remastered single-film version of Rajamouli’s earlier two-part saga, Baahubali: The Beginning (2015) and Baahubali 2: The Conclusion (2017), combining footage from both films with technical enhancements and previously unseen scenes. Produced by Shobu Yarlagadda and Prasad Devineni under Arka Media Works, the film stars Prabhas in a triple role, alongside Rana Daggubati, Anushka Shetty, Tamannaah Bhatia, Ramya Krishna, Sathyaraj, Nassar, and Subbaraju.

The film follows Sivudu, a young warrior raised in a tribal village, who learns of his royal heritage and aims to liberate the kingdom of Mahishmati from its oppressive ruler. His journey involves conflicts, alliances, and revelations about the kingdom’s past. With a runtime of 224 minutes, it is one of the longest Indian films. Baahubali: The Epic is scheduled for a pre-release in select theaters in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Ireland on 29 October 2025, followed by a worldwide theatrical release in premium large formats on 31 October 2025.[1][2]

Plot

An elderly woman emerges from a cave underneath a mountain, carrying an infant. While trying to cross a raging river, she is swept away by the current. She holds the baby above the water, praying to Lord Shiva to save him for Mahishmati’s future. The Amburi tribe saves the child, and their chieftain’s wife, Sanga, adopts him, naming him Sivudu.

Sivudu grows up ambitious and curious, obsessed with climbing the mountain despite his mother’s pleas, but fails each time. As a young man, he shows great strength while moving a lingam of Lord Shiva to the foot of the mountain. A mask falls from above. Learning that the mask belongs to a woman, Sivudu decides to find her and climbs the mountain successfully. Upon reaching the top, he meets Avanthika, the mask’s owner, and follows her. He learns she belongs to a resistance group working to overthrow Mahishmati’s tyrannical king, Bhallaladeva, and free the imprisoned princess Devasena.

Sivudu, taken with Avanthika, joins her cause and infiltrates Mahishmati’s palace as a guard. He distracts Bhallaladeva and rescues Devasena. Bhallaladeva sends his son, Bhadrudu, and his general, Kattappa, to pursue Sivudu. In the fight, Sivudu kills Bhadrudu as the Amburi and resistance members join him. Kattappa, seeing Sivudu’s face, submits and calls him “Baahubali.” Kattappa reveals that Sivudu is Mahendra Baahubali, son of Amarendra Baahubali, a noted warrior prince of Mahishmati, and that Queen Sivagami, his grandmother, saved him.

Cast

Main article: List of Baahubali characters
  • Prabhas in a triple role as
    • Mahendra Baahubali “Sivudu”
      • Akshitha Valslan as infant Sivudu
      • Sathvik Varma as young Sivudu
    • Amarendra Baahubali, Sivudu’s father, is the crown prince of Mahishmati and a respected figure in the kingdom
      • Nikhil Devadula as young Amarendra Baahubali
    • Maharaja Veerendra Vikramadeva, Sivudu’s grandfather and the former king of Mahishmati (photo present)
  • Rana Daggubati as Bhallaladeva, Amarendra Baahubali’s older cousin and a prince with ambitions to claim the throne
  • Anushka Shetty as Devasena, Amarendra Baahubali’s wife and Sivudu’s mother, imprisoned and mistreated by Bhallaladeva
  • Tamannaah Bhatia as Avanthika, a former resident of Kuntala, a trained fighter, and a key member of the resistance, who later falls in love with Sivudu and becomes the Queen of Mahishmati
  • Ramya Krishna as Sivagami, Bijjaladeva’s wife, Bhallaladeva’s mother, and a senior member of the royal family, serving as regent while the princes mature.
  • Sathyaraj as Kattappa, general of Mahishmati’s armed forces, mentor to the royal family, and loyal warrior overseeing the kingdom’s military.
  • Nassar as Bijjaladeva, the older brother of Vikramadeva and a rejected prince with a deformed left arm
  • Subbaraju as Kumara Varma, Devasena’s brother-in-law, initially cowardly but inspired by Amarendra Baahubali to resist the Pindari invasion of Kuntala
  • Rohini as Sanga, Sivudu’s foster mother and the Amburi tribe chieftain’s wife
  • Meka Ramakrishna as Jaya Varma, leader of the Kuntala rebels and Devasena’s brother
  • Tanikella Bharani as Swamiji, an Amburi sage devoted to Lord Shiva
  • Adivi Sesh as Bhadrudu, Bhallaladeva’s adoptive son, who shares his father’s ambitious traits
  • Sudeepa as Aslam Khan, an Arabian weapons dealer who befriends Kattappa
  • Prabhakar as Inkoshi, the leader of the Kalakeya tribe, who declares war on Mahishmati after a failed truce
  • Rakesh Varre as Sethupathi, a friend of Bhallaladeva who becomes the army commander after Amarendra Baahubali’s removal
  • Charandeep as Inkoshi’s brother, a Kalakeya warrior

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STITCH HEAD

Stitch Head is a 2025 animated comedy horror film directed and written by Steve Hudson, based on the 2011 novel of the same name by Guy Bass.

The film premiered at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival on 10 June 2025 and will be released theatrically in the United States on October 29, 2025, by Briarcliff Entertainment.

Synopsis

Stitch Head follows the story of a small, forgotten creature living in a long-abandoned castle. Awoken by a mad professor, Stitch Head is tasked with protecting the professor’s other wildly inventive creations from the suspicious townspeople of Grubber Nubbin. A whimsical, heartfelt twist on the Frankenstein legend.

Cast

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DOROTHEA

Synopsis

A chilling true crime horror that unearths the monstrous secrets of Dorothea Puente, a soft-spoken grandmother who drugged, murdered, and buried her elderly and disabled tenants beneath her garden. Behind her warm smile lurked a predator who used kindness as bait and survival as justification. As the story peels back layers of trauma, deception, and calculated cruelty, it reveals a harrowing portrait of a woman shaped by abuse and driven by greed. Dorothea forces audiences to confront the terrifying truth that real evil often hides in plain sight.

A twisted true crime nightmare where serial killer granny Dorothea Puente lures the vulnerable, kills without remorse, and buries secrets in her garden. Evil wears a smile. You’ll never trust kindness again.

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10/28/2025 #Anniversary #Baahubali:TheEpic #StitchHead #Dorothea

NEW MOVIES: Oct 23-29, 2025, “Bugonia,” “Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere,” “Blue Moon,” “Regretting You”

BUGONIA

Bugonia is a 2025 absurdist black comedy film directed by Yorgos Lanthimos. It is an English-language remake of the 2003 South Korean film Save the Green Planet! by Jang Joon-hwan. A co-production of Ireland, South Korea, and the United States, the film stars Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Aidan Delbis, Stavros Halkias, and Alicia Silverstone. It follows two young men who kidnap a powerful CEO, suspecting that she is secretly an alien who wants to destroy Earth.

Development on the film began as early as 2020, with Jang attached to direct and Tracy adapting the screenplay. Ari Aster came on board as producer soon after, and by February 2024, Lanthimos was hired to direct, replacing Jang, while Stone joined the project both as an actress and producer. Plemons joined the cast that May, and it was soon acquired by Focus Features for distribution at the Cannes Film Festival. Principal photography began in July in High Wycombe, England, and Atlanta, Georgia, during which time, the rest of the cast was announced. Additional filming took place in May 2025 in Milos, Greece.

Bugonia had its world premiere in the main competition of the 82nd Venice International Film Festival on August 28, 2025, and is scheduled to be theatrically released in the United States by Focus Features on October 24, 2025.

Synopsis

Two conspiracy-obsessed young men kidnap the high-powered CEO of a major company, convinced that she is an alien intent on destroying planet Earth.[4][2]

Cast

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SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE

Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere is a 2025 American biographical musical drama film starring Jeremy Allen White as Bruce Springsteen. Written and directed by Scott Cooper, and based on the 2023 book Deliver Me from Nowhere by Warren Zanes, it chronicles the conception of Springsteen’s 1982 album Nebraska. The film also stars Jeremy Strong, Paul Walter Hauser, Stephen Graham, Odessa Young, Gaby Hoffmann, Marc Maron and David Krumholtz.

Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere had its world premiere at the 52nd Telluride Film Festival on August 29, 2025, with its United States theatrical release by 20th Century Studios set for two months later on October 24. The film received positive reviews from critics.

Plot

The film chronicles the making of Bruce Springsteen’s 1982 album Nebraska when he was a young musician on the cusp of global superstardom, struggling to reconcile the pressures of success with the ghosts of his past. Recorded on a 4-track recorder in Springsteen’s New Jersey bedroom, the album marked a pivotal time in his life and is considered one of his most enduring works—a stark, somber acoustic record portraying the lives of blue-collar workers who try to succeed in life but fail at every turn, while searching for a deliverance that never comes.

Cast

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BLUE MOON

Blue Moon is a 2025 American biographical comedy-drama film directed by Richard Linklater and written by Robert Kaplow. The film follows songwriter Lorenz Hart (Ethan Hawke) as he reflects on himself on the opening night of Oklahoma!, a new musical by his former colleague Richard Rodgers (Andrew Scott). It also stars Margaret Qualley, Bobby Cannavale, and Jonah Lees.

The film had its world premiere at the main competition of the 75th Berlin International Film Festival, on February 18, 2025, where it won the Silver Bear for Best Supporting Performance for Scott.[4] It was theatrically released in the United States by Sony Pictures Classics on October 17.

Plot

Largely set on March 31, 1943, the opening night of Rodgers and Hammerstein‘s Oklahoma!, Richard Rodgers‘s former creative partner Lorenz Hart struggles with alcoholism and depression.[5] Most of the plot takes place at the bar of the New York Theater District restaurant Sardi’s. Slipping out of Oklahoma!’s opening night, the semi-closeted Hart arrives at Sardi’s ahead of the afterparty to get drunk and complain about his former creative partner’s new hit musical. The barman lends an ear while trying not to serve Hart liquor.[6]

Cast

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REGRETTING YOU

Regretting You is a 2025 romantic drama film directed by Josh Boone from a screenplay by Susan McMartin. It is based on the 2019 novel of the same name by Colleen Hoover. The film stars Allison Williams, Mckenna Grace, Dave Franco, Mason Thames, Willa Fitzgerald, Scott Eastwood, and Clancy Brown.

Centers on the strained relationship between young mother Morgan Grant and her teenage daughter Clara, exacerbated by Morgan’s husband Chris’s tragic death, forcing them to navigate life’s challenges together.

Regretting You premiered in Berlin, Germany, on October 12, 2025.[2] The film is scheduled to be released by Constantin Film in Germany on October 23, 2025, and by Paramount Pictures in the United States on October 24.

Cast

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10/20/2025 #Bugonia #Springsteen:DeliverMeFromNowhere #BlueMoon #RegrettingYou

NEW MOVIES: Oct. 16-22, 2025, “Good Fortune,” “After the Hunt,” “Truth & Treason,” “Pets on a Train”

GOOD FORTUNE

Good Fortune is a 2025 American supernatural comedy film written and directed by Aziz Ansari in his feature directorial debut.[2] Seth Rogen, Ansari, Keke Palmer, Sandra Oh, and Keanu Reeves star in the film. Garam Films, Oh Brudder Productions, and Yang Pictures produced it. It follows an angel named Gabriel (Reeves), whose failed attempt to show Arj (Ansari), a struggling man, that money doesn’t solve one’s problems—by body swapping him with his wealthy employer Jeff (Rogen)—results in Gabriel losing his wings, while the work he did as an angel begins to unravel around them.

After the suspension of his original directorial debut, Being Mortal, at Searchlight Pictures in 2022, Ansari moved forward with plans to direct Good Fortune. He desired to make a comedy film with the intent for it to be theatrically released, citing the success of Barbie (2023) as proof of the viability of such a project. Ansari’s longtime friend Rogen, who inspired the implementation of several elements into the film, joined shortly after Being Mortal was shelved.

The film was set to begin principal photography in May 2023, but due to a production shutdown in the middle of the month due to the 2023 Writers Guild of America strike, filming started in late January 2024 in Los Angeles, when Palmer announced she had joined the cast. The majority of filming wrapped before April 2024, with some scenes picked up at a later date after an injury Reeves sustained two weeks into filming had healed.

Good Fortune premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 6, 2025, and is scheduled to be released in the United States on October 17, 2025. The film received positive reviews from critics.

Premise

Gabriel (Keanu Reeves) is a “budget guardian angel.” One day, he notices Arj, a man down on his luck (Aziz Ansari), who does odd jobs for a wealthy socialite named Jeff (Seth Rogen). Once Arj falls asleep in a booth at a Denny’s restaurant, he hits rock bottom after having his car towed from the restaurant’s parking lot. Intervening in his plight, Gabriel tries to convince Arj that being wealthy like Jeff would not solve his problems by swapping the two men’s lives. Failing at this demonstration, as Jeff’s wealth solves Arj’s issues, Gabriel loses his wings and is sent down to Earth to live among humans, while Arj takes over Jeff’s body and livelihood.[4] Gabriel then becomes roommates with the displaced Jeff,[3] as the work he did as an angel begins to unravel around them.[4]

Cast

  • Seth Rogen as Jeff, a wealthy man who lives a life of luxury and excess. He owns several cars, a modern mansion with a pool and a disco club in the basement, and hosts wild parties.[4] Following the angel Gabriel’s intervention, Jeff’s unlucky employee Arj and he have their lives swapped.[4]
  • Aziz Ansari as Arj,[5] a struggling man. He ends up doing various odd jobs for his wealthy socialite employer, Jeff, such as fixing his pool and finding him a shaman for an ayahuasca journey.[4] After hitting rock bottom, he meets Gabriel in a Denny’s parking lot, who tries to show him that money does not solve one’s problems.[4]
  • Keke Palmer as Elena, who works at a hardware store with Arj. She fights for better working conditions and to unionize.[6]
  • Sandra Oh as Martha,[7] an angel who takes Gabriel’s wings.[4][8]
  • Keanu Reeves as Gabriel, an angel. He tries to regain his wings after a plan to show a struggling man that wealth cannot solve one’s problems goes haywire, resulting in the man taking over his affluent employer’s life.[4] Typically, Gabriel is responsible for saving people from choking or stopping them from texting while driving, but he tries to show the man that the life of wealth is “not all that it’s cracked up to be.”[4]

Sherry Cola plays a character who wants to sit on Gabriel’s face, finding him attractive.[9] A shaman called Nana appears, holding a ceremony involving ayahuasca.[10] Stephen McKinley Henderson has a supporting role.[11]

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AFTER THE HUNT

After the Hunt is a 2025 psychological thriller film directed by Luca Guadagnino and written by Nora Garrett, starring Julia Roberts, Ayo Edebiri, Andrew Garfield, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Chloë Sevigny. It follows Alma, a college professor caught between a sexual abuse accusation involving one of her students and a colleague.

The film had its world premiere out of competition at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival on August 29, 2025, where it received mixed reviews from critics.[3] It was released in the United States by Amazon MGM Studios on October 10, 2025. The film received mixed reviews from critics, with Roberts’ performance receiving high praise.[4][5]

Premise

A college professor is forced to grapple with her own secretive past after one of her colleagues is faced with a serious accusation.[6]

Cast

  • Julia Roberts as Alma Imhoff, a respected, well-liked professor at Yale University
  • Ayo Edebiri as Margaret “Maggie” Resnick, a young philosophy student and Alma’s protégée
  • Andrew Garfield as Henrik “Hank” Gibson, Alma’s colleague and close friend, who is accused of assault
  • Michael Stuhlbarg as Frederik Imhoff, Alma’s psychiatrist husband
  • Chloë Sevigny as Dr. Kim Sayers, the university’s student liaison and Alma’s friend
  • Thaddea Graham as Katie
  • David Leiber as Dean RJ Thomas
  • Lío Mehiel as Alex, a law student and Maggie’s partner
  • Will Price as Arthur

 

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TRUTH & TREASON

Truth & Treason is an upcoming American drama film and television series based on the true story of Helmuth Hübener, a teenage resistance fighter who opposed the Nazi regime in Germany during WWII.[2][3] The film was previously titled Truth & Conviction.

The project is directed by Matt Whitaker,[4] who also wrote the film alongside Ethan Vincent.[5] It is produced by Russ Kendall, John Foss, and Matt Whitaker, with Adam Thomas Anderegg and Micah W. Merrill as executive producers.

The film is set to be released in the United States on October 17, 2025.

Cast

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PETS ON A TRAIN

Falcon Express (known as Pets on a Train in the United States and United Kingdom[4][2]) is a 2025 French animated action comedy film produced by TAT Productions and Apollo Films, directed by Benoît Daffis and Jean-Christian Tassy. The film’s story follows pets trapped on a speeding train who plan to stop the plans of Hans, a vengeful badger seeking revenge, with the help of Falcon, a raccoon.

The film premiered at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival on 12 June 2025 and was released in France on 2 July 2025.

Synopsis

Pets trapped on a speeding train must thwart the plans of Hans, a vengeful badger seeking revenge. While the crash seems inevitable, the pets can count on Falcon, a sly and resourceful raccoon, ready to do anything to save them.

Cast

  • Damien Ferrette as Falcon, a raccoon
  • Hervé Jolly as Rex
  • Kaycie Chase as Maguy
  • Frantz Confiac as Hans, a badger who is seeking revenge
  • Emmanuel Garijo as Randy
  • Nicolas Marié as Rico
  • Stéphane Ronchewski as Victor
  • Sébastien Desjours as Croquette

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