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Hollywood Hits September 2019
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101 Dalmatians : Signature Collection
Pongo, Perdita and their super-adorable puppies are in for thrills, hilarious spills and an epic action-packed adventure when they face off with Cruella De Vil, Disney's most fabulously outrageous villainess. When Cruella dognaps all of the Dalmatian puppies in London, brave animal heroes launch a daring plan to save all puppies from Cruella's clutches! Unleash all the excitement and suspense of a beloved classic you'll want to share with your family again and again!
Director: Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske, Wolfgang Reitherman
Starring: Rod Taylor, Betty Lou Gerson, J. Pat O'Malley
Quotes: "Perfect Fun For The Entire Family!" - Newsday
"It is the wittiest, most charming, least pretentious cartoon feature Walt Disney has ever made." - Time Magazine
"If there's one thing that's absolutely first-rate about the film, it's the character of Cruella." - Chicago Sun-Times
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Aladdin: Signature Collection
In the heat of an enchanted city, a commoner named Aladdin and his mischievous monkey Abu battle to save the free-spirited Princess Jasmine from the schemes of the evil sorcerer Jafar. Aladdin's whole life changes with one rub of a magic lamp as a fun-loving, shape-shifting Genie appears and grants him three wishes, setting him on an incredible journey of discovery.
Director: John Musker, Ron Clements
Starring: Robin Williams, Scott Weinger, Linda Larkin, Jonathan Freeman, Frank Welker, Gilbert Gottfried, Douglas Seale
Quotes: "Aladdin is a film of wonders. To see it is to be the smallest child, open-mouthed at the screen's sense of magic, as well as the most knowing adult, eager to laugh at some surprisingly sly humor." - Los Angeles Times
"What makes this animated feature such intense, giddy fun is the eruption of uninhibited parody that Robin Williams provides as the voice of the Genie in Aladdin's lamp." - The New Yorker
"Aladdin is a marvel of the cartoonist's art." - Chicago Tribune
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Annabelle Comes Home
Determined to keep Annabelle from wreaking more havoc, demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren bring the possessed doll to the locked artifacts room in their home, placing her 'safely' behind sacred glass and enlisting a priest's holy blessing. But an unholy night of horror awaits as Annabelle awakens the evil spirits in the room, who all set their sights on a new target, the Warrens' ten-year-old daughter, Judy, and her friends.
Director: Gary Dauberman
Starring: Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, McKenna Grace, Madison Iseman, Samara Lee, Steve Coulter
Quotes: "A smart, controlled film, made with considerable integrity." - San Francisco Chronicle
"The movie is scary, to be sure, but it's also larky good fun." - Washington Post
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Child's Play
A mother gives her son a toy doll for his birthday, unaware of its more sinister nature.
Director: Lars Klevberg
Starring: Aubrey Plaza, Mark Hamill, Tim Matheson, Gabriel Bateman, Brian Tyree Henry, David Lewis
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John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
Super assassin John Wick has a fourteen million dollar price tag on his head after killing a member of the High Table, the shadowy international assassins' guild. Now excommunicado, and with an army of the world's most ruthless hit men and women on his trail, John must find a way to survive in this third chapter of the adrenaline-fuelled action series.
Director: Chad Stahelski
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Jerome Flynn, Ian McShane, Asia Kate Dillon, Halle Berry, Jason Mantzoukas, Robin Lord Taylor, Laurence Fishburne, Anjelica Huston
Quotes: "Check your grounded Harrison Ford-era action ideals at the door: this is the biggest and most bonkers John Wick yet." - Toronto Star
"This one's the best of the three so far." - Chicago Tribune
"You can wait around and hope for a bigger, badder burst of action fireworks than John Wick 3, but you'd be kidding yourself. The wow factor is off the charts." - Rolling Stone
"Reeves retains his crown as the king of ultraviolent action with this solid threequel." - Newsday
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Men in Black: International
The team has always protected the Earth from the scum of the universe, but in this new adventure, they tackle their biggest, most global threat to date: a mole in the organization. French audio description available.
Director: F. Gary Gray
Starring: Tessa Thompson, Chris Hemsworth, Rebecca Ferguson, Emma Thompson, Liam Neeson, Rafe Spall, Kumail Nanjiani
Quotes: "A bright and breezy spin-off with two appealing stars." - Newsday
"It's a serviceable if unremarkable diversion from the real world, not a trip through it, despite its name." - Washington Post
"An amusing, if uneven spinoff of the blockbuster sci-fi action-comedy franchise." - Variety
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Spider-man: Far From Home
Peter Parker returns for the next chapter of the Spider-Man: Homecoming series! Our friendly neighborhood Super Hero decides to join his best friends Ned, MJ, and the rest of the gang on a European vacation. However, Peter's plan to leave super heroics behind for a few weeks are quickly scrapped when he begrudgingly agrees to help Nick Fury uncover the mystery of several elemental creature attacks, creating havoc across the continent!
Director: Jon Watts
Starring: Zendaya, Marisa Tomei, Tom Holland, Jake Gyllenhaal, Cobie Smulders, Samuel L. Jackson
Quotes: "... [it] isn't really a superhero movie. It's a wholesome teen comedy disguised as a superhero movie." - Boston Globe
"...[it] is breezy and enjoyable, focusing on all that's most appealing about Peter Parker and his web-slinging alter ego Spider-Man." - Time Magazine
"...a zesty and sweet and satisfying but not an overly dark slice of entertainment." - Chicago Sun-Times
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Toy Story 4
Woody has always been confident about his place in the world and that his priority is taking care of his kid, whether that's Andy or Bonnie. But when Bonnie adds a reluctant new toy called 'Forky' to her room, a road trip adventure alongside old and new friends will show Woody how big the world can be for a toy.
Director: Josh Cooley
Starring: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Keanu Reeves, Christina Hendricks, Patricia Arquette, Jordan Peele, Annie Potts, Kristen Schaal, Timothy Dalton, Wallace Shawn, Joan Cusack, Keegan-Michael Key, Tony Hale
Quotes: "As an ode to spunk, ingenuity, teamwork, storytelling and animation artistry, 'Toy Story 4' fires on every spirited cylinder." - Washington Post
"If this movie doesn't touch your heart, you'd have to be as lifeless as the toys pretend to be when humans are in the vicinity." - Richard Roeper
"Four movies in, the Pixar franchise continues to captivate." - Newsday
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Yesterday
Jack Malik is a struggling singer-songwriter in a tiny English seaside town whose dreams of fame are rapidly fading, despite the fierce devotion and support of his childhood best friend, Ellie. Then, after a freak bus accident during a mysterious global blackout, Jack wakes up to discover that the Beatles have never existed. And he finds himself with a very complicated problem, indeed.
Director: Danny Boyle
Starring: Himesh Patel, Lily James, Ed Sheeran, Kate McKinnon, Sophia Di Martino, Ellise Chappell, Meera Syal, Harry Michell
Quotes: "The movie is fun, largely because it proposes that fun is the principal legacy of the Beatles." - The New Yorker
"...invites the audience, along with the characters on screen, to hear some of the finest songs ever written for the very first time." - Washington Post
"Danny Boyle's light breeze of a romcom about a world without the Beatles has its heart firmly in the right place." - Rolling Stone
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