Tag: The Witches
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The Best Witch Movies, from ‘Suspiria’ to ‘Hocus Pocus’ to ‘Kiki’s Delivery Service’
From an evil queen pondering “Mirror, mirror on the wall: Who is the fairest of them all?” to Three Weird Sisters chanting “Double, double toil and trouble! Fire burn, and cauldron bubble,” witchcraft has been something of a skeleton key across centuries of storytelling on screen and in print. As old as ghost stories themselves,…
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Streaming: the best Halloween films for kids
As Halloween beckons, summon up favourite child-friendly frighteners such as The Witches, Beetlejuice and CoralineHowever much adults latch on to it as an excuse for partying and dressing up, Halloween remains, in its present-day incarnation, an occasion chiefly for the benefit of children: try trick-or-treating without one in tow and see how far you get.…
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Olivia Colman, Rowan Atkinson, Sally Hawkins join ‘Wonka’ as UK shoot starts
Olivia Colman, Rowan Atkinson and Sally Hawkins have joined Warner Bros’ Wonka as production got underway in the UK on Wednesday (September 29).The trio join Timothée Chalamet in the lead role as Willy Wonka in the studio’s Roald Dahl spin-off. New cast include Matt Lucas, Mathew Baynton, Tom Davis, Simon Farnaby, Rich Fulcher, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith,…
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International box office: ‘The Witches’ hits $10m; ‘Demon Slayer’ closes in on $200m in Japan
‘Rams’, ‘Radioactive’ and ’Honest Thief” liven up the reopened Australian market.‘The Witches’ posts $3.5m in second sessionWith cinemas now closed again across most of Europe, Warner Bros will be pretty happy with a decline of just 29% for The Witches in its second session. Robert Zemeckis’s new version of the Roald Dahl tale grossed an…
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Warner Bros. Apologizes After ‘The Witches’ Sparks Backlash in Disability Community
The Witches has found itself at the center of a controversy — not for its poor critical reception, but for some bad character design choices. The disability community has criticized The Witches for giving a negative depiction of limb differences, after the witches in Robert Zemeckis‘ film are shown to have three-fingered hands — a…
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‘The Empty Man’ Opens at Empty Theaters as Weekend Box Office Grosses Less Than $10 Million
This week has been one of the year’s strongest for new film releases. “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” (Amazon) is the most talked-about movie in months. “On the Rocks” (Apple) reunites the director and star of “Lost in Translation.” The director of “Cast Away” and the “Back To the Future” franchise adapted Roald Dahl’s “The Witches” (HBO…
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‘The Witches’ Video: Anne Hathaway Teaches You How to Spot a Witch, Unveils New Footage
What do you get when you take three of Hollywood’s most creative minds – Robert Zemeckis, Guillermo del Toro, and Kenya Barris – and set them loose on an adaptation of a Roald Dahl novel? Answer: The Witches, Zemeckis’s upcoming take on the story of a boy who discovers a conference of witches staying at…
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‘Ava’ Takes Over as the Top VOD Choice, with Thriller ‘Alone’ Still Strong
With “Mulan” arriving on more platforms October 6 and non-premium VOD titles like “The Witches” and Amazon’s “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” later this month, the home-viewing market was on pause with no new premium titles this weekend. That didn’t stop Jessica Chastain’s “Ava,” however: It had the best showing for a non-premium title in the six…
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Robert Zemeckis’ ‘The Witches’ Skips Theaters for HBO Max Debut
Rober Zemeckis’ adaptation of “The Witches” starring Anne Hathaway is landing on HBO Max just in time for Halloween.The Warner Bros. dark fantasy comedy will debut on the subscription streaming service, owned by parent company WarnerMedia, on Oct. 22.“The Witches” was originally expected to open in theaters on Oct. 9, but like almost every movie…