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Bob Odenkirk's retired-assassin dad turns a family vacation into a bloodbath, with Sharon Stone as the villain, in this bigger, wilder sequel. Streaming on Peacock.

Could you imagine that Oz: The Great and Powerful, which is loosely based in L. Frank Baum's 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz was planned to be filmed by Disney since 1937? The rights for this movie was sold and resold for many times before, finally, Walt Disney Production acquired them and signed a contract with Sam Raimi to direct the film. Disney's series of decisions to reduce the filming costs had lead to unsuccessful negotiations with Robert Downey, Jr. and Johnny Depp for the leading role of Oscar Diggs/Oz, till, finally, James Franco was chosen for the role. You may remember him as Will Rodman form Rise of the Planet of the Apes. As the movie is the prequel for the core story The Wizard of Oz, there are no lovely Dorothy Gale, instead we have three witches. The Wicked Witch of the West, Theodora is portrayed by Mila Kunis which recently has had leading roles in Hell & Back and Friends with Benefits). Evanora The Wicked Witch of the East and the Ruler of the Munchkin Country is played by Rachel Weisz (The Bourne Legacy, To the Wonder); she inferiors in power of magic with Glinda the Good Witch of the South which is most powerful sorceress of Oz and is the ruler of the Quadling Country. In Disney's version of Oz: The Great and Powerful, Glinda is portrayed by Michelle Williams, which was quite smart decision, taking in consideration the amazing performance of Michelle Williams in My Week with Marilyn as Marilyn Monroe.

F9, also known as Fast & Furious 9, is a 2021 American action film directed by Justin Lin. It is the ninth installment in the Fast & Furious franchise and stars Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, and Ludacris, among others. The movie follows the crew as they come together to stop a dangerous threat and confront the past that has been haunting them.

A genuinely suspenseful thriller featuring accomplished actresses in uncharacteristic roles, Hanna combines the considerable talents of Saoirse Roana, notable for her compelling performance in The Lovely Bones, and Academy Award winner Cate Blanchett. No longer a long-suffering ingénue, Ms. Roana plays Hanna herself, "the perfect killing machine," and Ms. Blanchett plays a ruthless intelligence agent with clear family ties to Cruella DeVille, Ma Barker, Catherine Tramell, and other stellar sociopaths. "Please suspend disbelief for Hanna's fundamental premise: Hanna's father, formerly CIA and now resident of Finland's rugged frontier, has trained his daughter to become the consummate assassin. Whether or not you find it plausible, you must admit it's not a bad idea: Who ever would suspect the innocent abroad would be hell-bent on killing? Well, okay, who but Blanchett's character? As Hanna evades capture and approaches her ultimate target, she discovers a character attribute which feels and acts surprisingly like a conscience. Remember the time-honoured themes in modern literature—good versus evil, and character versus his or her own human nature? Hanna updates and intensifies those themes in a well-paced, white-knuckle post-modern, girl-power package.

Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant is the next stage of the conquest of the bloodsuckers for multiplexes: here they appear not only as the part of current reality, but as completely safe and miserable creatures. And once it comes to that, their fanged characters have become the part of common world. The witty and funny Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant just lifts the curtain in their world. But if the adventures of Bella Swan still evoke the angst on the out-of-puberty fans, after watching The Vampire's Assistant all those adults will have quite a dreamy smile.

Straight out of the DC Comics we find that Batman is back for yet another installment of the series brought to us by Christopher Nolan, writer, producer, as well as director. This is the third and supposedly last in the series from Nolan. But Batman has been around a long long time and who can say it will ever end?his film concludes the story that began with Batman Begins followed up with The Dark Knight and finally The Dark Knight Rises. And they will tell us the villain will not be either the Riddler or Mr. Freeze. Brother to Christopher, Jonathan Nolan is involved with script writing this time around and between the two they have plenty of plot twists and turns to keep us thoroughly entertained once again.tarring Christian Bale (Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, Terminator Salvation) as Bruce Wayne/Batman, that billionaire socialite who deems it his priority to keep Gotham City free from crime. Also starring are Sir Michael Caine (Inception, Alfie) as Alfred Pennyworth Bruce Wayne's advisor and butler, Gary Oldman (Red Riding Hood, The Book of Eli) as Gotham City Commissioner of Police James Gordon. Included in the cast are Anne Hathaway and Morgan Freeman.