Rebecca – PG13 – Remake, Mystery – Netflix
After a whirlwind romance in Monte Carlo with handsome widower Maxim de Winter (Armie Hammer), a newly married young woman (Lily James) arrives at Manderley, her new husband’s imposing family estate on a windswept English coast. Naive and inexperienced, she begins to settle into the trappings of her new life, but finds herself battling the shadow of Maxim’s first wife, the elegant and urbane Rebecca, whose haunting legacy is kept alive by Manderley’s sinister housekeeper Mrs. Danvers (Kristin Scott Thomas).
Ben Wheatley, Armie Hammer, Tim Bevan, Jane Goldman, Kristin Scott Thomas, Eric Fellner
The Witches – PG – Drama, Thriller – HBO Max
From the mind of Roald Dahl and as reimagined by acclaimed filmmaker Robert Zemeckis, The Witches is a wickedly fun adventure as a young boy stumbles onto a secret coven of child-hating witches as they plot to turn the world’s children into mice. A fresh Halloween classic for this generation, in a story that celebrates courage, teamwork, and unlikely heroes, offering a completely distinct kids proposition with a quirky, delightfully twisted tone in classic Dahl style.
Stanley Tucci, Kenya Barris, Jack Rapke, Guillermo del Toro, Anne Hathaway, Codie-Lei Eastick, Robert Zemeckis, Alfonso Cuarón
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