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Summary
A fictionalized account of Shakespeare’s son, Hamnet, and the profound ripple effects of his short life on his family — particularly his mother, Agnes — as grief, love, and artistic inspiration collide.

Director
Chloé Zhao

Writer
Chloé Zhao (screenplay), based on the novel by Maggie O’Farrell

Cast

• Jessie Buckley as Agnes
• Paul Mescal as William Shakespeare
• Jacobi Jupe as Hamnet
• Olivia Lynes as Judith
• Joe Alwyn as Bartholomew

Rotten Tomatoes: 87%

Metacritic: 82

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Summary Former security guard Mike Schmidt returns to face the horrors of Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza, where animatronic nightmares await. As darkness closes in and old evils awaken, Mike and his allies must survive nights of terror to uncover the truth behind the haunted pizzeria and escape alive.

Director
Emma Tammi

Cast

• Josh Hutcherson as Mike Schmidt
• Elizabeth Lail as Vanessa Shelly
• Piper Rubio as Abby Schmidt
• Matthew Lillard as William Afton
• Theodus Crane as Jeremiah
• Skeet Ulrich as Henry Emily
• Mckenna Grace as Lisa
• Kellen Goff (voice of Toy Freddy)
• Megan Fox (voice of Toy Chica)
• Matthew “MatPat” Patrick (voice of Toy Bonnie)

Rotten Tomatoes: 12%

Metacritic: 32

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Summary
A struggling American actor in Tokyo takes a job with a Japanese “rental family” agency, playing stand-in roles for clients in need of fake relatives. As he becomes more involved in his phony assignments, he forms real emotional bonds—and begins to question what family truly means.

Director
Hikari

Writers
Hikari, Stephen Blahut

Cast

• Brendan Fraser as Phillip Vandarploeg
• Takehiro Hira as Shinji
• Mari Yamamoto as Aiko
• Shannon Mahina Gorman as Mia Kawasaki
• Akira Emoto as Kikuo Hasegawa
• Shino Shinozaki as Mia’s Mother

Rotten Tomatoes: 89%

Metacritic: 68

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Summary
Elphaba, now the Wicked Witch of the West, lives in exile in the forest while continuing her fight for the freedom of Oz’s silenced Animals. Glinda, now the symbol of Good and a glamorous icon, is torn between her public persona and her complicated past with Elphaba. As political unrest rises, the two must finally confront each other and their own truths to reshape the future of Oz.

Director
Jon M. Chu

Writers
Winnie Holzman, Dana Fox

Cast

• Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba
• Ariana Grande as Glinda
• Jonathan Bailey as Fiyero
• Jeff Goldblum as the Wizard of Oz
• Michelle Yeoh as Madame Morrible
• Marissa Bode as Nessarose
• Ethan Slater as Boq

Rotten Tomatoes: 69%

Metacritic: 60

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Summary
A highly sophisticated AI program named Ares is sent from the digital Grid into the real world on a mission. The film explores the collision between flesh and code as tech giants, corporate intrigue, and old legacy characters converge over a new threat that could change the boundary between human and machine forever.

Director
Joachim Rønning

Writers
Jesse Wigutow, David DiGilio, Steven Lisberger, Bonnie MacBird

Cast

• Jared Leto
• Greta Lee
• Evan Peters
• Jodie Turner-Smith
• Gillian Anderson
• Jeff Bridges

Rotten Tomatoes
Critics Score: 57%

Metacritic
Score: 50

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