K.T Simpson
Hocus Pocus 2
The trailer for the highly anticipated Disney+ Original movie “Hocus Pocus 2,” reuniting Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy, are now available. The live-action, long awaited sequel to the perennial Halloween classic, which brings back the delightfully wicked Sanderson sisters for more comedic mayhem, will debut on Disney+ on September 30.
It’s been 29 years since someone lit the Black Flame Candle and resurrected the 17th-century sisters, and they are looking for revenge. Now it is up to three high-school students to stop the ravenous witches from wreaking a new kind of havoc on Salem before dawn on All Hallow’s Eve.
“Hocus Pocus 2” also stars Sam Richardson (“The Tomorrow War”), Doug Jones (“The Shape of Water”), Hannah Waddingham (“Ted Lasso”), Whitney Peak (“Gossip Girl”), Belissa Escobedo (“American Horror Stories”), Lilia Buckingham (“Dirt”), Froyan Gutierrez (“Teen Wolf”), and Tony Hale (“Veep”). The film is directed by Anne Fletcher (“Dumplin,’” “The Proposal”) and produced by Lynn Harris (“King Richard,” “The Shallows”), with Ralph Winter (“Hocus Pocus,” “X-Men” franchise), David Kirschner (“Hocus Pocus,” “Chucky”) and Adam Shankman (“Disenchanted,” “Hairspray”) serving as executive producers.
Murder Party
Pivot Pictures is excited to announce the cinema release of the most delicious, devious and most dazzling film of the year, Murder Party in cinemas nationally Thursday 28 July 2022.
Filled to the brim with colourful characters and surprise twists, Murder Party is a chic and stylish murder mystery comedy that plays like the wild child of Wes Anderson and Agatha Christie, and gives a cheeky nod to the global smash hit Knives Out.
The story follows Jeanne, a brilliant architect who has a new assignment: renovate the sumptuous Daguerre mansion owned by an eccentric family head of a board game empire. When the landlord and patriarch Cesar is found dead, everyone present becomes a suspect. Suddenly Jeanne’s mission turns into a life-size investigation to expose the murderer.
The film stars Alice Pol (A Perfect Plan), Pablo Pauly (Invisibles), Zabou Breitman (The Swallows of Kabul, Paris Etc) and French legends Eddy Mitchell (True Friends) and Miou-Miou (Memoirs of a French Whore).
Thirteen Lives
The trailer for Ron Howard’s next, starring Viggo Mortensen, Colin Farrell, Joel Edgerton, Tom Bateman, and Paul Gleeson, has been released.
Thirteen Lives recounts the incredible true story of the tremendous global effort to rescue a Thai soccer team who become trapped in the Tham Luang cave during an unexpected rainstorm. Faced with insurmountable odds, a team of the world’s most skilled and experienced divers – uniquely able to navigate the maze of flooded, narrow cave tunnels – join with Thai forces and more than 10,000 volunteers to attempt a harrowing rescue of the twelve boys and their coach. With impossibly high stakes and the entire world watching, the group embarks on their most challenging dive yet, showcasing the limitlessness of the human spirit in the process.
Thirteen Lives hits select theaters exclusively for one week on July 29. Launching globally on Prime Video on August 5
Resurrection
IFC Films has released the official trailer for the new Tim Roth-Rebecca Hall starrer, In Theaters July 29th and on Demand on August 5th.
Screenwriter and director Andrew Seman’s jaw-dropping sophomore feature, RESURRECTION had its world premiere at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. Margaret (Rebecca Hall) leads a successful and orderly life, perfectly balancing the demands of her busy career and single parenthood to her fiercely independent daughter Abbie. Everything is under control. But that careful balance is upended when an unwelcome shadow from her past, David (Tim Roth) returns, carrying with him the horrors of Margaret’s past. Battling her rising fear, Margaret must confront the monster she’s evaded for two decades who has come to conclude their unfinished business.
