dvd Release Date: 06/28/2022 Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars Theatrical Release Date: 01/07/2022 Language: English Genre: Thriller MPAA Rating: NR Director: Randall Okita Actors: Skyler Davenport, Jessica Parker Kennedy, Kim Coates, Laura Vandervoort, Matthew Gouveia, Keaton Kaplan Plot: In a secluded mansion, Sophie, a visually-impaired former skier, cat-sits while the owner is away. Half-way across the country, Kelly, an army veteran, works as a volunteer helping the blind to see when they need a pair of eyes. When a trio of thieves target the home, the two will work together to not just survive – but fight back.
Hasbro puts a magical spin on its classic whodunit game with Clue: Wizarding World Harry Potter Edition Mystery Board Game. The thrilling wizarding twist in this Amazon exclusive edition finds players moving around the board as Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny, Luna, or Neville. Players try to figure out who disappeared, under which spell, and where the crime occurred. The artwork is stunning—and the coolest part—the game board reveals changing staircases, forbidden doors, secret passages, and more. WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD. Small parts – not for children under 3.
Moviegoers could be paying a little extra to see a film at a Cineplex theatre this summer.
Canada’s largest film exhibitor said it has introduced a $1.50 booking fee that applies to each ticket purchased through its mobile app and website.
The move comes as the company said it needs “to further invest and evolve our digital infrastructure.”
However, not everyone will have to pay the new service charge.
Cineplex Inc. says purchases made in-person at the box office, ticket kiosks, or concession stands will not be subject to the fee, while members of the Scene Plus rewards program will pay a reduced $1 per ticket.
Subscribers to CineClub, the company’s monthly subscription program, will have the fee waived entirely.
When Cineplex introduced online ticket sales years ago, it charged a similar processing fee for each ticket. Eventually it eliminated the charge around the same time it began encouraging moviegoers to buy tickets in advance instead of waiting in line at the box office.
More recently, Cineplex has dabbled in other upcharge experiments that included an extra $2 for “prime seats” at a few of its busier theatres. It also tacked on an extra $1 to reserve seats at showings of Star Wars: The Last Jedi in 2017.
In the United States, most of the largest theatre chains already charge a fee for online ticket purchases.
Earlier this year U.S. chain AMC Theatres went a step further when it began testing “variable pricing” for tickets to the anticipated DC Comics movie The Batman. The new cost added around $1.50 US to each ticket in some cities.
Romantic, small-town girl Holly, and realist, career-driven, Chris aren’t a likely pair, but when ‘matched’ together by Holly’s all-knowing great-aunt, they don’t seem to have much of a choice.
Warner Bros. said it has removed references to a gay relationship between two protagonists in the upcoming China release of a “Harry Potter” prequel.
The Hollywood studio confirmed that it has expunged details of the romance between Jude Law’s character, Albus Dumbledore, and Gellert Grindelwald, played by Mads Mikkelsen, in “Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore.”
The edit, which was first reported by The Hollywood Reporter, takes out six seconds of the film in which Dumbledore utters the lines “I was in love with you” and “the summer Gellert and I fell in love.”
The film’s total run time is 143 minutes.
“As a studio, we’re committed to safeguarding the integrity of every film we release, and that extends to circumstances that necessitate making nuanced cuts in order to respond sensitively to a variety of in-market factors,” a Warner Bros. spokesperson told THR.
“Our hope is to release our features worldwide as released by their creators but historically we have faced small edits made in local markets.”
The spokesperson added: “In the case of ‘Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore,’ a six-second cut was requested and Warner Bros. accepted those changes to comply with local requirements but the spirit of the film remains intact.”
“We want audiences everywhere in the world to see and enjoy this film, and it’s important to us that Chinese audiences have the opportunity to experience it as well, even with these minor edits.”
Warner Bros. is raking in the cash at the box office in China. The film was the most watched in the country during opening weekend, pulling in $9.7 million — a figure that would have been larger notwithstanding COVID-19-induced lockdowns.
J.K. Rowling, the author of the “Harry Potter” series, first revealed that the two characters were gay during a 2007 fan event promoting the book “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.”
This is the first time that the relationship has been explicitly referred to in a film. “Fantastic Beasts: Secrets of Dumbledore” is scheduled to open in the United States this week.
Hollywood studios have been criticized for bowing to Chinese censorship demands in exchange for access to the country’s market.
“Mulan,” the live-action remake of the 1998 animated classic, was filmed by Disney in Xinjiang province, where the Chinese government is accused of orchestrating a campaign of ethnic cleansing against Uyghur Muslims.
Police said S K Sreenivasan (45), an RSS worker and former office-bearer, was attacked by a five-member gang who stormed into his two-wheeler shop in Melamuri, a BJP stronghold in Palakkad.
Quoting eyewitnesses, police said the attackers parked their motorcycles outside Sreenivasan’s shop. Wielding swords, three of them stormed into the shop and hacked Sreenivasan several times, before escaping on their motorcycles. CCTV footage showed the suspected attackers reaching the street outside Sreenivasan’s shop on three motorcycles.
BJP leaders alleged that the PFI was behind the attack. The PFI did not react to the charges.
On Friday afternoon, the PFI’s Elappully area president, A Subair (44), was hacked to death outside a mosque. According to police, Subair and his father were on a motorcycle when they were hit by a vehicle. As they fell on the road, some men emerged from another vehicle and attacked Subair before fleeing the spot.
The PFI had alleged that the RSS-BJP was behind the murder; the BJP district leadership had denied the allegation.
Police confirmed that a vehicle abandoned by Subair’s killers was registered in the name of RSS worker S Sanjith, who was killed last November, allegedly by members of PFI and its political outfit Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI). Subair was also a member of the SDPI.
Sanjith’s family said the vehicle was parked in a workshop before his death, and they had not got it since then.
Another vehicle which is suspected to have been used by Subair’s attackers was found abandoned. Police have found that it was “rented” to a person named Rameshan, who is absconding since the incident.
The FIR calls Subair’s death a “political murder”. Four RSS-BJP workers who were allegedly involved in an attack on a PFI worker last year are being questioned.
“The conspiracy behind the murder is clear. By killing a local PFI leader, RSS wants to foment communal trouble,” state PFI president C P Muhammed Basheer had said on Friday.
Meanwhile, BJP’s state general secretary and senior party leader in Palakkad, C Krishna Kumar, alleged that the PFI was behind the attack on Saturday. “Police could not prevent the killing of the RSS worker when armed criminal gangs were roaming in the city. Yesterday, we already denied the role of our workers or any Sangh Parivar men in the killing of the PFI worker,” he said.
“Police neglected the PFI plan to trigger violence across the district. Melamuri region in Palakkad had reported communal violence in the past, but the police did not take any precautionary steps. The ruling CPI(M) and its police force have surrendered before terrorists,” state BJP president K Surendran said. Opposition Leader in Assembly V D Satheesan said the killings were a fallout of the state government’s communal appeasement. “The CPI(M) is appeasing both the SDPI and RSS, which they call social engineering,” he said.
Police have sounded an alert to prevent further violence. About 300 police personnel have been deployed in Palakkad, where Additional District Magistrate K Manikandan has issued prohibitory orders till April 20 “sensing that religious hatred may emerge in the wake of the two killings.” State DGP Anil Kanth warned that strict action would be taken against those who spread religious hatred through social media.
“Right now the issue of Gyanvapi is going on. There are some facts which are coming out in the open. I believe we should let facts come out in the open. In any case, truth always finds a way to come out. How long can you hide it? I believe the time has come to put historical facts in the right perspective before society,” RSS Akhil Bharatiya Prachar Pramukh (all-India publicity in-charge) Sunil Ambekar said at the Devrishi Narad Patrakar Samman Samaroh, an RSS event to felicitate journalists.
On India’s syncretic culture, Ambekar said, “It is true that India is assimilative. People talk about the Ganga-Jamuna culture. But later it should become one. It should become Ganga. Only then can we walk together. I believe there is a responsibility to create public awakening.”
Minister of State Sanjeev Balyan, who was chief guest at the event, said he became emotional when he learnt about a Shivling being found in the mosque complex. “Last week I was in Varanasi when this issue of Gyanvapi was going on. I became emotional. But I became more overwhelmed when a journalist told me that Nandi had been waiting centuries for Lord Shiva. My eyes welled up,” he said.
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Incidentally, when the Supreme Court ruled in favour of the Ram temple in Ayodhya on November 9, 2019, Prime Minister Narendra Modi called it a “day to forget any bitterness one may have”. The same day, responding to a question on whether the RSS would now take up the issue of the Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasiand the Shahi Idgah in Mathura, its chief Mohan Bhagwat said: “Because of a historical backdrop, the Sangh got associated with this movement (Ayodhya) as an organisation. It is an exception. Now we will again be associated with human development and this movement will not remain of concern to us.”
Both the BJP and the RSS leadership gave strict directives to their units across the country to avoid any triumphalism over the verdict.
This articulation appears to be shifting now with lawsuits filed not only in the context of the Gyanvapi mosque but also the Shahi Idgah in Mathura.
However, RSS sources maintained that the Sangh has decided not to actively participate in pushing these claims. “What Bhagwatji said, RSS still stands by it. Our job is preparing society and building individuals. But you have to understand that once Hindu society is awakened, it will assert its claims and issues will take their own course,” an RSS leader said.
Sources said the Sangh does not plan to launch a public movement on the lines of Ayodhya for these two sites at the moment. “We get involved when all other avenues to seek justice get exhausted. We got involved in Ayodhya because the secular atmosphere created in the country would not allow for the Babri issue to even be discussed, let alone be remedied. But such a situation is not there in the country anymore. Things are happening on their own and the court cases are moving in a positive direction,” another leader said.
“I’m a simple guy. I don’t have any special skills… No secret service. No special forces. But when someone harms my wife… there will be hell to pay.” Voltage Pictures has revealed an official trailer for Last Seen Alive, an intriguing new disappearance thriller starring produced by Gerard Butler. It used to have the title Chase, and should be out this summer. After Will Spann’s wife suddenly vanishes at a gas station, his desperate search to find her leads him down a dark path—one that forces him to run from authorities and take the law into his own hands. He descends into into the town’s criminal underbelly in a race against time to find her. Butler stars with Jaimie Alexander, Dani Deetté, Aleks Alifirenko Jr, Robert Walker Branchaud, Jordan Salloum, and David Kallaway. That “no secret service” line is a fun nod to Butler’s other movies. And the rest of this actually looks solid – Butler with a grizzled, almost deranged performance.
Here’s the two official trailers (+ poster) for Brian Goodman’s Last Seen Alive, direct from YouTube:
The thriller centers on Will Spann (Butler), who is driving his soon-to-be ex-wife Lisa (Alexander) to her parents’ home when she mysteriously disappears without a trace during a stop at a gas station. A frantic Will engages the local police and Lisa’s parents in a desperate attempt to find her, but as time passes and suspicion begins to fall on him, he must take matters into his own hands, delving into the town’s criminal underbelly while running from the authorities in a race against time to find Lisa.Last Seen Alive, formerly known as Chase, is directed by American actor / filmmaker Brian Goodman, director of the films What Doesn’t Kill You and Black Butterfly previously. The screenplay is written by Marc Frydman. Produced by Gerard Butler, Marc Frydman, Brian Pitt, and Alan Siegel. Voltage Pictures will debut Goodman’s Last Seen Alive in select US theaters + on VOD to watch later this summer. Stay tuned for updates. How does it look?
It was the biggest single dumping of animals in at least 10 years – and one that shocked the Christchurch SPCA.
Twenty-two small puppies were found alongside the Waimakariri River, cold and starving.
It is the second dumping of pets in the area in recent weeks, following a disabled kunekune being left to die on the side of the road in West Melton last month.
Christchurch SPCA foster and volunteer team leader Jaz Crowther said when the call came in from a woman saying she had found 22 puppies running around alongside the river, staff could scarcely believe it.
“Maybe there’s only like five, and they are just running really fast,” Crowther said when describing their thoughts.
The abandoned puppies, soon after they were retrieved from the banks of the Waimakariri River. Photo / Supplied
An inspector was, however, able to confirm the number, and soon the SPCA was on its way to the scene.
Crowther said the woman had been able to gather them all up, and SPCA staff ended up meeting her on the road halfway.
The precise location of the dumping could not be confirmed as the finder herself had not known exactly where it was.
Crowther said after getting their canine load back to headquarters, staff triaged six as needing urgent veterinary care.
The remaining 16 could go straight to quarantine for weighing and flea and worm treatment.
All of the puppies were underweight, cold and riddled with worms.
Apart from the critically ill ones at the vet that required syringe feeding, the remainder “woofed down” their first meal.
Following tradition, staff set out to name the puppies according to a theme. They were helped along in this regard by a plethora of characters in the Harry Potter books.
SPCA inspector Aleesha Everitt with two of the ‘Potter Puppies’. Photo / Supplied
The puppies’ names are Bellatrix, Plimpy, Remus, Gilderoy, Niffler, Myrtle, Norbert, Hedwig, Fleur, Tonks, Peeves, Hagrid, Pygmy Puff, Fang, Dobby, Sybil, Nymphadora, Harpy, Pansy, Newt, Griffin and Sirius.
Sadly one of the six that had required urgent care, Sirius, could not be saved.
The remaining 21, by now dubbed the Potter Puppies, were all fostered out between 10 homes the following day.
“We are very lucky that so many foster parents put their hands up. We are a bit depleted now though,” Crowther said.
The organisation was always on the lookout for additional foster parents for dogs, and even more so now.
Crowther said it had been a “logistical feat” to get all the supplies ready to go with each puppy as they went to their foster homes.
“I need to find 21 collars and leads next.”
A Potter Puppies play date was planned for this week, where the 21 would be able to run around once again together, just like they had been doing alongside the river that day.
Except, this time they would be much healthier and happier.
Niffler is now doing well following emergency care and lots of love. Photo / Supplied
Crowther said the puppies had been about five to six weeks old when found on June 21.
They would be desexed at the end of this month and put up for adoption next month. It was good to see them thriving with plenty of warmth and food at their foster homes. Their weights on arrival at the SPCA had been just 700g to 1.8kg.
“Their wee sunk-in faces are looking a bit more rounded out. Considering how sickly they all were when they came in, the fact that we only lost one is a miracle.”
Crowther said staff suspected the puppies, all a Staffordshire bull terrier mix, were from two separate litters, with 10 being slightly bigger than the other 11.
However, it was hard to tell and they could even be from more than two litters.
While the SPCA is no stranger to animals being left for dead, a spokesperson said this was the highest number of animals in a single dumping in the Canterbury region for about 10 years.
Crowther said the incident served as a reminder for people to get their animals desexed.
Additionally, she advised anyone overwhelmed with puppies or kittens should contact the SPCA, which focused on helping sick, injured and vulnerable animals.
Meanwhile, the SPCA is continuing to investigate the dumping of the kunekune on June 17.
The pig could not walk and was left by the side of the road with bedding and food. Locals came to the scene and transported it to the SPCA, where it sadly had to be euthanised the following day, believed to be due to its severe arthritis.
Memorial Day Weekend is the unofficial start to summer for most people, which means whether you’re into partying hard or relaxing all day, whatever you’re doing requires you to turn it up to eleven. And speaking of turning it to Eleven…this weekend is also your opportunity to watch one of the most highly anticipated shows of the year, the newest season of Stranger Things.
But of course that’s just one of the many things dropping this week, so whether you use Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, or all of the above, there are a ton of high-quality movies and shows hitting your favorite streaming platforms for you to check out. If Millie Bobby Brown and the Upside Down (note to self: new band name possibility) aren’t your jam, let us here at Decider help you figure out what to watch this weekend and where to stream it.
New Movies and Shows to Stream This Weekend: Stranger Things,Obi-Wan Kenobi, andLook At Me: XXXTentacion
It’s been over three years since we last saw the kids from Hawkins, Indiana and despite the fact that they’re, uh, not really kids anymore, they’re still bringing the excitement and scary delight back to Stranger Things on Netflix. The first seven episodes of a this two-part season 4 will all drop this Friday on the streamer. Not to be outdone, Disney+ is launching the first two episodes of Obi-Wan Kenobi on Friday, too. The series reunites Ewan McGregor as the titular Jedi Master with his Star Wars prequels co-star Hayden Christensen, who returns as Jedi-turned-Sith, Darth Vader. And on Hulu, there’s Look At Me: XXXTentacion , Want to know more about these highlights and the rest of the stellar weekend lineup? Check out the rest of the hit titles new on streaming this weekend below:
Season three of Stranger Things introduced us to new cast members like Maya Hawke’s ice cream scooping Robin, and Paul Reiser as the mysterious Dr. Owens (remember when he showed up!?) and it left off with us wondering whether or not Eleven was really stripped of her powers, and who the mysterious prisoner referred to as “the American” in a Russian prison might be. Season four, which is new on Netflix this week, seeks to answer some of our lingering questions from last season, while posing a whole bunch of new ones too. These new episodes also mark the return of Brett Gelman as conspiracy theorist Murray Bauman, and new faces like Robert Englund (that’s Freddy Krueger in case you didn’t know), who’s getting in on the meta-’80s-horror fun.
Look At Me: XXXTentacion, which chronicles the life and death of a rising music star is new on Hulu this weekend. Jahseh Onfroy was just 20 years old when he was murdered, and he made just as many headlines for his violent behavior as he did for his music in his short life, but in this Hulu Original documentary, his tumultuous life is given a closer look thanks to the participation of his mother and other friends close to him.
Star Wars fans have patiently been waiting for Obi-Wan Kenobi, which is new on Disney Plus this Friday. The limited series feels like something of the crown jewel of all the Star Wars series that have been made for the streamer (don’t get me wrong, I love me some Mando and Boba, but having Obi-Wan and Darth Vader reunite is almost as exciting as when the original Real World cast reunited for Homecoming last year). Obi-Wan Kenobi will surely be one of the best shows to watch this weekend if you need a conversation starter at your backyard barbecue.
Full List of New Movies and Shows on Streaming This Weekend
The options above only scratch the surface, so you know that this weekend’s full lineup will have amazing options for what to watch this weekend! For the full breakdown of the best movies and shows to stream now, or if you’re still undecided on what to stream this weekend, then check out the complete list below:
Insiders: Season 2 *Netflix SERIES (new episodes weekly) My Little Pony: Make Your Mark *Netflix FAMILY Pokémon Master Journeys: The Series: Part 3 *Netflix FAMILY
A Taste of Hunger (2021) Look At Me: XXXTentacion (2022) (Hulu Original) Masterchef: Season 12 Premiere (FOX) The Great American Tag Sale with Martha Stewart: Series Premiere (ABC)
Released Friday, May 27
Shoresy: Series Premiere (Hulu Original)
Released Sunday, May 29
Demon Slayer Kimetsu no Yaiba: Entertainment District Arc: Complete Season 1 (DUBBED) (Funimation) Intrigo: Death of an Author (2018)
New on Amazon Prime Video – Full List
Released Friday, May 27
Emergency (2022) Kick Like Tayla (2022)
New on Disney+ – Full List
Released Friday, May 27
Bad Boys D. Wade: Life Unexpected Hubble’s Cosmic Journey Mission Pluto Obi-Wan Kenobi – 2-Episode Premiere: Part I and II *Disney+ Original We Feed People (Premiere) *Disney+ Original
New on HBO Max- Full List
Released Thursday, May 26
Navalny That Damn Michael Che, Max Original Season 2 Premiere Tig n’ Seek, Max Original Season 4 Premiere
Released Friday, May 27
Blippi: Learn With Blippi Blippi Special Blippi Visits Blippi Wonders Ghosts, Season 1 Ghosts, Season 2 Stath Lets Flats
