William Shakespeare, his wife Agnes, and their children deal with the ups and downs of life in the poignant and powerful Hamnet, directed by Chloe Zhou from the Maggie O’Farrell novel.
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It: Welcome to Derry – Episode 5: 29 Neibolt Street [2025]
In the 5th episode of It: Welcome to Derry, “29 Neibolt Street,” both ends of the story converge in the sewers to try to face and/or capture Pennywise.
Wicked: For Good [2025]
Elphaba, “The Wicked Witch of the West”, is hunted by various forces, including The Wizard of Oz and her BFF Glinda the Good, in John M. Chu’s Wicked: For Good, the lesser second half of the Broadway adaptation.
Blue Moon [2025]
A mesmerising Ethan Hawke stars as lyricist Lorenz Hart as he talks his life and troubles to anyone who will listen on an eventful 1943 night in Richard Linklater’s incredible Blue Moon.
The Island Closest To Heaven [1984] [Cult Epics LE]
A Japanese teenager travels to New Caledonia to seek what her father called “The Island Closest to Heaven” in Nobuhiko Obayashi’s travelogue melodrama; in a new Blu-Ray from Cult Epics.
Wicked: Part 1 [2024]
Before The Wizard of Oz, Elphaba, future Wicked Witch of the West, travels to Shiz University, entering a rivalry and friendship with Galinda in John M. Chu’s musical extravaganza Wicked (Part 1).
It: Welcome to Derry Episode 4: The Great Swirling Aparatus of Our Planet’s Function [2025]
The kids try to share their revelations, and Halloran explores the history of Derry in another banger episode of It: Welcome to Derry, now streaming on HBOMax.