New on DVD and Blu-ray: THE NUTCRACKER AND THE FOUR REALMS (2018)

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Product Description: All Clara (Mackenzie Foy) wants is a key -- a one-of-a-kind key that will unlock a box that holds a priceless gift from her late mother. A golden thread, presented to her at godfather Drosselmeyer's (Morgan Freeman) annual holiday party, leads her to the coveted key, which promptly disappears into a strange and mysterious parallel world. It's there that Clara encounters a soldier named Phillip (Jayden Fowora-Knight), a gang of mice and the regents who preside over three Realms: Land of Snowflakes, Land of Flowers and Land of Sweets. Clara and Phillip must brave the ominous Fourth Realm, home to the tyrant Mother Ginger (Helen Mirren), to retrieve Clara's key and hopefully return harmony to the unstable world.

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Weekend Box-Office: BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Over-Performs With $50M Debut

Expectations were high for Freddie Mercury biopic "Bohemian Rhapsody" as the weekend started with a solid Friday performance, but the film managed to perform even better than expected and rocked the charts. Meanwhile, Disney's "The Nutcracker and the Four Realms" struggled in its opening weekend, but Tyler Perry's "Nobody's Fool" made a decent debut.

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THE NUTCRACKER AND THE FOUR REALMS Trailers, TV Spots, Clips, Featurettes, Images and Posters

Disney's "The Nutcracker and the Four Realms" is a retelling of E.T.A. Hoffmann's short story "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King" and Marius Petipa's "The Nutcracker". The film is directed by Lasse Hallstrom ("The Cider House Rules") and Joe Johnston ("Jumanji") from a script by Ashleigh Powell. Johnston was brought on board to direct a month of reshoots written by Tom McCarthy.

Mackenzie Foy stars as Clara, a young girl who is searching for a one-of-a-kind key that will unlock a box that holds a priceless gift from her late mother. In her quest she must brave the ominous Fourth Realm, home to the tyrant Mother Ginger (Helen Mirren), to retrieve the key and return harmony to the unstable world.

The film also stars Morgan Freeman, Keira Knightley, Richard E. Grant, Eugenio Derbez, Matthew MacFadyen, Miranda Hart, Ellie Bamber and Jayden Fowora-Knight.

"The Nutcracker and the Four Realms" opened in theaters on November 2, 2018 and received generally negative reviews from critics. The film is struggling at the box-office, grossing only $5.6 million on Friday and it looks like it will finish its opening weekend with a disappointing $18 million.

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In Theaters: BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY, THE NUTCRACKER AND THE FOUR REALMS, NOBODY'S FOOL, BOY ERASED and BODIED

The Queen biopic "Bohemian Rhapsody" is rocking theaters this weekend, and while the critical reception has been lukewarm, 20th Century Fox is anticipating a $30+ million debut from 4,000 theaters. For the kids we have Disney's "The Nutcracker and the Four Realms", which has received a thrashing from critics. Also out now in theaters is Tyler Perry's new dramedy "Nobody's Fool" starring Tiffany Haddish, but it hasn't been screened for critics, so it's probably not very good. Films worth checking out in limited release are Joel Edgerton's gay conversion therapy drama "Boy Erased" starring Lucas Hedges, Nicole Kidman and Russell Crowe, and the rap battle comedy "Bodied" produced by Eminem".

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New Soundtracks: THE NUTCRACKER AND THE FOUR REALMS (James Newton Howard)

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Composer:
James Newton Howard

Conducted by
Gustavo Dudamel

Total Time:
1:06:37

Label:
Walt Disney Records

Purchasing Links:
CD, MP3, iTunes

Release Date
October 26, 2018

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New Trailers: THE NUTCRACKER AND THE FOUR REALMS, THE FAVOURITE, 22 JULY and THE DRAGON PRINCE

Today we have new trailers for:

• Disney's fairy-tale adventure "The Nutcracker and the Four Realms" starring Mackenzie Foy, Keira Knightley, Morgan Freeman and Helen Mirren.
• The offbeat satire "The Favourite" from writer/director Yorgos Lanthimos, starring Olivia Colman, Rachel Weisz, Emma Stone and Nicholas Hoult. The film has received rave reviews at this year's Venice Film Festival.
• Paul Greengrass' new film "22 July", which tells the true story of the aftermath of Norway's deadliest terrorist attack.
• Netflix's animated fantasy series "The Dragon Prince".

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New Trailers: ESCAPE AT DANNEMORA, BEL CANTO, MANIAC, THE NUTCRACKER AND THE FOUR REALMS and More

Today we have new trailers for:

• Showtime's eight-part miniseries "Escape at Dannemora" starring Patricia Arquette, Benicio Del Toro and Paul Dano.
• Paul Weitz's hostage crisis thriller "Bel Canto" starring Julianne Moore and Ken Watanabe, based on Ann Patchett's best-selling novel.
• Cary Joji Fukunaga's trippy ten-episode series "Maniac" starring Emma Stone and Jonah Hill.
• Disney's "The Nutcracker and the Four Realms" starring Mackenzie Foy, Keira Knightley, Morgan Freeman and Helen Mirren.
• The romantic drama "A Boy. A Girl. A Dream." starring Omari Hardwick and Meagan Good.
• Showtime's drama series "Kidding" starring Jim Carrey.
• The Netflix comedy "The After Party".

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