Director Frank Oz‘s well-received toe-tappin’ big-screen adaptation of the 1982 off-Broadway musical (which itself was a reimaging of the original 1960 film) about loveable loser Seymour Krelborn’s (Rick Moranis) relationship to a carnivorous plant from outer space (voiced by Levi Stubbs) comes to 4K for the first time.
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The first big-screen adaptation of West Side Story stars Natalie Wood and Richard Beymer as the star-crossed lovers in the musical adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Winning 10 Academy Awards (still a record for a musical), the film was released to universal acclaim (even if Wood’s casting at the supposedly Puerto Rican Maria is still a bit cringeworthy in terms of classic Hollywood whitewashing).
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Released only in around three-dozen theaters in the late winter of 2015, around a simultaneous release on VOD, The Last Five Years isn’t so much a forgotten film as one the vast majority of potential viewers were never aware of. Adapted from the stage musical of the same name, based on the playwright‘s own experiences, the film follows the highs and lows of the relationship between struggling actress Cathy (Anna Kendrick) and successful author Jamie (Jeremy Jordan) in a rather unusual way.
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A direct sequel to Descendants: The Rise of Red, Descendants: Wicked Wonderland focuses on Red (Kylie Cantrall) and Chloe (Malia Baker) discovering how much has changed based on events from the previous film. Although the Queen of Hearts (Rita Ora) has become a far more benevolent ruler, making Red a Hero Kid rather than a Villain Kid, the change has turned Maddox Hatter (Leonardo Nam) into a villain obsessed with recovering his device and altering the timeline to make himself ruler of Wonderland.
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Looking to further extend the Descendants brand, Descendants: The Rise of Red offered the first spin-off film without any of the original core characters. Anne McClain was brought back as Uma, who takes up her new role as new principal for the school, but she’s really here only to kick off events (by knocking down the first domino in allowing Wonderland into Auradon) rather than partake in them.
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