Musical

The Last Five Years

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  • Title: The Last Five Years
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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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Descendants: Wicked Wonderland

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  • Title: Descendants: Wicked Wonderland
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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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Descendants: The Rise of Red

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  • Title: Descendants: The Rise of Red
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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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Descendants 3

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  • Title: Descendants 3
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The last of the Descendants Disney Channel films to star the original cast, Descendants 3 focuses on Mal (Dove Cameron) overcompensating to stick up for her new home, four new VKs in Dizzy Tremaine (Anna Cathcart), Celia Facilier (Jadah Marie), and Squeaky Smee (Christian Convery) and Squirmy Smee (Luke Roessler) being allowed into Auradon, and Audrey (Sarah Jeffery) losing her shit when Ben (Mitchell Hope) proposes to Mal and becomes a villain out for revenge.

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Descendants 2

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  • Title: Descendants 2
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Bringing back the main stars of Descendants, the sequel focuses on Mal (Dove Cameron) struggling with the weight of expectations. Abandoning her new life in an attempt to return to simpler times, Mal heads back to the Isle of the Lost only for her friends Ben (Mitchell Hope), Evie (Sofia Carson), Carlos (Cameron Boyce), and Jay (Booboo Stewart)  to follow.

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