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Wanted Santa (2025, dir James Huth)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ug3Ax-vrEkwOriginal title (FR): À la poursuite du Père Noël! (In pursuit of Santa Claus!) ... read full post
Original title (FR): À la poursuite du Père Noël! (In pursuit of Santa Claus!) ... read full post
Amrum Island, Spring 1945. In the final days of the war, 12-year-old Nanning (Jasper Billerbeck) braves the treacherous sea to hunt seals, goes fishing at night, and works the nearby farm to help his mother (Diane Kruger) feed the family. Despite the hardship, life on the beautiful, windswept island almost feels like paradise. But when peace finally comes, it reveals a deeper threat: the enemy is far closer than he imagined. ... read full post
An underdog elf, driven by his unwavering passion for the holidays, becomes the North Pole's only hope of saving Christmas from a vengeful hacker.
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1455686-mission-santa-yoyo-to-the-rescue
Original title (DE): Tafiti - Ab durch die Wüste (Tafiti - Off through the desert)
Tafiti, a young meerkat, initially rejects friendship with Bristles, a bush pig. When his grandpa is bitten by a snake, Tafiti sets off to find the flower for the cure. Bristles wants to prove that adventures are always better with friends.
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1437198-tafiti-ab-durch-die-wuste
The fall of 1987. Hawkins is scarred by the opening of the Rifts, and our heroes are united by a single goal: find and kill Vecna. But he has vanished — his whereabouts and plans unknown. Complicating their mission, the government has placed the town under military quarantine and intensified its hunt for Eleven, forcing her back into hiding. As the anniversary of Will’s disappearance approaches, so does a heavy, familiar dread. The final battle is looming — and with it, a darkness more powerful and more deadly than anything they’ve faced before. To end this nightmare, they’ll need everyone — the full party — standing together, one last time. ... read full post
When a new Ghostface killer emerges in the quiet town where Sidney Prescott has built a new life, her darkest fears are realized as her daughter becomes the next target. Determined to protect her family, Sidney must face the horrors of her past to put an end to the bloodshed once and for all.
Original title (IS): Ástin sem eftir er (The Love That Remains)
Tenderly captures a year in the life of a family as the parents navigate their separation. Through both playful and heartfelt moments, the film portrays the bittersweet essence of faded love and shared memories amidst the changing seasons.
Original title (ET): Mootorsaed laulsid (The Chainsaws Sang)
Adventures await when new lovers are separated by a chainsaw killer.
Original title (KO): 전지적 독자 시점 (Jeonjijeog dogja sijeom, Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint) ... read full post
Original title (SV): Stenbeck
Born into a powerful Swedish family, Jan Stenbeck takes over after his father and brother's deaths. He challenges monopolies, launches TV channels and newspapers, becoming a visionary who changed Sweden, but at a high personal cost.
After Paola is matched with a handsome online suitor, she arrives for a first date to discover a house full of dark and terrifying secrets.
The Forsytes chronicles the lives, loves, trials and triumphs of a wealthy late Victorian stockbroking family, whose generations are torn between the tradition and self-sacrifice versus personal happiness and the pursuit of love. Family stability is threatened by two chance encounters for rival cousins, Jolyon and Soames, throwing their previously steady lives into disarray. ... read full post
A young college football coach is sent to rural Alabama to try and sign the nation's top high school defensive end and soon finds himself trying to outflank rival recruiters, fight off grifting townsfolk and win over the player's wildly dysfunctional family.
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1555571-signing-tony-raymond
Original title (IT): Un mondo a parte (A World Apart) ... read full post
Once on the brink of extinction in the American West, the gray wolf’s comeback is astonishing, an incredible true story with many heroes, and one crucial heroine.
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1356077-lost-wolves-of-yellowstone
A struggling all female metal band called "The Virginia Bitches" have a taste for blood and while on tour their van breaks down in the middle of nowhere. Seeking help they come across a town full of cannibals led by an infamous Warlock.
Aided by his friend, the caretaker of an abandoned ghost town during the offseason tries to safeguard a young woman from violent kidnappers working for a ruthless crime boss.
Original title (FR): Chers parents (Dear Parents)
A trio of sibling's parents announce that they have won the lottery but do not plan to share a single cent with their children. Unsaid words, hidden secrets and jealousy turn their family unit upside down.
Original title (FR): La Petite Cuisine de Mehdi (Mehdi's Little Kitchen) ... read full post
Original title (ES): El cuco de cristal (The Crystal Cuckoo)
A young doctor gets a heart transplant. While recovering, she's invited to visit her donor's hometown. She discovers a community, a family with secrets, an ancient mystery, and a baby's disappearance from a local park.
A famous fitness influencer's morning run turns into a fight for survival when she's hunted by killers, and her fate depends on the viewer's choices that determine if she and a local farmer she meets live or die.
Courtney lies about a boyfriend to please her mom. A year later, she brings a fake fiance, her sister's ex home for Christmas. Stars Grace Field as Courtney with Chelsea Gilson as Heather.
Set in 1977 and based on a true story, Tony Kiritsis (Bill Skarsgård), a former real estate developer puts a dead man's switch on himself and the mortgage banker who did him wrong, demanding $5 million and a personal apology.
An ex-black ops team reunites to pull off a desperate heist and save the life of an eight-year-old girl.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt38784414/
Editor's note: Not to be confused with Wildcat (2024, dir Ethan Hawke).