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The House with a Clock in Its Walls (2018)
6.1
PG
Duration: 105min
Country: US
Original Language: en
Plot: Lewis moves in with his uncle, who happens to be a wizard, after losing his parents. He discovers a magical world and learns about an evil wizard's clock that has the power to destroy everything. This clock, made with bad magic, counts down to the end of the world. Uncle Jonathan's house was where the bad wizard hid it. Now, Lewis and Jonathan must locate this clock before it reaches zero and save the world using their own magical abilities!
Cast: Jack Black, Cate Blanchett, Owen Vaccaro, Kyle MacLachlan, Renée Elise Goldsberry
Keywords: based on novel or book, haunted house, orphan, 1950s, uncle, magician, clock, warlock, pumpkin, secret passageway
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7.9
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Duration: 90min
Country: US
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Back to the Future (2023)
8.5
PG
Release Date: 2023-10-21
Duration: 116min
Country: US
Cast: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Crispin Glover, Lea Thompson, Claudia Wells
Duration: 115min
Country: US
Plot: Due to his low income, Charlie Bucket dreamed of chocolate his whole life, something he could never buy. Everything changed when the well-known Wonka Chocolate Empire's leader, Willy Wonka, announced a contest in which five golden tickets were scattered around the nation and concealed in chocolate. The delights of the Wonka Chocolate Factory will be shown to children who find tickets.
Cast: Johnny Depp, Freddie Highmore, David Kelly, Helena Bonham Carter, Noah Taylor
Duration: 179min
Country: US
Plot: A young hobbit by the name of Frodo Baggins unintentionally acquires a magic ring in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. The ring was formerly owned by the Dark Lord Sauron, who lost it, and it possesses great hidden power. In order to keep Sauron from regaining the ring and bolstering his army, Frodo makes the decision to destroy it. A massive conflict between good and evil is about to start as Sauron sends his minions to murder Frodo.
Cast: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Ian Holm
Duration: 179min
Country: US
Plot: Following his capitulation to Sauron, the white wizard Saruman assumed command of the Rohan Kingdom's ruler and dispatched a sizable army of orcs bent on eradicating the human species. Assisting the Kingdom of Rohan in fending off the orc invasion are Aragorn, Legolas, and Kinley under the leadership of Gandalf. Once the talking Tree Spirit saves Pippin and Mellie, they run across a "resurrected" Gandalf, who looks after them and drives them to a Tree Spirit conference. Ahead of him, at the gateway to the Mountain Range of Doom, is where Frodo finds himself—led by Gollum.
Cast: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Andy Serkis