Reynolds' warmth and mischievous twinkle in her eye as Aggie cemented her as an icon to a new generation of movie fans, who missed out on her star turns in Singin' in the Rain (1952) and Will & Grace. The trio discover that their grandmother Aggie, played by the incomparable Debbie Reynolds, is a witch and they follow her back to her home in Halloweentown, where Frankenstein monsters mingle with skeletons and talking jack-o'-lanterns. Brown) and her siblings ( Joey Zimmerman, Emily Roeske). Singer White/Ventura Valley Film/Kobal/REX/ShutterstockÄon't lie - as children, we all wished we had secret magical abilities, and Halloweentown let us vicariously live out that dream through Marnie Piper ( Kimberly J. A moody, innovative flick overflowing with riveting plotlines and stunning visuals, Wendell & Wild boldly shatters the mold of conventional spooky stop-motion animations by featuring predominantly Black characters and the genre's first trans character. When Wendell and Wild discover the hair cream can also revive the dead, they convince their "hell-maiden" - an orphaned, punkish schoolgirl named Kat (Lyric Ross) - that they can resurrect her deceased parents on the condition of being summoned to the Land of the Living, where they'll make their dreams come true. Peele and Keegan-Michael Key star as the titular demon brothers residing in the underworld, where they're forced to restore the hairline of their power-hungry father (Ving Rhames) while fantasizing about building an amusement park. Thirteen years post- Coraline, director Henry Selick reemerged from the shadows, teaming up with horror auteur Jordan Peele to pen this stop-motion spectacle. Lyric Ross stars in 'Wendell & Wild' as an Afro-punk teen whose tricked into summoning two demon brothers to the land of the living. (And don't forget the voice-acting: Kevin James and Nick Cannon deliver a quippy cop duo while Maggie Gyllenhaal flawlessly captures the essence of a goth teen babysitter.) - James Mercadante But it's also an uproarious and emotionally poignant Halloween treat that's bound to tug at your heartstrings. For a PG-rated movie, it's a visually intense ride that might just have you keeping the lights on for the little ones, and, let's face it, the not-so-little ones, too. After the creepy, child-loathing recluse Nebbecracker ( Steve Buscemi) suffers a heart attack, three fearless teens - curious DJ ( Mitchel Musso), quivering Chowder (Sam Lerner), and brainy Jenny (Spencer Locke) - are swallowed by his possessed house that "mocks them with its houseness," and they must band together to defeat the ravenous dwelling. This Oscar-nominated animated feature takes the classic "Get off my lawn!" war cry and spins it into a paranormal cautionary tale for families to not mess with their cantankerous older neighbor.
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