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Pokemon: Detective Pikachu (starring Ryan Reynolds, Justice Smith, Kathryn Newton, Suki Waterhouse) - fantasy mystery, based on the Pokemon franchise; a former Pokemon trainer (Smith) searches for his missing father with the help of a talking Pikachu (Reynolds).
The Hustle (starring Anne Hathaway, Rebel Wilson, Alex Sharp) - comedy, remake of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988); two women (Hathaway, Wilson) plan revenge against the men who wronged them.
Tolkien (starring Nicholas Hoult, Lily Collins, Colm Meaney, Derek Jacobi) - biographical drama; focuses on the early life of English professor and author J. R. R. Tolkien (Hoult) as he befriends a group of fellow artists and falls for Edith Bratt (Collins).
Poms (starring Diane Keaton, Jacki Weaver, Pam Grier, Rhea Perlman) - comedy; a woman (Keaton) moves into a retirement community and starts a cheerleading squad with her fellow residents.
The Professor and the Madman (starring Mel Gibson, Sean Penn, Natalie Dormer, Eddie Marsan, Jennifer Ehle) - drama , based on Simon Winchester’s 1998 book The Surgeon of Crowthorne; a professor (Gibson) starts compiling the Oxford English Dictionary and receives over 10,000 entries from a doctor (Penn) undergoing psychiatric treatment.

Spotlight

The Curse of La Llorona

Cast: Linda Cardellini, Raymond Cruz, Patricia Velasquez, Roman Christou, Jaynee-Lynne Kinchen, Marisol Ramirez

Director: Michael Chaves

Tagline: She wants your children.

Horror; a mother (Cardellini) must save her children from a ghost (Ramirez) who is trying to steal them.
Is also known as The Curse of the Weeping Woman in some markets.
Is based on the Mexican folklore of La Llorona, a woman condemned to wander until she finds the bodies of her children whom she killed after being abandoned by her husband.
Had a budget of $9 million; has made over $116 million in less than three weeks.
Has received negative reviews from critics who didn’t think it brought anything new to the genre and criticised its overuse of jump scares.
Marks Michael Chaves’s directorial debut.
Score composed by Joseph Bishara.

Awards

2019 Billboard Music Awards

Winners:

For the complete list of nominees and winners, visit billboard.com

Horror; a mother (Cardellini) must save her children from a ghost (Ramirez) who is trying to steal them.....