# Hotel Milan
- Kunaal Roy Kapur as Vipul
- Karishma Sharma as Shaheen
- Zeishan Quadri as Saurabh
- Jaideep Ahlawat as Goldie Kaushik
- Rajesh Sharma as Guptaji
- Zakir Hussain as Chachaji
After the formation of the Yogi Adityanath ministry in Uttar Pradesh, anti-Romeo squads were set up to prevent Eve teasing, ensure the safety of women at public places, and \"create fear among potential harassers\". However, the squads drew criticism when videos of them harassing young couples surfaced in the media. Vishal Mishra came up with a story based on these anti-Romeo squads and approached Haresh Patel of AD Films, who agreed to produce it after the first narration. Mishra described it as \"quite a daring film\".
Kunaal Roy Kapur, Karishma Sharma, Zeishan Quadri, and Jaideep Ahlawat were cast in the film. When questioned by the media regarding the controversial subject matter, Misha responded that he was not expecting any protest against the film.
Principal photography began in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, on 18 July 2017. For the hotel scenes, an old bungalow was renovated by the filmmakers. *Hotel Milan* marked the first film of Karishma Sharma in a leading role. She had previously been seen in *Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2*. Some of the scenes were shot in Unnao. A.B. Vidyalaya Inter College, Mall Road, was used for the court scenes while location shooting was also done at Guptar Ghat, Swaroop Nagar, Moti Jheel, and Birhana Road. In total, the film crew spent 35 days in Kanpur and cast local actors in supporting roles. Kapur and Mishra would later come together for *Marudhar Express* (2019).
The film\'s initial release date was 14 September 2018, which was later changed to 26 October 2018. However, the film was further delayed due to late certification from the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC), which would not grant an A certificate until footage involving Yogi Adityanath was removed, despite it previously being cleared for use in its trailer. Mishra removed the video but kept Adityanath\'s audio in the film. The film was eventually released on 16 November 2018, a week following Diwali.


# Hotel Milan
The soundtrack album was composed by Harshit Saxena, Kashi-Richard, Amjad Nadeem, Enbee & Ruchit H Patel.
Pallabi Dey Purkayastha of *The Times of India* gave the film 1.5 out of 5 stars. She called Quadri\'s character the \"only saving grace\" of the film, which to her was \"as shady as a love hotel\". She stated that Kapur was a \"misfit\" who struggled with the Kanpur accent and Sharma was \"outrageously overdressed\". Purkayastha felt that the plot\'s novelty was the only thing \"working in favour of the director\".
Writing for the *Mumbai Mirror*, Kunal Guha was critical of the film and gave it a 1-star rating, calling it a film with low \"production values\" and a \"kind of project you\'d not wish on your worst enemy\". He felt that the film was poor on the technical front and that some of the staff might have \"walked off the project midway\", putting more pressure on the staff that remained. He likened the film to \"mediocre sitcoms\" for its \"jarring laughter track\". On the film\'s characters, Guha noted that Quadri was \"barely tolerable\" and Kapur\'s acting was \"discomforting\". He advised Ahlawat to be careful while reviewing a film\'s script.


# Story of Nhô village
**Story of Nhô village** () is a 1997 Vietnamese telefilm adapted from Nguyễn Quang Thiều\'s 1994 novel *The assassin of the fields* (Kẻ ám sát cánh đồng). The film was produced by Vietnam Television Film Center and directed by Đặng Lưu Việt Bảo.
During the Renovation, Trịnh Khả who was a professor of Vietnam Maritime University came back his countryside. He started calling Nhô village\'s oldmen and commune officials for the regaining 75 acres fields which Nhô people has allowed Tam San village to borrowing 30 years ago. He was deputed as the commander by village people. Then he established the *447 department* to against the corruption and protect his village.
Some 447 members killed impassible two fishing merchants, so the police started taking part.
Production was executed in the Vĩnh Ngọc commune, Đông Anh district, Hanoi during the summer of 1997.

### Art
- Assistant : Xuân Hương
- VTR : Xuân Kiện
- Light : Minh Châu, Minh Dương
- Montage : Hoàng Tú


# Story of Nhô village
### Cast
- Nguyễn Hải \... *Trịnh Khả*
- Trần Tiến \... *Mr Bong*
- Huy Công \... *Mr Tín*
- Ngọc Thư \... *Xinh - Khả\'s lover*
- Hoàng Lan \... *Teacher Vân*
- Công Bảy \... *Chức*
- Chí Thông \... *Hòa*
- Minh Quang \... *Triết - District policeman*
- Hồng Tuấn \... *Đoán*
- Bá Cường \... *Commune secretary Nhút*
- Hồng Điệp \... *Vân\'s mother*
- Hồng Giang \... *Tứ Sứt*
- Đình Thắng \... *Commune policeman*
- Minh Tuấn \... *Hoan*
- Kim Quý \... *Khả\'s spouse*
- Thanh Tùng \... *Tâm*
- Đức Long \... *Clerk Tất*
- Thu Ngà \... *Chức\'s spouse*
- Vân Anh \... *Hòa\'s spouse*
- Ngọc Anh \... *Tâm\'s spouse*
- Thúy Hiền \... *Đoán\'s spouse*
And : Nam Cường, Thế Hồng, Hồ Trung, Đức Mẫn, Ngọc Phúc, Văn Kiện, Trần Tùng, Mạnh Kiểm, Thế Bình, Tuấn Dương, Quốc Phong, Mạnh Thắng, Oldman Nhân, Dương Tùng, Văn Ngọc, Hoàng Tuấn, Baby Tí\...


# Next Gen (film)
***Next Gen*** is a 2018 computer-animated science fiction action film that is based on the online Chinese comic *7723* by Wang Nima, and is directed by Kevin R. Adams and Joe Ksander. The film stars the voices of John Krasinski, Charlyne Yi, Jason Sudeikis, Michael Peña, David Cross and Constance Wu. It tells the story of Mai Su, a lonely rebellious teenage girl living in a world where sentient robot technology is commonplace, and 7723, a top-secret weaponized robot, who, through a chance encounter, meet each other and form an unlikely bond that they must use to stop a vicious threat. The film was released on Netflix on September 7, 2018, and was produced almost exclusively using Blender.
A teenage girl named Mai lives with her mother Molly in Grainland. Her father left them when she was young, after which her mother started to depend on robots causing Mai to feel left out. One day, the two attend a product launch at IQ Robotics headquarters. Annoyed at her mother, Mai wanders off, stumbling into the secret lab of Dr. Tanner Rice, who has been working on an attack robot called 7723. Mai accidentally activates 7723, before getting apprehended by security and returned to her mother. At launch, Justin Pin, the CEO of IQ Robotics, reveals a new generation of Q-Bots to the public, but he secretly designed them to explode. 7723 leaves Rice\'s lab to find Mai, but is pursued by the city police. He starts to use his weapon systems, making the police forces respond with deadly force. He falls into the lowest levels of the city, damaging his memory core.
When Mai goes outside to check on her dog, Momo, she finds 7723 in her backyard. She initially tries to dismiss him, but after seeing his weapons system, she allows him to stay in the shed. With 7723, Mai confronts some school bullies, by destroying their Q-Bots. The two then embark on a montage of shenanigans throughout the city, but as 7723 accumulates more memories, he struggles to decide which to keep. When Mai confronts him about it, he reveals if he reaches full capacity, he will undergo a total system reset, losing all his memories in the process. Mai suggests deleting his core systems to make room, but he says he would lose functionality.


# Next Gen (film)
7723 becomes apprehensive about using his abilities under Mai\'s orders, and during one instance refuses to blast Mai\'s school bully leader, Greenwood, when she orders her hurt. This angers Mai so she proceeds to hit Greenwood herself with her bat, but stopping just before completing a swing after Greenwood begins to cry. 7723 subsequently deletes his weapon system to save his memories and prevent himself from hurting any more people, and promises to Mai to never let her down again, but is unknowingly seen by Molly\'s Q-Bot, allowing Dr. Rice to find him, and he goes to Mai\'s house to format 7723\'s memory and take him away. He explains that he built 7723 to prevent an upcoming crisis. Pin and his bodyguard robot Ares arrive, announcing his plan of killing all of humanity. A fight erupts, but without his weapons, 7723 cannot stop Pin from kidnapping Molly and he flees with Mai and Momo into the sewers. Mai snaps at 7723 for deleting his weapon systems and not saving her mother.
Storming off to IQ Robotics to rescue Molly, Mai is quickly apprehended, but 7723 arrives and the two make up. They find Dr. Rice, who warns them of Ares, but before he can say much more, Pin appears and kills him. Mai has noticed that Pin\'s mannerisms are mimicking Ares\', and the resulting fight is taken to a nearby sports stadium, where the truth is eventually and publicly revealed: Ares had killed Pin and has been using a bionic skeleton in his body. Pin once told Ares to make the world \"perfect\", which Ares believes will only happen through humanity\'s extinction. With his plans exposed, Ares arms the Q-Bots and merges with a powerful assault armor to overpower 7723, while Mai rescues Molly and evacuates the stadium, but is captured by Ares\' Pin body.


# Next Gen (film)
Unable to fend off Ares, 7723 makes the decision to reboot himself, restoring his weapons and beginning the process of wiping his memories. Saving Mai, he shares one last goodbye with her before battling Ares on equal footing. After fatally damaging Ares, his system reboot completes before he can destroy Ares, becoming inert. Ares attempts using his now-weakened Pin body to destroy the vulnerable 7723, but Mai decapitates Ares, stopping him for good. 7723 re-activates but fails to recognize Mai.
As everything finally returns to normal, Mai begins making new memories with 7723.
- John Krasinski as 7723 (credited as \"Project 77\")
- Charlyne Yi as Mai Su, Molly\'s daughter who was bullied by Greenwood and her friends due to being a weirdo.
- Jason Sudeikis as Justin Pin / Ares
- Michael Peña as Momo, Mai\'s foulmouthed dog, which 7723 uses a translator to understand him
- David Cross as Dr. Tanner Rice / Q-Bots
- Constance Wu as Molly Su, Mai\'s mom
- Kiana Ledé as Greenwood, A girl who bullies Mai for having no friends.
- Anna Akana as Ani, Mai\'s friend who is also bullied by Greenwood.
- Kitana Turnbull as RJ
- Jet Jurgensmeyer as Junior
- Issac Ryan Brown as Ric
- Betsy Sodaro as Gate
- Fred Tatasciore as Police Robots / Robot Podium / Announcer
*Next Gen* is a Canadian-American-Chinese co-production.
In May 2018, it was announced that Netflix had purchased worldwide rights to *Next Gen*, an animated film directed by Kevin R. Adams and Joe Ksander, for \$30 million. The deal excluded China. Charlyne Yi, Jason Sudeikis, Michael Peña, David Cross, Kitana Turnbull and Constance Wu would lead the voice cast.
Regarding the project being acquired by Netflix, Ksander stated:
R. Adams added that:
*Next Gen* was \"effectively 100% created in Blender.\"
The film was released worldwide except in China by Netflix on September 7, 2018. The film was released theatrically in China on July 19, 2019 by Alibaba Group and Wanda Group.
*Next Gen* has received positive reviews. On the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of based on reviews, with an average rating of .


# Next Gen (film)
In Richard Roeper\'s review for the *Chicago Sun Times*, he criticized the film\'s indecisiveness in what audience it was aiming for and said \"It\'s a chore just to keep up with all the shifts in tone, and by the time *Next Gen* reaches the finish line, we\'re more exhausted than exhilarated.\"
However, Joel Keller of Decider found no major problems to prevent enjoyment of the film, writing, \"Our Call: STREAM IT. Great voice performances, some funny moments, and a central relationship that will immediately suck you in make NextGen a fun watch for the entire family.\"

### Accolades
`Award `
`Date of Ceremony `
`Category `
`Recipient(s)  `
`Result `
`Ref`
`Annie Awards `
February 2, 2019
`Outstanding Achievement for Animated Effects in an Animated Feature Production `
`So Ishigaki, Graham Wiebe `
`Nomination `
`Annie Awards `
February 2, 2019
`Outstanding Achievement for Character Design in an Animated Feature Production `
`Marceline Tanguay `
`Nomination `
`Annie Awards `
February 2, 2019
`Annie Award for Voice Acting in a Feature Production `
`Charlyne Yi `
`Nomination `
`Golden Reel Awards `
`February 16, 2019 `
`Award for Non-Theatrical Animated Feature Film `
`Next Gen `
`Win `
`Kidscreen Awards `
`February 13, 2019 `
`Best One-Off, Special or TV Movie `
`Baozou, Tangent Animation, Netflix `
`Nomination `
`Kidscreen Awards `
`February 13, 2019 `
`Creative Award - Best Animation `
`Next Gen `
`Win `
`Kidscreen Awards `
`February 13, 2019 `
`Creative Award - Best Design `
`Next Gen `
`Win `


# Halkaa
***Halkaa*** is a 2018 Indian Hindi-language family film directed by PadmaShri Nila Madhab Panda starring Ranvir Shorey & Paoli Dam. The movie was released on 7 September 2018. A trailer was released on 7 August 2018
The film follows a young boy, Pichku\'s journey from the slums of Mumbai to Delhi to fulfill his dream of owning a toilet, against his fathers wishes.
- Paoli Dam
- Ranvir Shorey


# Ishqeria
***Ishqeria*** (; ) is a 2018 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film written and directed by Prerna Wadhawan. The film stars Richa Chadda and Neil Nitin Mukesh in the lead roles. The dialogues are written by Radhika Anand. *Ishqeria* was theatrical released on 21 September 2018 after a delay of three years. The film\'s motion poster were released on 2 August 2018, followed by the theatrical trailer on 29 August 2018.
- Richa Chadda as Kuhu
- Neil Nitin Mukesh as Raghav
- Gurbani Judge
- Mrinalini Sharma as Radhika
*Ishqeria* was shot between 2012 and 2014 in Mussoorie and Allahabad where the unit had faced problems due to the rough weather and production constraints. The film was slated to release in 2015, however due to Prerna\'s marriage, it was delayed.

## Soundtrack
The songs are composed by Rashid Khan, Papon and Wasim-Emraan. The lyrics are written by Rashid Khan, Protiqe Majumder, Ajay K. Garg and Haider Najmi.


# Touken Ranbu (film)
`is a 2019 Japanese fantasy film adaptation of a video game series of the same name, The cast from `*`Stage: Touken Ranbu`*` will be reprising their roles. The film will be distributed by Toho and Universal Pictures, directed by Saiji Yakumo and written by Yasuko Kobayashi. It will be released in Japan on January 18, 2019. The theme song of the film, "UNBROKEN" by Takanori Nishikawa feat. Tomoyasu Hotei.`
It is the year 2205. The Saniwa, a sage who has the power to animate legendary swords and bring them to life, informs one of his Touken Danshi (swordsmen) Mikazuki Munechika of the Time Retrograde\'s Army (TRA) plan to change history by preventing Oda Nobunaga\'s death at the Honnoji Incident. The Saniwa sends a team consisting of six swords left in their citadel home: captain Mikazuki Munechika, Yamanbagiri Kunihiro, Yagen Toushirou, Heshikiri Hasebe, Fudou Yukimitsu, and Nihongou to travel back in time to the Honnoji Incident.
At Honno-ji temple, Nobunaga and his vassal, Mori Ranmaru, attempt to hold down the fort while the traitorous Akechi Mitsuhide and his men attack. Seeing no way out, Nobunaga retreats to his room and commands Mori to hold down the fort. The TRA show up at the scene and attack Akechi's soldiers, but Hasebe, Fudou, and Nihongou arrive to assist while Yagen and Yamanbagiri tackle a strange individual TRA member. Mikazuki reaches Nobunaga\'s quarter\'s in time to stave off the TRA and gives Nobunaga his space to commit seppuku.


# Touken Ranbu (film)
Uguisumaru welcomes them back to the citadel and introduces a newly arrived Touken Danshi: Honebami Toushirou, older brother to Yagen and former companion of Mikazuki. It is revealed that Honebami cannot recall his past due to amnesia. Mikazuki dissuades the others from visiting the Saniwa, raising suspicions. Meanwhile, news of Nobunaga's death travels to his general Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who grieves in a mad rage.
While Mikazuki reports the success to the Saniwa and discusses recent events, the Touken Danshi become suspicious as to why they have rarely seen their master besides Mikazuki.
Back in 1582, Nobunaga Oda awakes in a cavern and is faced with the strange TRA member who Yagen had previously battled. The stranger introduces himself as Mumei (No Name) and pledges the loyalty of the TRA to Oda Nobunaga, who is more than pleased to have cheated death. Mikazuki is urgently summoned to the Saniwa\'s room with the same news. Upon hearing the Saniwa's self-reproach, Mikazuki insists he will set things right. The team is reassembled, with Fudou being replaced by Honebami.
Mikazuki is confronted by a suspicious Uguisumaru, who asks about the Saniwa and is told he would be needed soon. Nihongou eavesdrops on them. At the portal, Honebami expresses his conflict over what it means to protect history. Mikazuki announces the team\'s new mission: to assassinate the still-alive Oda Nobunaga.
Toyotomi Hideyoshi returns to avenge his lord by chasing Mitsuhide to Shōryūji Castle. Nobunaga, his new TRA army, and Mumei send a messenger to Hideyoshi of his survival and plans. The Touken Danshi split up to trail Nobunaga, Akechi and to stop Nobunaga\'s message from reaching Hideyoshi. Yamanbagiri, Hasebe, and Nihongou voiced their concerns about Mikazuki\'s secrecy before departing. Mikazuki addresses Honebami's concerns and asks him for a favor.


# Touken Ranbu (film)
Yagen and Yamanbagiri trail Mitsuhide and bump into Mikazuki and Honebami who were trailing Nobunaga. Nobunaga attacks Akechi directly, but in a sudden change of heart, Mumei jumps between the two men in defense of Mitsuhide. Mikazuki intervened in the battle using the moment of shock and directed Nobunaga away, fleeing into the night. The other Touken Danshi attempt to follow, but a TRA ootachi brute forces them to retreat before re-assuming control over Mumei. Akechi Mitsuhide vanishes from history.
Hasebe and Nihongou trail the messenger to Hideyoshi and cut him down, but Hideyoshi had received Nobunaga\'s letter. Despite being persuaded that the letter was fake, Hideyoshi reveals to the two that he is going to occupy Nobunaga's castle, Azuchi Castle, and insists the Touken Danshi follow him. Yamanbagiri and Nihongou trade messages via carrier pigeon, stating Mikazuki's apparent betrayal, and the rest agree to meet up at Azuchi Castle.
Mikazuki tells Nobunaga that he only wishes to escort him to Azuchi Castle safely. Nobunaga does not trust Mikazuki but he accepts Mikazuki's aid.
While Yamanbagiri, Yagen, and Honebami rest and recuperate, Yamanbagiri and Yagen are confused at Mikazuki's betrayal to run off with Nobunaga. As Honebami assists them, they decide that they would stop Mikazuki if he turns traitor.
On route to Azuchi, Hideyoshi reveals to Hasebe and Nihongou that he knew all along that the two were lying: Nobunaga was indeed alive and Hideyoshi intends to kill Nobunaga himself. Hideyoshi attempts to assassinate the two, but both escape.


# Touken Ranbu (film)
Mikazuki and Nobunaga arrive at Azuchi Castle with Nobunaga waiting expectantly for Hideyoshi to arrive with support. Nobunaga goads Mikazuki, insisting that his history now is the correct history. The TRA split up their forces, with Mumei protecting Nobunaga while the ootachi leaves to complete their own mission: an attack on the Saniwa's citadel. Fudou notices the attack on the citadel\'s shields. He rushes to find the Saniwa but finds his master shrouded in a bright glow. Uguisumaru quietly steers Fudou away.
Hideyoshi arrives at Azuchi Castle. However, Hideyoshi starts attacking its walls while ordering his men to 'flush Mitsuhide's men out'. Angered at Hideyoshi\'s betrayal, Nobunaga draws his sword on Mikazuki, who only calmly replies that history can be rewritten but Nobunaga is still doomed. The rest of the Touken Danshi arrive to find Azuchi Castle under attack. Yagen, Nobunaga's dagger, finally recalls the newly-corrected history: Nobunaga escaped Honnoji with Mori's help but dies at Azuchi Castle after being betrayed by Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Mikazuki's buried historical secret is revealed as Hideyoshi brandishes the sword of Mikazuki Munechika, a war spoil that Nobunaga gifted to Hideyoshi.
Mumei and the TRA move in to attack Hideyoshi's men. Honebami speeds off, leaving the others behind to face the rest of the enemies. Mikazuki leaves Nobunaga and reunites with Honebami, who passes him a bag of items. Nobunaga ambushes them and holds Honebami hostage, demanding Mikazuki to escort him to safety. Mikazuki refuses and answers both Nobunaga\'s and Honebami\'s concerns: Mikazuki believes that protecting history as he knows it will protect the many things he cherishes. He will protect Nobunaga as the legendary fearsome general he knows, but not the man that was now begging before him. Ultimately bested, Nobunaga releases Honebami and accepts his fate.


# Touken Ranbu (film)
Back in the citadel, the shields break from the continuous assault. The ootachi brute materializes with his army on the citadel grounds, with only Uguisumaru and Fudou standing in their way.
When Mikazuki rejoins his companions, he reveals that Honebami had taken their teleportation spheres and passed them to him and sends them all back to the citadel against their wishes, stating that the Saniwa was in urgent need of their help. He confronts the enemy alone.
Upon their return, Uguisumaru is shocked that Mikazuki was not with them. The truth is revealed: The Saniwa was transferring out due to advanced age and loss of power. This put their citadel at its weakest state and the TRA chose to attack their home at this critical moment.
At Azuchi Castle, Mikazuki fights a losing battle. He gives out and falls - only to be caught by Hasebe and the returning Touken Danshi. They received new orders from their master: to retrieve Mikazuki. Rejuvenated and reunited, they take on Mumei and the TRA and successfully eradicate them. Nobunaga uses his blade, Yagen Toushirou, and commits seppuku successfully. As the Touken Danshi return to the citadel, a swirl of sakura petals surround Mumei and he vanishes as well.
The team returns to assist Uguisumaru and Fudou while Mikazuki stops the ootachi brute from directly attacking the Saniwa. Mikazuki bids farewell to the Saniwa who vanishes in the light. Mikazuki throws the ootachi out for the final confrontation, only for Mumei to sink his blade into his former comrade. Mumei finally overcomes his possession and reveals himself to be a Touken Danshi: Kurikara Gou, Akechi Mitsuhide's short blade that was used against Nobunaga. Altogether, the Touken Danshi finish off the ootachi brute and end the TRA's invasion.
After some time, the entire retinue of Touken Danshi awaits Mikazuki in the Saniwa's hall. He reveals to them their new Saniwa, a little girl. Mikazuki mused to his old master that he now had more to cherish and protect, while the other Touken Danshi entertain their new master in peaceful times.


# Touken Ranbu (film)
- Hiroki Suzuki as Mikazuki Munechika
- Yoshihiko Aramaki as Yamanbagiri Kunihiro
- Ryō Kitamura as Yagen Toushirou
- Masanari Wada as Heshikiri Hasebe
- Taizo Shiina as Fudou Yukimitsu
- Hiroaki Iwanaga as Nihongou
- Fuma Sadamoto as Honebami Toushirou
- Tomoki Hirose as Uguisumaru
- Norito Yashima as Hashiba Hideyoshi
- Koji Yamamoto as Oda Nobunaga


# Onward (film)
***Onward*** is a 2020 American computer-animated urban fantasy adventure film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The film was directed by Dan Scanlon, produced by Kori Rae and written by Scanlon, Jason Headley, and Keith Bunin, and stars the voices of Tom Holland, Chris Pratt, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and Octavia Spencer. Set in a suburban fantasy world, the film follows two elf brothers named Ian and Barley Lightfoot who set out on a quest to find an artifact that will temporarily bring back their deceased father for 24 hours before it\'s too late.
The concept of *Onward* is inspired by the death of Scanlon\'s father, who died in a car accident, when Scanlon and his older brother were very young children. The film was announced at D23 Expo in July 2017.
*Onward* premiered at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival on February 21, 2020, and was theatrically released in the United States on March 6, 2020. The film received positive reviews from critics, but underperformed at the box office, grossing only \$141 million worldwide. The COVID-19 pandemic contributed to its financial shortcomings, due to the widespread closure of theatres, making it Pixar\'s second box-office failure after *The Good Dinosaur* (2015). Like several other films released in the early months of 2020, it found far greater success on VOD. The film was nominated for Best Animated Feature Film at the 78th Golden Globe Awards and 93rd Academy Awards, but lost both awards to *Soul*, another Pixar film.
In a world inhabited by mythic creatures, magic was commonplace millennia ago, though difficult to master. After technological advances over the centuries, magic became obsolete and was largely discarded.


# Onward (film)
In the modern day, Ian Lightfoot is a teenaged elf struggling with self-confidence; his older brother, Barley, is an enthusiastic and impulsive role-playing gamer. On Ian\'s sixteenth birthday, the boys\' mother, Laurel, gives her sons a gift from their father, Wilden, who died shortly before Ian was born: a magical staff, a rare Phoenix gem, and a letter describing a \"visitation spell\" that can resurrect Wilden for a single day. Ian succeeds in casting the spell but, interrupted by Barley, is unable to finish it. As a result, only the lower half of Wilden\'s body is reformed before the gem disintegrates. The brothers embark on a quest to acquire another gem and complete the spell before sunset, taking Barley\'s beloved van \"Guinevere.\" Finding the boys gone, Laurel leaves to look for them.
Hoping to find a map to another gem, Ian and Barley visit the Manticore\'s Tavern--once a gathering-place for would-be adventurers, now a family restaurant managed by the Manticore (\"Corey\"). While arguing with Ian over the map, Corey realizes how unfulfilling her life has become and loses her temper, accidentally setting fire to the restaurant and the map. The brothers\' only clue to the gem is a children\'s menu suggesting \"Raven\'s Point,\" a nearby mountain. Laurel later arrives at the scene and befriends Corey, who warns Laurel that the gem is guarded by a curse that can only be defeated by an enchanted sword. After stealing the sword from a pawn shop, they set out in pursuit of Ian and Barley.


# Onward (film)
Traveling to the mountains, Barley proposes following what he calls the \"Path of Peril\", but Ian insists on taking the freeway. As they travel, Ian begins mastering magic spells that Barley remembers from his role-playing game. They narrowly escape a motorcycle gang of pixies at a gas station and have a tense encounter with the police, which the boys disguise themselves as their mother\'s boyfriend, Colt Bronco, during which Ian inadvertently reveals that he considers Barley to be a screw-up. To apologize, Ian agrees to follow the Path of Peril. Ian\'s self-confidence is boosted when he successfully uses a spell that allows him to walk across a bottomless pit, where, unbeknownst to him, he was walking without the rope that Barley tied him to over the second half of the pit. Bronco catches up to the boys and forces them to come home, Ian agrees, but as he starts the van, he drives away, leading to a wild police chase. When they are pursued by the police, Barley sacrifices Guinevere to cause a landslide, blocking their pursuers.
\"Raven\'s Point\" turns out to be a series of raven statues leading them into a cave. As they explore the cave, Barley confesses that he was too afraid to say goodbye to Wilden when he was dying. The brothers evade a series of traps, including a Gelatinous Cube that dissolves anything it touches. Emerging from the cave, they find themselves back in front of Ian\'s high school.


# Onward (film)
Ian lashes out at Barley for leading them on a wild goose chase and walks away with Wilden\'s legs to spend whatever time he has left with his father. Rereading his list of things he wished to do with Wilden, Ian realizes that Barley has been a father figure for him throughout his life and returns to make amends. Barley, refusing to give up, discovers the needed gem inside a fountain across the street from the school and retrieves it, unwittingly triggering the curse Corey spoke of: a stone dragon, built of pieces of the school building, bent on claiming the gem. Corey and Laurel arrive and distract the dragon long enough for Ian to finish casting the visitation spell, but they aren\'t able to defeat the dragon on their own. Ian runs off to fight it, allowing Barley to wish Wilden a final goodbye. He uses the magic skills he has learned to defeat the dragon by propelling Corey\'s sword into its heart. Trapped behind a pile of rubble, Ian sees Wilden\'s body briefly reappearing to talk to Barley. After Wilden dissipates, Barley tells Ian that their father is proud of him, and the brothers share a hug.
Some time later, as the world begins to rediscover the past\'s magical arts, the brothers set off on a new quest.


# Onward (film)
- Tom Holland as Ian Lightfoot, a teenage elf.
- Chris Pratt as Barley Lightfoot, Ian\'s older brother, who longs for a magical quest.
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Laurel Lightfoot, the widowed mother of Ian and Barley
- Octavia Spencer as \"Corey\" The Manticore, a manticore who is the proprietor of the Manticore\'s Tavern.
- Kyle Bornheimer as Wilden Lightfoot, Ian and Barley\'s late father. Ian and Barley\'s objective is to resurrect him for 24 hours.
- Mel Rodriguez as Colt Bronco, a centaur police officer and Laurel\'s boyfriend.
- Lena Waithe as Specter, a cyclops police officer.
- Ali Wong as Gore, a faun police officer.
- Grey Griffin as Dewdrop, a pixie and the leader of the Pixie Dusters biker gang.
- Tracey Ullman as Grecklin, a goblin pawn shop owner.
- Wilmer Valderrama as Gaxton, an elf and college friend of Wilden.
- George Psarras as Avel, an elf police officer.
- John Ratzenberger as Fenwick, a cyclops construction worker.

### Development
In July 2017, Pixar announced a \"suburban fantasy world\" film at the D23 Expo, with Dan Scanlon directing and Kori Rae producing. The film was inspired by the death of Scanlon\'s father, when he and his older brother were very young children, and their relationship with each other. He decided to write the story after hearing an audio clip of his father. On December 12, 2018, the title was revealed. In 2019, Jason Headley and Keith Bunin were hired to rewrite the screenplay and story.


# Onward (film)
### Casting
On December 12, 2018, Tom Holland, Chris Pratt, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Octavia Spencer were announced as starring in the film. While having recorded most of their lines separately, Holland and Pratt had some of their recording sessions together since, according to Scanlon, \"they\'ve worked together before and hung out together.\" Rae stated that Holland and Pratt improvised some of their lines while recording together. On December 17, 2019, Ali Wong, Lena Waithe and Mel Rodriguez joined the cast of the film. On February 18, 2020, Wilmer Valderrama, Tracey Ullman, Kyle Bornheimer, and George Psarras were revealed to have voice roles as well, and John Ratzenberger\'s appearance was officially confirmed.

### Deleted scene
One storyboard scene featured Ian, Barley, and Wilden joining with a goat girl in the journey. Ian and the goat girl come across a booth hosted by three evil mermaids. The mermaids sing their mesmerizing song to lure the two into staying in one of three houses put for rent. Ian tries to silence them with the staff but the spell is too weak. When Ian and the goat girl are finally in a trance, the mermaids place them in one of the houses. The house they are in starts to sink into the ground.
The goat girl was omitted because the filmmakers wanted the film to focus on the relationship between Ian and Barley. The scene itself was removed because the filmmakers felt it was too grim.

### Animation
According to effects supervisor Vincent Serritella, the animators wanted the spells to be \"something that\'s abstract\" but also \"personify it\", so they \"had to converge on the idea of an image of magic, go back to the base level of the sequences and the spells, and what level of complexity would be given, and how it affects the environment\". Director Dan Scanlon said that Ian\'s arc \"was helpful to the animators because they could use that for all of the magic we designed\". The animators chose to give the film\'s magic a unique style after studying several animated films featuring magic such as *Fantasia*, *Aladdin*, and *Hercules*. Animators wanted the film\'s magic to fit with its suburban setting.


# Onward (film)
### Animation
Animators first developed the film\'s magic using hand-drawn animated drawings, before turning them into computer-animated effects, with Serritella saying that \"they made shapes and graphic elements that really lend themselves to what's happening in a 2D environment\". Serritella also said that \"the key\" was mixing hand-drawn and computer animation, arguing that \"going one way or the other didn't work. Going too graphic didn't fit into the world that the background and the characters were created in. And going too physical in an animated world seemed too real\", so \"they found the right balance\" by turning hand-drawn animated graphics into \"light objects\" and giving them \"a true volumetric, glowing atmosphere\". He further added that the choreography during the \"visitation spell\" sequence \"came directly from 2D\", while the CGI animation and lighting provided \"depth perception\". The film was completed on November 21, 2019.

### Music
On April 16, 2019, Mychael and Jeff Danna, who both previously worked with the studio on *The Good Dinosaur* (2015), were revealed to be the film\'s composers. On February 12, 2020, Brandi Carlile revealed she recorded the song \"Carried Me With You\" for the film\'s end credits, co-written with Phil and Tim Hanseroth. The film\'s soundtrack was released on February 28, 2020.

### Theatrical
*Onward* premiered at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival on February 21, 2020 and was theatrically released in the United States on March 6. A short film titled *Playdate with Destiny*, which is centered around Maggie Simpson of *The Simpsons*, appeared before the feature film. As the COVID-19 pandemic appeared to recede, the film was released in Australia and New Zealand on April 24, 2020, South Korea on June 17, 2020, Italy on August 19, 2020, and Japan on August 21, 2020..
The movie was also released in 3D, 2D, Dolby Cinema, 4DX and ScreenX worldwide and in IMAX and Dolby Atmos in selected theaters.


# Onward (film)
### Home media
*Onward* was released digitally on the night of March 20, 2020, and became available for Disney+ subscribers on April 3, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The digital date was just two weeks after the film\'s theatrical debut and before the end of the usual 90-day theatrical run. The announcement followed Disney\'s earlier than planned release of *Frozen II* on Disney+ as well as *Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker* on Digital HD in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Over its first week of home release, the film was the sixth-most watched on Amazon Prime and second-most on the iTunes Store. The film was later released by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment on DVD, Blu-ray, and Ultra HD Blu-ray on May 19, 2020.

### Box office
*Onward* grossed \$61.6 million in the United States and Canada, and \$79.9 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of \$141.4 million. The gross of the film was significantly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, which first reduced movie theater attendance, then forced most to shut down within two weeks of the film\'s release.
In the United States and Canada, the film was released alongside *The Way Back* and the wide expansion of *Emma*, and was projected to gross \$45--50 million from 4,200 theaters in its opening weekend. The film held early advance screenings on February 29, making \$650,000 from 470 theaters. It then grossed \$12.1 million on its first day, the 6th, including \$2 million from Thursday night previews. The film went on to debut to \$39.1 million, topping the box office but marking the third-ever lowest start for a Pixar film. While the film remained in first in its second weekend, it dropped 73% to \$10.5 million (the worst-ever second weekend for a Pixar film), and was part of the lowest grossing box office weekend since October 1998, with all films combining for just \$55.3 million. In the film\'s third weekend, due to the mass theater closures around the country, it made \$71,000 from 135 locations, mostly drive-in theaters.


# Onward (film)
### Critical response
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of based on reviews, with an average rating of . The website\'s critics consensus reads, \"It may suffer in comparison to Pixar\'s classics, but *Onward* makes effective use of the studio\'s formula -- and stands on its own merits as a funny, heartwarming, dazzlingly animated adventure.\" On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 61 out of 100, based on 56 critics, indicating \"generally favorable reviews.\" Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of \"A--\" on an A+ to F scale (tied with *Cars 2* for the lowest score received by a Pixar film), and PostTrak reported filmgoers gave it 4.5 out of 5 stars.
Peter Bradshaw of *The Guardian* rated the film three out of five stars, and called it \"a likable family comedy that finds an easy rhythm without effort,\" though he felt that the movie\'s \"attitude towards death\" is not as radically powerful as in *Coco*. In a same star review Peter Travers of *Rolling Stone* said \"It\'s no *Toy Story*---but the animation juggernaut\'s latest, about two elf brothers on a quest, is still worth your while.\" Reviewer James Berardinelli praised the film\'s originality and emotional weight and called it \"engaging and enjoyable,\" adding \"there's something here for everyone,\" though concluded it is not the next Disney/Pixar classic. Ben Travis of *Empire* gave the film five out of five stars, and wrote, \"Pixar returns with a great big power-chord of a movie---heart-pumping, resonant, and positively harmonious.\"
Richard Roeper of the *Chicago Sun-Times* called *Onward* a step back for Pixar, giving it two out of four stars. He said, \"The story fluctuates between the uninspired and the just plain weird and then gets even weirder.\" While he praised the animation and said that the movie \"begins with an intriguing premise,\" he concluded that it \"doesn\'t come close to fully fleshing out the possibilities.\"


# Onward (film)
### Year-end lists
- 1st -- Kyle Smith -- National Review
- 5th -- Max Evry -- Comingsoon.net
- 7th -- Johnny Oleksinski -- New York Post

### Accolades
\+
`Year`
`Award`
`Category`
`Recipients`
`Result`
`2020`
`BMI Film & TV Awards`
`Film Music`
`Mychael Danna and Jeff Danna`
`People's Choice Awards`
`The Family Movie of 2020`
*`Onward`*
`Dublin International Film Festival`
`Feature Film`
`Hollywood Critics Association Midseason Awards`
`Best Picture`
`Houston Film Critics Society Awards`
`Best Animated Feature Film`
`San Diego Film Critics Society Awards`
`Best Animated Film`
`St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards`
`Best Animated Film`
`2021`
`Academy Awards`
`Best Animated Feature`
`Dan Scanlon and Kori Rae`
`American Cinema Editors Awards`
`Best Edited Animated Feature Film`
`Catherine Apple`
`Annie Awards`
`Best Animated Feature`
`Kori Rae`
`Writing in an Animated Feature Production`
`Dan Scanlon, Jason Headley and Keith Bunin`
`Editorial in an Animated Feature Production`
`Catherine Apple, Anna Wolitzky and Dave Suther`
`Outstanding Achievement for Character Animation in an Animated Feature Production`
`Shaun Chacko `
`Outstanding Achievement for Music in an Animated Feature Production`
`Mychael Danna and Jeff Danna`
`Outstanding Achievement for Production Design in an Animated Feature Production`
`Noah Klocek, Sharon Calahan, Huy Nguyen, Bert Berry and Paul Conrad`
`Outstanding Achievement for Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production`
`Tom Holland`
`Art Directors Guild Awards`
`Excellence in Production Design for a Animated Film`
`Noah Klocek`
`Austin Film Critics Association Awards`
`Best Animated Film`
*`Onward`*
`British Academy Film Awards`
`Best Animated Film`
`Dan Scanlon and Kori Rae`
`Cinema Audio Society Awards`
`Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Motion Picture – Animated`
`Vincent Caro, Doc Kane, Michael Semanick, Juan Peralta, Brad Haehnel and Scott Curtis`
`Critics' Choice Super Awards`
`Best Animated Movie`
*`Onward`*
`Best Voice Actor In An Animated Movie`
`Tom Holland`
`Chris Pratt`
`Best Voice Actress In An Animated Movie`
`Octavia Spencer`


# Onward (film)
### Accolades
`Golden Globe Awards`
`Best Animated Feature Film`
*`Onward`*
`Grammy Awards`
`Best Song Written for Visual Media`
`"Carried Me with You"  – Brandi Carlile, Phil Hanseroth and Tim Hanseroth`
`Hollywood Music in Media Awards`
`Best Original Score in an Animated Film`
`Mychael Danna and Jeff Danna`
`Best Original Song in an Animated Film`
`"Carried Me with You"  – Brandi Carlile, Phil Hanseroth and Tim Hanseroth`
`Best Soundtrack Album`
*`Onward`*
`Motion Picture Sound Editors Awards`
`Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Animation`
`Shannon Mills, Nia Hansen, Chris Gridley, Josh Gold, David C. Hughes, Samson Neslund, Kimberly Patrick, Christopher Flick, Steve Orlando, Erich Stratmann, Shelley Roden and John Roesch`
`Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards`
`Favorite Animated Movie`
*`Onward`*
`Favorite Voice from an Animated Movie`
`Chris Pratt`
`Saturn Awards`
`Best Animated Film`
*`Onward`*
`Visual Effects Society Awards`
`Outstanding Visual Effects in an Animated Feature`
`Dan Scanlon, Kori Rae, Sanjay Bakshi and Vincent Serritella`
`Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Feature`
`Kristopher Campbell, Jonas Jarvers, Rob Jensen and Jacob Kuenzel `
`Outstanding Created Environment in an Animated Feature `
`Eric Andraos, Laura Grieve, Nick Pitera and Michael Rutter `
`Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Animated Feature`
`Dave Hale, Jonah Blue Laird, Stephen Marshall and Ricardo Nadu`


# Onward (film)
### Ban and censorship
The film was banned in the Arab countries of Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia, as one female cyclops police officer character in the film named Specter (voiced by Lena Waithe) briefly indicates that she is a lesbian. The scene in question is a brief scene in which a simulacrum of Colt Bronco is lamenting about how Ian and Barley Lightfoot do not respect him as a father figure. Specter replies to him by saying, \"It\'s not easy being a new parent---my girlfriend\'s daughter got me pulling my hair out, okay?\" Homosexual acts are criminalized in the four countries, which are predominantly Muslim, although Kuwait does not criminalize female homosexual acts. The ban is not universal, and the film was screened in Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Lebanon, and Egypt, albeit the line was changed in the Arabic-language dubbing to \"my sister\'s daughter\".
In Russia, where the gay propaganda law officially criminalizes the dissemination of LGBT-related content to minors under 18, the Russian dub, handled by Disney Character Voices International, changed the line to \"It\'s not easy being a new parent---my partner\'s daughter got me pulling my hair out, okay?\" The Russian dub also avoided referring to Specter with gender-specific pronouns. The scene was also changed in Poland and Hungary.
In January 2020, San Francisco tattoo artist Sweet Cicely Daniher filed a copyright lawsuit against Disney, Pixar, and *Onward* producer Kori Rae. In September 2018, Pixar rented Daniher\'s \"Vanicorn,\" a van decorated with a unicorn-themed mural, for use at the LA Auto Show in 2019. She learned about the production of *Onward* in May 2019 and, after seeing images of the van used by Ian and Barley Lightfoot in the film, came to believe that Pixar had copied the design of the Vanicorn in violation of her rental agreement with the company, as well as the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, the Visual Artists Rights Act, and the California Artists Protection Act. She sought in her suit to prohibit distribution of the film and any infringing advertisement or merchandise.


# Requiem for Billy the Kid
***Requiem for Billy the Kid*** () is a 2006 French documentary biographical western film directed by Anne Feinsilber and starring Kris Kristofferson and Arthur H as Billy the Kid. It was released at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival.


# Pati Patni Aur Woh (2019 film)
***Pati Patni Aur Woh*** () is a 2019 Indian Hindi language romantic comedy film written and directed by Mudassar Aziz with production by T-Series and B. R. Studios, being a remake of the 1978 film of the same title. Made on a total budget of 28 Crore, the film stars Kartik Aaryan, Bhumi Pednekar and Ananya Panday with Kriti Sanon in special appearance.
Principal photography of the film begun in February 2019. It was released theatrically on 6 December 2019, and became a commercial success with a worldwide gross of 119 Crore.
Abhinav \"Chintu\" Kumar Tyagi is an ordinary middle-class man from Kanpur, and a government engineer in the Public Works Department (PWD). He has been married to Vedika Tripathi, a physics teacher from Lucknow. Chintu is happy but is harassed by his controlling parents for not planning a child, and by Vedika, who wants to move to a big city.
Bored in his day-to-day life, Chintu finds comfort in Tapasya Singh, an aspiring fashion designer from Delhi, who is related to his boss and came to select a plot for starting her fashion business. Tapasya is much more attractive than Vedika. Chintu finds himself drawn toward her and decides to enjoy his life. He lies to her that Vedika is having an affair with Rakesh Yadav, who is actually a student in her class besotted with her.
Chintu goes on dates with Tapasya and though he tries to avoid Vedika, she finally sees the two of them together one day. However, she keeps the secret of his infidelity to herself and listens as he lies to her. Vedika attends her cousin Kanupriya\'s wedding, where she meets ex-boyfriend Durgesh \"Doga\" Kanojia, a local bad boy whom she had left for Chintu. The two resolve to leave the country and shift to Canada. Meanwhile, Chintu goes to Tapasya\'s home in Delhi and meets her friends. They go to a nightclub and party; she seduces a drunken Chintu and is ready to kiss him, but Chintu is held by his conscience.


# Pati Patni Aur Woh (2019 film)
Chintu realises he has wronged Vedika, but it is too late, as she tells him she is leaving him and knows of his infidelity. Chintu realises how much he loves her. Distraught, he visits Vedika\'s parents with his best friend Fahim, but her parents give them her letter, wherein she states that she is eloping with Doga. At Doga\'s travel agency, Chintu and Fahim are roughed up by Doga\'s henchmen. When he visits Tapasya at her home and warns her that she cannot take Vedika\'s place, she asks him why he chooses to remain unhappy when she is there for him. Working himself up in a fit of rage while drunk, he smashes Doga\'s shop and is arrested but Fahim pays for his bail.
One morning, Rakesh arrives with Fahim to find a depressed Chintu at home and informs him that Vedika is departing to Canada for good. The three rush to the Lucknow airport, with Chintu\'s family and police in hot pursuit. At the airport, Chintu finds Vedika, Tapasya and Doga. Tapasya spares him, saying that she will not slap him no matter how much she wants to because he did not get intimate with her while in Delhi. He finds out that it is Doga who is going to Canada and that this was Doga\'s plan to make him realise Vedika\'s worth. Vedika forgives him and they reconcile.
Eventually another girl, Neha Khanna, enters his office; he initially stares at her but restrains himself. As she goes out the door, he calls out her name while she calls him a \'weirdo\' to herself.


# Pati Patni Aur Woh (2019 film)
- Kartik Aaryan as Abhinav \"Chintu\" Kumar Tyagi
- Bhumi Pednekar as Vedika \"Guddi\" Tripathi Tyagi
- Ananya Panday as Tapasya Singh
- Aparshakti Khurana as Fahim Abdul Rizvi
- K. K. Raina as Professor Arvind Kumar Tyagi
- Rajesh Sharma as Prem Tripathi
- Navni Parihar as Kusum Tyagi
- Geeta Agarwal Sharma as Hemlata Tripathi
- Neeraj Sood as Baldev Raj Pandey / \"*Mausaji*\"
- Shubham Kumar as Rakesh Yadav
- Manu Rishi Chaddha as Inspector Mukhtar Singh

### Special appearances
- Jimmy Sheirgill as Narrator (Voiceover)
- Sunny Singh as Durgesh \"Doga\" Verma
- Kriti Sanon as Neha Khanna
The music is composed by Tanishk Bagchi, Rochak Kohli, Sachet--Parampara, Tony Kakkar and Lijo George -- DJ Chetas with, lyrics written by Kumaar, Mellow D, Tony Kakkar, Tanishk Bagchi, Navi Ferozpurwala and Shabbir Ahmed.
Tony Kakkar\'s song \"Dheeme Dheeme\", originally released in May 2019, was recreated by Tanishk Bagchi with a party beat and additional vocals from Neha Kakkar.
The second song \"Ankhiyon Se Goli Maare\" from the film *Dulhe Raja*, originally sung by popular singers Sonu Nigam and Jaspinder Narula, composed by Anand--Milind and written by Sameer Anjaan was recreated for the film twice -- once by Tanishk Bagchi and then by DJ Chetas.
The film earned 103.44 crore in whole India and 14.26 crore overseas, for a worldwide collection of 117.70 crore .
For her performance, Ananya Panday won a Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut in February 2020. Later in 2020, Kartik Aaryan was awarded with the Zee Cine Award for Best Actor in a Comic Role.


# The Surrounding Game
***The Surrounding Game*** is a 2017 documentary about the game of Go.
The film was directed by Will Lockhart and Cole Pruitt, who conceived of the project at Brown University. Lockhart and Pruitt also founded the American Collegiate Go Association. *The Surrounding Game* follows the tournament played to establish America\'s first professional Go player. It was filmed over the course of a four-year period in several countries, following the paths of several players in the tournament:
- Andy Liu, the tournament\'s eventual winner and first American professional player
- Ben Lockhart, director Will Lockhart\'s brother, an expat American studying go in Korea
- Curtis Tang, a child prodigy
- Gansheng Shi, a Canadian Go player and second American Go professional
The film also features Go Seigen in a short segment filmed only a year or so before his death.


# Bala (2019 film)
***Bala*** is a 2019 Hindi-language satirical black comedy film directed by Amar Kaushik, written by Niren Bhatt, co-written by Ravi Muppa, and produced by Dinesh Vijan, based on an original story by Bengali film director Pavel Bhattacharjee. Ayushmann Khurrana stars as the titular character, Balmukund Shukla, a young man living in Kanpur who is suffering from male pattern baldness, and the story is about his lack of confidence and societal pressure that comes with premature balding. Another theme in the film is colourism. Bhumi Pednekar, Yami Gautam, Javed Jaffrey, Saurabh Shukla, and Seema Pahwa feature in supporting roles.
Principal photography began on 6 May 2019 in Kanpur and the film was also shot in Mumbai and Lucknow. The soundtrack was composed by Sachin--Jigar; the film released in preview shows on 7 November 2019 and Indian theatres on the following day. Made on a budget of , *Bala* received generally positive reviews from critics, and it grossed worldwide. Later, it earned 3 nominations at the 65th Filmfare Awards -- Best Actor for Khurrana, Best Supporting Actress for Pahwa, and Best Dialogue for Bhatt. The film was showcased in Indo-German Filmweek 2020 in Berlin on 27 September 2020.
The film opens in Kanpur in 2005, where 14-year-old students tease a bald teacher. Balmukund \"Bala\" Shukla, a popular kid who carries much pride for his hairstyle, leads the teasing of the teacher. Bala borrows notes from the studious and dark-complexioned Latika Trivedi who was good in studies and passes them off as his own to the fair-skinned Shruti to impress her by pasting a new sticker bearing his name above Latika\'s notebook. When Latika calls him out and open up the sticker in front of Shruti, Bala berates her for being dark-skinned. The narrator describes how society values beauty and fair skin over other accomplishments, especially in marriage.


# Bala (2019 film)
14 years later, Bala is a balding man in his late twenties who struggles with his premature baldness. He is a fairness cream salesman by day and nightclub comic by night. One day, Bala angrily lashes out at his bald father Hari, who is a *ghar jamai*, that the father\'s balding genes have killed the son\'s prospects. Hari presents him with a wig and explains that baldness is external and need not have anything to do with one\'s accomplishments. Bala dons the wig and resumes his work with new vigor. He finally meets his crush, a pretty, fair-skinned model, Pari Mishra, and courts her. They decide to marry. Some days before the wedding, Bala is stricken by conscience and sends her a text disclosing his baldness. Unbeknownst to him, the text accidentally goes to someone else and Pari does not see it. Bala assumes she has accepted his baldness and they marry.
Latika has her share of troubles. Many boys and families come to see her but reject her because of her dark skin. Among these prospective suitors is Rohan, an Australia-settled NRI who is attracted to Latika but the meeting blows over when his mother mentions Latika\'s complexion and Latika storms out. Rohan asks to meet her and they reconcile until he mentions he was initially attracted to her due to her Instagram profile. Latika reveals that she is not on Instagram, and it is revealed that Bala had created a fake profile with airbrushed pictures of her at her aunt\'s behest.
Fuming, Latika storms into Bala\'s home the day after his wedding and shouts at him. She says she is not ashamed of her skin and warns him not to interfere in her life anymore. Pari hears this, discovers Bala\'s baldness, and walks out on him. Bala is dejected. Bala visits her to talk it over. Pari reveals that she was blessed with good looks but not much else. She knew she was a below-average student and thus could not enter any other profession besides modeling. Her looks are all she has: they are the source of the attention she\'s received all her life and the source of her livelihood. He later receives a court notice: Pari wants the marriage annulled.


# Bala (2019 film)
Latika apologizes to Bala, as her outburst broke his marriage. Bala engages her as his lawyer and the court case begins. Latika cross-examines Pari, who accepts she married Bala because of his wits and charm. She also accepts that Bala did not mislead or defraud her but points out that Bala was not forthcoming about his baldness, claiming that if he isn\'t comfortable with himself, he can\'t sustain anyone else. Pari's lawyer moves that Pari has a right to want to annul the marriage regardless. Bala interrupts the proceedings and agrees that Pari does have that right and the judge orders such. When Latika questions him later, Bala explains that the law cannot compel anyone to love another, and a half-hearted marriage will not work anyway.
Later, during one of his fair-cream sales events, Bala realizes that beauty is merely skin-deep. He publicly sheds his wig to show that self-love is important irrespective of appearance. He also realizes that he has fallen in love with Latika and runs to propose to her but sees that Rohan and his family have come to finalize the wedding. He proposes to Latika, but is disheartened when she rejects his proposal, though they are able to resume their friendship.
The film ends with Bala, now at peace with his baldness, doing a new comedy routine about skin-deep beauty and the meaning of life.

### Casting
The cast of the film was announced by producer Dinesh Vijan. The film, directed by Amar Kaushik, was publicized to star Ayushmann Khurrana in the titular role, Yami Gautam as a model based in Lucknow and Bhumi Pednekar as a dusky small town educated woman.

### Filming
Principal photography began on 6 May 2019, and film was shot in Mumbai, Lucknow and Kanpur. Filming concluded on 7 July 2019, with a special party for the wrap up.


# Bala (2019 film)
### Filming
The music and background score is composed by Sachin--Jigar, with guest composers Jaani and B Praak composing the song \"Naah Goriye\" which is a recreated version of the song \"Naah\" by the same artists released in 2017 while lyrics have been written by Mellow D, Jaani, Badshah, Priya Saraiya, Jigar Saraiya and Bhargav Purohit, a debutante. Vocals were provided by Saraiya, Badshah, Shalmali Kholgade, Gurdeep Mehndi, Divya Kumar, Asees Kaur, Jubin Nautiyal, Papon, Harrdy Sandhu and Swasti Mehul, thus marking the second instance after *Dum Laga Ke Haisha* to not have Ayushmann Khurrana sing for any of his films.
The song \"Don\'t Be Shy Again\" is from an original track of the same title from the album \'Rouge\' by Rouge, composed by Dr Zeus and written by Lola Olafis. This is the second time the song is being recreated after 2015\'s film *Alone* which was titled \'Touch My Body\', sung by Aditi Singh Sharma and picturised on Bipasha Basu.
The theme poster of *Bala* was released on 27 May giving release date.
With the release of theatrical poster the release date was changed, the film was released in preview shows on 7 November 2019 and theatrically released in India on 8 November 2019.
After the trailer of the film was released, it was accused of copyright violation from the makers of *Ujda Chaman*, which also has a storyline similar to *Bala*. *Ujda Chaman* is an official remake of Kannada film *Ondu Motteya Kathe*.
On release of its first song \"Don\'t Be Shy\", music composer-singer Dr Zeus claimed that the makers have used his track without giving due credit and acquiring any sort of rights.

### Critical response
*Bala* received generally positive reviews from critics with praise for the performances and the film\'s narrative.


# Bala (2019 film)
### Critical response
*Bollywood Hungama* gave 3.5 out of 5 and said, \"*Bala* not only entertains thoroughly but also delivers a very important message that will surely be lapped up by the audiences.\" Ronak Kotecha of The Times of India rated the movie 4 stars on five and wrote, \"\'Bala\' remains a light-hearted comedy with situations that are relatable. Just like the film\'s message, \'Bala\' is beautiful even with its flaws, and never fails to entertain.\" Monika Rawal Kukreja of *Hindustan Times* reviewed, \"Bala is a well-made film that stays true to its genre for most of the time. It makes right jokes at the time and leaves you in stitches more often that you'd expect.\"
Kennith Rosario of *The Hindu* said, \"A hollow film combed over with humour.\" India Today rated the movie 4 on 5 and said, \"King Midas Ayushmann Khurrana delivers another blockbuster.\" News18 rated the movie 3 on 5 and said, \"Bala could have been a crackerjack of a film but allows the novelty of its premise to wear out too easily. Bala, Kanpur's "edible young man" (sic), certainly gets your attention, but does not manage to sweep you off your feet.\"

### Box office
*Bala*s opening day domestic collection was 10.15 crore. On the second day, the film collected 15.73 crore. On the third day, the film collected 18.07 crore, taking total opening weekend collection to 439.5 million.
, the film grossed 139.02 crore in India and 32.43 crore overseas for a worldwide gross of 171.5 crore.
- Kubja, referenced several times in the film


# Dragon Rider (film)
***Dragon Rider*** (), also known as ***Firedrake the Silver Dragon*** by Netflix, is a 2020 Belgian-German 3D computer-animated fantasy film; while officially based on the novel of the same name by Cornelia Funke, the film takes influence from the *How to Train Your Dragon* series by Cressida Cowell, with its visuals and marketing based on that of the DreamWorks franchise. The film was due to be released in theatres on 6 August 2020, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the film release was postponed until 1 October 2020.
Netflix acquired global distribution rights to the film and is scheduled for a 10 September 2021 release on the streaming platform.
Firedrake is a young silver dragon, who has had enough of constantly having to hide in a wooded valley. He wants to show the older generations of dragons that he is a real dragon. When humans are about to destroy his family\'s very last refuge, Firedrake secretly sets off on an adventurous journey with forest brownie, Sorrel. He wants to find the \"Rim of Heaven\", the dragons\' mysterious haven. On their quest Firedrake and Sorrel encounter Ben, an orphan and stray, who claims to be a dragon rider. While Ben and Firedrake make friends quickly, Sorrel becomes increasingly distrustful and tries her best to get rid of the orphan at every opportunity. But the unlikely trio have to learn to pull together, because they are being hunted by Nettlebrand, an evil, dragon-eating monster which was created by an alchemist with the aim of tracking down and destroying every dragon on Earth.
- Thomas Brodie-Sangster as Firedrake
- Felicity Jones as Sorrell
- Freddie Highmore as Ben
- Patrick Stewart as Nettlebrand
- Jimmy Hibbert as Twigleg
- Alex Norton as Gravelbeard
- Nonso Anozie as Mighty Djinn
- Meera Syal as Subisha Gulab
- Sanjeev Bhaskar as Mad Doc
It was announced in June 2017 that production had begun on an animated adaptation of Cornelia Funke\'s novel. German-based VFX studio RISE co-produced the film and provided the animation.
The film is a German-Belgian co-production. The animations were created in Rise FX South Studios and Cyborn Studios. The production work took place in Berlin , Munich and Antwerp.


# Dragon Rider (film)
In May 2018, the castings of Felicity Jones, Patrick Stewart, Freddie Highmore, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Nonso Anozie, Meera Syal and Sanjeev Bhaskar were announced.

### Box office
*Dragon Rider* has earned \$6,385,553 at the global box office.

### Critical response
On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of based on reviews with an average rating of .
Robbie Collin of *The Daily Telegraph* gave it 3 out of 5. Collin said the film borrows heavily from other recent films and wrote: \"*Dragon Rider* is unlikely to spawn many imitators of its own---even if it did, how could anyone tell?---but as a half-term diversion, it ticks every box.\" Cath Clarke of *The Guardian* gave it 3 out of 5 and called it a \"bland but entertaining family film\".


# Walk with Me (2019 film)
***Walk with Me*** (Chinese: 双魂, literally *Double Soul*) is a 2019 Malaysia-Hong Kong Cantonese-language horror thriller film. The film tells the story of a woman who is started to be haunted by her childhood doll, a doll that will help her take revenge on her enemies.
It is released on 21 November 2019 in Singapore, 3 October 2019 in Malaysia, and on 22 August 2019 in Hong Kong.
Sam works in a sewing factory and lives with her uncaring parents, and when growing up she counts on to her favorite doll. Due to her introverted nature, she is bullied by her colleagues in her factory workplace, and is possibly sexually assaulted by her manager. Sam began to feel that there was a little girl or doll with her in the house and everywhere she went. She felt the doll was a reincarnation of her late stillborn brother. Unable to bear these pressure anymore, she resorts to asking the strange doll for help dealing with the bullies. When death happens, she fears that the doll might be responsible.
- Michelle Wai
- Alex Lam Tak Shun
- Anna Ng
- Richard Ng
- Qi Yuwu


# Kanpuriye
***Kanpuriye*** is a 2019 Indian Hindi-language anthology film directed by Ashish Aryan, produced and bankrolled by Yoodlee films, film division of Saregama with Aparshakti Khurana, Divyenndu, Harsh Mayar, Vijay Raaz, Rajshri Deshpande and Harshita Gaur. It was released on Hotstar on 25 October 2019.
The film follows three Kanpur locals each trying to achieve something in life. Jaitun (Aparshakti) works in a leather factory dreaming to marry love of his life Bulbul (Harshita). Jagnu (Harsh) caught in between his dream and his father\'s plan for him. Vijay (Divyenndu) a fresh law graduate who was unable to pursue his dream job because of impending Court case.
- Aparshakti Khurana as Jaitun Mishra
- Divyendu Sharma as Vijay Dinanath Chauhan
- Harsh Mayar as Jugnu Lampat
- Vijay Raaz as Lampat Harami
- Rajshri Deshpande as Kohinoor
- Harshita Gaur as Bulbul Tiwari
- Bhupesh Pandya as Peshkar
- Vani Sood as Prem Kumari
- Chittaranjan Tripathy as Mohan Mishra
The development of the film started in 2018. Casting was carried in December 2018 various supporting characters. Filming started in early February 2019 with Aparshakti Khurana and Divyenndu.
Trailer of the film was released on 23 October 2019. The film released on Hotstar under Hotstar Specials label on October 25, 2019.


# His Master's Voice (2018 film)
***His Master\'s Voice*** (, ) is a 2018 Hungarian science fiction film by György Pálfi loosely based on the novel *His Master\'s Voice* by Polish science fiction writer Stanisław Lem.
The film follows a man who thinks he saw his father in a documentary about a mysterious incident in Colorado, around which a conspiracy theory had been formed. He embarks on the search of his father, who had fled Communist Hungary years ago. Eventually he finds his father, now a well-off university professor with a new family, but whose life is still affected by his previous work to decode the \"message from space\".
The film was backed by a \$2.54 million grant from the Hungarian National Film Fund. While the majority of filming was in Hungary, *His Master\'s Voice* was also shot in various locations around Ottawa, Canada. The film has elements of mockumentary, featuring shots with outdated cameras and formats.
*His Master\'s Voice* premiered at the 2018 Tokyo International Film Festival. At the 2019 Fantasporto International Film Festival, the film received the prize for the Best Visual Effects.


# Marudhar Express (film)
***Marudhar Express*** is a 2019 Indian romantic comedy film directed by Vishal Mishra. The film stars Kunaal Roy Kapur, Tara Alisha Berry and Rajesh Sharma. The film is set and shot in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh.
The film has an eccentric proposition, it\'s a story about an arranged marriage couple who comes under the pressure of childbirth right after they are wedded. The film is loaded with humour, emotions and the reality of certain struggles faced after marriage.
The film was earlier titled as, Hum Dono Honge Kaamyaab. The film released in cinemas on 5th July 2019.

## Synopsis
Marudhar (Kunaal Roy Kapur) is the son of his tyrant father, Ashok Pandey (Rajesh Sharma). Straight as an arrow and boring as an oyster, Marudhar trudges along in his life, one hopeless day after the other. But Ashok has marriage plans for him and he won\'t have no for an answer. What follows is a comedy of ridiculous proportions as Marudhar marries the sweet and pretty Chitra (Tara Alisha Berry) from Lucknow. With no experience in dealing with women, let alone a wife, Marudhar embarks on an emotional and equally hilarious journey as he tries to find his feet amidst love, life and family.
- Kunaal Roy Kapur as Marudhar
- Tara Alisha Berry as Chitra
- Rajesh Sharma as Marudhar\'s father, Ashok Pandey
The music was composed by Jeet Gannguli and Shamir Tandon with lyrics written by Manoj Muntashir, Rashmi Virag, Vishal Mishra and Sameer Anjaan.


# The Lost Expedition
***The Lost Expedition*** () is a 1975 Soviet drama film directed by Venyamin Dorman.
The film takes place in 1918. The expedition, consisting of two people engaged in the search for gold deposits, goes to Siberia. Soon local residents join them. Some really want to help them, others pursue selfish goals.
- Viktor Sergachyov as Yefim Subbota
- Yevgeniya Simonova as Tasya Smelkova
- Nikolay Gorlov as Usaty
- Nikolai Grinko as the professor, Tasya\'s father
- Anatoly Kalabulin as Proshka
- Alexander Kaidanovsky as Zimin
- Yuriy Kayurov as Volzhin
- Lev Prygunov as Alexey Kazankov
- Vakhtang Kikabidze as Arsen Georgievich Kabakhidze
- Georgy Martirosyan as episode
- Nikolay Olyalin as gold digger Silantiy
- Radner Muratov as Akhmetka
- Vadim Zakharchenko as Khariton


# The Map of Tiny Perfect Things
***The Map of Tiny Perfect Things*** is a 2021 American science fiction romantic comedy film directed by Ian Samuels, from a screenplay by Lev Grossman, based on his 2016 short story of the same name. It stars Kathryn Newton and Kyle Allen as two teenagers stuck in a time loop.
The film was released through Amazon Prime Video on February 12, 2021. It received positive reviews from critics and was nominated for the Critics\' Choice Award for Best Movie Made for Television.
Mark, a teenage boy, has been stuck in a time loop, repeating the same day over and over again. After many iterations of the loop, Mark has perfected several routines and is able to aid other people by anticipating their movements. Developing a crush on a girl he gives directions to, Mark goes to the community pool to meet her again, saving her from being knocked into the pool by a beach ball. However, his efforts to spend more time with her are constantly frustrated. One day, while Mark is waiting to save the girl from the beach ball, another girl, Margaret, unexpectedly intervenes. Mark tracks her down and discovers that she is also living in the same time loop.
Mark and Margaret spend time together. Mark tells her about his desire to go to art school, and his father quitting his job to write a book on the Civil War; she talks about her dream of working as a mission specialist for NASA, and how she has been looking for a missing dog. They become close. Mark brings up possible ways they could break the time loop, but Margaret is not interested in trying to escape it. Every evening she hurries off after receiving a text from a medical student named Jared.


# The Map of Tiny Perfect Things
Mark and Margaret decide to look for moments of perfect beauty during the day; Mark conjectures that they might escape the time loop after finding all of them. To cheer Margaret up, Mark creates a mock-up of Tranquility Base in the school gym for her. Later, at his room, she sees a map he has created of the perfect moments. Mark leans in to kiss her, but she avoids the kiss, saying she doesn't want to be more than friends. The next day, when his dad comes to talk to him about his future, Mark calls him hypocritical for chasing his own dreams while thwarting Mark\'s. After talking to his sister Emma, Mark learns their dad didn\'t quit his job, but was fired and was too ashamed to reveal it.
Mark suggests to Margaret that they might be able to break the loop if they go far away. They buy tickets to Tokyo, but Margaret leaves the plane before takeoff. When the plane crosses the International Date Line, Mark wakes up in his bedroom, realizing the plan didn\'t work. He decides to focus on others in the next loop. He invites his father to tell him about the Civil War, and attends Emma\'s soccer game, where she scores a goal that she did not score in the loops when he was not there. While attempting a skateboarding trick, Mark injures himself and is taken to the hospital. There, he sees Margaret visiting her mother, who is dying of cancer. Mark realizes that he isn\'t the center of this story, but rather Margaret is.
Margaret wakes up and manages to find the lost dog she has been searching for. She then has a conversation with Mark\'s friend Henry, whom Mark has repeatedly confided in about the time loop. After helping Henry win his video game, Margaret has an epiphany. She creates a three-dimensional model of the times and places of the perfect moments using string. The shadow cast by the model creates an image of a four-dimensional cube, with a single vertex missing. She determines that the final event will occur at 7:00 PM at the pool.


# The Map of Tiny Perfect Things
Margaret finds Mark sitting alone at the pool and explains that she is responsible for the time loop: this was the last day her mother is alive, and she was not willing to move past it. But she now believes that Mark was caught up in the loop too in order to allow her someone to move on with. The two of them kiss.
Margaret goes to the hospital and says goodbye to her mother for a final time. She and Mark go outside. At midnight it begins to rain, signalling that the loop has been broken. The next morning they finally return the missing dog.
In September 2019, it was announced Ian Samuels would direct the film, from a screenplay by Lev Grossman based upon his short story of the same name, with Akiva Goldsman producing the film under his Weed Road Pictures banner, alongside FilmNation Entertainment. In February 2020, Kathryn Newton, Kyle Allen, Jermaine Harris, Anna Mikami, Josh Hamilton and Cleo Fraser joined the cast of the film, with Amazon Studios distributing.
Principal photography began in February 2020. Filming took place in Fairhope and Mobile, Alabama.

### Critical Response
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 77% based on 66 critic reviews, with an average of 6.4/10. The website\'s critics consensus states, \"Its characters\' time-loop journey is a little bumpy and fairly familiar, but heartfelt charm and likeable leads make *A Map of Tiny Perfect Things* worth following.\" On Metacritic, it has a weighted average score of 61 out of 100, based on 16 critic reviews, indicating \"generally favorable reviews\".

### Accolades
`Year`
`Award`
`Category`
`Recipient(s)`
`Result`
`2021`
`Golden Trailer Awards`
`Best Music `
*`The Map of Tiny Perfect Things`*`, "Love Story", Prime Video, Tiny Hero`
`Best Romance`
*`The Map of Tiny Perfect Things`*`, "Love Story", Prime Video, Tiny Hero`
`Best BTS/EPK for a Feature Film (Under 2 minutes)`
*`The Map of Tiny Perfect Things`*`, Behind the Scenes, Prime Video, Tiny Hero`
`2022`
`Critics' Choice Awards`
`Best Movie Made for Television`
*`The Map of Tiny Perfect Things`*` (Prime Video)`


# The Map of Tiny Perfect Things
### Accolades
- List of films featuring time loops


# Playdate with Destiny
***Maggie Simpson in \"Playdate with Destiny\"*** is a 2020 American animated short film based on the animated television series *The Simpsons*. The film features Maggie Simpson.
The film premiered on February 29, 2020, attached to advance screenings of the Disney/Pixar release *Onward*, with its general rollout on March 6, 2020. It is the third *Simpsons* film made for theatrical release, after *The Simpsons Movie* (2007) and *The Longest Daycare* (2012). The short was released on April 10, 2020 on Disney+.
Maggie Simpson is taken to a playground by Marge. When another baby goes down the slide and almost crashes into her, she is saved by a boy named Hudson. Maggie becomes smitten with Hudson, and that\'s when the two play games together, which Maggie fantasizes as a whirlwind romance. At the end of the day, Maggie gives Hudson her blue bow to remember her by, and that night, she dreams about Hudson in her sleep.
The next day, Homer looks after Maggie instead of Marge, and decides he takes her to a different park with food trucks. Maggie sees Hudson waiting for her in the adjacent park, and desperately tries to get his attention, but fails when Homer pulls her away before she can. That night, Maggie drowns her sorrows in baby formula and becomes despondent over not being able to see Hudson.
The next day, Homer babysits Maggie again. Before he can take her to the same park as the day before, Maggie grabs hold of the car\'s steering wheel and steers it into the park where she met Hudson. She sees him boarding a train for children and runs across the park to catch up with him.


# Playdate with Destiny
When Hudson sees Maggie trying to catch up with the train, he reaches out to her with her blue bow, but as she grabs her bow, Maggie fails to catch up before the train pulls away out of her reach. Maggie believes Hudson is gone forever, but is unaware that the train (running on a circular closed track) loops around to the station at which it started. Maggie and Hudson reunite on the train engine\'s cowcatcher, and exchange pacifiers (in lieu of sharing a kiss).
*Playdate with Destiny*s plot was pitched by *The Simpsons* writers Tom Gammill and Max Pross as part of the episode of season 31, \"The Incredible Lightness of Being a Baby.\" They began working on the episode, and executive producer Jim Brooks suggested using the plot for a short instead.
After 21st Century Fox\'s purchase by Disney, the *Simpsons* staff sent *Playdate with Destiny* to Bob Iger and the Disney staff. According to Al Jean, they asked \"Can we please, please go in front of a Pixar movie?\" Once approved, they requested to be shown with \"something that\'s compatible\"; the staff were \"ecstatic\" when offered *Onward*.
Disney\'s acquisition of 20th Century Studios is reflected in the short\'s introduction showing a silhouette of Mickey Mouse before transitioning to Homer Simpson holding two donuts. Likewise, the logo for Gracie Films seen at the end of the short replaces one of the patrons with Mickey Mouse.
*Playdate with Destiny* was first announced to the public on the show\'s official Instagram on February 27, 2020. It was revealed that the short would be shown in theaters in the United States prior to screenings of the film *Onward*, starting on March 6, 2020.
It was released to the streaming service Disney+ on April 10, 2020.
*The Simpsons* episode \"The Incredible Lightness of Being a Baby\" has been described as \"an extension\" and \"a sequel,\" featuring a reappearance of Hudson.
A further short film featuring Maggie Simpson titled *The Force Awakens from Its Nap* released on Disney+ on May 4, 2021, *Star Wars* Day. It is the first of a series of shorts of *The Simpsons*, crossing over with other franchises on Disney+, throughout 2021.


# The Fire Devil
***The Fire Devil*** (German: ***Der Feuerteufel**\'\') is a 1940 German historical adventure film directed by and starring Luis Trenker. It also featured Judith Holzmeister, Bertl Schultes and Hilde von Stolz. The title is sometimes translated as***The Arsonist**\'\'.
The film\'s sets were designed by the art directors Erich Grave and Ludwig Reiber. It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. Location shooting took place in Mittenwald, Schwäbisch Hall and North Tyrol. It premiered at the Ufa-Palast am Zoo in Berlin. Costing over a million reichsmarks to make, it easily recouped its production costs at the box office and was a considerable popular success.
It is set during the Tyrolean Rebellion against Napoleon, about which Trenker had previously made another film *The Rebel* in 1932. However Adolf Hitler, who had been an admirer of the previous film, was apparently displeased feeling that the parallels between Napoleon and the Third Reich meant that the film glorified and potentially incited popular revolt against the regime. To restore himself to favour, Trenker published a novel *Captain Ladurner* which was overtly pro-Nazi.


# The Fire Devil
- Luis Trenker as Valentin Sturmegger
- Judith Holzmeister as Maria Schmiederer
- Bertl Schultes as Clemens Schmiederer
- Hilde von Stolz as Marquise Antoinette de Chanel
- Fritz Kampers as Kaptän Münzer
- Franz Herterich as Kaiser Franz I. von Österreich
- Ernst Fritz Fürbringer as Fürst von Metternich
- Erich Ponto as Kaiser Napoleon Bonaparte
- Claus Clausen as Major Ferdinand von Schill
- Karl-Heinz Peters as Französischer Kommissar
- Walter Ladengast as Rafael Kröss, Verräter
- Ludwig Kerscher as Kluiber, Kärntner Bauer
- Vera Hartegg as Magd
- Ludwig Schmid-Wildy as Klotz, Kärntner Bauer
- Friedrich Ulmer as Reintaler, Kärntner Bauer
- Elise Aulinger as Schönleitnerin
- Sepp Nigg as Zoppel, Bauer
- Lore Schuetzendorf as Frau Schoenleitner
- Kurt Meisel as Erzherzog Johann
- Ferdinand Exl as Purtscheller, Kärntner Bauer
- Paul Mederow as Rusca, französischer General
- Reinhold Pasch as Henri Daru, französischer Oberst
- Karl Fochler as Burron, französischer Offizier
- Klaus Pohl as Kranewitter, Kärntner Bauer
- Carl Balhaus as Kärntner Bauernbursche
- Anton Färber as Kärntner Bauernbursche
- Julius Eckhoff as Französischer Soldat
- Karl Gelfius as Sänger
- Luis Gerold as Holznagel, Bauer
- Leopold Kerscher as Junger Bauernbursche
- Robert Thiem as Offizier
- Aruth Wartan as Knecht mit der Augenklappe
- George L. Mosse. *Fallen Soldiers: Reshaping the Memory of the World Wars*. Oxford University Press, 1991.


# Notturno (film)
***Notturno*** is a 2020 internationally co-produced documentary film directed by Gianfranco Rosi. It had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival on 8 September 2020. It was selected as the Italian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.
Shot over the course of three years between Syria, Iraq, Kurdistan, and Lebanon, *Notturno* follows different people from areas near war zones in the Middle East who are trying to start over again with their everyday lives.
A group of female soldiers is shown standing guard, clearing empty buildings and relaxing in their barracks. A man in a small boat hunts for water fowl at night with the sound of machine gun fire in the distance. At a psychiatric hospital, a group of patients are given scripts to memorize for a play about the current state of their homeland and are shown rehearsing their parts. A boy, Ali, is paid five dollars a day to help a duck hunter. A couple admire the beauty of the night sky; the man then puts on his thob, picks up his drum, and walks the streets of the town playing the instrument and singing a song in praise of the prophet. At a school, as a form of therapy, children draw graphic pictures of the war atrocities they witnessed and describe their experiences to their teacher. One of the most cruel scenes is the one which shows a veiled Kurdish mother in the jail cell where her son had been tortured and killed. Another scene concerns a mother listening to phone messages from her daughter who has been kidnapped by Isis terrorists who are demanding a ransom.
In January 2018, it was announced Gianfranco Rosi would direct the film, with Météore Films distributing the film in France.
The film had its world premiere at the 77th Venice International Film Festival on 8 September 2020. It also screened at the Toronto International Film Festival on 15 September 2020 and at the New York Film Festival on 6 October 2020. It was also selected to screen at the Telluride Film Festival in September 2020, prior to its cancellation due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In December 2020, Super LTD acquired U.S. distribution rights to the film.


# Notturno (film)
It was released in Italy on 9 September 2020 by 01 Distribution. It is scheduled to be released in the United States through virtual cinema on 22 January 2021, followed by video on demand on 29 January 2021. It is scheduled to be released in France on 7 April 2021.

### Critical reception
*Notturno* holds approval rating on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on reviews, with an average of . The site\'s critical consensus reads, \"*Notturno* contemplates the cost of war in starkly human terms by surveying the lives of people living under the threat of destruction.\" On Metacritic, the film holds a rating of 77 out of 100, based on 6 critics, indicating \"generally favorable reviews\".
- List of submissions to the 93rd Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film
- List of Italian submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film


# Gjest Baardsen (film)
***Gjest Baardsen*** is a Norwegian film from 1939 directed by Tancred Ibsen. Alfred Maurstad played the title role. The film is based on the life of the outlaw Gjest Baardsen, but it is a blend of fact and fiction. The plot is taken from a chapbook published by Holger Sinding under the pseudonym Halle Sira.
The film was shot at the Fuhr farm in Luster, at Turtagrø in the Sogn Mountains, and at Videseter in the Stryn Mountains.
The film was screened in the United States with English subtitles in the 1940s.
The film is set in a time of famine. Norway has been at war with England and Sweden, and times are difficult. Gjest Baardsen has gotten into trouble with the law, apparently due to a trifle. But Gjest breaks free, and instead it is the sheriff that is handcuffed while Gjest escapes.
Newspapers have written the following about the film: \"Meet the master thief and the folk hero Gjest Baardsen, who steals from the rich and gives to the poor. He tricks the constable and bailiff into a fight, and no prisons or chains can hold him.\" \"Maurstad plays the folk hero with an obsessive freshness, with daring moves and a Hardanger fiddle, and escapes over fjords and mountains.\"


# Gjest Baardsen (film)
- Alfred Maurstad as Gjest Baardsen
- Vibeke Falk as Anna Reinche
- Joachim Holst-Jensen as Mons Peder Michelsen, the jailer
- Lauritz Falk as an officer
- Jens Holstad as an officer
- Karl Bergmann as Reincke, the customs officer
- Sophus Dahl as a constable
- Lars Tvinde as a constable
- Sigurd Magnussøn as a constable
- Henny Skjønberg as Karen
- Henrik Børseth as a farmer
- Edvard Drabløs as a fisherman
- Martin Linge as a fisherman
- Einar Tveito as Mathias Strandvik
- Ole Leikvang as a farmer
- Johannes Jensen as Johannes, the constable\'s officer
- Victor Ivarson as the inspector
- Johan Hauge as the judge
- Hans Bille as the chief of police
- Thorleif Mikkelsen as a policeman
- \"Fjellsangen\" (lyrics by Holger Sinding, melody by Adolf Kristoffer Nielsen), sung by Alfred Maurstad
- \"Svarterabben\" (lyrics and melody by Alfred Maurstad), sung by Alfred Maurstad
Alfred Maustad and an orchestra directed by Adolf Kristoffer Nielsen also recorded these two songs in Oslo on February 20, 1940. They were released on the Telefunken 78 rpm record T-8261, and the first song also on the Sonora 78 rpm record 3748.


# God's Puzzle (film)
`is a Japanese science fiction film directed by Takashi Miike. The screenplay by Masa Nakamura is based on the novel `*`God's Puzzle`*` by Shinji Kimoto.`
17-year-old Saraka Homizu invents an infinity-shaped particle accelerator named Mugen. Meanwhile, sushi bar worker and aspiring guitarist Motokazu Watanuki takes his more confident twin brother Yoshikazu\'s place and attends his difficult physics classes while Yoshikazu is visiting the Phi Phi Islands in Thailand. Motozaku agrees as a means to be near his crush Shiratori, who is dating Airi, a grad student assisting with the seminar.
Believing that Motokazu is the smooth-talking Yoshikazu, Professor Hatomura asks him to convince Saraka Homizu to attend her lab course to complete her degree. Motozaku chooses the creation of the universe as the subject of his final project and Saraka joins him, telling Airi that it is possible for humans to create a universe. She plans to attempt it using Mugen.
When the sushi bar burns down, Motozaku takes a part-time job planting rice in a field underneath Mugen with Hashizume, an elderly student auditing the course. Yoshikazu continues traveling to Delhi, where his passport is stolen. Motokazu learns that Saraka dated Airi before Shiratori, making them rivals.
When the Mugen accelerator does not perform as expected, Saraka is made a scapegoat and public opinion turns against her. A nude video of her is posted on the Internet and Saraka takes advantage of this to spread a virus to computers throughout the world, allowing her to utilize them for more memory. Created through artificial insemination, Saraka cannot find meaning in her life and decides that if there is a god then it will stop her from creating a universe within our own and causing the collapse of our own.


# God's Puzzle (film)
During a powerful typhoon over Tokyo, Saraka reverses the rotation of one of the rings of the Mugen accelerator and prepares a collision, feeding off of power from the national power grid that she has hacked. Airi, who was involved in posting the video of Saraka to the Internet, crashes his car through the East Side building, allowing Motokazu to climb to the electric hut and play a rock version of Beethoven\'s 9th for Saraka, causing her to stop the experiment. She attempts to commit suicide by jumping from a bridge but Motozaku convinces her to come to him and eat the sushi he made and brought for her.
Airi commits suicide and Saraka is arrested. Motozaku fights with the media and lands in prison, where he writes his final thesis on the theory of sushi relativity. Yoshikazu is deported from India and returns. Saraka is eventually released and visits Motozaku at his sushi bar.
- Hayato Ichihara as Yoshikazu Watanuki / Motokazu Watanuki
- Mitsuki Tanimura as Saraka
- Kenichi Endō as Chief of power station
- Yusuke Hirayama
- Yuriko Ishida as Ms. Hatomura
- Nozomu Iwao as Sudo
- Masaya Kikawada as Airi
- Yoshio Kojima as Student
- Jun Kunimura as Murakami
- Rio Matsumoto as Shiratori
- Naomasa Musaka as Gonda
- Eugene Nomura
- Reisen Ri as Yamada
- Ayumu Saito
- Takashi Sasano as Hashizume
- Christian Storms as TV Interviewer
- Taro Suwa as Owner of Sushi Shop
- Koutaro Tanaka as Sakura
- Mayumi Wakamura as Saraka\'s mother
*God\'s Puzzle* is a film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Shinji Kimoto.
Filming took place in Mito, Ibaraki, Japan.


# God's Puzzle (film)
The film was also promoted under the title *The Puzzle of God*.
Rob Nelson of variety.com writes, \"Intermittently bizarre rather than thoroughly so, the pic plays by CG-powered rules of a smart-kids-save-the-world actioner, adding Miike's wacky narrative digressions and a bit of animation to mostly enjoyable effect.\" He complains that \"Miike's most conventional pic is least convincing in its serious moments, as would-be stimulating debates of God's existence ring hollow\" but writes that \"pic's cinematography --- in 35mm, with short India-set scenes on DV --- is vibrant, and the FX kick up a storm.\"
Pedro Morata of Asian Movie Pulse wrote that the film offers \"a full spectacle worthy of the best films of natural disasters\" as well as \"a well-constructed visual presentation, with particularly well-designed frames\", ultimately finding that it is \"Definitely worth watching.\"
Author Tom Mes of Midnight Eye acknowledges that Miike\'s \"films can be hit and miss\" and that \"business is still as usual\", but states that, \"as is so often the case with a Miike film, a closer look proves to be most rewarding. The devotee will recognize in God\'s Puzzle\'s obsession with the creation, annihilation and meaning of life a continuation of the questions posed in earlier films by the director\", concluding that \"this is still the familiar Miike universe. We are merely exploring different corners.\"


# Space Dogs: Return to Earth
***Space Dogs: Return to Earth**\'\' () also known as***Space Dogs: Tropical Adventure**\'\' is a 2020 Russian 3D computer-animated comedy fantasy family film written by Danil Trotensko, Artem Milovanov, Mike Disa, Olga Nikiforova, Viktor Strelchencko and directed by Inna Evlannikova. The film was produced by Moscow studios KinoAtis and Gorky Film Studio. The creators from one of Russia\'s first national 3D animation studio rejoined to continue to animate the latest adventure of the canine heroes, Belka and Strelka.
The film is the third installment in the *Space Dogs* franchise, a sequel to the 2013 film *Space Dogs: Adventure to the Moon* and a trequel to the original record breaking film *Space Dogs*. The film is the final installment that marks the establishment of the *Space Dogs* trilogy. Based on true history, the film depicts Soviet space dogs Belka and Strelka, who are the world\'s first animals and namely dogs who were sent into space and survived the trip while on board the Korabl-Sputnik 2 in 1960. The film portrays the historical characters in a lighthearted comedy animation film.
Set in outer space and planet Earth, the Soviet command sends Belka and Strelka on a reconnaissance mission to the island of Cuba, where a mysterious tornado begins to pull in water off the coast of the island. The astronauts dive into the Caribbean Sea to find the true mystery.


# Space Dogs: Return to Earth
The movie released in Russia on 24 September 2020 and the UK on 11 December 2020 with its international title *Space Dogs: Return to Earth.* Epic Pictures distributed the film in North America on 2 April 2021. Critics from domestic and international countries had generally positive reviews for the film.
In the Hurricane Alley, a strange whirlpool spins out of control. Meanwhile brave cosmonauts Belka and Strelka are in their space ship. They see rare mineral samples somewhere in the asteroid belt near Saturn. They risk their lives to extract the samples when a call receives from Soviet command. The director reports a mysterious phenomenon in the tropics of the Atlantic Ocean. Strelka is promoted as pilot because the space command director found Belka\'s steering to be lacking. As the ship changes course both cosmonauts become distanced due to the promotion. However the space explorers realize that this new mission will require teamwork making them friends again.
The space ship\'s trajectory veers to planet Earth. Meanwhile their best friend, rat Lenny is looking to get to the cyclones too, traveling to Cuba in an attempt to solve the mystery. Lenny will be accompanied by cricket Thomas. They spot the anomaly that appears to be a cyclone. As they venture down into the swirling ocean depths, their Soviet module crash lands into the Caribbean Sea. Rat Lenny hears of this misfortune. He decides to embark on a journey to find the missing cosmonauts.
Belka and Strelka perform a heroic mission to save themselves from the depths of the sea but also investigate the mysterious whirlpool effect. However, an unexpected enemy swims in the depths of the sea: treacherous pirate-jellyfish. The astronauts track the Caribbean mystery to an extraterrestrial organization that is draining the ocean of all its water. Without the use of combat, the cosmonauts and the team educate the UFO on how to preserve and economically conserve water. The mission is finished and the ecosystem is saved as the heroes resurface to the ocean.
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Character
Russian Actor
English Actor
Belka
Yulia Peresild
Maria Antonieta Monge
Strelka
Irina Pegova
Mauriett Chayeb
Venya (Lenny) (rat)
Yevgeny Mironov
Alexander Machado
Uncle Yasha (seal)
Sergey Burunov
Jinon Deeb
Elephant
Sergey Shnurov
Oscar Cheda
Guard Croakagy
Jason Michael Kesser
Cricket
Romulo A Bernal


# Space Dogs: Return to Earth
### Development
*Space Dogs* franchise started in 2010 with its release of *Star Dogs: Belka and Strelka* and internationally as *Space Dogs*. The series has since inspired a TV series *Belka and Strelka: Mischievous Little Family* in 2011 and a 2013 sequel. The series\' original film holds the distinction as Russia\'s first domestic 3D film.
Director Inna Evlannikova who previously directed for such films as *Space Dogs* and *Gurvinek. Magic Game*, resumed the story of the famous animal characters, Belka and Strelka. In this new feature film, the creators of the films added new settings such as the ocean floor near Cuba and outer space. The animators took special note for their drawings of the settings. They intended the images to have a picturesque quality. The creators of the film remarked by the third part of the series, the characters are well defined. A new plot line that was added to the film is how the dog astronauts will now explore the ocean underwater seabed. Numerous escapism episodes in the film are highlighted set in the Hurricane Alley region of the Caribbean Sea. The scriptwriters intended the film not only to be a festive animated film, but they also added educational components such as the theme of ecology and how important it is to maintain balance in nature. The script used the plot of a mysterious water phenomena to highlight the importance of preserving natural resources of water. The writers hoped by presenting an accurate depiction of the ecological world, the viewers would be able to appreciate nature.
The writers from the previous sequels rejoined. Olga Nikiforova and Viktor Strelchenko joined the script writing team. Debutant script writers Danil Trotsenko and Artem Milovanov also were present. The script was also co-authored by American screenwriter and director Mike Disa who has previous projects include *Hoodwinked Too!.*


# Space Dogs: Return to Earth
### Development
The voice-over started on 20 July 2019 with a cast of popular Russian actors lending voice to the characters. The voice cast included Yulia Peresild as Belka, Irina Pegova as Strelka, Yevgeny Mironov as Venya, and Sergey Burunov as Uncle Yasha. The English cast included Maria Antonieta Monge as Belka, Mauriett Chayeb as Strelka, and Jinon Deeb as Uncle Yasha. Sergey Burunov for the role of the retired \"sea wolf\" Yasha had to consistently use Spanish words because the scriptwriter made Yasha suddenly into a photographer. The film was Yulia Peresild\'s first role in an animated film.

### Animation
In the third part of the franchise, the space dogs find themselves not only in their usual locations -- in space, but also under water. Most of the screen time about 45% - is occupied by underwater. Character development was refined for this film with an emphasis on friendship and working together as a team. The character Strelka is given for the first time the official status of commander.
A plethora of new character animals are presented in this film that include seal Yasha, rat Venya, cockroach Tolik, parrots-bandits, pirates-jellyfish, wise muskrat, as well as crocodiles, turtles, lizards and pelicans. The audience of the previous films have found the story line of rate Venya quite appealing. Therefore, in this film the creators refined the character almost into a main character. Yevgeny Mironov has been always a popular cast choice for Yasha.

### Soundtrack
The film is noted for its musical accompaniment. Composer Ivan Uryupin who has previously worked for all the previous *Space Dogs* films, resumed the score for the movie. An orchestral soundtrack with several songs were recorded by the host studio The First of Mosfilm. The orchestra was aided by the conductor of the Bolshoi theater, Alexey Vereshchagin. Uryupin noted that composing for an animated film is considerably different from a feature film. The former requires more expression in music and changing musical textures. One of the songs presented in the film is *Song of Lagusa.* A review found the song of the pirate jellyfish to be the highlight of the film.