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Returning to big screen haunts for the first time in seven years, Halloweentown's celebrated Pumpkin King, Jack Skellington, and a colorful cast of assorted ghosts, ghouls, and goblins, are back to scare up plenty of tricks and treats as holidays collide with chaotic and comical consequences in this stop-motion animated musical-fantasy. (Touchstone Pictures)

The story of four people who cannot manage to become a family again after a loss and who destroy themselves with each passing day. After her husband's death, Nurcan is left alone with her grown up daughter Feride and two young children, İlker and Özge. The eldest child, Feride has to take up the role of the father. Already in great need, Nurcan embraces this situation, almost replacing her late husband with Feride, imposes all responsibilities to her. (IKSV)

Film director Blasetti is looking for a little girl for his new movie. Along with other mothers, Maddelena takes her daugther to Cinecittà, hoping she'll be selected and become a star. She is ready to sacrifice anything for little Maria, even if her husband would prefer they save their little money for the rent, instead of paying teachers, hairdressers or bribes for her illusions. (imdb)

In commedia dell'arte style, an actor on a stool presents six distinct characters through speedy application of whiskers and a hat or, in one case, a wig followed by a few gestures. First he becomes the large-nosed squire whipping his horse as he rides in his surrey, then he's a kindly mustachioed ticket taker, next an imperious sea captain with the bearded look of Czar Nicholas... (imdb)

Brian Donlevy essays the role of the boss, who is determined to back reform candidate Moroni Olsen, despite Ladd's gut feeling that this move is a mistake. Ladd knows that Donlevy is doing a political about-face merely to get in solid with Olsen's pretty daughter Veronica Lake. (All Movie)

Beatnick Jerry takes his girl, Angie to the carnival. Angie wants to go see the gypsy fortune teller, Jerry does not but relents. After visiting the fortune teller and hearing bad news, Jerry goes alone to see Carmelita, the dancer (the fortune teller's sister). He is invited backstage and is mesmerized into becoming a psychotic killer. Angie, and Jerry's best friend Harold realize something is amiss when Jerry tries to kill Angie. (imdb)

This movie is one of the most spectacular jobs the Turkish movie sector has ever come up with. The movie is semi-musical. However, what you can call funny in this movie is mostly achieved by using different accents of Turkish and maybe the most common cultural patterns, including beautiful classical Turkish music with lyrics changed according to the script. (imdb)

An ordinary Japanese family slowly disintegrates after its patriarch loses his job at a prominent company. (imdb)

A grumpy hermit hatches a plan to steal Christmas from the Whos of Whoville. (imdb)

The tale is a familiar one for American moviegoers; devil-may-care young man drawn to a grounded young woman, they part, he realizes he prefers stability to freedom, they reconcile. interest for viewers now as well as 40 years ago lies in the protagonists' skin color...