668. Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (02)

Title: Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (02)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Year: 2018

Summary: In 1927, the Magical Congress of the United States of America (MACUSA) is transferring the powerful dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald to Europe to be tried for his crimes. Grindelwald escapes, aided by MACUSA employee Abernathy.

Three months later in London, Newt Scamander is at the Ministry of Magic to appeal his international travel ban. While there, he runs into Leta Lestrange, an old Hogwarts classmate and his auror brother Theseus' fiancée. The ministry agree to grant Newt's request on condition he aids Theseus in locating Credence Barebone in Paris. Newt declines after learning he must work with the bounty hunter, Gunnar Grimmson. Later, after being reprimanded by the Ministry for his recent actions, Albus Dumbledore meets with Newt and is revealed to have indirectly sent his former student to America to release Frank the Thunderbird. Dumbledore requests that Newt travel to Paris and save Credence from Grindelwald and the Ministry, both believing he is Leta's long-lost brother, Corvus Lestrange.

Soon after, Newt receives an unexpected visit from his American friends Queenie Goldstein and Jacob Kowalski. Jacob, a Muggle, has regained his memories that were erased in the previous film. Newt is disappointed that Tina is not with them. Queenie tells him that Tina is seeing someone after reading in Spellbound magazine that Newt and Leta were betrothed. Newt explains his brother is engaged, not him. Newt deduces that Queenie enchanted Jacob into eloping to circumvent the MACUSA's marriage ban between wizards and non-magical humans. After Newt lifts the charm, Jacob refuses to marry Queenie, fearing the consequences she would face. Upset, Queenie leaves to find Tina. Newt and Jacob follow her to Paris where Tina is looking for Credence.

In Paris, Tina searches for Credence at the Circus Arcanus. Credence, and a female circus performer named Nagini who is held captive at the circus, escape after causing a distraction. While searching for Credence's birth mother, he and Nagini locate a half-elf servant named Irma Dugard, who placed him for adoption. However Grimmson, who is revealed to be a Grindelwald follower, arrives and kills Irma. Meanwhile, Tina meets Yusuf Kama, who is also hunting Credence. Newt and Jacob follow Yusuf to Tina. Yusuf explains that he made an Unbreakable Vow to kill his brother, whom he believes to be Credence. Meanwhile, unable to find Tina, a distraught Queenie is found by a Grindelwald follower and brought to him. Grindelwald, knowing Queenie's Legilimens ability, allows her to leave while manipulating her into joining him in order to marry Jacob.

Newt and Tina infiltrate the French Ministry of Magic for documents to confirm Credence's identity, but Leta and Theseus discover them. Newt and Tina reconcile after he explains he was never engaged to Leta. Their search for information about Credence leads them to the Lestrange family tomb where they find Yusuf. He reveals that he is carrying out his father's request to avenge his mother Laurena Kama's death. She was kidnapped by Corvus's father, who used the Imperius Curse on her. She later died giving birth to Corvus' sister, Leta. Leta reveals she unintentionally caused her brother's death. While aboard a ship en route to America, Leta, unable to stand his constant crying, switched her baby brother with another infant (Credence) shortly before the ship sank. Corvus drowned while Credence survived.

The group find themselves at Grindelwald's rally where Queenie is among the followers. Jacob is also in attendance. There, Grindelwald shows images of a future global war, and rails against the Ministry's laws prohibiting them from preventing such a tragedy. As Theseus and the Aurors surround the rally, Grindelwald prompts his followers to disperse across Europe and spread his message. Grindelwald casts a ring of blue fire that only his most loyal followers, including Credence and Queenie, can safely cross to join him. Leta sacrifices herself to hold off Grindelwald so Newt, Tina, Jacob, Yusuf, Nagini, and Theseus can escape. As Grindelwald leaves, the remaining heroes unite alongside the immortal alchemist Nicolas Flamel to subdue and extinguish the fire. Newt realises he is now embroiled in a conflict with Grindelwald, and must choose to fight.

At Hogwarts, Newt presents Dumbledore with a vial stolen from Grindelwald. It contains a blood pact Grindelwald and Dumbledore made during their youth that prevents them dueling each other. Dumbledore believes it can be destroyed. At his Nurmengard base in Austria, Grindelwald tells Credence that his true identity is as Aurelius Dumbledore, Albus' long-lost brother, and the only person powerful enough to defeat him. 

667. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (01)

Title: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (01)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Year: 2016

Summary: In 1926, British wizard and "magizoologist" Newt Scamander arrives in New York, en route to Arizona. He encounters Mary Lou Barebone, a non-magical woman ("No-Maj" or "Muggle") who heads the New Salem Philanthropic Society. As Newt listens to her speaking about witches and wizards being real and dangerous, a Niffler escapes from Newt's magically expanded suitcase, which houses various magical creatures. As Newt attempts to capture the Niffler, he meets No-Maj cannery worker and aspiring baker Jacob Kowalski, and they unwittingly swap suitcases. Demoted Auror (hunter of dark wizards) Tina Goldstein arrests Newt for the chaos caused by the Niffler and takes him to the Magical Congress of the United States of America (MACUSA) headquarters, hoping to regain her former position. However, as Jacob's suitcase contains only baked goods, Newt is released. At Jacob's tenement apartment, several creatures escape from Newt's suitcase.

After Tina and Newt find Jacob and the suitcase, Tina takes them to her apartment and introduces them to Queenie, her Legilimens sister. Jacob and Queenie are mutually attracted, though American wizards are forbidden to have any contact with No-Majs. Newt takes Jacob inside his magically expanded suitcase, where Jacob encounters a contained Obscurus, a parasite that develops inside magically gifted children if they suppress their magical abilities. Newt extracted it from a young girl who died, those afflicted rarely living past the age of ten. Newt persuades Jacob to help search for the missing creatures. After they re-capture two of the three escaped beasts, Tina returns the suitcase to MACUSA. Officials arrest them, believing one of Newt's beasts to be responsible for killing Senator Henry Shaw, Jr. Director of Magical Security Percival Graves accuses Newt of conspiring with the infamous dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald, and decides to destroy Newt's suitcase and erase Jacob's recent memories of magic. Newt and Tina are sentenced to immediate death in secret, but they escape, aided by Queenie and Jacob, who also retrieve Newt's suitcase. Following a tip from Tina's old goblin informant Gnarlack, the foursome find and re-capture the last of the escaped creatures.

Meanwhile, Graves approaches Mary Lou's adopted son Credence and offers to free him from his abusive mother. In exchange, Graves wants Credence to find an Obscurus, which he believes has caused the mysterious destructive incidents around the city. Credence finds a wand under his adopted sister Modesty's bed. Mary Lou assumes it is Credence's wand, but Modesty says it is hers. When Modesty is about to be punished, the Obscurus kills Mary Lou and her eldest daughter Chastity. Graves arrives, and after Credence leads him to Modesty, who he assumes is the Obscurus's host, he dismisses Credence as being a Squib and refuses to teach him magic as he had previously promised. Credence reveals he is the real host, having lived longer than any other host due to the intensity of his magic. In a fit of rage, Credence transforms and attacks the city.

Newt finds Credence hiding in a subway tunnel, but he is attacked by Graves. Tina, who knows Credence, arrives and attempts to calm him, while Graves tries to convince Credence to listen to him. As Credence begins to settle back into human form, Aurors arrive and apparently disintegrate him to protect the magical society; however, a tiny Obscurus fragment escapes. Graves admits his plan of unleashing the Obscurus to expose the magical community to the No-Majs and framing Newt for it, and angrily claims that MACUSA protects the No-Majs more than themselves. As the president orders the Aurors to apprehend Graves, he attacks and begins to defeat all of them. Newt manages to subdue him with one of his beasts, and uses a revealing spell to expose Graves as Grindelwald in disguise, who is taken into custody.

MACUSA fears their secret world has been exposed, but Newt releases his Thunderbird to disperse a potion as rainfall over the city that erases all New Yorkers' recent memories, as MACUSA wizards repair the destruction. Queenie kisses Jacob goodbye as the rain erases his memories.

Jacob and the rest of the No-Majs are obliviated with the help of the Thunderbird and Newt returns to England. Jacob opens a bakery with some of his products looking like the beasts he had met before. Queenie enters, and Jacob smiles at her, seemingly beginning to remember the events he has been through. 

666. The Aeronauts

Title: The Aeronauts
Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography
Year: 2019

Summary: In 1862 London, pilots James Glaisher and Amelia arrive for the hot air balloon launch. Despite being haunted by a vision of her late husband Pierre, Amelia keeps up the brave front and the balloon launches. In a flashback, James appears before the Royal Society and explains his theory that the weather can be predicted but he is laughed out of the building. Returning home, he talks to his parents, who try to persuade him to pursue another avenue of science. On the balloon, James and Amelia start rising through the cloud layer. They soon run into a violent storm which sends the balloon spinning. In a flashback, Antonia persuades Amelia to attend a society function. There, Amelia is approached by James and he asks if she would be willing to be his pilot while he attempts to prove his theories to which she agrees.

After a close brush with death, with James suffering a head injury, they make it through the storm and continue rising. James releases the first of five pigeons carrying messages stating the current altitude along with other scientific readings in case they don't survive. They discover an air current which is home to a group of butterflies, confirming one of John’s theories which James had always refuted. In a flashback, as James practices for the flight, Amelia approaches and tells him she’s changed her mind. At this, John goes to see Amelia to convince her. Amelia goes to Pierre’s grave to reflect. When it begins to snow, as James had predicted, she decides to go with him after all. Eventually, the balloon exceeds 23,000 feet, beating the record for the highest altitude.Amelia finds out James didn’t bring any clothes suitable for the rapidly decreasing temperature and decides to start descending. James refuses, and the two argue. Amelia agrees to keep rising, but makes it clear to James that they’ll have to start descending soon.

James starts experiencing hypoxia from the altitude as they ascend and insists they continue. The two get into a scuffle. That is when Amelia tells him the story of how Pierre sacrificed himself to save her during a balloon flight. This convinces James to descend. Amelia discovers the gas release valve on top of the balloon is frozen. As James falls unconscious, she has no choice but to climb up the outside of the balloon and open the valve from the top. With frostbite setting in on her hands, she struggles to wedge her boot in the valve, causing a slow release of the gas. Amelia loses consciousness and topples over the side but is saved by her rope tether.

When she awakens, Amelia manages to swing back to the balloon and wake James. As they continue to descend, snow begins to hovers around them, and they realize the balloon is collapsing from the loss of too much gas. They manage to close the gas release but it is not enough to slow their descent, so they throw everything they can over the side. When this doesn’t work, they climb into the framework and release the basket. Amelia then prepares to sacrifice herself to save James, but James convinces her that they can use the balloon as a parachute, which slows their descent. They crash through trees and hit the ground hard, with Amelia being dragged along behind the balloon. She wakes and calls for James, who staggers towards her. Both are injured, but euphoric that they managed to survive. James’ findings eventually paved the way for the first weather forecasts. James and Amelia go on another balloon flight together. 

665. Jumanji: The Next Level (02)

Title: Jumaji: The Next Level (02)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Year: 2019

Summary: In 2019, three years after their adventure in Jumanji, Spencer Gilpin, Anthony "Fridge" Johnson, Martha Kaply, and Bethany Walker lead improved lives. While the group decide to hold a reunion brunch in Brantford that year, Spencer is apprehensive about the meeting. On his first night back, he begins to contemplate returning to Jumanji where he had purpose, having held onto the broken video-game system. The following day, his friends visit his home, meeting with Spencer's grandfather Eddie, who is recovering from hip surgery, and Eddie's former friend Milo Walker, who is visiting for an unknown reason. Learning that they have no idea where Spencer is, the group search the house, and find the Jumanji game repaired in the basement. Realising Spencer returned to the game, his friends decide to follow him.

The game malfunctions when starting up, sucking in only Fridge and Martha, along with Eddie and Milo, forcing Bethany to contact fellow Jumanji player Alex Vreeke for help. Inside the game, Martha finds herself as her avatar Ruby Roundhouse, yet Fridge becomes Bethany's avatar Professor Sheldon Oberon, while Eddie and Milo become avatars Dr. Xander Bravestone and Franklin Finbar respectively. After instructing Eddie and Milo on the game's rules, the group encounter non-player character Nigel Billingsley, the game's guide, who reveals that since its last use, Jumanji is suffering from a massive drought. To leave the game, Nigel reveals that the group must recover the Falcon's Heart - a magical necklace stolen by warlord Jurgen the Brutal, which can end the drought when brought before sunlight and shouting "Jumanji".

Transported to a desert called the Dunes to track down Jurgen, the group eventually find Spencer operating as a new avatar called Ming Fleetfoot, a skilled thief. Blaming himself for their predicament, Spencer aids them in their task. Attempting to escape the Dunes, the group face new challenges and problems, while collecting an in-game item called a Jumanji Berry, and discovering a pool of glowing green water that allows them to switch avatars. In the process, Eddie bickers with Milo, revealing their friendship ended when a diner they owned was sold behind Eddie's back, forcing him into retirement. After the group convince the pair to work together in escaping a troop of mandrills, they soon become reunited with Alex, as his avatar Jefferson McDonough, and Bethany, operating a new avatar called Cyclone - a black horse that can only be understood by Finbar.

Working together, the party find a river with the same green glowing water, allowing Spencer, Bethany, Fridge, and Martha to become their original avatars, while Eddie and Milo end up as Ming and Cyclone respectively. Shortly after changing characters, Jurgen captures the group with his mercenaries and brings them to his fortress. Escaping their confinement, Spencer pursues after Jurgen to his airship, while the others distract his men. Finding himself unable to best Jurgen, Spencer discovers he is weak to the Jumanji Berry, incapacitating him long enough to send him plummeting to his death. Discovering Cyclone has retractable wings, Milo and Eddie work together to rescue Spencer and bring the recovered Falcon's Heart to the sun, calling out "Jumanji", ending the drought.

Returning the necklace to Nigel for safekeeping, the group are surprised when Milo elects to stay behind and protect the land, revealing he was dying in the real world. Learning he sought to make up with his friend, Eddie reconciles with him before he departs as Cyclone. Upon returning to the real world, Spencer decides to teach his grandfather about video games, while Eddie uses what he learned in the game to convince the owner of his old diner to hire him on as a manager, with his grandson and his friends turning up to enjoy a meal together. In a mid-credits scene, the heating mechanic Spencer's mother hired finally shows up, only to be drawn to the game, while at the diner, Spencer and the others are surprised to witness a flock of ostriches rush past. 

 

664. Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (01)

Title: Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (01)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Year: 2017

Summary: In Brantford, New Hampshire, in 1996, the young Alex Vreeke is given the Jumanji board game by his father, after finding it on a beach one year earlier. Uninterested, Alex sets it aside, but finds it transformed into a video game cartridge after being entranced by the game's drum beats later that night. Opting to play the game, he finds himself sucked inside; his family abandon their home following his disappearance.
Twenty years later, in 2016, four Brantford High School students - Martha Kaply, Bethany Walker, Spencer Gilpin and Anthony "Fridge" Johnson - are sent to clean up the school's basement as detention for their behaviour. While serving it, Fridge discovers Alex's discarded video-game system, which he and Spencer decide to play, encouraging the girls to join them. While picking playable characters, they are unable to select the first one, instead choosing the other four. Upon starting the game, each is sucked into Jumanji, landing within a jungle in the forms of their chosen game avatars - Spencer as muscular explorer and archaeologist Dr. Xander Bravestone; Fridge as diminutive zoologist Franklin Finbar; Martha as commando and martial arts expert Ruby Roundhouse; and Bethany as male cartographer and paleontologist Professor Sheldon Oberon.
While coming to terms with their situation, the group each find themselves with three marks denoting lives on their arms, with Bethany losing her first after being eaten by a hippopotamus. Spencer deduces that if they lose all three, they will die in real life. The group encounter non-player character Nigel Billingsley, the game's guide, who provides them with the game's narrative and their characters' backstories. The group learn that their goal is to end a curse on Jumanji, brought about by corrupt archaeologist Professor Van Pelt, after stealing a magic jewel called "the Jaguar's Eye" from its shrine, gaining control of all the jungle's animals. Nigel hands Spencer the jewel, after stealing it from Van Pelt, instructing the group to return it to a statue at the shrine and call out "Jumanji", in order to "lift the curse" and leave the game, before driving off.
While coping with their avatars, "weaknesses" and Van Pelt's men, the group encounter Alex, operating the fifth avatar - pilot Jefferson McDonough - who takes them to a jungle house built by Alan Parrish, the game's previous player. Upon realising his identity, all are equally shocked upon learning how long Alex has been trapped in the game, Alex having believed himself to have been trapped for merely months. With a common goal, the group vow to help Alex return home with them. Dealing with further problems while heading for the shrine, the group co-ordinate to overcome the challenges given by the game, eventually reaching the shrine, where Van Pelt has them surrounded with a pack of jaguars and his own men. Working together, while the others act as distractions, Spencer and Martha outmaneuver Van Pelt with the game's mechanics, returning the jewel to the statue - upon uttering the game's name together, the group destroy Van Pelt and return home.
Returning to the school basement, the group find Alex is not with them. Upon leaving school later that day, they become confused at finding the formerly dilapidated Vreeke home restored and decorated for a Christmas family gathering. An adult Alex soon greets the group, recognising them, and explains that when the game ended, he was returned to 1996. He reveals that he is now married with children, having named his eldest daughter after Bethany out of gratitude for her saving his life. The following summer, the four have become firm friends after their experiences in the game, with Spencer starting a relationship with Martha. When the group hear the drumbeats of Jumanji coming from the game cartridge, Fridge crushes it with a bowling ball to prevent anyone else from playing it. 

 

663. Abominable

Title: Abominable
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Year: 2019

Summary: A young Yeti escapes from a compound in Shanghai owned by wealthy businessman Mr. Burnish, who intends to use him to prove the existence of yetis to the world. Meanwhile, teenager Yi lives with her mother Yi and Nai Nai in an apartment building. She lives a busy life and neglects to spend time with her family and her friends, football fan Peng and his tech-savvy and popular cousin Jin. Yi is also a violinist who misses her late father, who was also a violinist.

One evening, Yi encounters the Yeti near her cubby house on the roof of her Shanghai apartment building, which she names "Everest." While hiding him from Burnish Industries' helicopters, Yi gains his trust by feeding him Baozi and treating his wounds. Yi learns that Everest wants to reunite with his family on Mount Everest while Everest learns about Yi's desire to travel across China. When Burnish Industries' private security forces closes in on Everest' hiding place, Everest flees with Yi. After narrowly escaping a Burnish helicopter at the Oriental Pearl Tower, Yi and Everest flee on a ship carrying red cola cans, followed by Peng and a reluctant Jin.

Yi, Everest, and the boys reach a port in southern China and travel on a truck. After their crate falls off the truck, they end up in a forest. There, Everest awes the humans with his mystical powers of stimulating growth among blueberry plants. Meanwhile, Mr Burnish and the zoologist Dr. Zara (Sarah Paulson) continue the hunt for Everest. Following Everest and his human friends' trail, they catch up with them in the Sichuan region but Everest uses his power to cause a plant to grow to a gigantic size. While Yi, Everest, and Peng manage to escape on the wind-blown shoot, Jin is left behind and captured by Burnish Industries' Goon Leader (Richard Dietl).

Despite Dr. Zara's outward love for animals, Jin learns that she is planning to hunt down and kill the yeti for medical research. He also learns that the seemingly cold–hearted Mr Burnish has a soft spot for animals including Dr. Zara's pet jerboa. Meanwhile, Yi, Everest and Peng reach the Gobi Desert where they befriend several tortoises, who gratefully accept their giant shoot. Later, they travel to a town on the banks of the Yellow River where Burnish Industries corners them. Peng helps them escape by unleashing a yak stampede. With the help of Jin, they escape across the Yellow River to a field of yellow flowers, which Everest causes to blossom to gargantuan sizes.

Continuing their journey, the humans and Everest eventually reach the Himalayas. While crossing a bridge, they are trapped on both sides by Burnish Industries' forces. However, Mr. Burnish experiences a change of heart after seeing Everest protecting the children causing him to experience a flashback to his first encounter with the yeti which was protecting its young. Seeking to exploit Everest for scientific research, Dr. Zara injects Mr. Burnish with a tranquilizer before tranquilizing Everest as well. When Yi tries to protect Everest, Dr. Zara throws her over the bridge. Burnish Industries then departs the mountain with the captive Everest, Peng, and Jin in tow.

However, Yi manages to cling on to a rope. She then uses her violin, which Everest has magically repaired, to summon ice which reinvigorates Everest, who breaks free of his cage. Dr. Zara makes a last-ditch attempt to kill Everest but it results in the poacher's own demise along with the Goon Leader in a self-triggered avalanche. To protect Everest and the yetis from humanity, Mr. Burnish agrees to help Yi, Peng, and Jin keep his existence a secret. Yi, Peng, Jin, and Everest continue the journey to Mount Everest where they reunite Everest with his family.

Returning home to Shanghai with the help of Mr. Burnish, Yi spends more time with her mother, grandmother, Peng, and Jin. 

662. Pokémon Detective Pikachu

Title: Pokémon Detective Pikachu

Genre: Adventure, Action, Comedy

Year: 2019

Summary: In the Pokémon universe, Tim Goodman is a 21-year-old insurance salesman who gave up his dream of being a Pokémon trainer following the death of his mother and becoming estranged from his father, Harry Goodman. Tim is contacted by the police of Ryme City, a city where humans and Pokémon live together in peace and catching and battling Pokémon is outlawed, and told his father has died in a car accident.

While visiting through Harry's apartment, Tim meets a deerstalker-clad Pikachu that is able to talk to Tim and be understood by him. They are attacked by a party of Aipom^[d] under the influence of a purple gas that Tim accidentally released, but escape. At a café, Pikachu explains he has amnesia and his only clue to his identity are Harry's name and address on his hat, leading him to believe he was Harry's partner. Because Pikachu survived the car crash, he surmises Harry also survived.

Tim shows the gas vial to an aspiring journalist, Lucy Stevens, and she directs him to Ryme Wharf. They meet an informant of Harry's, a Mr. Mime, who directs them to an illegal Pokémon battle arena. The arena's owner Sebastian recognizes Pikachu, who had injured his Charizard in a previous battle, and demands a rematch. Sebastian doses Charizard with the purple gas, stirring it into a violent rage, and Pikachu is unable to summon his electrical powers to fight back. While attempting to save Pikachu, Tim knocks Sebastian over and breaks several gas vials in his clothing, sending the arena's Pokémon into a frenzy. The arena is raided by the police and lieutenant Hideo Yoshida shows Tim security camera footage of Harry's accident to convince him Harry could not have survived.

Tim and Pikachu are contacted by Howard Clifford, the founder of Ryme City who believes living with Pokémon is beneficial to his ailing condition. Howard shows Tim a holographic recreation of the car crash, revealing Harry survived and was captured by Mewtwo, who erased Pikachu's memory. Howard warns Tim that his son Roger is behind the gas, "R", and tells him if he finds Mewtwo, he can find his father. Tim and Pikachu recruit Lucy and travel to the lab facility Harry was investigating, which had been experimenting on Mewtwo and synthesized R from its genes. They are attacked by genetically enhanced Greninja and Pikachu is gravely injured in the escape. Tim manages to communicate to a Bulbasaur for help, and the Bulbasaur takes Tim to a clearing where they meet Mewtwo. Mewtwo heals Pikachu, but before it can reveal its intentions, it is captured by Roger. Regaining his memory of helping Mewtwo escape, Pikachu believes he had betrayed Harry and leaves Tim to return to Ryme City alone.

Pikachu comes across the area where Harry crashed and finds evidence that it was the Greninja, not Mewtwo, who were responsible. In Ryme City, Howard reveals Mewtwo to Tim and takes control of its body using a neural-link helmet. Howard explains that Mewtwo can fuse humans and Pokémon, allowing humans to evolve as Pokémon can, but this can only be done if the Pokémon's mind is in a confused state, thus the need for the R gas. Howard releases R across the city using parade balloons and uses Mewtwo's powers to begin fusing humans with their Pokémon. Pikachu arrives and summons his electrical powers to battle Mewtwo while Tim fights Howard's bodyguard Ms. Norman, who reveals herself to be a genetically-modified Ditto who had been also impersonating Roger. With help from the real Roger, Tim subdues Ditto and removes Howard's helmet, freeing Mewtwo from his control.

Mewtwo restores the city inhabitants to normal, Howard is arrested, and Roger hires Lucy as a full-time reporter, with Tim congratulating her afterwards by asking her on a date. Mewtwo explains that Harry helped Mewtwo escape but was attacked by the Greninja, and Pikachu volunteered to have himself fused with Harry to save his life, the experience erasing their own memories. Mewtwo separates the two and Harry reunites with Tim in his human body, and Tim decides to stay in Ryme City to learn how to become a detective and spend more time with Pikachu, Lucy and Harry. 

661. How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (03)

Title: How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (03)
Genre: Animation. Action, Adventure
Year: 2019

Summary: One year after the events of the previous film, Hiccup, Toothless and their fellow dragon-riders continue to rescue captured dragons in order to bring them to Berk and its bustling dragon and human utopia. Their efforts have resulted in the island becoming overpopulated with dragons. In a response to the overcrowding, Hiccup desires to find the "Hidden World", a safe haven for dragons spoken of by his late father Stoick. Meanwhile, a white female Fury dragon, held captive by warlords, is given to infamous dragon hunter Grimmel the Grisly as bait for him to capture Toothless for the warlords' use as an alpha.

Toothless discovers the white Fury, (a new species that Astrid dubs a "Light Fury") in the woods and the two become enchanted with each other until the Light Fury, sensing Hiccup's nearby presence, flees. Hiccup and Tuffnut later discover Grimmel's dragon traps in the area. Grimmel visits Hiccup that night demanding he hand over Toothless, revealing that he's hunted and killed all the other Night Furies, but Hiccup has prepared an ambush for him; Grimmel escapes, burning down Hiccup's house and most of Berk with his six Deathgripper dragons in the process. In response, Hiccup rallies the citizens and dragons to leave Berk on a quest to find the Hidden World and safety from dragon hunters.

Mid-journey, the Berkians discover an island on which they initially plan to rest for a short while, but soon begin to settle there, dubbing it “New Berk”. Seeing Toothless's inability to fly solo hindering his growing relationship with the Light Fury, Hiccup rebuilds an automatic tail for him. Upon receiving the tail, Toothless flies off, meeting the Light Fury on his own and flying with her to an unknown land. Valka, on a scouting patrol, notices Grimmel's approaching army and quickly reports back to Hiccup. Hiccup and the dragon riders head to capture Grimmel; yet, they fall into his trap and barely escape. Ruffnut is captured, but irritates Grimmel until he lets her go and secretly follows her to the Berkians' new location.

Hiccup and Astrid, searching for Toothless, find the Hidden World and see Toothless and the Light Fury leading the dragons there as a happily mated couple. When the two are soon discovered, Toothless rescues Hiccup and Astrid and returns them to the Berkians, with Hiccup realizing his people would be intruders and unsafe in the Hidden World. Suddenly, Grimmel appears and captures Toothless and the Light Fury (who followed Toothless). Toothless's alpha status allows Grimmel to capture the rest of Berk's dragons by threatening to kill the Light Fury if any dragon or Berkian attacks.

With Astrid's encouragement, Hiccup sets out with the dragon riders to stop Grimmel and his army. Gliding on wingsuits, they catch Grimmel's army off-guard, igniting a battle. Hiccup frees Toothless, resulting in two of Grimmel's Deathgrippers drowning, while Grimmel drugs the Light Fury into obeying him. Hiccup and Toothless give chase, with Toothless using his newly acquired ability to draw in lightning to kill the remaining Deathgrippers. Hiccup manages to jump onto the Light Fury, but Grimmel tranquilizes Toothless midair causing the dragon to fall helplessly. Hiccup, realizing he cannot rescue Toothless alone, frees the Light Fury and implores her to save Toothless. Hiccup is fully prepared to sacrifice himself in order to save Toothless as both he and Grimmel plummet toward the sea. The Light Fury, however, returns to save Hiccup as well while Grimmel impacts the water and drowns.

Back on the island, both Toothless and Hiccup fully realize that dragons will never be safe in the human world. Hiccup bids an emotional farewell to Toothless as all of the Berkians set their dragons free to live in the Hidden World. Toothless and the Light Fury lead the rest of the dragons away to their new home. Three months later, Hiccup and Astrid finally marry on New Berk.

Ten years later, Toothless and the Light Fury are shown to have mated and have given birth to three hybrid dragon fledglings named Night Lights. Hiccup, Astrid, and their two children sail across the sea and reunite with their dragons at the edge of the Hidden World. After introducing his children to his best friend, Hiccup takes their son flying on Toothless while Astrid and their daughter fly on Stormfly, accompanied by the Light Fury and their offspring. Hiccup vows that until humankind is ready to coexist peacefully with dragons, the dragons will stay hidden while the Berkians guard their secret. 

660. The Lion King

Title: The Lion King
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama
Year: 2019

Summary: In the Pride Lands of Africa, a pride of lions rule over the animal kingdom from Pride Rock. King Mufasa's and Queen Sarabi's newborn son, Simba, is presented to the gathering animals by Rafiki the mandrill, the kingdom's shaman and advisor. Mufasa shows Simba the Pride Lands and explains to him the responsibilities of kingship and the "circle of life", which connects all living things. Mufasa's younger brother, Scar, covets the throne and plots to eliminate Mufasa and Simba, so he may become king. He tricks Simba and his best friend Nala (to whom it is expected Simba will marry) into exploring a forbidden elephants' graveyard, where they are attacked by spotted hyenas led by the ruthless Shenzi. Mufasa is alerted about the incident by his majordomo, the hornbill Zazu, and rescues the cubs. Though upset with Simba, Mufasa forgives him and explains that the great kings of the past watch over them from the night sky, from which he will one day watch over Simba. Meanwhile, Scar visits the hyenas and manages to convince them to help him overthrow Mufasa in exchange for hunting rights in the Pride Lands.

Scar sets a trap for his brother and nephew, luring Simba into a gorge and having the hyenas drive a large herd of wildebeest into a stampede that will trample him. He informs Mufasa of Simba's peril, knowing that the king will rush to save his son. Mufasa saves Simba but ends up hanging perilously from the gorge's edge. Scar refuses to help Mufasa, instead sending him falling to his death. He then convinces Simba that the tragedy was Simba's own fault and advises him to leave the kingdom and never return. He orders the hyenas to kill the cub, but Simba escapes. Scar tells the pride that both Mufasa and Simba were killed in the stampede and steps forward as the new king, allowing Shenzi's clan to live in the Pride Lands.

Simba collapses in a desert and is rescued by Timon and Pumbaa, a meerkat and warthog, who are fellow outcasts. Simba grows up in the oasis with his two new friends and other animals in their oasis, living a carefree life under the motto "hakuna matata" ("no worries" in Swahili). Now a young adult, Simba rescues Timon and Pumbaa from a hungry lioness, who turns out to be Nala. She and Simba reunite and fall in love, and she urges him to return home, telling him that the Pride Lands have become a drought-stricken wasteland under Scar's reign. Feeling guilty over his father's death, Simba refuses and storms off. He then encounters Rafiki, who tells him that Mufasa's spirit lives on in Simba. Simba is visited by the ghost of Mufasa in the night sky, who tells him that he must take his rightful place as king. Realizing that he can no longer run from his past, Simba decides to return to the Pride Lands.

Aided by his friends, Simba sneaks past the hyenas at Pride Rock and confronts Scar, who was about to fight Sarabi. Scar taunts Simba over his role in Mufasa's death and backs him to the edge of the rock, where he reveals to him that he murdered Mufasa. Enraged, Simba reveals the truth to the rest of the pride. Scar, who previously claimed that he arrived too late at the gorge, attempts to defend himself, but his knowledge of Mufasa's last moment exposes his role in Mufasa's death. Timon, Pumbaa, Rafiki, Zazu, and the lionesses fend off the hyenas while Scar, attempting to escape, is cornered by Simba at a ledge near the top of Pride Rock. Scar begs for mercy and attempts to blame his crimes on the hyenas; Simba spares his life, but orders him to leave the Pride Lands forever. Scar refuses and attacks his nephew, but Simba manages to throw him off the cliff after a brief fight. Scar survives the fall, but is attacked and mauled to death by the hyenas, who overheard his attempt to betray them. Afterwards, Simba takes over the kingship and makes Nala his queen.

With the Pride Lands restored to its usual state, Rafiki presents Simba and Nala's newborn cub to the assembled animals, continuing the circle of life.

659. I Got You

Title: 嘀！男友卡 / Di ! Nan You Ka
English Title: I Got You
Genre: Romance
Episodes: 20

Summary: A female IT programmer Liu Qianqian has a list of qualities that girls find in an ideal boyfriend. She uses this to create a gaming character, Nan Gong. Under Liu Qianqian's guide, Nan Gong slowly develops into the perfect boyfriend.

658. The Emergence of First Love

Title: 出線了，初戀 / Chu Xian Le, Chu Lian
English Title: The Emergence of First Love
Genre: Romance, Sports, Youth
Episodes: 30

Summary: A story about first love follows a young woman looking for a creative outlet who inadvertently meets a man that has missed out on his dreams. 

Hua Xi Xi is a manhua-loving girl with a quirky imagination and an interest in drawing. Huo Ziang is a gifted soccer player who missed out on his dreams because of an injury. The two had an immediate dislike for each other when they first met, but their relationship blossomed through the process of chasing their dreams. In encouraging Huo Ziang, Hua Xi Xi also helped patch up the misunderstandings between Huo Ziang and his friend Sun Xiu Jie. Getting caught in a love triangle, the three fall into a dilemma of friendship and love.

657. Ma Ka Long Shao Nv

Title: 马卡龙少女 / Ma Ka Long Shao Nv
English title: Cheat My Boss
Genre: Romance
Episodes: 24

Summary: Chu Chu's life changes when she gets crushed by a bag of underwear which fell out of the sky from nowhere, and from then on she became an internet celebrity. She begins her journey to learn the ropes in the e-commerce industry, which leads her to meet Luo Tian Yi, a CEO of a famous lingerie company who grew up being doted on by his mother.

656. Your Highness, The Class Monitor

Title: 班长“殿下” / Ban Zhang Dian Xia
English Title: Your Highness, The Class Monitor
Genre: Romance, Youth, School
Episodes: 36

Summary: Love story between a rebellious and arrogant second generation rich boy, and a stubborn and ambitious class monitor.

655. Prodigy Healer

Title: 青囊传 / Qing Nang Zhuan
English Title: Prodigy Healer
Genre: Fantasy
Episodes: 36

Summary: Mu Xingchen comes from the Shen Mu tribe, a generation of family that studies medicine. He saves a girl named Ye Yunshang who barges into their territory. In order to escape the political conflicts within the royal family, Mu Xingchen decides to roam the world with Ye Yunshang. Their journey thus begins with various adventures and trials.

654. My Beluga Boyfriend

Title: 我的白鲸男友 / Wo De Bai Jing Nan You
English Title: My Beluga Boyfriend
Genre: Romance, Mystery
Episodes: 24

Summary: Chu Yao and Sheng Weiyue meet by chance and slowly unravel a shocking incident that happened five years ago.

653. Fall In Love

Title: 当她恋爱时 / Dang Ta Lian Ai Shi
English Title: Fall In Love
Genre: Romance, Sci-Fi
Episodes: 30

Summary: A mysterious young woman with shifting identities and a playful but kind man fall in love.

652. Unrequited Love

Title: 暗恋橘生淮南 / An Lian Ju Sheng Huai Nan
English Title: Unrequited Love
Genre: Romance, Youth
Episodes: 28

Summary: The love story of Luo Zhi and Sheng Huainan which spans across fifteen years.

651. A Little Love Song

Title: 我的盖世英雄 / Wo De Gai Shi Ying Xiong
English Title: A Little Love Song
Genre: Romance, Youth, Sports
Episodes: 24

Summary: A story revolving around childhood playmates Li Tao and Zhang Sheng, and how they support each other in their journey to becoming competent sportsman. 

650. Half Bright and Half Rain

Title: 半城明媚半城雨 / Ban Cheng Ming Mei Ban Cheng Yu / 妖怪们的妖怪店 / Yao Guai Men De Yao Guai Dian
English Title: Half Bright and Half Rain / Monsters Shop
Genre: Period, Fantasy, Romance
Episodes: 24

Summary: Qian Xun is a newspaper intern who returns to her hometown after graduating from college. By chance, she encounters the mysterious Su Mingmou, a craftsman, and Jun Wanglian, a jade spirit. The extraordinary events that follow awaken a memory from her past, a memory that she did not know existed.

649. All I Want For Love Is You

Title: 满满喜欢你 / Man Man Xi Huan Ni
English Title: All I Want For Love Is You
Genre: Romance
Episodes: 24

Summary: Gu Xiaoman is an tom-boyish girl who studies hard to get into the same school as her crush, an intelligent guy who wants to major in medicine. In university, the pair gets into hilarious situations and fall in love over time.

648. Chasing Ball

Title: 追球 / Zhui Qiu
English title: Chasing Ball
Genre: Sport, Romance, School
Episodes: 36

Summary: New transfer student Yan Xiaoxi is the daughter of a pro table tennis player. Under his guidance, Xiaoxi becomes an expert in the sport. Due to her poor family background, she works multiple jobs, including participating in table tennis competitions to earn money to pay her school fees. She earns the attention of Qi Haojing, captain of the school's table tennis team who invites Xiaoxi to join the team. Together with other team mates, they work toward their goal of winning the National Academy Cup championship

647. Love Better Than Immortality

Title: 天雷一部之春花秋月 / Tian Lei Yi Bu Zhi Chun Hua Qiu Yue
English Title: Love Better Than Immortality
Genre: Historical, Romance, Game
Episodes: 40

Summary: A woman who lives in the future time-travels to the wuxia world to experience love. She meets two vastly different guys.

646. Wind Blew That Summer

Title: 那年夏天有风吹过 / Na Nian Xia Tian You Feng Chui Guo
English Title: Wind Blew That Summer
Genre: Youth, Romance
Episodes: 27

Summary: A story that spans ten years follows a group of young men and women from their schooldays until the time they enter society as adults.

645. Love and Destiny

Title: 宸汐缘 / Chen Xi Yuan / 三生三世宸汐缘 / San Sheng San Shi Chen Xi Yuan
English Title: Love and Destiny
Genre: Deity, Fantasy, Romance
Episodes: 60

Summary: Love story between God of War Jiuchen, and a young fairy maiden named Ling Xi.

644. Love is Deep

Title: 浅情人不知 / Qian Qing Ren Bu Zhi
English Title: Love is Deep
Genre: Romance
Episodes: 40

Summary: Romance between a pets' toy designer and a mastopathy doctor.

643. Meet in Gourmet Food

Title: 食分喜欢你 / Shi Fen Xi Huan Ni
English Title: Meet in Gourmet Food
Genre: Romance, Food
Episodes: 20

Summary: A girl with strong taste-buds meet a talented gourmet chef in her journey of searching good food.

642. Conspiracy of Love

Title: 谋爱上瘾 / Mou Ai Shang Yin
English Title: Conspiracy of Love
Genre: Romance, Suspense
Episodes: 24

Summary: In order to get revenge, Xu Shubei intentionally gets close to Sheng Yun, but she in turns get used by him without realizing that he is also a calculating man with his own agenda.