Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, Amazon Prime

 Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters is a 2013 American-German action horror film written and directed by Tommy Wirkola. It serves as a continuation to the traditional German folklore fairy tale "Hansel and Gretel". The film was produced by Will Ferrell, Adam McKay, Kevin Messick, and Beau Flynn, with music composed by Atli Örvarsson. It stars Jeremy Renner and Gemma Arterton in the title roles, alongside Famke Janssen, Peter Stormare, Thomas Mann, and Pihla Viitala.

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Abandoned in a dark forest by their parents, young siblings Hansel and Gretel wander into a gingerbread house where they are captured by a cannibalistic witch. The witch forces Hansel to continuously eat sweets while preparing to cook Gretel. However, the siblings overpower the witch, push her into her own oven, and burn her alive. Following this traumatic experience, they discover they are immune to witch magic and spend the following decades traveling as notorious bounty hunters specializing in tracking and killing dark witches.

Years later, adult Hansel and Gretel arrive in the town of Augsburg, where several children have recently gone missing. They stop Sheriff Berringer from executing a local woman named Mina, whom he accuses of witchcraft, by demonstrating that she lacks the red eyes characteristic of dark witches. Mayor Evers hires the duo to locate the missing children. Investigating a witch's cabin, Hansel and Gretel capture a dark witch and learn that a celestial alignment known as the "Blood Moon" is approaching.

Muriel, a powerful Grand Dark Witch, requires the hearts of twelve children—six boys and six girls—along with a secret thirteenth ingredient to perform a ritual during the Blood Moon that will render all dark witches immune to fire, their primary weakness. Muriel attacks the town, abducting the final required child and taking Gretel's friend Ben captive. She severely injures Gretel, while Hansel is lured into the forest by a witch and separated from his sister.

Hansel wakes up in the forest, rescued and healed by Mina, while Gretel is rescued by Edward, a gentle troll enslaved by Muriel. The siblings reunite at an abandoned cottage in the woods, which they recognize as their childhood home. Muriel appears and reveals the truth about their parents: their mother, Adrianna, was a powerful Grand White Witch, and their father was a human. To complete the Blood Moon ritual, Muriel needed the heart of a Grand White Witch, choosing young Gretel. To protect her children, Adrianna sent them away, but the townspeople, led by Berringer, burned Adrianna at the stake and hanged their father.

Muriel abducts Gretel to use her heart as the final component of the ritual. Hansel, Mina, and Ben gear up with specialized weapons to launch an assault on the witches' gathering site. Mina uses her white magic to provide sniper fire, while Hansel fights through the horde of dark witches. Edward turns against Muriel to save Gretel, though he is severely wounded.

As the Blood Moon eclipse peaks, Hansel disrupts the ceremony, preventing Muriel from cutting out Gretel's heart. Mina mortally wounds Muriel with a holy weapon, but Muriel stabs Mina before fleeing to the original gingerbread house. Hansel, Gretel, and Ben pursue Muriel inside the house, engaging in a brutal physical fight. Gretel decapitates Muriel with a wire trap, ending her reign of terror.

With the children saved and Augsburg liberated, Hansel and Gretel receive their reward and continue their journey as witch hunters, now joined by Ben and a recovered Edward

Cast

Jeremy Renner as Hansel

Gemma Arterton as Gretel

Famke Janssen as Muriel (Grand Dark Witch)

Pihla Viitala as Mina (White Witch)

Derek Mears as Edward the Troll (voice by Robin Atkin Downes)

Thomas Mann as Ben Walser

Peter Stormare as Sheriff Berringer

Rainer Bock as Mayor Evers

Rating: 10 Stars

Greenland 2: Migration, Amazon Prime

 Greenland 2: Migration is a 2026 American post-apocalyptic disaster film directed by Ric Roman Waugh and written by Mitchell LaFortune and Chris Sparling. It serves as the sequel to Greenland (2020), with Gerard Butler and Morena Baccarin reprising their roles. The film also stars Roman Griffin Davis, Amber Rose Revah, Gordon Alexander, Peter Polycarpou, William Abadie, and Tommie Earl Jenkins. Produced by Basil Iwanyk, Erica Lee, Sébastien Raybaud, John Zois, Gerard Butler, Alan Siegel, Ric Roman Waugh, and Brendon Boyea, the film was released by Lionsgate on January 9, 2026. It had a production budget of US$90 million and grossed approximately US$44.8 million worldwide. 

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Five years after the catastrophic impact of the Clarke comet, the Garrity family continues living in an underground bunker near Thule Air Base in Greenland (Iceland). Although humanity survived extinction, Earth's surface remains devastated by earthquakes, electromagnetic storms, radiation, and rising sea levels. John Garrity works as an engineer and explorer for the underground settlement, while Allison serves on the community's leadership council. Nathan, now a teenager, hopes to join the scouting teams that venture onto the surface. 

The fragile stability of the bunker comes to an end when a series of massive earthquakes causes the underground complex to collapse. Moments later, a gigantic tsunami destroys the facility, killing thousands of survivors. John, Allison, Nathan, Dr. Casey Amina, and a small group escape aboard emergency boats and eventually reach the flooded city of Liverpool, England. 

In the ruins of Europe, civilization has fragmented into isolated settlements, armed militias, and desperate bands of survivors competing for dwindling resources. The Garritys narrowly escape several deadly encounters while searching for another safe refuge. During their journey, they hear rumors of an extraordinary region in southern France, located near the massive Clarke impact crater, where breathable air, clean water, and vegetation have begun to return. 

Traveling across devastated England and continental Europe, the group faces violent storms, collapsing infrastructure, military conflicts, and ruthless scavengers. They receive temporary shelter from isolated survivors before continuing south alongside a military convoy determined to reach the rumored sanctuary. 

As they approach the enormous impact crater, the convoy is ambushed, forcing the survivors into a final battle. John leads his family through the chaos until they finally reach the crater itself. To their amazement, the impact zone has become one of the few places on Earth capable of sustaining life, containing breathable air, fresh water, and rapidly recovering vegetation. 

John sacrifices himself to ensure Allison, Nathan, and the remaining survivors safely enter the protected valley. His death allows the others to escape the final assault and establish themselves inside the crater. The film concludes with Allison and Nathan helping found a new human settlement, offering hope that civilization can eventually be rebuilt from humanity's last sanctuary. 

Cast

Gerard Butler as John Garrity

Morena Baccarin as Allison Garrity

Roman Griffin Davis as Nathan Garrity

Amber Rose Revah as Dr. Casey Amina

Gordon Alexander

Peter Polycarpou

William Abadie

Tommie Earl Jenkins

Sophie Thompson

Trond Fausa Aurvåg