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Download and Streaming Reviews – June 1

We review the latest download, streaming and premium video on-demand releases.

The Independent UK

Grab Your Broomsticks ‘Cos Hocus Pocus 3 Is Officially Happening & All Three Witches Are Back

THANK YOU to whoever lit the Black Flame Candle (sorted out the salary negotiations).

Pedestrian.tv

Hoppers review – Skip Toy Story 5 and watch this warm and fuzzy Pixar film instead

4/5 A teenage environmentalist goes undercover as a beaver in this wonderfully animated anti-capitalist tale that’ll gnaw at your heart

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Hocus Pocus 3 Cast, Release Date, and Rumours: Everything We Know About the Sanderson Sisters' Return

Disney confirms Hocus Pocus 3 is in development. Here's what we know so far about the cast, release date, and rumours surrounding the sequel.

International Business Times UK

Disney child star looks unrecognizable on Cannes red carpet 32 years after hit film’s debut

The actor’s iconic Halloween film was released in 1993

The Independent UK

13 parent-approved Halloween movies — no nightmares guaranteed

From gentle witches to friendly ghosts, discover 11 Halloween films that balance spooky fun with family-friendly entertainment for all ages.

Tom’s Guide

The Wonderful World of Disney gets into the spooky spirit with a special airing of Hocus Pocus tonight, October 20

The witchy favorite Hocus Pocus continues The Wonderful World of Disney's fall family movie nights on ABC

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Hocus Pocus review – Bette Midler and co still bewitching a devoted fanbase

With its 30th-anniversary rerelease, the family-friendly answer to Witches of Eastwick secures its status as a sweet-natured and sometimes weirdly brutal cult favourite

The Guardian - UK

Rosie O'Donnell Reveals Why She Turned Down A Major Role In Hocus Pocus

Rosie O’Donnell shares why she turned down one of the lead roles of Hocus Pocus.

Cinemablend

Whoopi Goldberg gives Sister Act 3 update and begs Maggie Smith to rejoin the cast

This year marks 30 years since the release of Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit - but fans won't have too much longer to wait for the third film in the franchise

Daily Mirror

Amanda Holden leads celebs getting into Halloween spirit early with Hocus Pocus makeover

The Heart Radio presenter, 51, joined co-stars Ashley Roberts and and Jamie Theakston to recreate Hocus Pocus this morning

Daily Mirror

Kathy Najimy declares Jennifer Aniston’s hummus ‘second only’ to her Lebanese mother

‘ You have to package this,’ the ‘Hocus Pocus 2‘star said

The Independent UK

Whoopi Goldberg reveals her dream cast for recently confirmed Sister Act 3

The last Sister Act film was released 23 years ago

Evening Standard

Kathy Najimy reveals hesitations over Hocus Pocus script in resurfaced interview: ‘Witches were healthcare workers and midwives’

Fans have praised the ‘Hocus Pocus’ star for being ‘ahead of her time’ after the interview clip went viral

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Daily Mirror

Hocus Pocus 2 fans puzzled by change to Mary Sanderson they can't unsee in sequel

The new Hocus Pocus 2 film came out last week on Disney+ and fans are puzzling over why Mary Sanderson looks different to how she did in the 1993 prequel to the movie

WEKU

The 'Hocus Pocus' cottage is now welcoming visitors on Airbnb

A pair of guests will have the chance to stay in the Sanderson Sisters' cottage. They'll also get to visit haunted sites in Salem, view a special screening of 'Hocus Pocus 2' and try witchcraft.

Los Angeles Times

Here’s how the ‘Hocus Pocus’ sequel followed up that legendary musical moment

Halfway through “Hocus Pocus 2,” Bette Midler shouts off a set of direct commands. “Clear the altar, all of you! Clear my stage!” she says, sending everyone around her scurrying.

Los Angeles Times

Review: Thou wilt have a perfectly OK time with the Bette-middling ‘Hocus Pocus 2’

By one of those coincidences that leads me to suspect witchcraft — or perhaps just the more banal dark magic of social media — this week has renewed some heated online chatter about the dubious cultural legacies of two very different movies. One of them is James Cameron’s 3-D wonderment…

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The Independent UK

Hocus Pocus 2 review: Bette Midler can’t recreate the magic in this belated, bewildering sequel

Sarah Jessica Parker and Hannah Waddingham also star in a Halloween kids film that can’t hold candle to the charmingly boisterous original

Wales Online

What is Hocus Pocus 2 streaming on? Release date, trailer and how you can watch

Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy have reprised their roles for the sequel

Daily Mirror

Hocus Pocus child star unrecognisable 29 years after appearing as Dani

The movie has since built up a reputation into something of a cult classic with a sequel Hocus Pocus 2 launching today

Tribune News Service

Sam Richardson talks 'Hocus Pocus 2,' hard work and becoming a Halloween costume

DETROIT — Sam Richardson has been climbing Hollywood's ladder for 10 years, but he knew he'd reached a new career plateau when people started dressing up as his characters for Halloween.

The Guardian - UK

Catherine Called Birdy to Hocus Pocus 2: the seven best films to watch on TV this week

Andrew Scott and Bella Ramsey star in Lena Dunham’s bracing look at life in medieval England, while the 90s cult classic gets the original Sanderson Sisters back together in time for Halloween

Irish Mirror

How to watch Hocus Pocus 2? Halloween sequel hits Disney+ today as original cottage goes on Airbnb

While fans are excited, not everyone is impressed with the new flick with the New York Post labelling it "lousy, lame millenial nostalgia bait."

The Guardian - US

Hocus Pocus 2 review – belated Halloween sequel is far from bewitching

Bette Midler returns with her child-killing sisters in a disappointingly flat follow-up that tries too hard to soften the villains

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