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This February, Prime Video is bringing you a lot of entertainment, from the return of beloved shows like Invincible and Reacher to the much-anticipated teen romantic drama film My Fault: London. However, for the purposes of this article, we are only including the films that are coming to Prime Video this month and have a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score. So, check out the 10 best films that are coming to Prime Video in February 2025 with a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score.

A Fish Called Wanda (February 1) Rotten Tomatoes Score: 96% Credit – Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

A Fish Called Wanda is a heist comedy film directed by Charles Crichton from a screenplay by John Cleese. The 1988 film revolves around a group of thieves and con artists who team up to pull off the perfect heist, but things go horribly wrong because they all try to double-cross each other.

Shout! Studios presents The Magic Flute by Florian Zigl, executive produced by Roland Emmerich, at 325 theaters with expansion likely. A reimagining of the Mozart opera, it follows a present-day teen sent from London to the Austrian Alps on singing scholarship at the legendary Mozart boarding school. There, he discovers a century old forgotten passageway into the magical world of Mozart’s famed opera.

This Harry Potter-ish adventure fantasy stars Jack Wolfe as Tim Walker, who passes from school into the world of the opera and its many adventures as hero Prince Tamino. Wide releases may be picking up steam and Scream, but in terms of new specialty, and family fare, these isn’t much new competition this weekend.

Melissa Boag, EVP of Family Entertainment at Shout! Studios, hopes it will play with fans of magical adventure, Harry Potter, and classical music. Wolfe is a star of Netflix YA series Shadow & Bone.

The Magic Flute is an upcoming fantasy adventure film by German director Florian Sigl, starring Iwan Rheon, F. Murray Abraham, Jeanne Goursaud, Amir Wilson, and Niamh McCormack.

The film follows Londoner Tim Walker, as he travels to the Austrian Alps to begin term at the legendary Mozart boarding school. The real adventure begins when Tim discovers a long forgotten passageway leading to the extraordinary world of Mozart‘s “The Magic Flute.”

Release Date

March 10, 2023

Where To Watch The Magic Flute

In Theaters

The Cast

Jack Wolfe / Tim Walker / Prince Tamino

F. Murray Abraham / Dr. Longbow

Iwan Rheon / Papageno

Jeanne Goursaud

Amir Wilson / Anton Milanesi

Stéfi Celma / Papagena

Wilson Gonzalez Ochsenknecht

Steffen Mennekes / Priest

Niamh McCormack / Sophiie

Waldemar Kobus / Mr. Suessmayr

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Screen Rant is pleased to present an exclusive clip from The Magic Flute, which lands in theaters on March 10. Hailing from first-time director Florian Sigl and veteran executive producer Roland Emmerich, this fantasy adventure film follows teenage Tim Walker as he joins a prestigious boarding school in his quest to become a singer. But one quest leads to another, and he finds himself in an alternate world of magic and mystery.

The Magic Flute also stars F. Murray Abraham (The White Lotus) as the headmaster, Dr. Longbow, who helps make Tim's days at the academy miserable. Once he crosses the mystical gateway inside the library, however, he enters the world of a Mozart opera: The Magic Flute, ruled by the Queen of the Night. There, he becomes Prince Tamino and meets characters such as Papageno and Princess Pamina (Asha Banks).

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"You shouldn't take a risk if you're gonna figure out what it is you're missing." Shout Factory has released their official US trailer for The Magic Flute, an epic fantasy adventure thriller based on the classic Mozart opera of the same name. This premiered at the 2022 Zurich Film Festival last year and it already opened in Europe in the fall. It's now set for a US release in theaters this March. The Magic Flute is a reimagining of Mozart's opera classic and stars Jack Wolfe, F. Murray Abraham, Iwan Rheon, Stéfi Celma, Asha Banks, Stefan Konarske, Niamh McCormack, Amir Wilson, and Tedros Teclebrhan. This follows 17-year-old Tim Walker as he travels from London up to the Austrian Alps to attend the legendary Mozart boarding school. There he discovers a centuries-old forgotten passage into the fantastic world of Mozart's "The Magic Flute." This looks like another Harry Potter ripoff, with a...

Cinema Eye Honors, the organization that recognizes outstanding artistic achievement in nonfiction and documentary films & series, announced the first round of their 2023 awards and nominations at its annual Cinema Eye Fall Lunch held in Los Angeles.

In the five Broadcast categories, HBO film “Four Hours at the Capitol,” an inside look at the January 6th riot, led with three nominations: Broadcast Film, Broadcast Editing and Broadcast Cinematography. Other projects like the Disney+ docuseries “The Beatles: Get Back” and Showtime’s “We Need to Talk About Cosby” also received more than one nomination.

Other announcements at the event include the annual Shorts List, which spotlights 10 of the year’s top documentary short films, and the recipient of the Legacy Award this year, Terry Zwigoff’s 1995 film “Crumb.”

“I’m glad to find out you don’t have to be dead to receive this award,” Zwigoff said in a written statement. “I...

Exclusive: The Cinema Eye Honors announced its first round of nominations today for artistic achievement in documentary film and series, with HBO’s Four Hours at the Capitol earning the most of any contender [full list below].

The documentary by Jamie Roberts about the January 6 insurrection scored nominations for Broadcast Film, Broadcast Editing and Broadcast Cinematography. Peter Jackson’s Disney+ series The Beatles: Get Back, landed two nominations — for Broadcast Series and Broadcast Editing. Get Back swept five Primetime Emmy categories last month.

‘Downfall: The Case Against Boeing’

Rory Kennedy’s Downfall: The Case Against Boeing, snubbed by the Emmys, earned a Cinema Eye Honors nomination for Broadcast Film. It will go up against Four Hours at the Capitol, and Emmy winner George Carlin’s American Dream, the two-part HBO film directed by Judd Apatow and Michael Bonfiglio, among other contenders.

Nanfu Wang’s HBO docuseries Mind Over Murder, which premiered after the...

“Four Hours at the Capitol,” “The Beatles: Get Back,” “Playing With Sharks,” “We Need to Talk About Cosby,” “Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy” and “How To With John Wilson” are among the nonfiction television programs that have been nominated in the Cinema Eye Honors broadcast categories, Cinema Eye Honors announced at the organization’s annual fall lunch in Los Angeles on Thursday.

“Four Hours at the Capitol,” Jamie Roberts’ HBO film about the Jan. 6 insurrection, received three nominations to lead all programs. “Get Back,” “Cosby,” “Stanley Tucci,” “John Wilson” and “Playing With Sharks” each received two nominations.

Along with “Four Hours at the Capitol” and “Playing With Sharks,” broadcast film nominees were “Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes,” “Downfall: The Case Against Boeing” and “George Carlin’s American Dream.” Nonfiction series nominees were “Get Back,” “Cosby,” “Black and Missing,” “Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey,” “LuLaRich” and “Mind Over Murder.” Nominated anthology series...

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A decade ago, while on location in Africa with natural history documentary icon David Attenborough, Michael Gunton, who serves as creative director of factual at BBC Studios, had the idea to do another series that goes back in time — effectively BBC’s Planet Earth but with dinosaurs. What then seemed impossible proved to be a real option in more recent years with the evolution of technology and by teaming with innovative filmmaker Jon Favreau.

The result is Prehistoric Planet, an ambitious five-part Apple TV+ docuseries produced by the BBC Studios Natural History Unit and narrated by Attenborough that takes viewers back 66 million years to the late Cretaceous period and features nearly 100 CG dinosaurs and other animals.

Series producer/showrunner Tim Walker credits Favreau (who executive produced the series with Gunton) as the one who handed the team the “keys to the time machine.

A spin-off of High Maintenance, starring Yael Stone, and a comedic crime series from Jungle Entertainment are among the 21 projects that will share in more than $600,000 in story development funding from Screen Australia.

The slate includes 14 feature films, six television dramas and an online project, with 11 titles supported through the Generate Fund and 10 through the Premium Fund.

Screen Australia’s head of development Nerida Moore, who will depart the agency in December after nine years, said she felt privileged to support more many creative projects and people during the time she has left in the role.

“This is an exciting mix of projects and it’s great to support creatives expand on their careers and take on new challenges, including producer Alex White working on her first TV series, and writer Arka Das and writer/director Hannah Hilliard on their debut feature films,” he said.

“The shared vision we are...

Aacta and Screenworks have extended the deadline for the Regional Landscapes pitch until March 1.

The national pitching and screenwriting initiative is aimed at developing an original feature film that celebrates Australia’s regional areas – one where the regional setting lends itself as a central character to the narrative.

Submissions must include the first five pages of the screenplay, an outline/synopsis of up to 1,000 words, and a 250 word description of the regional setting.

Up to five finalists will be shortlisted, ahead of a live pitch at Screenworks’ Regional to Global Screen Forum.

The judges for the initiative have also been unveiled, and include:

Event Cinemas general manager of content Clare GandyActor and writer Pallavi Sharda GoodThing Produtions head of production Virginia WhitwellMelbourne International Film Festival industry director Mark Woods See Pictures producer Isabel Stanfield

This year, finalists will be pitching for the chance to receive professional script development sessions; profiling...

Created and written by Elliot Vella, Gretel Vella and Timothy Walker, and directed by Christiaan Van Vuuren, this very Australian comedy is not your typical cliché Christmas movie. A Sunburnt Christmas is a wild, hilarious and heartfelt story about a single mum and her kids doing it tough on their outback farm until a runaway criminal dressed as Santa Claus crashes into their property and their lives.

Starring Daniel Henshall, Lena Nankivell, Eaden McGuinness, Tatiana Goode, Sullivan Stapleton, Ling Cooper Tang, the Every Cloud Productions and Highview Productions film premieres on Stan December 11.

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‘Bump.’

Stan today unveiled five Stan Original productions – two drama series, a true crime docuseries, a film and a comedy special – as part of an ambitious plan to ramp up local commissions.

The Nine-owned streamer said it plans to invest in more than 30 productions per year within five years, drawing on Nine’s production facilities and via co-productions with international partners including Hollywood studios and international networks.

It will continue to build on relationships with state and national screen agencies including initiatives such as the Stan and Film Victoria Development Fund and the Screen Queensland and Stan Premium Drama Development Fund.

The slate announced today includes Every Cloud Productions and Balloon Entertainment’s eight-part murder mystery Eden; Claudia Karvan, Kelsey Munro and Roadshow Rough Diamond’s 10-part half-hour drama Bump; and After the Night, a four-part true crime docuseries from Eq Media Group and Salon Pictures, created and directed by Thomas Meadmore.

Toni Collette.

Toni Collette’s directorial debut, an animated series based on The Sapphires and a Shakespeare-inspired anthology are among the 42 projects to recently share in $1.4 million of development funding from Screen Australia.

The slate, which includes 14 features, eight online projects and 20 TV dramas, marks the final development funding Screen Australia awarded in the 2019-20 financial year.

These projects come from both the existing Premium and Generate development funds. Generate Fund is for lower budget projects with an emphasis on new and emerging talent, or experienced talent wanting to take creative risks. The Premium Fund is for higher budget projects of ambition and scale from successful screen content makers.

The agency reports receiving over 534 applications across both funds, up 41 per cent on the 378 application received in 2018-19.

Screen Australia’s Head of Development Nerida Moore said, “While this has been a turbulent, challenging time for many in the industry, it hasn’t stopped the drive,...

Georgina Jenkins.

Georgina Jenkins’ feature concept Blackbird has won the Aacta Pitch: Regional Landscapes competition.

Blackbird tells the story of a feisty but forgetful Greek woman who, when forced into aged care, must manipulate her carer into taking her on a road trip to retrieve her lifesavings before the family home is sold.

The Aacta pitch comp, put on in partnership with Screenworks, called for ideas inspired by Australia’s regional landscapes.

Blackbird was one of five finalists, with Jenkins’ prize including script development from Emma Jensen, industry connection opportunities through the Australian Writers’ Guild Pathway Program, and ongoing feedback from the judging panel, who included producers Michele Bennett and Deb Cox, Sbs acting head of scripted Amanda Duthie and Umbrella Entertainment MD Jeff Harrison. The writer will also receive Screenworks annual membership, Awg membership and tickets to the Aacta Awards.

“We operate in a highly competitive industry largely driven by relationships,...

Aacta, in partnership with Screenworks, has announced the five finalists for its feature film pitching competition, which called for ideas inspired by Australia’s regional landscapes.

They are:

The Artisan, Amanda Bridgeman, Western Australia

An eternally hopeful baker befriends a pessimistic graffiti artist, and together they fight to revive their dying town through art in order to win back the regional fair. Big Things, Anna Lindner, regional South Australia

When wide-eyed roller girl Stevie has a chance encounter with her long absent father, her dream comes true as they reconnect on a road trip across Australia to see the country’s ‘big things’. However, she soon suspects her father’s real motives for the journey are far bigger than any pineapple or prawn. Blackbird, Georgina Jenkins, Australian Capital Territory

Forced into aged care, a feisty but forgetful Greek woman must manipulate her carer into taking her on a road trip...

Lily James and Alicia Vikander have signed on to the cast of the upcoming Four Weddings and a Funeral short film set to premiere on NBC’s Red Nose Day.

James and Vikander will join original Four Weddings cast members Hugh Grant, Andie MacDowell and Kristin Scott Thomas in One Red Nose Day And A Wedding short, which picks up 25 years after the original hit British comedy. It will air exclusively in the U.S. as part of NBC’s night of programming supporting Red Nose Day on May 23. UK fans will get a sneak peak of One Red Nose Day and Wedding, which airs as part of Red Nose Day in the UK, tonight on BBC One. You watch the teaser clip below.

John Hannah, Rowan Atkinson, James Fleet, David Haig, Sophie Thompson, David Bower, Robin McCaffrey, Anna Chancellor, Rupert Vansittart, Simon Kunz, Sara Crowe and Timothy Walker also star in the short.

The all-star Four Weddings and a Funeral return — set to air in the U.K. on Friday as part of the BBC's Red Nose Day coverage — has added two major names.

First rumored in December, Alicia Vikander and Lily James have now officially joined One Red Nose Day and a Wedding, picking up 25 years after the iconic 1994 original and reuniting Hugh Grant, Andie MacDowell, Kristin Scott Thomas, John Hannah and Rowan Atkinson.

James Fleet, David Haig, Sophie Thompson, David Bower, Robin McCaffrey, Anna Chancellor, Rupert Vansittart, Simon Kunz, Sara Crowe and Timothy Walker are also starring ...

The all-star Four Weddings and a Funeral return – set to air in the U.K. on Friday as part of the BBC's Red Nose Day coverage – has added two major names.

First rumored in December, Alicia Vikander and Lily James have now officially joined One Red Nose Day and a Wedding, picking up 25 years after the iconic 1994 original and reuniting Hugh Grant, Andie MacDowell, Kristin Scott Thomas, John Hannah and Rowan Atkinson.

James Fleet, David Haig, Sophie Thompson, David Bower, Robin McCaffrey, Anna Chancellor, Rupert Vansittart, Simon Kunz, Sara Crowe and Timothy Walker are also starring ...

The Four Weddings and a Funeral mini sequel trailer has been released. The short sequel was made to take part in this year's Red Nose Day. The annual event funds programs that keep children safe, healthy, and educated. Over the years, Red Nose Day has raised over $1.3 billion for 50 states and Puerto Rico, along with 38 countries around the world, impacting the lives of over 16 million children in the process. The event takes place on May 23rd this year, which is when the Four Weddings and a Funeral sequel will be released to the public.

The Four Weddings and a Funeral mini sequel is officially titled One Red Nose Day and a Wedding and it will air on NBC. The special sequel brings the original cast together after 25 years. Hugh Grant, Andie MacDowell, Kristin Scott Thomas, John Hannah, Rowan Atkinson, James Fleet, David Haig, Sophie Thompson, David Bower, Robin McCaffrey, Anna Chancellor,...

Hugh Grant’s Charles and Andi MacDowell’s Carrie are back in the first clip for the charity spinoff of classic Brit flick Four Weddings And A Funeral.

The BBC and NBC have unveiled a trailer for the return of Richard Curtis’ film, which features much of the original cast, who reunited to make short film One Red Nose Day And A Wedding.

There’s speculation that it’s set at Charles’ daughter’s wedding and the clip certainly suggests nuptials.

Richard Curtis, who wrote the original film and is the co-founder of charity telethon Red Nose Day, has written the short for the 2019 edition of the charity fundraiser. Cast will include Grant, MacDowell, Kristin Scott Thomas, John Hannah, Rowan Atkinson, James Fleet, David Haig, Sophie Thompson, David Bower, Robin McCaffrey, Anna Chancellor, Rupert Vansittart, Simon Kunz, Sara Crowe and Timothy Walker. They will be joined by special guests.

Four...

Red Nose Day, the national fundraising campaign to end child poverty, returns to NBC for the annual three-hour primetime charity special on May 23, 2019.

Created by Love Actually and Notting Hill writer-director Richard Curtis, Red Nose Day has raised nearly $150 million since launching in the U.S. in 2015, and has helped more than 16 million children in the U.S. and around the world.

Included as part of the programming for the 2019 special will be previously announced short film One Red Nose Day And A Wedding, written by Curtis, who penned the original film Four Weddings and a Funeral. Cast includes Four Weddings stars Hugh Grant, Andie MacDowell, Kristin Scott Thomas, John Hannah, Rowan Atkinson, James Fleet, David Haig, Sophie Thompson, David Bower, Robin McCaffrey, Anna Chancellor, Rupert Vansittart, Simon Kunz, Sara Crowe and Timothy Walker. Four Weddings director Mike Newell directs the new installment, which picks up 25 years after the original film.

An official Four Weddings and a Funeral reunion is happening 25 years later. Writer Richard Curtis, as well as the majority of the cast from the classic romantic comedy, are getting back together to make a new short for Red Nose Day 2019 that will air in the U.K. and in the U.S. as part of the programming lineup for the charity event. The key creative team behind the 1994 classic, both in front of and behind the camera, are all on board.

The new short, which is titled One Red Nose Day and a Wedding, is currently in production and is being directed by Mike Newell, who also helmed Four Weddings and a Funeral. Hugh Grant, Andie MacDowell, Kristin Scott Thomas, John Hannah, Rowan Atkinson, James Fleet, David Haig, Sophie Thompson, David Bower, Robin McCaffrey, Anna Chancellor, Rupert Vansittart, Simon Kunz, Sara Crowe and Timothy Walker are all set to star in the new short,...

Get ready to relive Hugh Grant dropping F-bombs in the rain and Rowan Atkinson bumbling through marriage ceremonies as the cast of “Four Weddings and a Funeral” are reuniting for the first time in 25 years.

Creator Richard Curtis is getting the stars of the 1994 British romantic comedy back together for a special Red Nose Day short film dubbed “One Red Nose Day and a Wedding,” it was announced Wednesday.

Once again directed by Mike Newell, the short features Grant, Andie MacDowell, Kristin Scott Thomas, John Hannah, Atkinson, James Fleet, David Haig, Sophie Thompson, David Bower, Robin McCaffrey, Anna Chancellor, Rupert Vansittart, Simon Kunz, Sara Crowe and Timothy Walker. They will also be joined by special guest stars.

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The cast and creators of iconic Brit comedy Four Weddings And A Funeral are reuniting to make charity short film One Red Nose Day And A Wedding.

Richard Curtis, who wrote the original film and is the co-founder of charity telethon Red Nose Day, has written the short for the 2019 edition of the charity fundraiser. It is currently in production.

Cast will include Hugh Grant, Andie MacDowell, Kristin Scott Thomas, John Hannah, Rowan Atkinson, James Fleet, David Haig, Sophie Thompson, David Bower, Robin McCaffrey, Anna Chancellor, Rupert Vansittart, Simon Kunz, Sara Crowe and Timothy Walker. They will be joined by special guests.

Four Weddings director Mike Newell is returning to direct the new installment, which picks up 25 years after the original film. The short will premiere on BBC One on Friday, March 15. It will also feature as part of NBC’s programming for Red Nose Day USA in May. The...

The Royal Opera, London Philharmonic Orchestra and Curve present the world premiere of Ravi Shankar’s only opera Sukanya which tours venues across the UK in May 2017. With a libretto by Amit Chaudhuri, the semi-staged opera is directed by Suba Das and conducted by David Murphy, with soprano Susanna Hurrell in the title role, bass-baritone Keel Watson, Brazilian baritone Michel de Souza, the BBC Singers and the full force of a 60-strong London Philharmonic Orchestra. The Orchestra is supplemented with Indian classical instruments including the sitar, shennai, tabla, mridangam and ghatam. The innovative Aakash Odedra Company provide the choreography and dancers and Tony Award-winning 59 Productions are providing production design.

Shankar was composing his pioneering opera Sukanya at the time of his passing, an opera exploring the common ground between the music, dance and theatrical traditions of India and the West. Conductor and collaborator David Murphy – who worked with Shankar for many years,...

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Eleventh Doctor Matt Smith’s name has been mentioned in connection with a mini-controversy brewing with the BBC. Tim Walker of The Telegraph is reporting that the BBC has come under...

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