Howl’s Moving Castle (2004) – 20th Anniversary Restoration! (English Dub)

Additional showtimes for the week of January 3-9 to be posted soon…

Sophie (Emily Mortimer) has an uneventful life at her late father’s hat shop, but all that changes when she befriends wizard Howl (Christian Bale), who lives in a magical flying castle. However, the evil Witch of Waste (Lauren Bacall) takes issue with their budding relationship and casts a spell on young Sophie, which ages her prematurely. Now Howl must use all his magical talents to battle the jealous hag and return Sophie to her former youth and beauty.

The world it gives us to live in, for a couple of hours, is pure magic. It is one of those places we might wish never to leave. – Arizona Republic

There’s a word for the kind of comic, dramatic, romantic, transporting visions Miyazaki achieves in Howl’s: bliss. – Rolling Stone