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The Thief of Bagdad (1924)

It takes a special breed of actor for the name alone to be a brand and a promise to the viewer, but Douglas Fairbanks achieved that during his career.

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Sorry, Baby (2025)

Sorry, Baby is an absolute miracle of tone control.

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Loser (2000)

It’s always amusing when a song from a movie’s soundtrack ends up outliving the film itself.

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KPop Demon Hunters (2025)

I am skeptical of platitudes hastily awarded to any animated feature premiering on Netflix in recent years.

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Eddington (2025)

On film social media, much virtual ink has been spilled anointing Eddington a future cult classic:

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Materialists (2025)

Celine Song was presumably given a pretty wide creative runway, plus access to budget and talent, to make her second film following the buzzy Best Picture nominee Past Lives.

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Doctor Dolittle (1998)

We used to be a country.

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Doctor Dolittle (1967)

The 1967 Doctor Dolittle is famous for being bad, which does not automatically mean that it’s bad.

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Misericordia (2024)

Misericordia is a patient film.

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Dr. Dolittle and His Animals (1928)

Since Hugh Lofting published The Story of Doctor Dolittle in 1920 and kicked off a long-running series of novels, Hollywood has repeatedly tried to adapt the story.