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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Materialists (2025)
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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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Indie Spotlight: July 2025
I recently debuted a new film review journal dedicated to indie, microbudget, and student films called The New Cinephile.
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Misericordia (2024)
Misericordia is a patient film.
The Goods: A Film Podcast recently released an episode reviewing Space Jam and Space Jam: A New Legacy.
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.
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17 Again (2009)
The Disney Channel has not been a reliable pathway to stardom.
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How to Train Your Dragon (2025)
The 2025 How to Train Your Dragon film is a so-called “live action remake” of a beloved animated film (a.k.a. “LARM” if you’re a goober), but it is not like Snow White or Pinocchio for a couple of reasons.
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Fear Street: 1978 (Part Two) (2021)
Fear Street: 1994 worked in spite of being tethered to an overarching mythos.