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Babylon (2022)

Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie. A tale of outsized ambition and outrageous excess, tracing the rise and fall of multiple characters in an era of unbridled decadence and depravity during Hollywood's transition from silent films and to sound films in the late 1920s.

You People (2023)

Netflix flim. Jonah Hill, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Eddie Murphy, David Duchovny

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022)

Puss in Boots discovers that his passion for peril and disregard for safety have taken their toll. Puss has burned through eight of his nine lives, though he lost count along the way. Getting those lives back will send Puss in Boots on his grandest quest yet --Dreamworks

Before Sunrise (1995)

A young man and woman meet on a train in Europe, and wind up spending one evening together in Vienna. Unfortunately, both know that this will probably be their only night together --imdb.com

The Son (2022)

Hugh Jackman, Laura Dern, Anthony Hopkins

Togo (2019)

The story of Togo, the sled dog who led the 1925 serum run despite being considered too small and weak to lead such an intense race --imdb.com

Strange World (2022)

given the film’s moderate reviews, lackluster audience reception and minimal buzz, sources estimate that “Strange World” will lose at least $100 million in its theatrical run --variety.com

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)

Request: Just a popular Jim Carrey romance movie with high ratings. It features several dream sequences and themes about memory and love.

I, Robot (2004)

In 2035, a technophobic cop investigates a crime that may have been perpetrated by a robot, which leads to a larger threat to humanity Will Smith stars. --imdb.com

A Man Called Otto (2022)

Tom Hanks plays a grumpy, old guy whose wife died.

Shine (1996)

Pianist David Helfgott, driven by his father and teachers, has a breakdown. Years later he returns to the piano, to popular if not critical acclaim -- imdb.

The Whale (2022)

Brendan Fraser plays the role of a 600-pound gay man estranged from his daughter.

Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

Calibrated in TvF at 385, despite the fast-paced action and violence throughout. How do we account for 385 as the movie's essence?

Mean Girls (2004)

The plot centers on a naïve teenage girl navigating her way through the social hierarchy of a modern American high school after years of her parents homeschooling her while conducting research in Africa --wikipedia

Cocaine Bear (2023)

Director Elizabeth Banks' horror-comedy about a bear that ingests cocaine dropped from a drug-smuggler's plane. Starring Keri Russell and Ray Liotta.