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Lilo & Stitch

TRADITIONAL LEAN Film · Theatrical / Disney+ · March 22, 2026

Here is something you don't say often about a Disney live-action remake: this one earns it....

WOKE: 5.6 TRAD: 13.1 AUTH: 88%
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Freakier Friday

TRADITIONAL LEAN Film · Theatrical (Walt Disney Studios) · March 14, 2026

Twenty-two years is a long time. Anna Coleman has grown up, built a career as a music producer, raised her teenage daughter Harper alone, and is about to marry a widowed father named Eric Reyes.…...

WOKE: 9.68 TRAD: 15.95 AUTH: 68%
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Sentimental Value

TRADITIONAL LEAN Film · Theatrical · March 8, 2026

Joachim Trier's Sentimental Value is that rarest of Oscar contenders - a deeply personal, genuinely humanistic film that resists easy ideological categorization.…...

WOKE: 16.64 TRAD: 23.59 AUTH: 87%
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Wonka

TRADITIONAL Film · Theatrical · March 1, 2026

Wonka is the rare prequel that earns its existence. Where most origin stories exist to explain away the mystery of beloved characters, Wonka does something different: it deepens the mystery by showing you where the magic came from....

WOKE: 2.75 TRAD: 14.28 AUTH: 72%
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How to Train Your Dragon

STRONGLY TRADITIONAL Film · Theatrical · February 27, 2026

Dean DeBlois is a rarity in Hollywood. He directed all three animated How to Train Your Dragon films and insisted on full creative control for the live-action remake. That condition shows in the finished product.…...

WOKE: 4.7 TRAD: 33.2 AUTH: 86%

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