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| Title | Date published | ||
| Elio | 2025-06-23 | ||
| 28 Years Later And What's Making Us Happy | 2025-06-20 | ||
| Watch This: Pee-Wee As Himself | 2025-06-18 | ||
| The Life of Chuck | 2025-06-17 | ||
| Materialists | 2025-06-16 | ||
| How to Train Your Dragon And What's Making Us Happy | 2025-06-13 | ||
| Almost Famous | 2025-06-12 | ||
| Summer Blockbusters | 2025-06-10 | ||
| The Phoenician Scheme | 2025-06-09 | ||
| Ballerina And What's Making Us Happy | 2025-06-06 | ||
| Adults | 2025-06-04 | ||
| Watch This: Mountainhead | 2025-06-03 | ||
| Bring Her Back | 2025-06-02 | ||
| Karate Kid: Legends And What's Making Us Happy | 2025-05-30 | ||
| Are We In A Media Literacy Crisis? | 2025-05-29 | ||
| Lilo & Stitch | 2025-05-27 | ||
| The Last Of Us | 2025-05-26 | ||
| Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning And What's Making Us Happy | 2025-05-23 | ||
| Post-Credits Scenes | 2025-05-21 | ||
| Watch This: Murderbot | 2025-05-20 |