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Inside Out 2
Teenager Riley's mind headquarters is undergoing a sudden demolition to make room for something entirely unexpected: new Emotions. Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear and Disgust, who've long been running a successful operation by all accounts, aren't sure how to feel when Anxiety shows up. And it looks like she's not alone. The first trailer received 157 million online views within the first 24 hours, more than any other Disney animated film, surpassing Frozen II (2019), with 116 million views.
 

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Eric (Netflix)
In 1980s New York, a young boy disappears, creating a media firestorm and leaving his parents (Benedict Cumberbatch and Gaby Hoffmann) to grapple with all the what-ifs. The basic premise seems to parallel the tragic story of Etan Patz, the 6-year-old who was abducted and murdered in his NYC neighborhood in 1979. Here, the titular Eric is a character drawn by the missing boy, which his father latches on to in a desperate bid to get him back.

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Godzilla Minus One (Netflix)
Feeling as if he unfairly cheated death too many times, Shikishima, a surviving Kamikaze pilot, is attacked on Odo Island along with many war plane engineers by a gargantuan monster. After the engineers die because of Shikishima failing to distract the monster, an overwhelming amount of guilt weighs on him, especially after a homeless woman and a baby move into his home when he returns. Shikishima, now on a personal mission, teams up with a large group of veterans to finally take down the monster known as Godzilla.
 

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