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All three films include commentaries from key contributors like cinematographer Eliot Rockett, production designer Tom Hammock, and set decorator Kelsi Ephraim, along with featurettes about the making of each film.
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Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 25 Nov. 2025
Watch the Ice Spice SpongeBob Movie featurette below.
—Michael Saponara, Billboard, 17 Nov. 2025
Other marketing, the kind of stuff that people who would need to seek out (like, oh, big fans of Bruce) is more honest, like this featurette all about Cooper’s approach to this specific time in The Boss’ life and career.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 26 Oct. 2025
Watch the Lego featurette below.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 22 Oct. 2025
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Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 25 Nov. 2025
Watch the Ice Spice SpongeBob Movie featurette below.
—Michael Saponara, Billboard, 17 Nov. 2025
Other marketing, the kind of stuff that people who would need to seek out (like, oh, big fans of Bruce) is more honest, like this featurette all about Cooper’s approach to this specific time in The Boss’ life and career.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 26 Oct. 2025
Watch the Lego featurette below.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 22 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for featurette
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Director Frank Marshall has spent the past couple of years creating an official documentary about the band that will quite possibly come out around the time of the Rumours anniversary.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
30 Mar. 2026
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Austin Furst, who founded Vestron Video, the pioneering home video company behind the Michael Jackson Thriller documentary and the film Dirty Dancing, died Wednesday, March 25, at his home in New Canaan, Connecticut, of complications from heart failure.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
30 Mar. 2026
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Trying to reach for that classic creature feature, Cinemascope, old Hollywood vibe.—
Brayden Garcia,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
1 Apr. 2026
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Trump’s image will be a feature of the exterior of the building, with jumbo video screens showing his face in the footage.—
Claire Heddles,
Miami Herald,
31 Mar. 2026
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Once Lori enters Julian’s home, the film springs to life.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
3 Apr. 2026
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The film also was shown at a number of other festivals before hitting the awards circuit as the Palestinian entry for this year’s Academy Awards.—
Zach Dennis,
Charlotte Observer,
2 Apr. 2026
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Through a dozen feature films and one local short, the festival’s films invite audiences to reflect on resilience, identity and powerful storytelling in the face of adversity, according to Giovanna Torres, founder of Cine Casual.—
Adam Bell
April 2,
Charlotte Observer,
2 Apr. 2026
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The 6-minute short is produced by Canadian–British producer-director and widow of Williams, Imogen Sutton.—
Kevin Giraud,
Variety,
2 Apr. 2026
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In 1996, the bookseller opened a two-story location in downtown’s Sundance Square, on Commerce at East 3rd streets, around the corner from the AMC Palace movie theater.—
Matt Leclercq,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
31 Mar. 2026
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In this simian spin on the slasher movie, college kid Lucy (Johnny Sequoyah) returns home to Hawaii for a visit with family and Ben, a super-smart chimp and her late mom's research project.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
31 Mar. 2026
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The Voice of Hind Rajab Kaouther Ben Hania’s heart-wrenching docudrama is a marvel—a meticulous retelling of the true story of Hind Rajab, the six-year-old Palestinian girl who was trapped inside a car under fire in northern Gaza in January of 2024.—
Radhika Seth,
Vogue,
11 Mar. 2026
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Not because Love Story might stray from the truth—as any docudrama must, to some extent, do—but because its cartoonish depiction of the character is an insult to our collective intelligence.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
6 Mar. 2026
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Vivian feels like a cartoon character with hearts spilling out of her head.—
Danielle Parker,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2026
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North Park — about 100 miles (161 kilometers) from the South Park valley that inspired the cartoon TV show — is a headwaters of the eastward-flowing Platte River system.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
1 Apr. 2026
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