Life is hard for most 16-year-olds. But things get even more difficult when you’re secretly a Kraken, as seen in the new animated film, “Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken.”

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The trailer for ‘Ruby Gillman’ sets up the basic premise of the film. Ruby is a 16-year-old girl just trying to fit in and be a normal kid.

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DreamWorks Animation had a big hit to close out 2022 with “Puss In Boots: The Last Wish.” Will the studio’s next feature fare as well with critics? Audiences find out this summer when “Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken” surfs into theaters everywhere in June.

The upcoming film follows a teenage girl desperate to fit into her high school who discovers, against her mom’s wishes, that she’s the heir to the throne of the warrior Kraken queens who rule the seven seas.

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Having already starred in three ‘To All The Boys’ films before, Netflix and its algorithm seem to love young Asian American actress Lana Condor. Netflix already has seemingly corned the YA rom-com, and they love a genre twist, and all those forces seem to swirl into a confluence of things for their new film, “Boo Bitch.”

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How often have we seen a rom-com that focused on a guy and girl BFF combo where the guy secretly pines after the girl? A million times, right? That’s one of the oldest tricks in the rom-com playbook. But what if you throw in a spaceship heading to Mars into the mix? Well, then you have something a bit more unique, like in the new HBO Max feature, “Moonshot.”

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As seen in the trailer for “Moonshot,” the film follows the story of a guy who secretly has a crush on his bestie.

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Lara Jean’s romantic fairytale is about to come to an end. The Netflix original movie “To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before” ruled the streaming platform in 2018. Fans devoured the 2019 follow-up, “To All The Boys: P.S. I Still Love You” as well. Now, fans have been eagerly awaiting the franchise’s final chapter To “All The Boys I’ve Loved Before: Always and Forever, Lara Jean.” Netflix recently dropped the first trailer for the teen rom-com, giving fans a taste of what’s in store for Lara Jean and Peter.

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Netflix may not be the powerhouse studio when it comes to blockbuster films, but over the last couple of years, the streaming service has developed quite the reputation as a prime destination for romantic comedies. And perhaps the film that kicked off that trend is 2018’s “To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before.”

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Now, Netflix is returning to the franchise with the sequel film, “To All The Boys PS I Still Love You,” coming in February.

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There’s a long history of coming-of-age films featuring disparate stories and ensemble casts, creating a microcosm of the world during that time. Perhaps the most successful film in this subgenre is Richard Linklater’s “Dazed and Confused.” But there are other examples like “Empire Records” and “Can’t Hardly Wait.” Now, “Summer Night” aims to sit beside those films, except with a focus on a new generation.

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One of the running jokes (though unintentional) throughout the numerous ‘X-Men’ films is the lack of Jubilee. As a character in the films, Jubilee has been portrayed by three different actresses in four films, dating all the way back to the original “X-Men” film in 2000. However, not one of those actresses has yet to score any lines of dialogue, despite the character being one of the more famous mutants in the universe.

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One of the by-products of Netflix’s “be everything to everyone” approach to original films and series is stumbling onto trends that no one expected. And this summer, one of those trends is how the streaming service’s subscribers sure do love a good rom-com. With summer coming to an end, the notoriously private Netflix has released some data that shows that the company struck big with their “summer of love” series of films.

According to Variety, Netflix says that 80 million people from around the world watched at least one of its summer rom-coms over the last few months.

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Netflix‘s overflowing fountain of original content is overwhelming, promising that there will never be enough time to watch everything. But for all the issues with its volume, at least its own films will never leave the streaming platform due to rights windows, ensuring that I – and teens worldwide – will always be able to watch the delightful “To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before” whenever we need a pick-me-up.

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