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In “Arthur the King,” winning is not a finish line, it’s caring about others—and dogs.

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Movies about dogs are nearly always guaranteed winners, and “Arthur the King” is no different. Based on a true story, it follows adventure racer “Mike Light” (not the real person’s name) as he takes his “last chance” to finish first—and along the way meets a scruffy stray dog with big dark eyes that plead politely (he is ever a gentleman) for Mike’s camping trip meatballs.

“Barbie” the movie mixes pink and blue and a little bit of brown

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The lyrics of “Barbie Girl” by Aqua are probably sarcastic, but maybe fans of the song, and Barbie, like being on both sides of the fence—living in a “plastic world,” wearing pink and glitter, appealing to objectified fantasies, while equally advocating for “Not a Barbie Girl” by Ava Max, where the speaker protests she lives in her own world and won’t do whatever Ken wants.