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Barbie isn’t the only toy sensation to get its own movie this year. Now it’s time for the Beanie Baby to shine, but its film isn’t nearly as inspired. Nathan Weinbender takes a look at “The Beanie Bubble,” now streaming on Apple+.

20 years ago, “Oldboy” made a splash at Cannes and popularized a wave of genre-defying South Korean cinema. Now Park Chan-wook’s best known film is back in theaters, and Nathan Weinbender says it holds up two decades later.

There’s a new film from Spain that’s worth seeking out. It’s called “The Beasts,” and it concerns a growing tension between farmers in Galicia. Nathan Weinbender says it’s one of the best movies of the year.

It’s always an event when Martin Scorsese directs a new film, and his latest is the sprawling, violent historical drama “Killers of the Flower Moon.” Nathan Weinbender says it’s a painful, brutal epic that demands to be seen on the big screen.

Ridley Scott’s film “Napoleon” has already inspired criticism of its bizarre central performance by Joaquin Phoenix and its lack of historical rigor. But Nathan Weinbender says the movie works as a dark comedy about a strange, impetuous, occasionally brilliant man.

Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore star in “May December,” a new Netflix film from director Todd Haynes. It’s part melodrama, part wicked satire, and Nathan Weinbender says that, if you’re on its peculiar wavelength, you’ll be completely wrapped up in it.

Since premiering at South by Southwest, the R-rated teen comedy “Bottoms” has been pegged as a future cult classic. Nathan Weinbender says it’s not as great as its inspirations, but it’s a funny, well-cast oddity.

This month, Martin Scorsese’s 1985 comedy “After Hours” was released on BluRay for the first time. Though it’s not a new movie, Nathan Weinbender says it still feels fresh and vital and is very much worth a purchase.

“Dune: Part Two” has already conquered the box office, so you can expect even more epics about intergalactic war and an element known as Spice. Nathan Weinbender says that even those left cold by the last “Dune” may find themselves caught up in the story this time.

Back in 1985, some of the most famous musicians in the world gathered to record the charity single “We Are the World.” Nearly 40 years later, a Netflix documentary looks at the creation of the song. Nathan Weinbender says the movie is basically an extended “Behind the Music” episode with some remarkable footage.