Despite some significant flaws, Arthur the King succeeds at its primary goal of being an emotional story about a man and a dog.

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Disney has released the trailer for the upcoming adventure movie Togo. Based on a true story, the film follows champion dogsled trainer Leonard Seppala (Willem Dafoe) who works to transport an antitoxin serum to stop an epidemic in Nome, Alaska. To make the journey, Seppala will need the help of his lead sled dog, the tenacious and determined Togo. Between this and Lady and the Tramp, if Disney+ original movies largely just want to be about very good dogs, then that is a content strategy I can support. You could do far worse than “Nothing but Hero Dogs” as a …

20th Century Fox has released the first trailer for The Call of the Wild. The adaptation of the beloved Jack London novel follows Buck, who is uprooted to the Alaskan Yukon during the 1890s and starts working on a mail delivery dog sled team. This role seems so right for Harrison Ford. It’s grizzled yet fun and you almost wonder why more movies haven’t been trying to take advantage of Ford’s outdoorsy persona. Yes, his co-star (and arguably the movie’s lead) is a CGI dog, but who cares? Are you going to tell me that …

With all due respect to the billion-dollar Star Wars and Marvel franchises, this upcoming dog content is the only thing that matters on Disney+ now. The streaming service announced today a new docu-series titled Pick of the Litter, which will follow a few pups along the process of becoming a guide dog. The announcement came along with a trailer, a two-minute bit of brain bleach for the horrific fever dream that is today's new Cats trailer. (I also can't help but notice Pick of the Litter debuts the same days as Cats. I am here …