K-9 (1989)

This differs from Turner and Hooch, released only three months earlier, in the way that the German Shepherd of the mismatched cop-dog duo is the straight-laced, authoritative, respectable Tom Hanks one while Jim Belushi does a slobbering Dogue de Bordeaux version of a cop-with-a-deathwish a la Martin Riggs/Axle Foley; which movie you prefer will largely depend on your actor and your dog breed preferences and how much you can tolerate this movie's weak love triangle-involving-a-dog subplot.

★★☆☆☆

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Wonder Wheel (2017)

When a gangster's wife on the run seeks refuge in her estranged father's home overlooking Coney Island's theme park amusements, a Tennessee Williams-style love triangle develops between her, her father's wife, and a lifeguard (a conspicuous, heavily made-up and eager-to-impress Justin Timberlake who is given the job of providing the voiceover narration and direct-to-camera monologues that are so often a tired, unnecessary feature of recent Woody Allen movies).

★★★☆☆

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