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Stream It Or Skip It: ‘The Champion’ on Netflix, an Opposites-Attract Drama About a Slick Soccer Star and His Nerdy Tutor
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Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Vanished Into the Night’ on Netflix, a Taut, Silly Thriller About a Desperate Man Trying to Get Back His Kidnapped Kids
You won't buy all of it, but at least you'll be entertained by it. -
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Stream It Or Skip It: ‘The Accidental Twins’ on Netflix, a Touching Documentary About a Crazy Switched-at-Birth Scenario
Truth, as ever, is stranger than fiction. -
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Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Perfect Days’ on Hulu, Wim Wenders' Profound Rumination on Beautiful Toilets, and the Tender Soul Who Cleans Them
One of the best films of 2023, easy. -
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Stream It Or Skip It: ‘The Promised Land’ on Hulu, in Which Mads Mikkelsen And His Big Ass Potatoes Carry a Gripping Historical Drama
It's a metaphor, the potatoes. -
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Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Monster’ on Netflix, a Dialogue-Free Indonesian Horror-Thriller
It shows and doesn't tell — but shows us nothing we haven't seen before. -
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Stream It Or Skip It: ‘The Guardian of the Monarchs’ on Netflix, a Documentary Chronicling the Highly Suspicious Death of Mexican Environmentalist Homero Gómez González
Homero Gomez Gonzalez tirelessly fought to preserve his beloved monarch butterfly sanctuary, and was almost certainly murdered for it. -
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Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Beautiful Rebel’ on Netflix, a Biopic of Italian Rock Star Gianna Nannini
A biopic for fans only that seems destined to disappoint those very same fans. -
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Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Down the Rabbit Hole’ on Netflix, a Fascinating Mexican Satire About a Cartel Boss' Secret Son
The story of a young boy learning about his father's job -- and true nature -- explores themes of control, dominion and manhood. -
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Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Stolen’ on Netflix, a Superb Swedish Drama About One Woman's Battle Against Systemic Oppression
Netflix frames it as a story of revenge against cruel reindeer poachers, but it's so much more than that. -
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Stream It Or Skip It: ‘24 Hours with Gaspar’ on Netflix, an Indonesian Crime-Drama About a Detective Who's Gonna Be Dead By Dawn
A tortured guy has 24 hours to live, so he's gotta find closure for what's torturing him. -
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Stream It Or Skip It: ‘The Wages of Fear’ on Netflix, a Remake of the 1953 French Action Classic
A cadre of desperate types are tasked with transporting a load of nitroglycerin through hostile territory. It doesn't go smoothly. -
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Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Heart of the Hunter’ on Netflix, a Rock-Solid South African Actioner About a Retired Killer Dragged Back Into the Biz
Above-average action sequences trump story cliches. -
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Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Art of Love’ on Netflix, a Turkish Art-Heist Romantic Thriller
You can buy these scripts in bulk at Costco. -
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Stream It Or Skip It: ‘The Abyss’ on Netflix, a Swedish Disaster Movie About a Town Teetering Atop a Crumbling Mine
Tuva Novotny headlines this reasonably realistic thriller. -
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Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Do Not Disturb’ on Netflix, a Nutty Turkish Sort-of-Comedy About a Man Who's Losing His Marbles
Cem Yilmaz writes, directs and stars in this weird COVID-themed story. -
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Stream It Or Skip It: ‘When Evil Lurks’ on Shudder, an Innovative Demonic-Possession Horror That Just Might Be The Scariest Movie of 2023
It's madness, I tell you, madness! -
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Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Awareness’ on Amazon Prime Video, a Blandly Derivative Spanish Sci-fi Action-Thriller
We're still waiting for a non-ridiculous means of showing psychic powers in movies.