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Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Kubra: Season 2’ on Netflix, in Which the Commingling of Religion, Tech and Politics Intensifies
Ideas abound in this suspenseful thriller series. -
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Stream It Or Skip It: 'Thank You, Next' On Netflix, About A Lawyer Taking A High-Profile Divorce Case While On The Rebound
Everything in this romantic comedy series looks really, really beautiful, and Serenay Sarikaya is a presence in the lead role. The rest seems like standard romcom stuff. -
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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: 'A Round Of Applause' On Netflix, A Strange Dramedy About A Couple And Their Nihilist Kid Through The Decades
We're all for absurdism, but not if it makes us feel like we don't understand what the hell is going on. -
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Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Ashes’ on Netflix, a Turkish Erotic Thriller That Arrives Just In Time For Valentine's Day
Obsession. Lust. Forbidden fruit. And, unfortunately, boredom. -
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Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Kubra’ on Netflix, a Turkish Thriller Series in Which a Traumatized Veteran Receives Text Messages From the Divine
Is god in this guy's smartphone? -
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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: 'The Tailor' Season 3 on Netflix, A Head-Scratching Turkish Drama Trying To Figure Out What Genre It's Supposed To Be
The Tailor is a tonally inconsistent romantic drama made for people who enjoy asking themselves, "What exactly am I watching here?" -
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Stream It Or Skip It: 'Creature' On Netflix, A Turkish Drama About A Med Student Who Resurrects His Mentor And Suffers The Consequences
Written by Çağan Irmak, the series is loosely based on Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. -
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Stream It Or Skip It: 'The Club' Season 2 On Netflix, Where Melodrama Persists At A Nightclub In 1950s Istanbul
Facing shutdown, the club's only hope for survival this season is a ruthless criminal. -
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Stream It Or Skip It: ‘10 Days of a Bad Man’ on Netflix, Two Turkish Mysteries With No Delight
This isn’t a serialized detective story worth your investment. -
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Stream It Or Skip It: 'Love Tactics 2' on Netflix, A Turkish Screwball Comedy That Delights
An independent woman who claims she never wants to get married tries to trick her boyfriend into proposing just to see if she can in this charming Turkish rom-com. -
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Stream It Or Skip It: 'The Tailor' Season 2 on Netflix, A Turkish Love Triangle Where Everyone Just Seems Depressed Except The One Guy Out of His Mind On Cocaine
The second season of this Turkish soap opera on Netflix is even more melodramatic than the first. -
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Stream It Or Skip It: 'Make Me Believe' On Netflix, A Turkish Rom-Com Where Two Very Pretty Adults Are Thrown Together By Their Meddling Grandmothers
If you've watched any romcom ever, you'll know the plot to this film. But the scenery and the actors are so gorgeous, you'll hardly care. -
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Stream It Or Skip It: 'You Do You' On Netflix, A Turkish Rom-Com That's Also A Revenge Story
Is it revenge or is it... love? -
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Stream It Or Skip It: 'The Tailor' On Netflix, About A Fashion Designer With Secrets And A Caretaker With Some Of Her Own
The plot gymnastics this show has to do to set up its premise made us tired just watching it. -
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Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Chokehold’ on Netflix, a Compelling Turkish Thriller About a Bad Man Coping, Poorly, With His Moral Corruption
This is one of those he-keeps-digging-himself-deeper plots. -
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Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Oh Belinda’ on Netflix, A Creative Escape from Method Acting Madness
Oh Belinda finds intrigue in a high-concept story of a conceited actor forced to live literally in her character. -
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Stream It Or Skip It: '10 Days of a Good Man' on Netflix, a Delightfully Twisty Turkish Noir-Comedy
In which a sad sack private dick dicks his way out of that sack.