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Stream It Or Skip ItStream It Or Skip It: ‘Code 8: Part II’ on Netflix, a Middleweight Sci-fi Sequel
The follow-up to 2020's Code 8 repeats its X-Men Lite-isms. -
Stream It Or Skip ItStream It Or Skip It: ‘Monica’ on Hulu, a Stirring, Understated Drama Anchored by an Extraordinary Trace Lysette Performance
It's a classic case of silences carrying more power than words. -
Think 127 Hours, but 100 feet below the surface. -
Stream It Or Skip ItStream It Or Skip It: ‘They Called Him Mostly Harmless’ on Max, a Fascinating True Crime Doc That's Also About True Crime Obsessives
The true crime snake eats its true crime tail. -
Stream It Or Skip ItStream It Or Skip It: ‘Marcel the Shell with Shoes On’ on Netflix, a Delightfully Funny Story of a Teensy Anthropomorphic Shell
Jenny Slate voices a wee talking shell in this charmingly twee stop-motion/live-action mockumentary. -
Stream It Or Skip ItStream It Or Skip It: ‘Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken’ on Netflix, an Animated Adventure That's Generic In Spite of That Title
What's worse, being a teenager or being a massive towering scary sea beast? -
Stream It Or Skip ItStream It Or Skip It: ‘Kill Me If You Dare’ on Netflix, a Polish Comedy About Spouses Trying to Murder Each Other
A fat lottery jackpot inspires a husband and wife to plot each other's homicide in this anti-rom-com. -
Stream It Or Skip ItStream It Or Skip It: ‘Anyone but You’ on VOD, an Amusingly Randy R-rated Rom-Com Starring a Sizzling Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell
Powell and Sweeney work hard to sell Anyone but You’s sexy-sweet-funny formula. -
Stream It Or Skip ItStream It Or Skip It: 'Everything Everywhere All at Once' on Netflix, The Best Picture Winner in Which Michelle Yeoh Finds Herself Overwhelmed by the Ultimate Multiverse Story
You'll be overwhelmed too -- with enthusiasm and emotion. -
Stream It Or Skip ItStream It Or Skip It: ‘Through My Window 3: Looking at You’ on Netflix, the Conclusion to the Semi-Steamy Spanish Sex Saga
What does destiny have in store for Raquel and Ares? Besides inspiring our stultifying boredom, I mean? -
Stream It Or Skip ItStream It Or Skip It: ‘Mean Girls’ on VOD, the Remake of a Comedy Classic (That's Secretly A Musical)
Tina Fey's script is often identical to the original. -
Stream It Or Skip ItStream It Or Skip It: ‘The Zone of Interest’ on VOD, an Unblinking Stare at the Banality of Evil
Director Jonathan Glazer tells two stories: the one we see, and the one we hear. -
Stream It Or Skip ItStream It Or Skip It: ‘Priscilla’ on Max, Sofia Coppola's Contemplative Antidote to Elvis Extravaganzaism
Cailee Spaeny plays Priscilla Presley as a porcelain doll in Elvis' showcase. -
Stream It Or Skip ItStream It Or Skip It: ‘Mea Culpa’ on Netflix, a Punny Erotic Thriller From The Twisted Mind of Tyler Perry
Guilty pleasure time? Don't be too sure. -
Stream It Or Skip ItStream It Or Skip It: ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem’ on Prime Video, a Fresh Reinvigoration of Some Stale IP
Seth Rogen's involvement makes this a far more inspired turtle adventure than you may expect. -
Stream It Or Skip ItStream It Or Skip It: ‘All of Us Strangers’ on Hulu, a Powerful and Profound Metaphysical Tearjerker
Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal anchor this mysterious, melancholy story. -
Stream It Or Skip ItStream It Or Skip It: ‘Good Morning, Veronica: Season 3’ on Netflix, the Final Episodes of This Grim Brazilian Crime-Drama
This already intense series ramps up the intensity even more. -
Stream It Or Skip ItStream It Or Skip It: ‘Miller’s Girl’ on VOD, an Erotic Thriller Led by Jenna Ortega That's Stirring Up Controversy
Somebody please feed this wordy script to the hogs. -
Stream It Or Skip ItStream It Or Skip It: ‘Thanksgiving’ on Netflix, Eli Roth's Holiday Slaughterama
Another day, another fake trailer from Grindhouse becomes a full-blown feature. -
Stream It Or Skip ItStream It Or Skip It: ‘Next Goal Wins’ on Hulu, Taika Waititi's Underdog Sports Comedy About A Struggling Soccer Team
Waititi's ear for farce fails with this uninspired story of a historically terrible soccer team.
