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Stream It Or Skip ItStream It Or Skip It: ‘A Different Man’ on Max, a Wild Head Trip Satire Starring an Inspired Sebastian Stan and Renate Reinsve
The influence of Lynch and Kaufman grows. -
Stream It Or Skip ItStream It Or Skip It: ‘You Gotta Believe’ on Netflix, an Inspirational Sports Drama Starring Luke Wilson That's Based On A True Story
The improbable true story of the 2002 Fort Worth Little League team gets stereotypical genre treatment. -
Stream It Or Skip ItStream It Or Skip It: ‘Blink Twice’ on Prime Video, Zoe Kravitz's Memorably Funny, Brutal Directorial Debut
Naomi Ackie and Channing Tatum headline a terrific ensemble cast. -
Stream It Or Skip ItStream It Or Skip It: ‘Back in Action’ on Netflix, a Generic Action-Comedy That Fails to Justify Cameron Diaz's Unretirement
After 10 years out of the biz, Diaz teams with Jamie Foxx for a cliched clunker. -
Stream It Or Skip ItStream It Or Skip It: ‘Nosferatu’ on VOD, Robert Eggers' Deliciously Erotic Revisitation of a Gothic Vampire Tale
Nothing sucks here, except the vampire. -
Stream It Or Skip ItStream It Or Skip It: ‘A Real Pain’ on Hulu, a Beautifully Offbeat Buddy-Dramedy Starring Kieran Culkin and Jesse Eisenberg
Eisenberg also writes and directs this rich character study. -
Stream It Or Skip ItStream It Or Skip It: ‘Red Rooms’ on Shudder, a Riveting Canadian Psychothriller About a Woman Obsessed with a Serial Killer Trial
True crime junkies don't get off lightly here. -
Stream It Or Skip ItStream It Or Skip It: ‘Hereditary’ on Netflix, Ari Aster's Diabolical Psycho-Horror Debut, Featuring an Unforgettable Toni Colette Performance
Modern classic. No bones about it. -
Stream It Or Skip ItStream It Or Skip It: ‘Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat’ on VOD, a Vibrant, Angry Documentary About Music Amidst Political Turmoil
Director Johan Grimonprez details the context and tragedies of the 1960 Congo Crisis like a jazz virtuoso. -
Stream It Or Skip ItStream It Or Skip It: ‘Look Into My Eyes’ on Max, a Documentary Digging Into the Therapeutic Qualities of Psychic Readings
Therapeutic not just for the client, but the psychic, too. -
Stream It Or Skip ItStream It Or Skip It: ‘Get Away’ on Shudder, a Goofy Spoof of Folk-Horror Tropes Via Funnyguy Nick Frost
The Shaun of the Dead star bullseyes Midsommar with this enjoyable trifle. -
Stream It Or Skip ItStream It Or Skip It: ‘Sakamoto Days’ on Netflix, an Anime Series About a Hitman Turned Mild-Mannered Ramen Slurper
This visually hyperbolic, action-heavy show struggles to stand out. -
Stream It Or Skip ItStream It Or Skip It: ‘Sons of Ecstasy’ on Max, a Documentary Digging Into an Ecstasy-Dealing Saga Involving Infamous Mobster Sammy 'The Bull' Gravano
Sammy butted heads with rival dealer English Shaun over control of the X-trade in late-1990s Phoenix. -
Stream It Or Skip ItStream It Or Skip It: ‘Don’t Die: The Man Who Wants to Live Forever’ on Netflix, a Profile of Eccentric Rich-guy Lifehacker Bryan Johnson
This doc treats the guy who's trying to reverse the aging process better than the internet does -- although that's admittedly not difficult. -
Stream It Or Skip ItStream It Or Skip It: ‘Flow’ on VOD, a Lovely and Thrilling Animated Fable About a Cat in a Flooded World
My cat woke up at least twice during this movie, which is a ringing endorsement. -
Stream It Or Skip ItStream It Or Skip It: ‘Lost in the Amazon: The Rescue That Shocked the World’ on Max, an Artful Spanish-Language Survivalist Documentary
The film chronicles the efforts to rescue four children stranded in the Colombian rain forest after a plane crash. -
Stream It Or Skip ItStream It Or Skip It: 'My Happy Marriage' Season 2 on Netflix, the Anime Fantasy-Romance About a Demure Girl With Untapped Superpowers
Our protagonist here appears to be on a mewling-to-roaring character arc. But she's mostly mewling right now. -
Stream and ScreamStream It Or Skip It: 'Horror's Greatest' Season 2 on Shudder, an Enjoyable Clip-Show Series for Horror Mavens
Every episode of this Shudder original focuses on one horror subgenre or trend. -
Stream It Or Skip ItStream It Or Skip It: ‘Mothers’ Instinct’ on Hulu, in Which Anne Hathaway and Jessica Chastain Play Mid-Century Moms Working Through a Nutty Frenemies Phase
This noirish melodrama can't settle on a workable tone. -
Stream It Or Skip ItStream It Or Skip It: ‘The Front Room’ on Max, A Horror-Satire Featuring a Historically Deranged Kathryn Hunter Performance
This is directed by Max and Sam Eggers, twin brothers of that other Eggers guy. You know, the one who directed The Witch and Nosferatu.
