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Review: ‘The Killer’ Streaming on Netflix

With its presence on the Netflix top-10 list, you might be considering adding The Killer to your Thanksgiving weekend watch list.

The streamer’s capsule summary is as follows: “After a fateful near miss, an assassin battles his employers — and himself — on an international hunt for retribution he insists isn’t personal.” read more

Review: ‘Vortex’ Streaming on Netflix

Vortex is a six-episode science fiction/whodunnit/love story from France that is currently streaming on Netflix.

The Netflix tagline sums up the show quite well: “After reconnecting with his dead wife through a glitch in virtual reality, a police officer tries to negate the mysterious accident that cost her life.” read more

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The self-congratulatory Academy Awards ceremony, with its TV ratings in steady decline in part because no one has seen or wants to see any of the movies nominated, is on Sunday evening. read more

Review: “Mank” Streaming on Netflix

Mank, about adult-beverage-loving Citizen Kane screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz, a.k.a. Mank, is one of the newer original offerings from Netflix. While movies about Old Hollywood are usually pretty cool, unfortunately this one was boring and self-indulgent. In short, it’s the type of movie that the pretentious critics and compliant functionaries who vote in the Oscars like. read more

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