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What to stream: ‘Devotion’ on Paramount+, ‘Mayfair Witches’ on AMC+, ‘The Drop’ on Hulu, ‘Velma’ on HBO Max

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Plus ‘The Makanai’ and ‘Dog Gone’ on Netflix, ‘House of Darkness’ and ‘Koala Man’ on Hulu, ‘Il buco’ on Criterion Channel, ‘Hunters’ returns on Prime Video, and ‘Servant’ concludes on Apple TV+

Last chance: James Franco has ‘127 Hours’ to save himself on Hulu

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Danny Boyle creates a vivid and cinematic version of outdoorsman and hiker Aron Ralston’s memoir of his real life survival story.

‘Friday Night Lights: Complete Series’ on Netflix, Prime Video, Hulu, and Peacock

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The acclaimed drama set in a high school in a small Texas town is not so much a sports drama as a drama about people whose lives were—for better and for worse—defined by sports.

What to stream: ‘Blackbird’ on Apple TV+, ‘Everything Everywhere’ on VOD, ‘The Sea Beast’ on Netflix, ‘House of Gucci’ on Prime

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Plus ‘Moonhaven’ on AMC+, ‘Hello, Goodbye’ on Netflix, ‘Maggie’ on Hulu, ‘The 355’ on Prime Video, ‘Trigger Point’ on Peacock, and ‘The Northman’ on VOD

Paul Giamatti is John Adams in the HBO miniseries

‘John Adams’ and the birth of American democracy on HBO Max

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Paul Giamatti is American Revolution hero and second American President John Adams in this fascinating miniseries adapted from the acclaimed biography by David McCullough.

Michael Douglas as Liberace and Matt Damon as Scott Thorson in Behind the Candelabra

‘Behind the Candelabra’ – Michael Douglas is Liberace on HBO Max

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Steven Soderbergh’s film of the tell-all memoir by Liberace’s young lover (played by Matt Damon) won 11 Emmy Awards.

What to stream: ‘Tokyo Vice’ and ‘Tony Hawk’ on HBO Max, ‘All the Old Knives’ on Prime Video, ‘Harry Wild’ on Acorn TV

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Plus ‘Licorice Pizza’ and ‘Parallel Mothers’ on VOD, ‘Metal Lords’ on Netflix, ‘The Invisible Pilot’ on HBO Max, John Ford classics on Criterion Channel

What to stream: ‘The Last Duel’ on HBO Max, ‘A Hero’ on Prime Video, ‘Munich’ on Netflix

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Plus ‘Somebody Somewhere’ on HBO Max, ‘Single Drunk Female’ and ‘How I Met Your Father’ on Hulu, ‘As We See It’ on Prime Video, and more ‘Ozark’ on Netflix.

What to stream: ‘Dopesick’ on Hulu, ‘Guilty Party’ on Paramount+, ‘Halloween Kills’ on Peacock

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Plus ‘The Velvet Underground’ on Hulu, ‘The Trip’ on Netflix, ‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’ series on Amazon, ‘Free Guy’ and ‘The Green Knight’ on VOD and more…

Last chance: Morgan Freeman is Nelson Mandella in ‘Invictus’ on Netflix

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Morgan Freeman plays Nelson Mandella as the newly-elected President of South Africa in Invictus (2009), Clint Eastwood’s reverent tribute to Nelson Mandella’s efforts to unite post-apartheid South Africa. This isn’t a biography of Mandella. Audiences come to the film with the understanding that Nelson Mandella spent 24 years in prison for protesting South Africa’s apartheid […]