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Madame Web
Cassandra Webb (Dakota Johnson) develops the power to see the future. Forced to confront revelations about her past, she forges a relationship with three young women bound for powerful destinies, if they can all survive a deadly present. In a switch from the typical genre, Madame Web tells the standalone origin story of one of Marvel publishing's most enigmatic heroines. The suspense-driven thriller stars Dakota Johnson as Cassandra Webb, a paramedic in Manhattan who develops the power to see the future... and realizes she can use that insight to change it. Forced to confront revelations about her past, she forges a relationship with three young women bound for powerful destinies, if they can all survive a deadly present.
 

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Mr. & Mrs. Smith (Prime Video)
Two strangers land jobs with a spy agency that offers them a life of espionage, wealth, and travel. The catch: new identities in an arranged marriage. The show is a blended mix of the concept The Americans as far as the sleeper agent married couple matched together to go on secret missions that wind up falling in love with each other, with heavy doses of the absurdist and surrealist action, humor, and takes of Atlanta and Killing Eve. Mr. & Mrs. Smith featuring Donald Glover and Maya Erskine is streaming with subscription on Prime Video.

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The Postcard Killings (Netflix)
New York detective Jacob Kanon has a daughter. A beautiful, talented daughter who is brutally murdered as she honeymoons in blissful ignorance. Soon after, the strangest of postcards arrives on the desk of Swedish art critic Dessie Larsson... Across Europe, couples are being ruthlessly butchered in deliberate acts of violence with no end in sight. The only clues, are picture postcards sent to seemingly random journalists by a narcissistic killer, heralding the next horrific crime. Seen from the joint perspective of both the hunted and the hunters, The Postcard Killings digs deep into the most frightening aspects of the human psyche, drawing Jacob and Dessie into a nightmare from which there might be no escape. As the narrative explodes with operatic ferocity, our protagonists find themselves with an impossible choice to make The Postcard Killings featuring Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Famke Janssen is streaming with subscription on Netflix.
 

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