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Stream It Or Skip It: ‘The Penguin Lessons’ on Netflix, a Gently Awkward Story of Fascism and Waterfowl, Starring Steve Coogan

The Gist: Buenos Aires, 1976: Tom Michell (Coogan) arrives at fancypants rich-boy educatorium St. George’s College as an explosion rocks the city a little ways off. That’s just a coup happening back ...
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The Penguin Lessons

“South American penguins teach humans a valuable life lesson” may seem like an obscure film genre, but somehow, we’ve ended up with two of them in surprisingly short order. Last year there was the ...
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Netflix just got one of the best movies you (probably) missed in theatres — and it’s like ‘Dead Poets Society’ but with a penguin

To many people, 1989’s “Dead Poets Society” with the late-great Robin Williams is pretty much the perfect movie. But it appears that you can actually improve upon perfection, as “The Penguin Lessons” ...
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‘The Penguin’ never felt like a ‘giant franchise.’ For its stars, that was the allure

The last time a penguin was this serious of an awards contender, it was tap dancing with happy feet. Now, HBO’s “The Penguin,” fleshing out the origin story of the waddling, tuxedo-clad “gentleman ...